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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
The Breakout Project
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+ Introduction
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+ 48 Hours in the “Innovation Kitchen”
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+ An Innovation Conference on Steroids
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+ Be Inside the Walls
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+ A Breakout Year
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Your 48 Hours in Kingston
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+ Day 1/ Wednesday, May 10
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+ Day 2/ Thursday, May 11
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+ Day 3/ Friday, May 12
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Event Map
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Downtown Map
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Meet the Band
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Meet the Teams
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Meet the Hosts
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Meet the Speakers
thebreakoutproject.com
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About Kingston & Getting Here
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Notes
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Introduction
The Breakout Project is Canada’s biggest social innovation event purposefully designed
to scale world-changing projects.
With thousands of attendees, renowned speakers, a new online collaboration platform and a series of
engagement strategies, this event is designed to bring the resources together to transition social innovation
projects from ideation to measured impact within just 365 days.
48 Hours in the “Innovation Kitchen”
To scale a business quickly, four key ingredients are necessary:
1/ Attracting Talent
2/ Building Awareness
The Breakout Project will be attended by thousands of
people. Many more, perhaps hundreds of thousands
will be watching the live streams and connecting into
the collaboration platform online. Anyone, anywhere,
can offer their time and expertise to any project.
Imagine having 20 big fans of your business telling
everyone they know about it. Imagine them having
all the information they need within reach along
with a place to send their contacts to learn more,
get involved, and donate funds to the cause they
are actively involved in.
Teams will also be able to post jobs outlining specific
skill sets and tasks they require.
As the online environment for each team lives on
after the event, the teams will continue to attract
and coordinate talent throughout the year as they
work toward their goal. And we expect many parttime and full-time jobs to be created as a result.
Now imagine there were 1000 fans like this! If every
project supporter tells 100 people about the project,
and each of those supporters tell 10 more, a team
would have 1 million people aware of their effort
within 48 hours.
3/ Making Connections
4/ Sourcing Funding
The event is made to get people together. Many
connections will be made throughout the event both
in person and online. The online collaboration platform
will show profiles of all attendees, team members,
speakers and others; and functionality will allow for
people to connect and converse in this environment.
Just as anyone can offer their time, they may also
offer funds toward any project. Paid online through
our collaboration platform, attendees onsite and
online will offer micro-donations, and perhaps larger
sums so that the teams can build out their projects.
The teams will continue to crowdfund their projects
throughout the year.
The Breakout Project is designed to provide these ingredients to 7 world-changing enterprises, in a massive
way, over a 48-hour event unlike any ever conceived before.
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An Innovation Conference
on Steroids
At The Breakout Project, you, along with thousands of
other attendees will learn from leading innovators as
they address how to scale businesses, how to inspire
audiences, how to build teams, how to leverage
technology, how they see our future, and why Canada
needs to take a leadership role in innovating solutions to
the very big and very real problems we face as a society.
But this isn’t your average conference.
Hundreds of thousands will be watching online via
live stream as you and your peers are challenged to
do all that you can to propel the teams to success.
Inside our “Innovation Kitchen”, you will be inspired
to become an active participant by offering your
skills, expertise, and time to any project. You will be
invited to connect with new people, help boost the
awareness of teams and source the funding projects
need from a worldwide audience. You will also have
the freedom to explore historic downtown Kingston
with Amazing Race-style challenges and enjoy our
pub culture in a way never before presented.
You can brush shoulders with business luminaries,
and share ideas with people of all backgrounds and
skill sets from across Ontario and beyond.
To conclude the event, you will celebrate with the
Sam Roberts Band in Springer Market Square
where 25,000 people gathered to enjoy The
Tragically Hip last August.
At The Breakout Project, you will learn, share,
collaborate and celebrate as a key member of the
“Innovation Kitchen” that will cook up large-scale
solutions to the biggest problems we face.
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Be Inside the Walls
If you believe that we all can do better together.
If you intend to be part of the solution. If you have
energy, skills, or connections. You need to be inside
Fort Henry by 8:00 pm on Wednesday, May 10.
Take the time to explore this guidebook to better
understand the experience that awaits you. And
then go online to thebreakoutproject.com to get
your event pass, plan your visit and prepare for a
once-in-a-lifetime experience that you and several
other thousands of like-minded people will be able
to say they experienced first-hand.
A Breakout Year
Projects will receive donated funds to continue their
initiative throughout the next 365 days. Supporters
can follow along with their favourite team’s progress,
successes and impact. In 2018, we will gather again
to celebrate achievements and kickstart a new crop
of projects.
Audience Challenges
Throughout the event, teams and audiences will be
presented with challenges designed to boost their
projects. We will all witness and experience ways in
which innovators get us excited to contribute to their
world-changing projects. The challenges will include:
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Raise $100,000
Source 10,000 hours of support
Find supporters from each of five continents
Attract the support of a celebrity
Attract 5,000 online followers
+ Other efforts that will help them kickstart
their projects
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Your 48 Hours in Kingston
Day 1/ Wednesday, May 10
6:00 PM
Gates Open
7:00 PM
Shuttle Service Departs from Visitor Information
Centre for Fort Henry
8:00 PM
Welcome & Introduction
8:15 PM
Opening Keynote: Amber MacArthur
Relentless Adaptation
8:55 PM
Audience Challenge #1
9:00 PM
Team Updates: Meet the Teams
9:55 PM
Audience Challenge #2
10:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Innovation’s Role in Solving the Biggest
Challenges Facing the Planet
Moderator: Amber MacArthur
Panelists: Andrew Stewart, Martina Buchal,
Chelsey Smith
Audience Challenge #3
10:45 PM Get a follower from 3 Timezones
11:00 PM Entertainment: The Campfire Liars
11:00 PM
Host: Amber MacArthur
YOUR EXPERIENCE
Gates Open
Explore Fort Henry:
» Visit onsite team headquarters
» Visit with companies displaying their services
and products
» Enjoy food and beverage provided by local businesses
Sign into The Breakout Project Online
Collaboration Platform where you can:
» Learn all about the teams
» Explore the profiles of other attendees and
connect with them
» Donate time or money to any project(s) that inspire you
» Share ideas, words of wisdom, encouraging
remarks with any team(s) or attendee(s)
Live Main Stage
» Welcome & Introduction
» Keynote Address
» Teams present projects and make initial callout
for support from the attendees at the event and
online viewers
Shuttle Service Departs from Fort Henry
for downtown
11:45 PM Team Updates: 5 minutes each
2:00 AM
Team Updates: 5 minutes each
3:00 AM
Documentary Screening
180˚ South by Jeff Johnson
Please Note: Agenda is subject to change.
