CityTalk Panellists 2020-Present
Janice Abbott, CEO, Atira Women's Resource Society
Siri Agrell, Former Executive Director, OneEleven
Freshta Ahmadzai, Co-Author, The Urban Impact Project
Kemi Akapo, Peterborough City Councillor
Richard Albert, Professor, University of Texas
Craig Alexander, Chief Economist & Executive Advisor, Deloitte
Ahmed Allahwala, Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough
Stephanie Allen, Vice-President of Strategic Business Operations and Performance, BC Housing
Ilana Altman, Co-Executive Director, The Bentway
Rebecca Alty, Mayor of Yellowknife
Jennifer Angel, CEO, Evergreen
Guillaume Aniorté, Executive Director, Quartier des spectacles international
Medjine Antoine-Bellamy, Coordonnatrice de projet, Ajah
John Archer, Chief Development Officer, 360 Collective
Allison Ashcroft, Principal, vivo
Gohar Ashoughian, University Librarian at Wilfrid Laurier University
Martine August, Assistant Planning, School of Planning, University of Waterloo
Ana Bailão, Toronto City Councilor
Orlando Bailey, Director of Engagement, BridgeDetroit & Detroit Host, Urban Consulate
Derek Ballantyne, Chief Executive Officer, Encasa
Richard Barkham, Global Chief Economist, Head of Global Research & Head of Americas Research, CBRE
Ken Bautista, Co-Founder, The Public Food Hub Co.
Rami Bebawi, Partner & Cofounder, Architect, KANVA
Carol Bebelle, Cofounder, Ashé Cultural Arts Center
Zoë Bennett, Youth Advocate
Ashlyn Bernier, Chief Operating Officer, samdesk
Jordan Bighorn, Co-Director, Community Education Development Association
Martin Blake, Vice President, Daniels Corporation
Charles Blanc, Artist/Architect, Sans façon
Naama Blonder, Architect, Urban Designer, Urban Planner, Smart Density
Shirley Blumberg, Founding Partner, KPMB Architects
Sarah Blyth, Executive Director, Overdose Prevention Society
Tenille Bonoguore, Waterloo City Councillor
Dr. Andrew Boozary, Executive Director, University Health Network
Rudi Borrmann, Deputy Director, OGP Local, Open Government Partnership
Rino Bortolin, Windsor City Councilor
Hazel Borys, President of PlaceMakers, LLC
Brian Bowman, Mayor of Winnipeg
Sheila Young, Principal & President, Americas Professional Services, Avison Young
Danny Breen, Mayor of St. John's
Alex Bozikovic, Architecture Critic, the Globe and Mail
Danny Bridson, Urban Planner and Designer, Mandaworks
Tessy Britton, Founding Chief Executive, Participatory City
Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton
John Brown, Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at University of Calgary
Frances Bula, Journalist
Malcolm Bruce, CEO, Edmonton Global
Marcy Burchfield, Vice President, Economic Blueprint Institute, Toronto Region Board of Trade
Cherise Burda, Executive Director, City Building Ryerson
Tamika Butler, Founder + Principal, Tamika L. Butler Consulting, LLC
Jodi Butts, Senior Governance Consultant
Stephanie Cadieux, MLA Surrey South
Veronika Bylicki, Co-Founder & Executive Director, CityHive
LaToya Cantrell, Mayor of New Orleans
Vanessa Campisi, Team Lead, Program and Policy Development, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Douglas Cardinal, Architect
Elliott Cappell, National Climate Change Leader, Partner, PwC Canada
Hunter Cardinal, Director of Story, Naheyawin
Danilo Caron, EIT and Indigenous Student Engagement Coordinator at UBC Engineering Student Services
Shelley Carroll, Toronto City Councilor
Nathalie Carrier, Executive Director, Vanier BIA
Dan Carter, Mayor of Oshawa
