Speaker Listing
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Allinson, J. Scott
- Escalator: Jobs for Youth Facing Barriers Initiative — A Project by CivicAction and HRPA
Ankersen, Rasmus
- Hunger in Paradise
Antaya, Marie
- Supporting Transfer of Learning in the Workplace
Arnold, Tim
- Healthy Tension — Mastering Unsolvable Problems through Polarity Management
Atkins, Richard
- Using Building Excellence (BE) to Maximize Human Capital ROI
Azmi, Shaheen
- Addressing Racial Discrimination: What Employers Need to Know
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Balthazard, Claude
- Meet Rebecca Durcan — HRPA’s Regulatory Counsel
Batina, Tania
- Bring Data Science to HR: Empower your HR Strategy with the Intelligence of Thousands of Recruiters and Decades of Industrial Experience
Baum, Suzannah
- Speak Up and Stand Out: How to Structure your Presentations, Master your Fears, Captivate your Audience, and Be Outstanding
Baynton, Mary Ann
- Panel on Psychological Health and Safety – A Vision for your Future Efforts
- Practical Strategies to Build Team Resilience
Bellows, Laurel
- The Evolution of Regulating Human Trafficking and the Role of HR
Bernardi, Lauren
- Difficult Employee or Employee with a Difficulty?
Blair, Lorraine
- Best Workplace Branding – Strengthening your EVP
Boctor, Andrea
- Sometimes Notice Just Ain’t Enough
Bomza, Janet
- Canadian Immigration 101: What you Don’t Know can Hurt You
Boudreau, John
- Lead the Work: Organizing New Organizational Forms, Intermediaries & Alternate Work
Boyd, Cory
- Religious Accommodation in a Diverse Workplace
Britton, Jennifer
- Five Core Essentials for Leading Virtual and Remote Teams
Burkett, Megan
- To Pay or Not to Pay: The Termination Debate over Bonuses, Commissions, Stock Options and Pensions
Burkus, Alyssa
- Make Shift Happen: HR’s Pivotal Role in Leading Organization Change
Bush, Cindy
- Advancing your HR Career: Insights from HR Leaders
Byrne, Brian
- Three Talent Mindshifts for High Performance Digital Enterprises
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Cade, Valerie
- Handling the Politics of Workplace Bullying
Cameron, Ian
- The Leadership Effect: How the Strength of your Leaders Impacts Recruiting
Campbell, Ryan
- The Agile Workforce: Alternatives to the Traditional Full-time Employee
- Accommodating Disabilities in the Workplace: How and When to Ask for More Medical Information
Carcasole, Rosanne
- Coaching at the Executive Level to Increase your Influence
Casemore, Shawn
- Building Engagement: Empowering People to Perform
Catney, Ruth
- Soft Skills are the New Hard Skills
Caulfield, Timothy
- Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?
Chabot, Pierre
- The Pay Equity Journey: A Primer, the Pitfalls and the Positives
Chambers, Michelle
- What Does it Really Take to Create High Performing Teams? Harnessing the Power of Collective Intelligence
Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas
- Talent Identification in the Digital World
Chapman, Julian
- For Your Own Good: Persuasion for Fun and Profit
- How to Hold Someone to Account (Without all the Drama)
Charney, Daneal
- “Why Should I Work for You?” Attracting the Best Talent to Your Business
Chevalier, Kathleen
- Vacation Pay – The Next Class Action Frontier?
Chong Smith, Deirdre
- The Pay Equity Journey: A Primer, the Pitfalls and the Positives
Citton-Battel, Lisa
- The Core Elements of a Meaningful Recognition Program
Cockburn, Kristen
- Barriers and Challenges for both the Aboriginal Communities and Organizations Seeking Aboriginal Employees in Northern Ontario
Cohen, David
- Has the Annual Performance Review and Rating Really Been Blown Up? The Realities and the Myths Examined
Coleman, Paul
- Rethinking Relocation and Risk: New Paradigms, New Exposures
Corcuera, Lorie
- The Power of Mindfulness in the Workplace
- Finding your Ultimate State of Flow
Craig, Katherine
- The Walking Dread! Avoiding the Zombie Syndrome at Work by Building a Team that can Survive Anything
Cryer, Mark
- Applying Lean Thinking to HR Delivery
Cryne, Stephen
- Major Trends in Mobility
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Dacosta, Monika
- Building a Values Based Recognition Program — Ryerson Case Study
Davis, Kelly
- Advancing your HR Career: Insights from HR Leaders
Dawley, Jeff
- A Business Leader’s Expectations of HR
- The Expectation Gap: Who We Are, Who Others Think We Are, and Who We Should Be
De Simone, Emilia
- The Evolution of Sales Compensation
Ducoffe, Stuart
- Employment Standards: The Questions You Should Be (Afraid of) Asking
Dunin-Wąsowicz, Dr. Roch
- Brexit: British, European and International implications
Durant, Ian
- No More Report Cards: Why Ditching Performance Reviews and Embracing Development Plans is Good Business
Durcan, Rebecca
- Meet Rebecca Durcan — HRPA’s Regulatory Counsel
Dyer, Maura
- Talent Pipelining: Optimizing Your Talent Acquisition Function For Speed And Value Creation
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Erteki, Rick
- Talent Pipelining: Optimizing Your Talent Acquisition Function For Speed And Value Creation
Evans, Scott
- The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Performance Management
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Finley, Catherine
- What’s Holding Women Back: A look at Female Ambition in Canada
Finnemore, Karen E.