The Online Collaboration Platform
Hosted at thebreakoutproject.com during the event,
this new innovative platform enables the ten teams,
thousands of onsite attendees, and the online world to
engage in The Breakout Project.
On this platform, we will broadcast the live streams of
the main stage and the ten team rooms located at Fort
Henry National Historic Site.
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All attendees will be able to:
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Watch live feeds
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Engage with other
participants
Donate funds to projects
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Receive team and event
announcements
Download team
project files
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Track progress on the
Team Leaderboard
Read speaker, team and
attendee bios
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Find information about all
aspects of the event
Offer time to projects
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Day 2/ Thursday, May 11
7:00 AM
Host: Nora Young
6:00 PM
Deck Doctor: Ben Narasin
Gaining VC Attention
7:00 PM
Keynote: Jeff Johnson
Values Over Value — How Experience &
Ideals Drive Shared Success
8:00 PM
Keynote: Albert Nerenberg
The Power of The Obvious
8:30 PM
Team Updates: 5 minutes each
9:30 PM
Keynote: Ellen Martin
Scaling Social Enterprises that Matter
9:30 PM
Pub Crawl Fundraiser Begins
Team Updates: 5 minutes each
7:30 AM
Welcome to Day 2
7:30 AM
Shuttle Service Departs from Visitor Information
Centre for Fort Henry
8:00 AM
Team Updates: 5 minutes each
8:30 AM
Keynote: Nora Young
9:00 AM
Keynote: Mayor B. Paterson
Our Role in an International Innovation Ecosystem
9:20 AM
Audience Challenge #4
9:30 AM
Keynote: Charlie Garcia
Leading with Purpose — How to Discover
Your WHY
10:00 AM
Panel Discussion
What is Your Purpose?
Moderator: Nora Young
Panelists: Charlie Garcia, Tara McCallan
11:00 AM
Keynote: Tara McCallan
Make a Dent in the Universe & Find Your
Purpose in Unexpected Ways
12:00 PM Team Updates: 5 minutes each
1:00 PM
Keynote: Derek Sidebottom
Your Squad — Building Your Team to Scale From
The First Hire
1:40 PM
Panel Discussion
How Did You Build Your Dream Team?
Moderator: Nora Young
Panelists: Derek Sidebottom, Derek Ball,
Kerri-Lynn McAllister
2:00 PM
HIPSTORY Tours Begin
2:30 PM
Keynote: Chris Hogg
We Will Interview 1 Million Innovators —
Starting with You
3:15 PM
Audience Challenge #5
3:30 PM
Team Updates: 5 minutes each
4:30 PM
Keynote: Elliott Simcoe
Return on Innovation — Creating Competitive
Value with Intellectual Property
5:00 PM
Audience Challenge #6
5:15 PM
Keynote: Alyssa Furtado
Scaling From Zero
Shuttle Service Departs from Fort Henry
11:00 PM for downtown
1:00 AM
Team Updates: 5 minutes each
Please Note: Agenda is subject to change.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
We have an amazing line-up of speakers including
TED-talk style presentations, panel discussions and
interviews. You can post questions to any of the
speakers, both on the live stage and in person.
Periodically, each team will have time to update the
audience and make their pleas for support.
Downtown Kingston Discovery Experience
“Downtown Deconstructed” designed and executed
by HIPSTORY Tours, a division of Improbable Escapes,
will allow you to discover our beautiful city by solving
puzzles as you work your way around a guided tour in
a new and edgy way. At this event, you can connect
with retail, pub and restaurant owners to encourage
them to give a portion of their day’s sales to the project
you support.
Downtown Kingston will be “painted Breakout
purple” as the local bars, restaurants and pubs will
collectively participate in a unified showcase of our
unique nightlife. Breakout Beer (provided by King’s
Town Beer Company x MacKinnon Brothers Brewing
Company) will be served.
Teams will be working all night, and the main stage
will continue with programming until dawn.
You may choose to go to bed, or hang out at the Fort.
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Day 3/ Friday, May 12
Host: Tom Clark
Shuttle Service Departs from Visitor Information
Centre for Fort Henry
5:00 PM
Final Team Updates: 10 minutes each
7:30 AM
7:30 AM
Team Updates: 5 minutes each
6:00 PM
Shuttle Service Departs from Fort Henry
for downtown
8:15 AM
Welcome to Day 3
7:45 PM
Concert
Sam Roberts Band at Springer Market Square
8:25 AM
Audience Challenge #7
8:30 AM
Opening Keynote: MPP, Sophie Kiwala
8:50 AM
Q&A with Tom Clark
9:15 AM
Keynote: Martina Buchal
The Future Calls Us To Be Present —
How Mindfulness Can Change The World
For The Better
10:00 AM
Keynote: Derek Ball
Synchronicity — How To Manage Fast &
Complex Projects
10:30 AM
Panel Discussion
How Will You Organize Your Resources to
Achieve Your Team’s Goals?
Moderator: Tom Clark
Panelists: Derek Ball, Ben Narasin,
Dwight Mihalicz, Som Seif
11:30 AM
Keynote: Shauna Levy
The Role of Design in Solving The Biggest
Challenges We Face
12:00 PM
Edit Pitch Challenge: Shauna Levy
Teams Compete for HUGE Promotional
Opportunity at EDIT (September 2017)
1:30 PM
Keynote: Kaj Arnö
Open Source for Open Good
2:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Role of Technology & A.I. in Social Innovation
Moderator: Tom Clark
Panelists: Kaj Arnö, Chris Richard, Surinder Singh
2:30 PM
Team Updates: 5 minutes each
3:30 PM
Audience Challenge #8
4:00 PM
Panel Discussion
The Future of The Breakout Project
Moderator: Grant Goodwin
Panelists: Ellen Martin, Martina Buchal
Please Note: Agenda is subject to change.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
The main stage will continue to drive inspiring messages,
team updates, and new challenges as the online
leaderboards demonstrate the progress of each team.
