Speakers

CLARA HUGHES

Canadian Summer & Winter Olympic Medallist

Clara Hughes is one of the biggest stories to ever emerge in Canadian sports. A double Olympic bronze medallist in cycling at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games, a bronze medallist in speed skating at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, followed by gold and silver in the 2006 Torino Winter Olympics and her recent bronze medal in the grueling 5000m race in the Vancouver Winter Olympics, Clara is the only athlete in Olympic history to win multiple medals in both winter and summer Games.

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Trish Westman

Team Builder (Team Relations, Trust, Communication) - Full Group Session - A wet night in the jungle. The only lights are four head lamps furtively darting about like fire flies. Machetes thwack and chop away relentless vegetation. Strange animal calls...

Susan Hunter

The Pirate Principles (Possibilities, Potential, Make a Difference) - Opening Keynote - A passionate writer and dynamic leader, Susan Hunter has lived around the world and returned to live and work in her hometown of Sault Ste. Marie two years ago....

Chantal Thorn

Lessons in Teamwork, Communication, Leadership & Self-Discovery - Full Group Address - Day 2 Workshop - Host Evening Entertainment - Passionate, genuine and engaging, you will leave Chantal’s session with a renewed sense of energy and excitement about...

Brenda Combs

Leadership in First Nations (Community Goodwill, Culture, Ethics/Values, Communication) - Full Group Address - Brenda Combs will show and demonstrate that leadership is about personal growth. She will share with us the need to understand who we are in...

Suzanne Tighe

The Leadership Journey: Setting Your Leadership Goals with the Sustainable Livelihoods Model & Creating your Personal Action Plan. (Goals/Achievement, Style, Body, Ethics/Values, Community Goodwill) - Day 1 and 2 Workshop - Suzanne’s...

Donna Hilsinger

Entrepreneurial Leadership (Risk, Genuine, Ethics/Values, Critical Thinking, Unique, Big Picture) - Day 1 and 2 Workshop - Leadership is a process that entrepreneurs use to engage employees and achieve organizational objectives. Leadership is about directing...

Dawn Morissette

Manipulation 101: How to Use Your Skills for Good Not Evil (Positive Persuasion, Negotiation, Intuition, Communication, Culture, Presentation Skills) - Day 1 and 2 Workshop - At this year’s conference, Dawn Morissette brings you Manipulation 101: How to...

Emily Gair

Ignite Your Life: Take steps to recognize and overcome your barriers and to visualize the life that you want to lead. - Day 1 Workshop - Host of Mix and Mingle - Looking on the outside, you may see a young girl, but the experiences that Emily has turned...

More about Clara Hughes

Summer & Winter Olympic Medallist - Closing Keynote Speaker, Day Two - Clara Hughes is one of the biggest stories to ever emerge in Canadian sports. A double Olympic bronze medallist in cycling at the 1996 Olympic Summer Games, a bronze medallist in speed...

Elaine Pitcher

Born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Elaine Pitcher graduated from Queen’s University Law School and while attending the Bar Admission Program of the Law Society of Upper Canada in 1988 she was awarded the Harcourt Advocacy Award for attaining the highest...