- Talent Acquisition Trends
Fletcher Wintrip, Carolynne
- Powerful Questions to Enhance Team Effectiveness
Forman, Chris
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: How Programmatic Marketing Techniques and Technologies are Quietly Changing Talent Acquisition Forever
Fox, Dr. Jason
- The Game Changer: Craft a Culture Fit for the Future of Work
French, Chris
- Building a High-performing, Highly-engaged Culture with Social Recognition
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Garaba, Agnes
- Get Digital or Be Disrupted – Why Digital Transformation in HR is No Longer Optional
Gardiner, Ed
- Applying Behavioural Science in Changing Behaviours
- Applying Behavioural Science to Problem-Solving
Gendron, Renée
- Taking the Workplace Bully by the Horns
Gibbon, Geordie
- AODA: What you need to Know for Private Sector Organizations
Gokhale, Sundeep
- Off Duty Conduct — When can Activity Outside the Workplace End the Employment Relationship?
Goodman, Scott
- Advancing your HR Career: Insights from HR Leaders
Gottheil, Brian
- Do We Have to Investigate? What Ontario’s Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Bill 132) Means for Employers
Green, Evan
- Temporary Foreign Workers: Are you Ready for Compliance Reviews and Inspections?
Greenhalgh, Bill
- The Future’s Not Ours to See
Grey, Ron
- Advanced People Analytics to Drive Enhanced Business Outcomes
Grode, Jonathan
- The Evolution of Regulating Human Trafficking and the Role of HR
- What Every Canadian HR Professional Should Know about U.S. Business Immigration Law
Gundu, Sarika
- Improving Mental Health at Work: Promising Practices for Employers to Adopt
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Harrison, Valerie
- Bill 168 WVH — A Practical Translation and Application for Everyone in the Workplace
Hart, Nathaniel
- Building a Values Based Recognition Program — Ryerson Case Study
Hauver, Heidi
- Working from Home: Strategies for Success for Employees & Employers
Howatt, Dr. Bill
- Are Employers Dealing with a Coping Crisis or a Mental Health Crisis?
Hughes Molina, Melodie
- Canadian Immigration 101: What you Don’t Know can Hurt You
Hyatt, Michael
- Leading with Grit, Passion & People: Evolve or Die
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Ingram, Cynthia
- I Am Who I Am: Accommodating the Transgender Employee in the Workplace
Ishak, Adrian
- Hiring Due Diligence
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Jack, Wade
- Root Causes behind Poor Collaboration between Teams
Jacklin, Dana
- Why Outsourcing Leadership Development is Bad for Your Business
Jamieson, Gene
- Indigenous Inclusion: Tapping into the Indigenous Workforce Opportunity
Jensen, Peter
- Thriving in a 24/7 World
Jinkerson, Kathleen
- Evolving Total Rewards: Find, Keep & Reward the Talent You Need
Johnson Jr., E. Christopher
- The Evolution of Regulating Human Trafficking and the Role of HR
Johnston, Keith
- Make Them Believe They are Ferraris
Joscelyne, Kelly
- How to Create a Social Movement
Joseph, Dr. Ivan
- Leadership Tools for Team Excellence
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Kater, Anya
- Thinking about Testing for Drugs and Alcohol? A Human Rights Approach
Klein, Paul
- HireUp: Raising the Bar on Corporate Social Responsibility
Kleinman, Valerie
- The Evolution of Regulating Human Trafficking and the Role of HR
Kuzz, Erin
- Off Duty Conduct — When can Activity Outside the Workplace End the Employment Relationship?