Log in to our Online Collaboration Platform to keep track
of the flurry of activity that each team is managing.
You may take part in any of the side-events we
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Boat cruise of Kingston’s Thousand Islands
Golf with new connections
Practice yoga on the waterfront
Take a tour of Kingston Penitentiary – Ontario’s
hottest new tourist attraction
Springer Market Square
We will gather where 25,000 people watched
The Tragically Hip concert last August. The final
keynote speaker will accompany a closing address
announcing the winners of the event and encourage
everyone watching online and in the Square to stay
connected to ensure that projects achieve their lofty
goals over the next 365 days.
This is The Breakout Project.
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Event Map
Fort Henry
Main Event
Downtown – 2.5km
A. Main Stage
D. VIP Lounge
» Live stage for keynote speeches, panel discussions,
» Reserved for VIP attendees with access to Guest
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interviews with team leaders and speakers.
Features live leaderboards tracking number of hours
donated and funds pledged to each project.
Lounge with meeting rooms, full-service bar and
concierge services.
E. Viewing Lounge & Patio
B. Breakout Square
» Main event area open to attendees to mix n’ mingle
and watch the live action.
» Washrooms available on this level.
C. Team Headquarters
» Housed in an open-to-the-public room adjacent to
» Secondary area to mix n’ mingle and watch the
live action.
F. Interactive Area
» Food, beverages and washrooms
» Interactive area for Sponsors & Companies
showcasing their technologies, products
and services.
Main Stage and Breakout Square.
» Equipped with everything teams need to plan,
promote and coordinate their projects.
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Downtown Map
Montreal Street
Sydenham Street
Every night, the restaurants, bars, pubs and retailers of Kingston will be
hosting attendees for engaging meetups and parties. The event closing
concert will be hosted in Springer Market Square and The Breakout Project
attendees will gain access to the best viewing area — right up front!
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Meet the Band
City of Kingston Presents:
SAMROBERTSBAND
On Friday, May 12, Sam Roberts Band will be
performing at our closing ceremony in Springer
Market Square at 8:00 pm.
Sam Roberts Band is a Montreal-based touring rock
band who after six JUNO Awards and five MuchMusic
Video Awards, has implanted itself on the Canadian
Music scene with ease.
8PM
Friday, May 12, 2017
Springer Market Square
Kingston, Ontario
Winners of the 2004 Best Album JUNO Award for
We Were Born In A Flame, Sam Roberts Band is an
ideal choice for The Breakout Project thanks in large
part to their universal, cross-disciplinary appeal. In a
remarkable coincidence, the new album TerraForm
was recorded near Kingston, at The Tragically Hip’s
studio, the Bathouse.
It is a perfect matching with The Breakout Project,
because just like us, the album reaches high to become
far greater than the sum of its individual elements.
samrobertsband.com
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Meet the Teams
At our inaugural event, 7 fearless teams will seek the resources they need to achieve world-changing goals.
Each team will have 5–10 “pioneer members” — the people with the vision and drive to make change happen.
Team 1/ The 1 Million Teachers Project
THE GOAL
HOW WE WILL HELP
Train 1 million teachers in impoverished nations
within 365 days.
Over 48 hours, The Breakout Project will provide 1
Million Teachers with the essential resources it needs
to move forward. “We need funding, awareness, and
talent across technical, business development, content
creation and education system development to achieve
this mission,” says Team Leader, Hakeem Subair.
THE MISSION
Develop a subscription-based online learning platform
for teachers.
Today, education remains an inaccessible right for
millions of children around the world. More than
72 million children are not in schools while 38% of
children in schools are not learning the basics of
reading and math.
Every education system is only as good as the
teachers who provide the hands-on schooling.
Studies have confirmed their critical role in improving
education-quality and learning-outcomes for children.
Moreover, in the new world economy, education is
humanity’s best hope for a sustainable society that
further fosters caring and responsible citizens.
MEET HAKEEM SUBAIR
Team Lead / Queen’s Masters Student
Hakeem Subair’s career spans investment, retail and commercial banking,
microfinance and strategic business development. Originating from Nigeria,
Subair and his wife realised a lack of good quality education in their country while
searching for a school for their daughter. Without the right tools for teachers,
students would never stand a chance at achieving high-level performance. It is
through this realization, that Hakeem aims to make quality education accessible to
teachers in Nigeria and beyond. Subair arrived in Canada in 2012 and is currently
working on his Masters of Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Queen’s University
while simultaneously finishing a certification at the Centre for Social Impact.
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Team 2/ Change For A Dollar
THE GOAL
HOW WE WILL HELP
Replace the missing billions in charitable donations
resulting from our cashless society.
“The Breakout Project came to us at the perfect
time,” says Rhea Claus, Team Leader, “we were
already amping up to get this project going and it
will help us gain access to the resources, experts,
industry leaders, and support we need.”
THE MISSION
Change For A Dollar takes the idea of charitable
giving and is innovating it using technology to
improve the ease and experience of charitable
donations. Technology has caused the problem that
Change For A Dollar has set out to solve — over
57% of consumer purchases made in Canada
are cashless, with changes in payment altering
the landscape of charitable donations. The World
giving index ranks Canada as one of the top 10
most generous nations, yet charities are losing out
on billions by only accepting cash donations. The
Change for a Dollar Project aims to use technology
as the solution to the problem it has arguably created.
“Success for our team is the experience of going to
The Breakout Project event. As 5 women working
in tech we are used to things being crazy and this
experience, as a challenge, is considered a success.
While for the project, it’s validating the idea, getting
support for it across the country.”