Shelby Ch’ng, Thunder Bay City Councilor
Agathe Cavicchioli, Head of Advocacy, C40 Cities
Markus Chambers, Winnipeg Deputy Mayor
Julianna Charchun, City of Edmonton Chief of Staff
Lilian Chau, CEO, Entre Nous Femmes Housing
Shivani Chaudhry, Executive Director, Housing and Land Rights Network
Mary Chevreau, Chief Executive Officer, Kitchener Public Library
Josée Chiasson, Directrice de la mise en valeur des pôles économiques, Ville de Montréal
Mapfumo Chidzonga, Senior Engagement Strategist , Government of Nova Scotia
Andrew Chunilall, CEO, Community Foundations of Canada
Queenie Choo, CEO, SUCCESS
Erin Chrusch, Senior Strategist, Office of the Mayor, City of Calgary
Christopher Clacio, Activist, Inter Civics Commons
Greg Clark, Global Head of Future Cities and New Industries, HSBC Group
Charlie Clark, Mayor of Saskatoon
Daryl Cloran, Artistic Director, Citadel Theatre
Zita Cobb, Founder and CEO, Shorefast
Carol Coletta, President and CEO of the Memphis River Parks Partnership
André Côté, Head of Secure & Responsible Tech Policy Education Program, Toronto Metropolitan University
Catherine Craig-St-Louis, Territorial and Urban Planning Advisor - Gatineau office manager, Vivre en Ville
Bonnie Crombie, Mayor of Mississauga
Lorna Crowshoe, Aboriginal Issues Strategist, City of Calgary
Franc D'Ambrosio, Principal, Architect, D'AMBROSIO architecture + urbanism
Miatta Dukuly, Youth Advocate
Armi de Francia, Active Transportation Coordinator · The Corporation of the Town of Ajax
Maureen Jensen, Prosperity Project Founding Visionary & former Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Ontario Securities Commission
Mel de Jager, Vice President, Climate Change, Resilience & Sustainability, WSP Canada
Frances Delsol, Executive Director, Black Business and Professional Association
Alkarim Devani, Co-Founder and CSO, Chroma Property Technologies
Raj Dhaliwal, Project Coordinator, Youthful Cities
Drew Dilkens, Mayor of Windsor
Cynthia Dorrington, President, Vale & Associates
Andrea Dicks, President, Community Foundations of Canada
Sharmarke Dubow, Victoria City Councillor
Zahra Ebrahim, CEO, Monumental
Ahmed El-Geneidy, Professor, School of Urban Planning McGill
Druh Farrell, Calgary City Councillor
Laurian Farrell, Regional Director, North America, Resilient Cities Network
Jane Farrow, Principal & Founder, Dept. of Words & Deeds
Andy Fillmore, Member of Parliament for Halifax
Alexandra Flynn, Associate Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC
Mark Garner, Executive Director, Calgary Downtown Association
Aimee Gasparetto, Program Director, Every One Every Day Kjipuktuk-Halifax, Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre
Meric Gertler, President, University of Toronto
Kira Gerwing, Chief Real Estate Investment Officer, Sacha Investments Ltd.
Amanda Gibbs, Associate Director, Engagement, Communications, and Marketing, Vancouver Park Board
Beth Gignac, Chief Impact and Innovation Officer, United Way, Calgary
Bill Given, Mayor of Grande Prairie
John Godfrey, Founder, John Godfrey Climate Change Consulting
Ana Gonzalez Guerrero, Co-Founder, Youth Climate Lab
Eddie Golko, Participant, Us and Them
Karen Gosbee, VP and COO, Community Action on Mental Health and Addiction Stewardship Group
Michael Götting, author, journalist, curator and theatre worker
Graziela Grbac, Executive Director, Village on Main St
Ken Greenberg, Principal, Greenberg Consultatns
Murtaza Haider, Professor of Data Science and Real Estate Management, Toronto Metropolitan University.
