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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 |
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.
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
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