Monday, November 19, 2012 | 9:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.
KPMG Corporate Office, 333 Bay Street, 46th floor
9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M.
KPMG Welcome:
Michael Bach | National Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for KPMG Canada
Skills for Change Welcome:
Tinashe Mafukidze | Leader-in-Residence for Immigrant Women in Leadership, Skills for Change
CIBC remarks:
Richard E. Venn | Senior Executive Vice-President, CIBC, and Managing Director and Deputy Chair, CIBC World Markets Inc.
In conversation:
Marina Nemat | Internationally acclaimed author, Prisoner of Tehran
10:10 AM. - 11:30 A.M.
From immigration to success:
Moderator: Hon. Jean Augustine | Fairness Commissioner Ontario
Panelists - Past New Pioneers Awards winners:
Ceta Ramkhalawansingh | National Chair, The Word On The Street Canada, Former City of Toronto Manager, Diversity Management and Community Engagement
Dr. Ekaterina Rogaeva | Associate Professor (Department of Medicine, Neurology division) Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases (T CRND), University of TorontoSadia Rafiquddin | Jeanne Sauvé Scholar
11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. | Lunch
12:35 P.M. - 1:35 P.M. | Session 1 (Choice of 1):
What are men doing about it?
Presented by: Michael Bach | National Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, KPMG, Canada and Matt Petersen | Senior Director, Diversity Strategies & Workplace Inclusion, CIBC Human Resources, Diversity & Resourcing
Gender, diversity and the bottom line
Presented by: Sébastien Goupil | Status of Women Canada's Director, General for Policy and External Relations
Against all odds: Immigrant women workers and re-employment/retraining: The impact of global economic restructuring on immigrant women
Presented by: Winnie Ng | CAW Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy, Ryerson University
1:40 P.M. - 2:40 P.M. | Session 2 (Choice of 1) :
The art of networking
Presented by: Carrie Freeborough | Finance Lecturer, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Promoting inclusion on all levels
Presented by: Brent Chamberlain | Executive Director, Pride at Work Canada
Freedom within a framework: Benefitting women through empowerment
Presented by: Chris Davies | National Director of Communications, McDonald's Restaurants of Canada Limited
2:40 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Where do we go from here?
Presented by: Debbie Douglas, Executive Director, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