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Larsen, Chris
- DNA 360 – A Self-assessment Tool to Evaluate the Performance of the HR Function in a Systematic, Methodical and Constructive Manner
Lash, Rick
- Purpose-driven Leadership: Talent Strategies to Turn your Company into a Socially Conscious Organization
Latimer, Helen
- Networking Lessons from a Reluctant Networker
Laws, Gayle
- Creating a Fair Workplace: What You Need to Know about Pay Equity
Lay, Jacob
- Pillars of Health — Truly Sustainable Health and Wellness in the Workplace
Leavitt, Joel
- Why Outsourcing Leadership Development is Bad for Your Business
Lemoine, Alex
- Vacation Pay – The Next Class Action Frontier?
Lockwood, Kathy
- I’ve Just Been Promoted…HELP! How to Succeed as a New Leader
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Mayhew, Bruce
- How to Hire, Support and Retain Inspired and Loyal Employees
- What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
McBean, Marnie
- Be a Career Champion: Training to Win on the Bad Days Too
McCully, Mik
- Metrics-Driven Recruitment: Using Data Insights to Attract Great Candidates in the Canadian Markets
McGarry, Dan
- Avoiding Liability: How to Protect your Organization from Costly Common Employment Related Mistakes
McGill, Teresa
- How Innovative L&D Helps Integrate Internationally Trained Employees
- Culturally Intelligent Talent Management — New Ways to Recruit, Develop, and Retain Internationally Trained Talent
McKay, Karen
- How Engagement Surveys are Ripe for Disruption
Minaudo, Joe
- Talent Pipelining: Optimizing Your Talent Acquisition Function For Speed And Value Creation
Mitchell, Rachel
- Health & Safety in your Pocket: There’s an App for That
Morgan, Jacob
- Employee Experience: Creating an Organization where People Want to Show Up, Not Need to Show Up
Morgan, Linda
- Deep Dive into Collaboration
Morose, Tanya
- Health & Safety in your Pocket: There’s an App for That
Moxam, Carol
- Tipping Point of Leadership Consciousness & Balance
Muir, Patricia
- Reigniting the Desire to Return to Work after Critical Illness
Murray, Iain
- Know your Criminal Background Check — Hiring More Confidently in Canada and Abroad
Mutte, Jean-Louis
- In a World of Disruption, Do We Still Need HR?
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Nanji, Zaheen
- Building Your Resilience Reflex – How to Shift from Chaos to Control
Nazareth, Linda
- Economorphics: The Trends Turning Today into Tomorrow
Nolan, Michael
- Characteristics of High Performance Learning Organizations
- The Role of HR and L&D in Coaching Activities
Notarfonzo, Mara
- Building a High-performing, Highly-engaged Culture with Social Recognition
Nyamayaro, Elizabeth
- How to Create a Social Movement
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O'Connor, Brandin
- Employer Do’s and Don’ts in Responding to a Union Organizing Drive
O’Donnell, Julie
- Employer Do’s and Don’ts in Responding to a Union Organizing Drive
Oliver, Dr. Tim
- The Five W’s of Brexit: What, who, where, when and why of Brexit
Osiel, Stephen
- NSFW (Not Safe For Work) Compensation: A Case Study
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Pallett, William
- Ten Tips for Improving your Ability to Attract and Retain Millennials
Pariseau, Jay
- Indigenous Inclusion: Tapping into the Indigenous Workforce Opportunity
Pasricha, Neil
- Happier People, Happier Organizations
Pawley, Krista
- Culture and Reputation by Design — Aligning Business Decisions and Purpose to Win with Employees, Customers and Shareholders
Pfeffer, Jeffrey
- Leadership BS: Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time
Poirier, Corey
- The Business of Storytelling
Pomeroy, Emily
- Building a Values Based Recognition Program — Ryerson Case Study
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Quinlan, Maureen
- New and Evolving Issues in Workplace Accommodation
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Ramalho, Nancy
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Drafting Employment Documentation
Rampersad, Asha
- Do We Have to Investigate? What Ontario’s Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Bill 132) Means for Employers
Rewari, Nitika
- Improving Mental Health at Work: Promising Practices for Employers to Adopt
Riddell, Adam
- Advancing your HR Career: Insights from HR Leaders
Roberts-McCabe, Glain
- Why Outsourcing Leadership Development is Bad for Your Business
Robertson, David
- Talent Acquisition Trends
Ross, Diane A.
