Venue
The Westin Bayshore
The Westin Bayshore, 1601 Bayshore Dr., Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4, Canada

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Event Date Tue Feb 14 AST - Thu Feb 16 AST (almost 2 years ago)
In your timezone (EST): Mon Feb 13 11:00pm - Wed Feb 15 11:00pm
Location The Westin Bayshore
1601 Bayshore Dr., Vancouver, BC V6G 2V4, Canada
Region Americas
Details

This Summit brings together institutional investors including pension funds, foundations, universities, Indigenous trusts, faith-based groups and asset managers to strengthen investor collaboration and action around the critical environmental, social and governance challenges facing capital markets.

The 2023 Summit will support investment decision makers in exploring opportunities for coordinated and impactful investor action in the context of environmental, social and governance pathways.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Thomas Homer-Dixon
Author, Speaker, Professor

Carol Anne Hilton
CEO and Founder, Indigenomics Institute and the Global Center of Indigenomics

Barbara Zvan
President and Chief Executive Officer, University Pension Plan Ontario (UPP)

Liban Abokor
Managing Director, Reimagine LABS

Sussanne Skidmore
President, BCFED

Sxwpilemaát Siyám, Chief Leanne Joe
Hereditary Chief of the Squamish Nation; Transformative Storyteller for Economic Reconciliation, Simon Fraser University

Sharon Hendricks
Board Vice-Chair, California State Teachers Retirement System Board (CalSTRS); Faculty Member, Los Angeles City College

Sylvain Lobry
Vice President of Social Dialogue & Social Fundamentals, Danone

Renaye Manley
Deputy Director of the Service Employees International Strategic Initiatives department

Paul Lacerte
Founding Managing Partner and the Chief Impact Officer for Raven Indigenous Capital Partners

Brian Minns
Senior Managing Director, Responsible Investing at University Pension Plan Ontario

Jennifer Story
Associate Director, Climate Advocacy, SHARE

Sarah Cleveland
Board Member and Chair, Investment and Audit Committee, Russell Family Foundation

Anthony Schein
Director of Advocacy, SHARE

Harpinder Sandhu
Vice President of Cupe Local 1767 & Board Member, SHARE

Armine Yalnizyan
Economist, Writer and Atkinson Fellow on the Future of Workers

Bob Dhaliwal
Secretary Treasurer, ILWU Canada

Judy Payne
Executive Director, British Columbia Municipal Pension Plan

Chris Finding
Human Resources Consultant and former pension trustee

Christie Stephenson
Executive Director of the Peter P. Dhillon Centre for Business Ethics at the University of British Columbia

Garth Davis
Founder and Managing Partner, New Market Funds

Hilary Brown
Board Member, British Columbia Municipal Pension Plan

Robin Shaban
Co-founder of the Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project (CAMP)

John Howchin
Former Head of the Swedish Ethics Council, and co-creator of the Investor Mining and Tailings Safety Initiative

Gary Goddard
Chair, CUPE Education Workers’ Benefits Trust; Trustee, Canada-Wide Industrial Pension Plan

Hugues Letourneau
Associate Director, Responsible Investment Leadership, SHARE

Isaac Olowolafe Jr
Co-founder & General Partner, BKR Capital

Jamie Bonham
Director, Corporate Engagement, NEI Investments

Jeff Geipel
Founder and Managing Director, Mining Shared Value Initiative, Engineers Without Borders Canada

Joseph Bastien
Associate Director, Inclusive Economy, SHARE

Katie Wheatley
Head of Canada, Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI)

Kevin Thomas
Chief Executive Officer, SHARE

Leilani Farha
Global Director, The Shift

Alelie Sanvictores
Canada Goose sewing machine operator and member/organizer with Workers United Canadian Council (WUCC)

Leslee White-Eye
Chair of the Board, Chippewa’s Thunderbird Trust

Lili-Anna Peresa
President & CEO, the McConnell Foundation

Maria Lettini
Executive Director, FAIRR Initiative

Mark Sevestre
Founding Member and Senior Advisor, NATOA; General Manager, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation Community Trust

Michael Ring
Assistant Director, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Strategic Initiatives Department

Michelle Richardson
Principal, George & Bell Consulting

Murray Gold
Senior Partner, Koskie Minsky LLP

Rosa van den Beemt
VP of Stewardship, Responsible Investment, BMO GAM

Shannon Rohan
Chief Strategy Officer, SHARE

Susan Golyak
Senior Manager, ESG - British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI)

Shalini Ramgoolam
Senior Program Officer, SHARE

Sarah Couturier-Tanoh
Manager of Corporate Engagement & Advocacy, SHARE

Tamara Herman
Program Manager, Capital Strategies, SHARE

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSORS:
• BMO Global Asset Management
• Desjardins Global Asset Management
• Vancity

LEADING SPONSORS:
• Genus Capital Management
• Global Asset Management PH&N Institutional

SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
• BCI
• BCTF
• Catherine Donnelly Foundation
• Koskie Minsky
• Koskie Glavin Gordon
• Creative Fire
• Financial Management Boards
• PBI Actuaries & Consultants
• WE Consulting & Benefits
• BCGEU
• Manulife

CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS:
• Addenda Capital
• George & Bell Consulting
• Seamark
• Jarislowsky Fraser
• Corpath