Amie Archibald-Varley is an award-winning thought leader and a nationally bestselling author of ""The Wisdom of Nurses."" As a sought-after speaker represented by the National Speakers Bureau, she advocates for mental health and health equity. She actively encourages open and honest communication within communities, facilitating spaces for meaningful dialogue and the exploration of challenging topics through the powerful lens of storytelling.

Amie is the CEO of “Advancing Health Equity, Together,” an organization that is committed to helping teams in workplaces enhance their performance, improve employee engagement, and build a more human-centered workplace. Her expertise in quality improvement and change management, coupled with her ability to foster a culture of compassion, delivers tangible and sustainable results that advance health equity for all.
Amie is a freelance journalist who has honed her skills at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and has also shared her insights as a radio columnist with Newstalk1010.
Amie is the co-creator and co-host of “The Gritty Nurse," a top-charting podcast in the Medicine in Canada category on Apple Podcasts.

Mitzie Hunter is a dynamic, community-grounded leader and President and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation. Her 30 years of leadership spans the nonprofit sector, private sector, and government. Mitzie has a trailblazing track record and many successes championing infrastructure and community improvements. She was the first Black woman to serve as Ontario’s Minister of Education. She also served as Ontario’s Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development and Associate Minister of Finance.

Mitzie is a respected advocate for diverse women, girls, and Two Spirit, trans, and nonbinary people across Canada. She is known for her expertise in an array of issues, from women’s leadership to inclusive economies to sustainable neighbourhood and city building.

Mitzie is a founding visionary of the Prosperity Project. She served as Chief Administrative Officer of Toronto Community Housing Corporation, CEO of CivicAction, Vice President of External Relations and Corporate Secretary at Goodwill Industries, and President of SMART Toronto, a technology hub. She is a Senior Fellow with the C.D. Howe Institute and a Canadian Urban Leader at the University of Toronto’s School of Cities. Mitzie has also served in several board leadership positions in nonprofit and public service bodies, including United Way Greater Toronto and TVO. In 2023, Mitzie ran for mayor in the City of Toronto by-election.

Harriet is the Vice President People Success and Transformation at GreenShield, a not-for-profit social enterprise passionate about creating better health for all Canadians. In her role, she is instrumental in enhancing and transforming the employee experience in key areas of the organization.

Harriet brings over 20 years’ experience in the mental health sector starting her career as a mental health nurse in the UK. Prior to this role, she was the VP of Mental Health at GreenShield, responsible for the delivery of the organization’s mental health services where she supported the growth of the business by 400% in 3 years.

She has held many transformative roles in the private and public sector, including with KPMG, the Ministry of Transportation, eHealth Ontario and the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health. Of note, she oversaw the dramatic growth of Ontario’s virtual mental health program – from a pilot project to Canada’s first province-wide, fully-funded internet-based cognitive behaviour therapy program. Of note, this program supported over 120,000 Ontarians during the COVID pandemic.

She currently serves as Chair on the board of Directors for Connex Ontario.

Harriet holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a Master of Business Administration, and is Project Management Professional Certified.

Marni Panas is the Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at ATCO. She has dedicated her career to creating safer, more welcoming, and inclusive workplaces and communities in Canada and globally. She holds a degree in Health Administration and a Canadian Certified Inclusion Professional designation. Marni is the Chair of the Board of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion.

Marni has contributed to legislation and policy protecting human rights for individuals at the provincial and federal levels in Canada. She was a member of the Advisory Committee that helped draft the apology that Prime Minister Justine Trudeau delivered to LGBTQ2S+ people in Canada in the House of Commons in November, 2017.

Marni received a Human Rights Award from the John Humphrey Centre for Peace and Human Rights and was named a Global Edmonton Woman of Vision in 2018. Marni received The Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee Medal and the 2022 Distinguished Alumni award from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Most recently, she received the King Charles II Coronation Medal for her dedication to creating safer and more inclusive communities. You can hear Marni in local and national media and she has made appearances on CNN and the BBC. You can also learn more about Marni in her TEDx talk called “Finding Courage, Conquering Fear”.

As The Globe and Mail’s demographics reporter, Ann Hui writes on the seismic shift taking place in the country's demographic makeup. She's particularly interested in the challenges Canada faces from its rapidly aging population, on the effects of Millennials and Gen-Zs outnumbering other demographic groups in the workplace, and the impacts of record numbers of immigrants entering the country.

Previously, she covered food, Toronto city politics and national news at The Globe and Mail. As the Globe’s food reporter, she and colleague Ivy Knight were behind a 2018 investigation that revealed a wide pattern of sexual harassment and misconduct at one of the country’s most renowned wineries.

And her reporting on the economic (and animal welfare) realities of cage-free egg production was nominated for a 2016 National Newspaper Award.

In 2019, Ann expanded a Globe feature on the lives of small-town Chinese restaurant owners into the bestselling book Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada's Chinese Restaurants, published by Douglas & McIntyre. Chop Suey Nation was named one of the best books of 2019 by the Globe, The Walrus, and the CBC, and won the 2020 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction from Wilfrid Laurier University.

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