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...

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Location : TELUS Convention Centre - Macleod HallSheila Watt-CloutierEnvironmental, Cultural and Human Rights AdvocateNobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier is in the business of transforming public opinion into public policy. Experienced in working with global decision-makers for more than a decade, Watt-Cloutier offers a new model for 21st century leadership. She speaks with passion and urgency on the issues of today — the environment, t...

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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...

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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...

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