MEET RHEA CLAUS
Team Lead / Project Manager at Usful
Rhea Claus knows that planetary change is inevitable. That is why she has
dedicated her time and passion to Usful, an initiative-based company that prepares
communities for this reality through technology, design, and education. Rhea
identified a problem where charities only accept cash donations but people rarely
have change. This is a problem created by technology, therefore it can also be
fixed using technology. For Rhea and her five Change for a Dollar team members,
participating in The Breakout Project already feels like a success in itself.
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Team 3/ E=STEM365
THE GOAL
HOW WE WILL HELP
Open the door to STEM education for 300,000 girls
in 365 days.
“We need to build economies of scale to reduce the
price of the Jade Robots,” says Team Leader, Myke
Predko. “Further, we need to educate 150 teachers
to provide the classroom training, and source an
operational team to support our rapid growth.”
THE MISSION
40% of all modern jobs require high school academic
level Math and Science. At present, only 8% of girls
(26% of boys) are enrolling in advance Grade 9 programs.
The Jade Robot is a low-cost, pre-assembled
teaching tool that provides youth with an easy,
quick, fun and challenging way to learn many of the
key principles of Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math (STEM).
Surveys from students working with the Jade Robot,
show the following successes:
» 25%+ increase in interest in STEM as a career
» 30%+ increase in interest in post-secondary
education
Over the past 3 years, it has been found that girls who
have attended grade 8 “Systems” science strand with
the Jade Robot have enrolled in academic math and
science at an astonishing rate of 92%.1
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Taken from sample of 600+ students, 480 of which were girls.
MEET MYKE PREDKO
Team Lead / Designer of the Jade Robot, Chief Roboticist & CTO of
Mimetics Canada Digital Education
Myke Predko is an award winning Engineering Manager with 25+ years of
experience in designing and developing hardware and software products as well as
an established electronics educational author. Myke built his first robot at the age
of 13 and has been teaching about robots and technology since 2001. The Jade
Robot is a fully-developed educational robot designed to engage and excite the next
generation of scientists and engineers. For the past six months, the Jade Robot has
been teaching young students about robotics and programming while changing their
attitudes towards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).
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Team 4/ Youth Who Care by Future World Leaders
THE GOAL
The youth will have opportunities to:
Bring 10,000 youth in care through an expansive
leadership program, creating future leaders and
changing the societal views of an at risk population.
» Make connections to their community by engaging
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THE MISSION
The Youth Who Care project is a leadership program
designed for youth currently under government care.
Youth in care are often portrayed in a negative light
and placed in circumstances that restrict access to
opportunities. This program aims to solve this issue,
by providing them with a chance to connect to their
communities and communities across the world while
making a difference in global issues.
The program will include a yearly curriculum teaching
essential life and leadership skills, while promoting
philanthropy.
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in meaningful conversations about global issues and
the importance of generosity
Travel and experience a new country, culture,
lifestyle, and food that will open their minds to the
world abroad
Become resourceful independent individuals that
are not going to just survive but thrive and become
our world’s future leaders; by inspiring them to
follow their dreams and want to help make a
difference in their lives and the world
HOW WE WILL HELP
We hope that the The Breakout Project will bring
ideas, the teachers, the program implementers, the
world-wide connections, the funding, and the fan base
needed to scale our project nation-wide and beyond
within our first year.
MEET CARLY COXFORD
Team Lead / Social Worker
Carly started working for Batshaw Youth and Family Centres as a recall educator in
2006. Over the last ten years, she has worked as an educator in the different group
homes and residential units, as a unit support worker offering aid to both staffs and
youths during times of difficulty, and as an after-hours assistant manager. She did her
BA in Human Relations and Masters in Social Work, and is now a social worker.
Helping others through humanitarian projects abroad has been a life goal of hers for
years. With this program she will not only get to fulfill her dreams but also get to share
these experiences with youth in care. She truly believes this program has the potential
to leave lasting impressions on the youths involved, and inspire a new generation of
positive leaders.
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Team 5/ Focus Forward for Indigenous Youth
THE GOAL
HOW WE WILL HELP
Provide indigenous youth across 50 different
communities with opportunities to develop
professional and personal skills as they build small
homes and greenhouses in their communities.
The Breakout Project will help us gain the initial
momentum we need to make this program
possible. We see this event as a means to generate
awareness and understanding of the underlying
social issues driving our mission. We will need to
attract the the funding, expert staff and volunteers,
community contacts, material resources, and the
ideas and guidance needed to execute this gamechanging project.
THE MISSION
Focus Forward will build an educational program
for indigenous youth in communities across
Canada. Working with contractors, educators,
logistics specialists, and community supporters,
this program will teach youth hands-on building
skills, build confidence, develop life skills, and
create much needed new housing and greenhouse
structures in indigenous communities.
The program will allow youth to gain work experience as
they earn high school credits and apprenticeship hours.
We hope to start as many as 50 projects for
indigenous youth across 50 different communities in
our first year. And we’re going to need a lot of help to
get there from a standing start!
MEET EVAN VERYARD
Team Lead / Royal Military College Master’s Student
Evan Veryard recently graduated from McGill University, and is now pursuing a
Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at the Royal Military College of Canada.
This past summer he turned his passion into a profession and started on his own
woodworking business through Ontario’s Summer Company Program. Since then,
he has been running a woodworking program at the Kingston Aboriginal School
where he enjoys the opportunity to pass on his love of woodworking. Working with
this program motivated him to try to do more and create something with even more
impact — and The Breakout Project is as big as it gets.
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Team 6/ MAPP Canada
THE GOAL
HOW WE WILL HELP
Our goal is to share 10,000+ inspirational Indigenous
stories from across Canada and generate 2 million+
MAPP Canada supporters in 365 days.
Through The Breakout Project, MAPP Canada
can rally the support of all Canadians who want to
contribute to the empowerment of Indigenous identity
and inclusion across Canada. We want The Breakout
Project to help make MAPP Canada a national
phenomenon — bridging the gap between Indigenous
peoples and Canadians for a better Canada.
