Location : TELUS Convention Centre - Macleod HallTanya TalagaAward-winning Journalist | Author of Seven Fallen FeathersAn award-winning journalist and author, and the First Ojibway woman to deliver the CBC Massey Lectures, Tanya Talaga is an acclaimed storyteller. Her book Seven Fallen Feathers, a national bestseller that introduced us to seven Indigenous high school students who mysteriously died in Thunder Bay, won the 2018 RBC Taylor Prize. In her powerful keynotes...

Tanya Talaga

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Location : TELUS Convention Centre - Macleod HallJill Heinerth Explorer-in-Residence, The Royal Canadian Geographical Society More people have walked on the moon than have visited many of the places that Jill Heinerth has seen on Earth. From the most dangerous technical dives deep inside underwater caves, to searching for never-before-seen ecosystems inside giant Antarctic icebergs, Jill’s curiosity and passion abo...

Jill Heinerth

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Location : TELUS Convention Centre - Macleod HallAn educator giving a spelling test with imaginary words may not seem like the most traditional method of promoting learning, but then again, there isn't much that can be considered conventional in Joe Dombrowski's - or as many know him, Mr. D - classroom.While Dombrowski had been routinely posting creative, innovative and most importantly, fun ideas to his social media channels he execu...

Joe Dombrowski

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All Keynote sessions will be recorded. The recordings will not be available before February 18, as they must be edited before posting. The Keynote recordings will be available until March 15, 2021.Sixty years ago, Jane Goodall first set foot on the shores of what is today Tanzania’s Gombe National Park to begin her pioneering study of chimpanzee behaviour. For six decades, her research has transformed scientific perceptions a...

Dr. Jane Goodall DBE

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All Keynote sessions will be recorded. The recordings will not be available before February 18, as they must be edited before posting. The Keynote recordings will be available until March 15, 2021.Winners of Amazing Race Canada Dr.James Makoksis is an active volunteer, activist and consultant. He currently serves on several boards including the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health at the University's Indigenous Advisory Council. He was formerly the co-chair of t...

Anthony Johnson

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Dr. James Makoksis

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All Keynote sessions will be recorded. The recordings will not be available before February 18, as they must be edited before posting. The Keynote recordings will be available until March 15, 2021.The negative stigma surrounding mental illness leads to more unnecessary suffering for the 1 in 5 working Canadians dealing with mental health conditions. And the stress and isolation of Covid-19 has led to higher rates of burnout and presenteeism. It’s time to talk, b...

Jessica Holmes

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All Keynote Speaker sessions will be recorded with the exception of Tom Jackson. Keynote Speaker sessions will be posted for viewing starting Monday, February 20, 2023 until March 20, 2023 11:59 pm. The Witness Blanket: Truth, Art and Transformation:  The Witness Blanket stands as a national monument to recognize the atrocities of the Indian residential school era, honour the children and symbolize ongoing reconciliation. More than 150,000 Indigenous c...

Carey Newman

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All Keynote Speaker sessions will be recorded with the exception of Tom Jackson. Keynote Speaker sessions will be posted for viewing starting Monday, February 20, 2023 until March 20, 2023 11:59 pm. One of the most important lifelines to helping someone struggling with addictions and social dislocation is to allow them the space and knowledge that they hold the power of ultimate change. Of course, as Jesse will show, you also need people to help you change,...

Jesse Thistle

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All Keynote Speaker sessions will be recorded with the exception of Tom Jackson. Keynote Speaker sessions will be posted for viewing starting Monday, February 20, 2023 until March 20, 2023 11:59 pm.REGISTRATION TIP: You may want to add live sessions to your schedule before considering adding Keynote sessions which are recorded to your schedule. Registrants can add ONLY one session per time block, multiple sessions in a time block are not allowed by ...

Tom Jackson

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All Keynote Speaker sessions will be recorded with the exception of Tom Jackson. Keynote Speaker sessions will be posted for viewing starting Monday, February 20, 2023 until March 20, 2023 11:59 pm. AMPLIFYING EQUALITYWhy does it matter that women’s voices still account for well less than a third of those who hold power, set agendas and exert influence? And what can educators do about it? When a country's public conversations fail to accurately refle...

Shari Graydon

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