Deborah Harford, Head of Philanthropy and CEO, Foundation at Legible Media Inc
Howaida Hassan, Director, City of Edmonton
Jeff Hebert, President, HRA Advisors
Lisa Helps, Mayor of Victoria
Michael Hidetoshi Mori, General Director, Tapestry Opera
Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi, Director of Housing and Research, Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness
Heather Igloliorte, University Research Chair in Circumpolar Indigenous Art, Concordia University
Åsa Kachan, CEO and Chief Librarian, Halifax Public Libraries
Bruce Katz, Co-Founder, New Localism Advisors
Michi Komori, Director, Content acquisitions, Planetvu
Arielle Kayabaga, Member of Parliament for London West (UK)
Brian Kelcey, public policy consultant and founder, State of the City
Markus Kip, Georg-Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies
Chantelle Krish, Executive Director, Big Sisters of BC
Maude Lapointe, Coordination, projets de transition, Notre voisinage, Solon collectif
Michel Lauzon, President & CEO, LAAB
Betty Lepps, Director, Urban Relationship, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
Krista Loughton, Filmmaker, For a City That Cares
Adam Lubinsky, Principal, WXY Studio
Colin Lynch, Managing Director and Head of Global Real Estate Investments, TD Asset Management
Elizabeth McIsaac, President, Maytree
Aaron Myran, Co-Founder and CEO, Future Majority
Anthonia Ogundele, Founder and Executive Director, Ethos Lab Educational Society
Benjamin de la Peña, CEO, the Shared-Use Mobility Center
Andrés Peñaloza, Senior Policy Analyst, BC Non-Profit Housing Association
Brennan Rigby, Project Lead, Shift Aotearoa
Ayanda Roji, General Manager: Corporate Research, Policy and Knowledge Management, Johannesburg City Parks
Brooke Richardson, President, Association of Early Childhood Educators of Ontario
Alicia Scholer, Vice President, Responsible Hospitality Institute
Amarjeet Sohi, Mayor of Edmonton
Anjuli Solanki, Program Director, The STEPS Initiative
Annette Trimbee, President, MacEwan Univeristy
Antonella Valmorbida, Secretary-General, the European Association for Local Democracy
Brenda Vrkljan, Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science, McMaster University
Berry Vrbanovic, Mayor of Kitchener
Catherine McKenna, Former Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Canada
Carlos Moreno, Chair, Entrepreneurship, Territory, Innovation, Sorbonne Business School
Carol Anne Hilton, CEO and Founder, Indigenomics Institute and the Global Centre for Indigenomics
Catherine McKenney, Ottawa City Councillor
Carl Weisbrod, Senior Fellow, NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management
Carole Saab, CEO, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Chandra Sharma, CAO, Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority
Chris Spearman, Mayor of Lethbridge
Carolyn Whitzman, Professor, University of Ottawa
John Tory, Mayor of Toronto
Charles Montgomery, Author, Happy City
Cassandra Vink, Principal, Vink Consulting
Charlotte Mitchell, Infrastructure Planner, Quod
Cheyenne Sundance, Founder, Sundance Harvest
Colette Murphy, Chief Executive Officer, Atkinson Foundation
Dale McFee, Chief, Edmonton Police Service
Dan Hill, Director of Strategic Design, Vinnova
Daniel Pearl, Professor, Université de Montréal
Dave Harvey, Executive Director, Park People
David Pensato, Executive Director, The Exchange District BIZ
Denise Soueidan-O'Leary, Director of Projects and Partnerships, Centre for Social Innovation
Devin Segal, Partner, fathom studio
Don Iveson, Mayor of Edmonton
Donnie Rosa, General Manger, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
Doug Earl, Journalist, Charter City Toronto
Mitchell Reardon, Senior Urban Planner & Designer, Happy Cities
Eddie Robar, Branch Manager Fleet & Facility Services, City of Edmonton
Eladia Smoke, Master Lecturer, Laurentian's McEwen School of Architecture
Elora Wilkinson, Project Manager, Cogswell District Project, Halifax Regional Municipality
Émilie Thuillier, Montreal City Councillor
Ene Underwood, CEO, Habitat for Humanity Greater Toronto Area
Doug Saunders, International Affairs Columnist, the Globe and Mail
Enid Slack, Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto.