THE MISSION
MAPP Canada will connect 1.4 million+ Indigenous
people across Canada with the rest of Canada
and the globe using a creative multifunctional and
socially transformative online platform. Our goal is
to engage Canada’s First Nations communities, Inuit
communities, Metis settlements and an increasing
urban Indigenous population. Our objective is to
generate an online knowledge bank, sharing 10,000+
Indigenous inspired stories in 365 days. MAPP
Canada is a social empowerment tool with a mission
to promote and celebrate the positive achievements
and contributions of Indigenous peoples and their
communities. Its purpose is to effectively shift the
Canadian social mindset by transforming the national
narratives of Indigenous peoples through storytelling
using MAPP Canada.
MEET SHYRA BARBERSTOCK
Team Lead / Co-founder at MAPP Canada
A serial entrepreneur and Indigenous scholar, Shyra’s business journey began with
the advent and debut of the Okwaho Network; Canada’s first social networking
platform dedicated to the empowerment of Indigenous business on a global scale.
Since then, Shyra has created several Indigenous led businesses including her
flagship company Okwaho Equal Source Inc. (2016), dedicated to empowering
Indigenous entrepreneurship and championing minority business and commerce at
home and abroad. She is the current President and Global Chair of Okwaho Equal
Source Inc.
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Team 7/ bTRUE
THE GOAL
HOW WE WILL HELP
Create 1,000,000 new relationships between youth and
local police across North America within 365 days.
Together with the support of Boys & Girls Clubs across
North America, local police forces, and new partners
we hope to find with The Breakout Project, that we will
source the ideas, funding and momentum required to
build a toolbox of effective community programs.
THE MISSION
For every $1 spent building relationships between
youth and police, up to $17 in future justice system
costs can be saved. With this finding in mind, we
intend to develop and implement innovative new
programs that breakdown societal barriers and
change the way kids and law enforcement officials
interact across North America.
We need fresh ideas and success stories, program
directors, implementers, funders, and fans. We hope
The Breakout Project can bring these people, ideas
and resources together to change the way youth and
police interact across the continent.
MEET DEANNA DAVIES
Team Lead / Partnerships, Business Development and Community
Engagement at the Boys and Girls Club of Kingston
A proud Kingstonian with over 25 years in Marketing, Partnerships &
Communications, Deanna has worked in senior management roles in private,
corporate, government and not-for profits sectors of business. Deanna’s positive
leadership has helped her to assist and empower teams to thrive around change.
She worked as a Director of Marketing for Brown’s Fine Food Services where she
learned the importance of philanthropic leadership and community. She then joined
TDL Group Inc. as a Regional Marketing Manager for Canada’s Leading QSR Brand
- Tim Hortons- Eastern Ontario. 8 Years later she became the Executive Director of
Kingston Accommodation Partners Inc. Deanna has also sat on various boards and
committees over the years.
MEET JOSH CONNER
Team Lead / Constable, City of Kingston Police
Born and raised in Kingston, On, Josh began his policing career in 2006 with
Durham Regional Police Service. After a few years Josh moved back to Kingston,
starting his career with the Kingston Police. In 2013 he started in the Community
Oriented Response and Enforcement (CORE) Unit. In 2015 the CORE Unit
developed a new community policing strategy and Josh became the Youth
Programs Officer and YCJA coordinator. During his policing career Josh has
received 2 Chief’s commendations, one from each service. Josh currently serves on
a number of youth committees in Kingston, including his role as an adult facilitator
for the Kingston Youth Strategy (Y2K). Josh is also a member of St Lawrence Youth
Association Board of Directors.
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Meet the Hosts
AMBER MACARTHUR
Day 1/ Wednesday, May 10
Bestselling Author, Keynote Speaker, Tech Entrepreneur & Freelance Host
Amber, known to her followers as “Amber Mac”, is a Canadian Television and
netcasting personality. MacArthur is currently the co-host of BNN’s App Central.
She was the most followed Canadian television personality on Twitter in 2008.
She also produces and co-hosts her own video podcast, called CommanN, and
co-hosted the TWiT podcast network’s now defunct Social Hour (successor to
net@night/InsidetheNet). MacArthur is known for the series Call for Help, but has
also hosted on Torrent and Gadgets and Gizmos for G4techTV Canada.
NORA YOUNG
Day 2/ Thursday, May 11
Technology & Culture Journalist, Host of CBC’s Spark & Author of The Virtual Self
Nora is the host and creator of Spark on CBC Radio, and the author of The Virtual
Self, she demystifies technology and explains how it is shaping our lives and the
larger world in which we live.
She is an informed and ideal guide for anyone looking to examine—and plan for—
the ever-changing high-tech landscape; she helps audiences understand trends in
social media, big data, wearable tech and more, while showing them how to better
protect their privacy in our increasingly digital world.
TOM CLARK
Day 3/ Friday, May 12
Chair of Public Affairs & Communications, Global Public Affairs
Former Chief Political Correspondent Global Television Network
Tom left Global News on January 1, 2017, after serving as the network’s chief
political correspondent and host of The West Block. He has interviewed every
Canadian Prime Minister since Lester B. Pearson and has covered every federal
election campaign since 1974. He has reported in eight active war zones and from
over 33 countries.
Tom was CTV’s China Bureau Chief and was also its Chief Washington
Correspondent for five years. He has a deep understanding of Canada’s position
in an increasingly complicated international dynamic. Tom is the recipient of
Radio Television Digital News Association lifetime achievement award and has
been named one of the most influential journalists in Ottawa.
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Meet the Speakers
KAJ ARNÖ
Chief Evangelist of MariaDB Corporation
Kaj Arnö is a serial entrepreneur. In 2001, Kaj joined the management team at
MySQL AB, and since then has served as VP of Services, VP of Engineering and VP
of Community Relations. When MySQL was bought by Sun, Kaj stayed with Sun
as an Ambassador and when Oracle bought Sun, he co-founded SkySQL Ab, as
the Executive VP Products. Based in Munich, Germany since 2006, Kaj has held
speeches and blogged in over a dozen languages as well as pioneered a number
of Social Media communities in Finland. He is a business publication columnist,
photographer, climber, kayaker, mountain biker and seven time marathon runner,
spreading his running philosophy as “Runnism, the religion of running.”
