Elevate Atlantic Canada
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to Elevate Atlantic Canada on October 2, 2019.
This leadership event organized by Elevate International with the support of leaders and organizations across Canada. Elevate Atlantic Canada is part of the Elevate Women Initiative, dedicated to advancing women’s leadership and economic empowerment.
Our Guest Speakers and Keynote Speakers
Honourable Stephen McNeil – Premier of Nova Scotia
Honourable Kelly Regan – Minister for the Advisory Council on the Status of Women Act
Honourable Wanda Thomas Bernard
Solange Tuyishime – President and CEO, Elevate International
Melanie Nadeau – Director Strategic Initiatives Emera
Carrie Cussons – President & CEO, Events East Group
Margaret Brigley – CEO & Partner, Narrative Research
Christine Hanson – CEO - Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission
Don Bureaux – President of NSCC
Laurel Broten – President and CEO, Nova Scotia Business Inc.
Anna Marenick – Director People & Strategy, Develop Nova Scotia
Jesse Rodgers – Chief Executive Officer, Volta
Sylvia Gawad – Immigration specialist, P4G
Cassandra Dorrington – President - Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council
Christopher Ronald – RBC Regional President Atlantic Canada
Allison Murray – CEO & Founder, Upswing Solutions
Debra Giesen – Director, Human Resources Strategic Programs - Accenture
Alex McCann – ED, Onside
Stephen Lund – Chief Executive Officer, Opportunities New Brunswick
Joyce F. Carter – President & CEO, Halifax International Airport
Jennifer Gillivan – President & CEO, IWK Foundation
Socially Innovative, this initiative is designed to build inclusive leaders and advance gender diversity. This event is designed for leadership development, networking and sharing best practices in advancing women leading in government, business, and philanthropy. Unorthodox and stimulating, in addition to elevating your leadership development, this event will invite you to do a bit of work on modernizing the challenges women in leadership are facing today while identifying realistic steps that can be shared with leaders and corporation to advance gender diversity in leadership.
Elevate Events focus on empowering women to be leaders of change and for more women to take on leadership roles, scale globally economically and realize the direct positive impact women’s leadership and economic empowerment have in every community and in the world today.
This year, Elevate Women’s theme is “Go Further”, which reflects on where we have been as women in our society, challenging us to have authentic conversations on where we are today, and then taking realistic steps on how we are going to move forward.
Join us for a full day of thought leaders and visionaries, executive leadership training, mentoring and high level networking.