Ethan Kent - Executive Director - PlacemakingX | LinkedIn1`q
Lucenia Ortiz, Planner, City of Edmonton
Mike Savage, Mayor of Halifax
Gabriella Gomez-Mont, Founder and Principal, Experimentalista
Graham Singh, Executive Director, Trinity Centres Foundation
Jake Stacey, Executive Vice President Sales and Training, LGM Financial Services
Jason Ribeiro, Vice-Chairman & President, Calgary Surge
Jaime Rogers, Manager, Homeless & Housing Development Department, Medicine Hat Community Housing Society
Janna Levitt, Co-founder, LGA Architectural Partners
Jason Robbins, Principal Architect, JC Robbins Architecture
Jean-Noé Landry, Volunteer Governance Specialist, Solon
Marnie McGregor, Head of Strategic Communications & Advocacy for the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
Jeff Lehman, Mayor of Barrie
Jay Pitter, Founder, Jay Pitter Placemaking
Jeff Morrison, Executive Director, Canadian Housing and Renewal Association
Jim Watson, Mayor of Ottawa
Jing Liu, Co-founder, SO-IL
Joanne Vanderheyden, President, Federation of Canadian Municipalities & Mayor of the Municipality of Strathroy-Caradoc, Ontario
Joe Salmon, Youth Advocate
John G. Jung, Chairman & Co-Founder, Intelligent Community Forum
Irfhan Rawji, Founder and CEO, Mob Squad
Isla Jackson Tanaka, Winter City Planner, City of Edmonton
Janine Theobald, Director of Collaborative Engagement, The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness
John von Nostrand, Founding Principal, SvN
Josh Fullan, Principal Consultant, Maximum City
Judith Veresuk, Executive Director, Regina Downtown Business Improvement District
Julie Lawson, Professor, RMIT University
Julie Nagam, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Collaboration and Digital Media, Director of Aabijijiwan New Media Lab
Karen Montgrand, Anti-Homelessness Advocate
Karen Wong, Co-Founder & CEO, TAKU Retail
Kate Fenske, Chief Executive Officer, Downtown Winnipeg BIZ
Kelly Paleczny, General Manager, London Transit Commission
Keren Tang, Edmonton City Councillor
Kevin Narraway, Marketing Manager, Port Hope
Kristyn Wong-Tam, MPP, Toronto Centre
Laura Tamblyn Watts, CEO, CanAge
Leilani Farha, Global Director, Make the Shift
Lhazin Nedup, Planning Consultant, Urban Platform
Linxi Mytkolli, Lead, Patient Engagement & Knowledge Mobilization, Diabetes Action Canada
Lisa Lalande, Chief Executive Officer, Century Initiative
Margaret Pfoh, CEO, Aboriginal Housing Management Association
Marianna Meed Ward, Mayor of Burlington
Mary Moran, President and CEO, Calgary Economic Development
Mary Persson, Deputy Minister, Infrastructure at Government of Alberta
Maureen Sawa, Chief Executive Officer, Greater Victoria Public Library
Merran Smith, Founder and Executive Director, Clean Energy Canada
Michael Redhead Champagne, Ininew helper, host, speaker & author
Michael Shurman, Director of Local Economy Projects, Neighbourhood Associates Corporation
Micheal Vonn, CEO, PHS Community Services Society
Michel Tremblay, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice-President, Corporate Services, CMHC
Kadie Ward, Commissioner and Chief Administrative Officer, Pay Equity Commission, Ontario Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development
Matthew Webber, Co-Owner, Berkeley North
Dr. Meghan Winters, Epidemiologist, Simon Fraser University
Armine Yalnizyan, Economist, Atkinson Fellow
Carmina de Young, President/Creative Director, Carmina de Young
Mitchell Reardon, Planning and Design Lead, Happy Cities
Mohamed Lachemi, President and Vice-chancellor, Toronto Metropolitan University
Nadine Spencer, CEO, BrandEQ Group Inc.
Natalie Voland, President and Chief Vision Officer, GI Quo Vadis Inc.
Naheed Nenshi, Former Mayor of Calgary