Open Source for Open Good
Keynote Speaker: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 1:30 PM
Role of Technology and A.I. in Social Innovation
Panelist: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 2:00 PM
DEREK BALL
CEO & Co-founder at atVenu
Derek Ball previously worked with many early stage start-ups, and he has raised
millions of dollars in capital. He has also written numerous books on emerging
technology. Since launching in January 2013, atVenu has grown to work with over
7,000 artists, festivals and music venues and has managed over 200,000 shows
on behalf of their clients. They have artists from every major music label using the
platform and have partnered with many of the industry’s top merch companies. Most
recently they have begun working with world class festival clients like Coachella and
the Governor’s Ball.
Synchronicity — How To Manage Fast & Complex Projects
Keynote Speaker: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 10:00 AM
How Will You Organize Your Resources to Achieve Your Team’s Goals?
Panelist: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 10:30 AM
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ALYSSA FURTADO
CEO of Ratehub.ca
Alyssa Furtado is a passionate entrepreneur, financial expert, digital marketer and
educator and is the CEO and Co-founder of RateHub.ca since 2010. She has been
regularly featured as a financial expert on CTV News, BNN, Global News, The Globe
and Mail and the Toronto Star. Under her leadership RateHub has launched its own
in-house mortgage brokerage, CanWise Financial, and opened two additional offices
in Vancouver and Quebec. Alyssa’s expertise in SEO and digital marketing has been
a key factor in RateHub’s success, driving hundreds of thousands of users to the
site each month.
Scaling From Zero
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 5:15 PM
CHARLIE GARCIA
CEO of ALPFA Inc.
Charlie Garcia is a successful entrepreneur who founded Sterling Financial which
he grew from three people to offices in seven countries and $2 billion in assets prior
to selling it in 2005. In June 2014, Charlie was selected to lead the Association of
Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA). In less than 18 months, he has grown
ALPFA’s membership from 12,000 to 76,000 students and professionals, with a goal
of reaching a million members by 2020. ALPFA Latino students gain the skills and
mentors they need to move from the outside of America’s economic mainstream to
the center of it. Its proven model has made it the “go to” organization for companies
seeking to recruit, retain, and develop Latino professionals.
Leading with Purpose – How to Discover Your WHY
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 9:30 AM
What Is Your Purpose?
Panelist: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 10:00 AM
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JEFF JOHNSON
Director, Cinematographer, Photographer, Creative Brand Agent for Patagonia Inc.
“Johnson’s creative footprint has been instrumental in shaping not just Patagonia’s
brand vision, but adventure culture as well.”
-Esquire Magazine
Jeff Johnson grew up in Danville, California, and moved to Hawaii when he turned 18.
He lived on the North Shore of Oahu for 15 years where he spent his time writing and
taking photographs. His stories and photographs have appeared in The Wall Street
Journal, The Surfer’s Journal, Alpinist, Surfer magazine, Climbing magazine, and
Outside magazine. In 2010, Jeff starred as the main protagonist in the documentary
film 180o South. Jeff now works as a creative brand agent for Patagonia Inc. and
does freelance work as a creative director, photographer and writer.
Values Over Value – How Experiences & Ideals Drive Shared Success
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 7:00 PM
KERRI-LYNN MCALLISTER
Chief Marketing Officer at RateHub.ca
Kerri-Lynn McAllister is a digital marketing expert, educator, mentor, and a founding
team member of RateHub.ca. Kerri-Lynn has contributed to publications such as
Notable.ca and TechVibes, and has appeared as a financial and marketing expert
in The Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, and the Toronto Star. Kerri-Lynn is a graduate
of Queen’s School of Business. She co-chairs the Canadian Personal Finance
Conference (CPFC), an annual event that welcomes 150 top financial influencers,
brands, startups, and journalists across North America for a two-day event in
Toronto. She has taught a digital marketing course at HackerYou, Canada’s first
programming bootcamp, and in her spare time is a member of the Women in
Leadership Mentorship Program and is a Big Sister.
How Did You Build Your Dream Team?
Panelist: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 1:40 PM
TARA MCCALLAN
Creator of Happy Soul Project
Tara is a quirky wanna-be-writer/blogger, adoring/annoyed wife, minivan momma
to three hooligans, one who just happens to have Down syndrome, and the founder
of the Happy Soul Project (happysoulproject.com). She created a worldwide
#differentisbeautiful campaign, gets thousands of people to do #BeAwesomeToday
Acts of goodness & has given over 6,000 Kick-It-Capes to kids facing terminal
illness or vast differences in life. Happy Soul Project runs a successful online shop
where products sold, are made by artist with extraordinary needs. This year Happy
Soul Project will launch an Academy & Apprenticeship program.
What Is Your Purpose?
Panelist: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 10:00 AM
Make A Dent in the Universe & Find Your Purpose in Unexpected Ways
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 11:00 AM
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BEN NARASIN
Partner at Canvas Ventures
Ben Narasin is a Partner at Canvas Ventures and was an active institutional seed
investor for eight years, during which he personally invested in 75 companies
including Lending Club, Check, Kabbage, Realty Mogul, Dropcam, Zenefits.
Half of the companies he seeded went on to raise follow-on venture capital. An
entrepreneur since the age of 12, Ben ran startups through high school and college
before founding Boston Preparatory Company, a menswear company. In 1993
he founded Fashionmall.com, the first cost-per-click based business. Ben is also
a professional freelance writer on food and wine as well as writing online about
technology and entrepreneurship.
Gaining VC Attention
Keynote Speaker & Deck Doctor: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 6:00 PM
How Will You Organize Your Resources To Achieve Your Team’s Goals?
