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Valerie Walker

Chief Executive Officer | Business + Higher Education Roundtable

skills, innovation, talent, future of work, work-integrated learning (WIL), workforce development, transition from school to work, collaboration between employers and educators, research collaborators

Dr. Terri Griffith

Keith Beedie Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship | Simon Fraser University

Technology and work, work from home, remote work, Artificial Intelligence and work, innovation, work design, future of work

Tina Varughese

President | t Works Inc.

Diversity and inclusion, unconscious bias, inclusive leadership, cultural diversity, work-life balance, immigration, new to Canada

Dr. Elizabeth Cannon

President Emerita | University of Calgary

Dr. Elizabeth Cannon is president emerita of the University of Calgary after serving as president and vice chancellor from 2010 to 2018

Shastri Ramnath

President & CEO/Executive Chairman | Exiro Minerals Corporation/Orix Geoscience Inc.

Mining, Geology, Exploration, Resources, Ore bodies, Resource reserve estimation, Expiration results, Junior mining companies operating in markets, Business