Speakers

Lieutenant Governor of Ontario

Canada’s Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development

The First and only Federal Deputy Minister of Chinese descent

Deputy Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

MLA for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia

The first Canadian woman of Asian descent elected to the Alberta Legislature and Cabinet Minister in Alberta

Chair of Action, Chinese Canadians Together

Former Senator, Chancellor Emerita of the University of Toronto

The first Canadian of Asian descent to be appointed to the Senate of Canada

The Globe and Mail’s Western Arts Correspondent
Author, Kiss the Red Stairs

Co-Founder and CEO of Citizen University
Former White House speechwriter and deputy domestic policy advisor
Author of A Chinaman’s Chance: One Family’s Journey and the Chinese American dream

Master of Ceremonies

Global Policy Campaign Strategies Director at Meta Platforms

P.Eng., MBA, CAE, CD

Sunshine Creative Agency

Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia

Executive Director of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation

CEO of 19 To Zero

MLA, Edmonton-South West

The first Chinese Canadian elected President of Canadian Council of Social Work Regulators

Academic Director of the School of Public Policy at University of Calgary

Director of Partnerships and Research, Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF)

President of the Indigenous Police Chiefs of Ontario Association (IPCO)

Board Vice-Chair, Centre for Race and Culture

Co-Founder of Change Through Sport

Director General, Corporate Communications, Public Education and Digital at Indigenous Services Canada

Calgary Arts Development President & CEO

Board Director, Investor, Author

Educator, Organizer, and Writer

The first Chief Aide-de-Camp to the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario of Chinese descent

Citizenship Judge

Chief Executive Officer, CivicAction

Vice President, Retail and Financial Services, Canada Post