Panelist: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 10:30 AM
CHRIS RICHARD
Chief Technology Officer at RateHub.ca
Chris Richard is the Chief Technical Officer, and technical backbone of RateHub.
ca. Chris leads RateHub’s full stack web development and operations team from
Kingston, Ontario. Chris received his degree in Computer Engineering from the
University of Waterloo and embarked on a career as a Software Development
Engineer for Microsoft. He returned to Toronto to join the RateHub team in 2010,
spearheading the development of RateHub’s website from the ground-up. Outside
the RateHub office, Chris can be found spending time with his wife and two children,
and brewing his own craft beer.
Role of Technology and A.I. in Social Innovation
Panelist: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 2:00 PM
DEREK SIDEBOTTOM
Founder of Farside HR & Squadley, Head of HR for EA Sports, BioWare,
Rocket Fuel, Kabam and 3DR
Derek has been scaling and advising fast growth global companies for more than
a decade. The product visionary and driving force behind Squadley’s mission to
upgrade the HR toolset, Derek is the relentless voice of the customer; setting a
higher standard of excellence and creativity for the team to meet and exceed.
Your Squad – Building Your Team to Scale From The First Hire
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 1:00 PM
How Did You Build Your Dream Team?
Panelist: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 1:40 PM
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ANDREW STEWART
Chairman of Venterra Realty
Andrew’s oversight at Venterra Realty includes technology development, investor
relationships, acquisitions and financing and comprehensive strategic direction for
the company. Given his experience in software and engineering, he oversees the
continued build-out of Venterra’s unique technology platform, which provides the
basis for management, operations, and strategic decision/optimization systems
for the company. Andrew has founded, built and run several successful software
technology companies with sophisticated mathematical optimization models to
solve real-world problems. He is also Chairman of Spring Rains, whose mission is to
provide entrepreneurs in developing nations access to capital and training.
Innovation’s Role in Solving the Biggest Challenges Facing the Planet
Panelist: Day 1/ Wednesday, May 10 at 10:00 PM
CHRIS HOGG
Co-founder & Vice President of Content & Coverage at /newsrooms
Chris Hogg is responsible for strategic and publishing teams who build content
marketing and live event coverage for clients like PTC, IBM, BMO, Norton Rose
Fulbright, Public Mobile and more.
Chris is an entrepreneur with 15 years of experience in digital media, social media
and broadcasting. He has a deep passion for innovation and disruptive, highgrowth businesses where technology and digital media intersect. With a broadcast
journalism background, Chris has also worked with many media companies
including Digital Journal, CBC News, Fifth Estate, CBC Sports, CTV News, City
News, CP24, Global News, Business News Network, Space, Toronto Star, Globe &
Mail, Postmedia & dozens of syndicated TV & radio networks.
We Will Interview 1 Million Innovators — Starting With You
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 2:30 PM
ELLIOTT SIMCOE
Partner at Smart & Biggar
Elliott Simcoe has over two decades of wide-ranging experience in intellectual
property law. His main focus is on preparing and prosecuting patent applications
in Canada. He is also regularly involved with matters relating to patent litigation,
Canadian trademark drafting and prosecution, and copyrights. He has significant
expertise in domain name matters, including acquisition and licensing. He also
provides frequent assistance to associate firms in the United States with procuring
intellectual property protection in Canada.
Return on Innovation – Creating Competitive Value with Intellectual Property
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 4:30 PM
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MARTINA BUCHAL
World Merit Global Ambassador
Martina is an internationally recognized speaker, coach, and consultant, with a
background in law and diplomacy, recently selected as Real Leaders Magazine’s #34
most Visionary Leader. For over 3 years, she has been traveling the globe listening
to, empowering, and working alongside others to engage their voices and talents to
create a more positive future for our planet through the United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals. The focus of her work is the #StartWithin approach, which
recognizes that we all have the power and capacity to actively change our lives, by
starting within.
Innovation’s Role in Solving the Biggest Challenges Facing the Planet
Panelist: Day 1/ Wednesday, May 10 at 10:00 PM
The Future Calls Us To Be Present — How Mindfulness Can Change The World
For The Better
Keynote: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 9:15 AM
The Future of The Breakout Project
Panelist: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 4:00 PM
SHAUNA LEVY
President & CEO at Design Exchange
Shauna Levy is the President of Canada’s Design Museum, Design Exchange (DX).
She has invited and worked with globally celebrated personalities from Jeanne
Beker to Pharrell Williams.
Former Vice President of MMPI Canada, Levy co-founded the internationally
acclaimed Interior Design Show (IDS) in 1998. She is instrumental in positioning
the City of Toronto as an international design destination, bringing some of the
world’s most creative design minds to Canada; as well as building the international
reputation of Toronto as a design destination.
The Role of Design in Solving The Biggest Challenges We Face
Keynote Speaker: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 11:30 AM
Teams Compete for HUGE promotional opportunity at EDIT (September 2017)
Edit Pitch Challenge: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 12:00 PM
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BRYAN PATERSON
Mayor, City of Kingston
On October 27, 2014 Bryan was elected as the 96th Mayor of the City of Kingston.
Bryan first ran for City Council in 2010 in Trillium District. As a City Councillor,
Bryan used his background as an economist to push forward a progressive agenda
centered on economic development, quality of life initiatives and the facilitation of
more affordable housing in Kingston.
As Mayor, Bryan has set a vision for Kingston as a smart and livable 21st century
city. The vision aims to harness the incredible assets we have as a community and
build a culture of innovation to establish Kingston as a leader among cities. Bryan’s
work to realize this vision includes championing the airport expansion, advancing
the Waterfront Master Plan, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, launching the
Youth Employment Strategy and getting the Third Crossing shovel ready – all while
holding the annual tax rate increase to 2.5%.
Our Role in an International Innovation Ecosystem
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 9:00 AM
ALBERT NERENBERG
Film Director, Hypnotist, Laughologist
Albert Nerenberg is an acclaimed film director, hypnotist, and one of the world’s top
experts on laughter. As a “Laughologist” he’s the inventor of Laughercize, a laughter
exercise technique and founder of The American Laughing Championships. In 2016
he stunned Queen’s TEDX conference with a demonstration of hypnosis titled “Is
Hypnosis Fake?”