- How to Say “No” without Feeling Guilty
- 3 Secrets to Managing Reactions in Difficult Conversations
Rudner, Stuart
- Avoiding Liability: How to Protect your Organization from Costly Common Employment Related Mistakes
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Sado, Anne
- Colleges: Your Talent Recruitment Partner
Sairanen, Sari
- Panel on Psychological Health and Safety – A Vision for your Future Efforts
Samra, Dr. Joti
- Evolution of Canadian Workplace Mental Health Strategies over the Last Ten Years
Samuel, Anil
- How Innovative L&D Helps Integrate Internationally Trained Employees
Sasseville, Sébastien
- Peak Performance in Unforgiving Climates, Changing Industries & Unstable Markets
Satok, Dr. David
- Panel on Psychological Health and Safety – A Vision for your Future Efforts
Saunderson, Roy
- Building a Values Based Recognition Program — Ryerson Case Study
Shank, Leslie
- Advancing your HR Career: Insights from HR Leaders
- Everyday Coaching for HR Professionals
Sharkey, Carla
- Why Outsourcing Leadership Development is Bad for Your Business
Sheen, Alex
- Because I Said I Would
Shirreff, Rhonda
- Privacy, Confidentiality and the 21st Century Employee: The Top 5 Legal Developments you Need to Know
Smallboy, Bartholemew
- Barriers and Challenges for both the Aboriginal Communities and Organizations Seeking Aboriginal Employees in Northern Ontario
Smith, Matthew
- Talent + Engagement = Performance. An Integrated Approach to HR Transformation
Smith, Tracey
- Finding the Strategy in HR Analytics: Linking HR to Business Value
Steinhorst, Curt
- Thriving in the Age of Distraction
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Tapscott, Alex
- Disruptive Technologies and Business Opportunity
Tate, Scott
- Pillars of Health — Truly Sustainable Health and Wellness in the Workplace
Thomlinson, Christine
- Family Matters: Helping Employers Navigate Requests for Family Status Accommodation in the Workplace
Thomsen, Joanne
- How Engagement Surveys are Ripe for Disruption
Ticoll, Tamara
- The Do’s and Don’ts of Drafting Employment Documentation
Trowell, Mike
- Point-Counter-Point: The Future of Employer-Sponsored Prescription Drug Plans in Canada
Tsai, Tony
- Building a High-performing, Highly-engaged Culture with Social Recognition
Tufford, Dr. Lea
- Barriers and Challenges for both the Aboriginal Communities and Organizations Seeking Aboriginal Employees in Northern Ontario
Turner, David
- Medical Marijuana in the Workplace: Balancing Safety Concerns, Accommodation and Choice of Medication
Tyrie, Heather
- No More Report Cards: Why Ditching Performance Reviews and Embracing Development Plans is Good Business
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Van Alstine, Steven
- Current and Emerging Payroll Issues
vandenHoven, Natasha
- Sometimes Notice Just Ain’t Enough
Varma, Manu
- The Power of Inspired Employees
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Walker, Kevin
- The Future of Work: How the Internet Economy is Reshaping Markets for Talent
Weiss, David
- How Engagement Surveys are Ripe for Disruption
Welsh, Shona
- Growing Intrapreneurship: Three Key Steps to Engaging Innovation in your Organization
Wetherow, Jen
- The Power of Inspired Employees
- Advanced People Analytics to Drive Enhanced Business Outcomes
- The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Performance Management
- The Core Elements of a Meaningful Recognition Program
- Best Workplace Branding – Strengthening your EVP
Whyte, Sonya
- Talent Pipelining: Optimizing Your Talent Acquisition Function For Speed And Value Creation
Wilkin, Dave
- Connecting the Leaders of Today with the Leaders of Tomorrow
Williams, Laura
- How Could I Have Assumed that a Release on a Facebook Page Would Be Grounds for Dismissal? Social Media & Employee Dismissal
Williams, Leon
- What Your CEO (Senior Management) Expects From HR
Wolpert, Stephen
- On the Clock: Time Theft, Unpaid Overtime and the Disappearing Lunch Hour
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Yang, Caroline
- Pay for Performance: Canadian Executive Compensation Overview
Yanovitch, Teri
- The Applicant is the Customer! Giving a Great Experience in the Interview Process
- Unleashing Excellence — The Employee Experience
Ymana, Geraldine
- Colleges: Your Talent Recruitment Partner
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Zigelstein-Yip, Jodi
- Get your Managers to Step Up and Lead – Transforming Managers into Leaders
