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Opening Plenary

  • Ian Fraser, CEO, RA Centre

  • John Weston, Chair, CHFI

  • Greetings from the Government of Canada

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Session 1 — Global View: Best Practices from Abroad

A View from Around the World: What’s Working and What Scales

  • Her Excellency, Hanne Ulrichsen, Norwegian Ambassador to Canada

  • Her Excellency, Hanna Leena Korteniemi, Finnish Ambassador to Canada

  • Anne Witheford, Deputy High Commissioner, Australian High Commission, Ottawa

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Session 2 — Non-Governmental Organizations: The Heart of Civil Society

  • Moderator: Michael Bentley, CHFI Director; President, SierraSil Health Inc.

  • Larry McCloskey, Author, Registered Social Work Psychotherapist, former Director, Carleton University’s Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities

  • Brian Torrance, President and CEO, ParticipACTION

  • Pierre Lavoie, Co-founder, the Pierre Lavoie Grand Challenge

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Session 3 — Policy Makers’ Perspective: Federal Level

A Healthier Canada: Roles, Boundaries, and Levers

  • Moderator: Senator Marty Deacon, Former member of Canadian Olympic and Commonwealth Sport Canada Boards

  • Dr. Rosalin Miles, Executive Director, Indigenous Physical Activity and Cultural Circle; UBC Researcher in Indigenous Health and Kinesiology and a CIHR Implementation Science Chair in Child and Youth Health

  • Waneek Horn-Miller, Vice President, Innovation and Client Relations, at Indigenous Financial Solutions, Olympian

  • Gabriel Hardy, Member of Parliament for Montmorency - Charlevoix, former President, Fitness Industry Council of Canada

  • Louis Villeneuve, Member of Parliament for Brome—Missisquoi

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Session 4 — Policy Makers’ Perspective: Local Level

A Healthier Canada: Roles, Boundaries, and Levers - Fireside Chat with the Mayor of Canada’s Capital City

  • Moderator: Pierre Lafontaine, International Olympic Coach

  • Mark Sutcliffe, 59th Mayor of Ottawa

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Session 5 — From Ecosystem to Execution: Creating Connected Pathways

Roundtable discussions focused on the RA Centre’s celebrated House of Sport and its 44 members

Closing Remarks

John Weston, Chair, CHFI