He is also the founder of the American Laughing Championships and in 2011 he was
named one of the “100 most influential people in Health and Fitness” by Greatist.com.
The Power of The Obvious
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 8:00 PM
ELLEN MARTIN
Co-founder & COO of SoJo
Ellen Martin is the Co-Founder and COO of SoJo, where she has designed and
led training for over 2000 aspiring social entrepreneurs and capacity builders in
7 countries. As an independent consultant and coach, Ellen helps nonprofits and
charities complete feasibility studies and business plans.
Ellen previously worked on the Education and Engagement team at the MaRS
Centre for Impact Investing and at several web-based nonprofit organizations,
serving as the Interim Managing Editor. Ellen currently serves on the board of PTP
Adult Learning and Employment and Youth Challenge International.
Scaling Social Enterprises that Matter
Keynote Speaker: Day 2/ Thursday, May 11 at 9:30 PM
The Future of The Breakout Project
Panelist: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 4:00 PM
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SURINDER SINGH
Founder & President of Northcloud
With the unique combination of Technology Platforms, Skilled People and
Repeatable Processes and Systems, Surinder built Northcloud to help clients deliver
on technology projects, on-time and on-budget.
Northcloud also built SPEQit, a software tool, to help teams better understand the
scope and functionality of their software so that they can deliver technology projects
with better predictability.
Role of Technology and AI in Social Innovation
Panelist: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 2:00 PM
CHELSEY SMITH
Communications Manager at Global Citizen
Chelsey Smith (M.A.) is a media and communications professional with Global
Citizen. Chelsey’s professional repertoire includes journalism, marketing and
branding, movement building and campaign management. Her publication “The
Technology of Hope: Twitter and the Bring Back Our Girls Campaign” examines
the role of technology in new social movements, and how NGOs can best position
campaigns for traction.
Beyond an array of volunteer work in Canada, she has always been passionate
about peace and justice in a global context, and worked to support the rights of
children in Ghana (2008), to combat gender-based violence in Swaziland (2013), and
to rebrand a movement toward transformative feminist society in Tanzania (2016).
Innovation’s Role in Solving the Biggest Challenges Facing the Planet
Panelist: Day 1/ Wednesday, May 10 at 10:00 PM
DWIGHT MIHALICZ
President of Effective Managers™
Dwight has founded and is President of Effective Managers™, a management
consulting firm based in Canada and providing services globally. He helps
organizations improve performance. His main focus is on manager effectiveness,
ensuring that all managers, from the CEO to the front line, are focused on their key
strategic priorities and resourced to meet them. With over 40 years of organization
experience in a broad variety of organizations and situations he has been required
to solve a broad variety of complex problems in local, national, and global settings
and has developed extensive expertise in supporting improvement processes in
organizations.
How Will You Organize Your Resources To Achieve Your Team’s Goals?
Panelist: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 10:30 AM
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MPP SOPHIE KIWALA
MPP for Kingston and the Islands
Sophie Kiwala is the Member of Provincial Parliament for Kingston and the Islands.
She currently serves as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Children and Youth
Services, as well as to the Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation.
Sophie was previously Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Tourism, Culture
and Sport.
Opening Keynote
Keynote Speaker: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 8:30 AM
SOM SEIF
President & CEO of Purpose Investments Inc.
Som Seif is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Purpose Investments
Inc. Seif started Claymore Investments in Canada in January 2005 and was the
former President and Chief Executive Officer leading the implementation of the
company’s business development and corporate strategies. Over the seven years
of its operation, Claymore Investments organically grew to $8 billion in assets and
established itself as a Canadian leader in bringing intelligent, low cost exchangetraded funds to investors.
How Will You Organize Your Resources To Achieve Your Team’s Goals?
Panelist: Day 3/ Friday, May 12 at 10:30 AM
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About Kingston
Set on the shores of Lake Ontario at the entrance to
the St. Lawrence Seaway, Kingston ON was Canada’s
first capital city. The greater Kingston area boasts
a population of over 150,000 with family-friendly
neighbourhoods, world class cultural and sporting
facilities, and three post-secondary education
institutions including Queen’s University, St. Lawrence
College and Royal Military College. Enjoy farmers’
markets, a stroll through secret cobblestone
passageways, paddle boarding, sailing adventures,
outdoor festivals, and tours of the many historic sites
like The Kingston Penitentiary and Fort Henry.
Kingston Facts & Figures
» Museums, galleries, and national historic sites: 24
» Parks: 200+
» The smartest workforce in Canada with the most PhD
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graduates per capita
Median commuting distance: 5.9 km
Average commuting time: 20.4 minutes
Birthplace of the beloved Canadian band,
The Tragically Hip
Getting to Kingston is Really Easy...
Via Highway 401 Eastbound
Take the Sir John A Macdonald Blvd. exit (#615)
and travel south into downtown Kingston.
Via Highway 401 Westbound
Take the Highway 15 exit (#623) and continue south for
approximately 5 km (3 miles) until you reach Highway 2.
At Highway 2 turn right, passing Fort Henry
(on your left) and the Royal Military College of
Canada, and crossing over the LaSalle Causeway
to downtown Kingston.
There are 22 departures and arrivals daily through
Kingston’s VIA Rail station with connections to and
from Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa.
Coach Canada/Trentway-Wager Bus Lines operates
25 daily departures and arrivals at the City of Kingston
terminal via Toronto, Cornwall, and Peterborough.
» For more information on bus schedules and fares,
call 613.547.4916 or visit the Coach Canada website.
Greyhound Bus Lines provides service to and from
the Kingston terminal with 2-3 daily departures and
arrivals via Ottawa.
» For more information on both of these services, call
613.547.4916 or visit the Greyhound Bus Line website.
Kingston Airport (YGK), also known as Norman
Rogers Airport is accessible from:
» Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) serviced
» For a detailed listing of fares and schedules, visit the
VIA Rail website or call 1.888.VIA-RAIL.
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by Air Canada with seven flights a day (check
arrivals or departures)
Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport (YOW)
Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International
Airport (YUL)
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