SPEAKERS
SPEAKERS
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Dr. Haesun Moon
PRINCIPAL, THE HUMAN LEARNING INSTITUTE
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Louisa Jewell, MAPP
FOUNDER, CANADIAN POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATION (CPPA)
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Dr. Kristin Bodiford
PRINCIPAL, COMMUNITY STRENGTHS
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Dr. Jeffrey Hull
CEO, LEADERSHIFT, INC.
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Jordan Friesen
PRESIDENT, MINDSET STRATEGY
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Dr. Latika Nirula
DIRECTOR, CENTRE FOR FACULTY DEVELOPMENT (CFD)
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Fatima Zaidi
FOUNDER & CEO, QUILL INC.
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Nikhil Rattan
SENIOR MANAGER, BEST BUY CANADA
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Amy Squire
SENIOR MANAGER OF ENTERPRISE WELLNESS, BMO
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Lesley-Ann Noel
DEAN OF DESIGN, OCAD-UNIVERSITY
Haesun Moon, Ph.D.
Dr. Haesun Moon is a Communication Scientist, Adult Educator, and Researcher. She is the Executive Director at the Canadian Centre for Brief Coaching in Toronto and holds a Ph.D. in Adult Education and Community Development from the University of Toronto. Her academic and professional research in coaching dialogues and pedagogy from the University of Toronto introduced a simple heuristic of interaction, the Dialogic Orientation Quadrant (DOQ), that has contributed significantly in the areas of Evidence-Based Coaching, Dialogic Organizational Development, and Heutagogical Approach to Education. She currently teaches at both the University of Toronto, and the Institute of Coaching, affiliated with Harvard Medical School. She's published various works, including "Coaching A to Z: The Extraordinary Use of Ordinary Words" and "Appreciative and Relational Practices in Healthcare." An internationally recognized speaker, Dr. Moon has delivered keynote addresses at global conferences, pioneering the essence of transformative conversations in both academic and professional settings.
Louisa Jewell, MAPP
Louisa Jewell, MAPP, is one of Canada's leading experts on the science of wellbeing and human thriving and has spoken to over 100,000 people around the world. Mainly known for her work educating people about the neuroscience of resilience, and the science of wellbeing and happiness, they call on Jewell as a workshop leader and keynote speaker.
Jewell appears regularly on CBC radio as a wellbeing expert and has been featured extensively in other media including Forbes, Fast Company, and Oprah Magazine to name a few. Jewell is a featured expert in the documentary The Science of Happiness, is the host of Audible’s The Awesome Project podcast and is a best-selling author of her book Wire Your Brain For Confidence: The Science of Conquering Self-Doubt.
Jewell has a masters degree in Applied Positive Psychology and studied with the top scientists around the world including renowned psychologist, Dr. Martin Seligman. Jewell founded the Canadian Positive Psychology Association (CPPA) to improve the mental health of all Canadians. She is a pioneer in Canada in shaping a wellbeing vision for Canadians and has influenced policy makers and educators across the country.
Kristin Bodiford, Ph.D.
Kristin Bodiford, Ph.D., works with systems, communities, organizations, groups, and teams addressing opportunities for collaborative teaming, social innovation, and systems transformation. Her research and practice interests focus on how we can tap into and strengthen relational resources to propel social innovation and co-create generative possibilities in people’s lives and in the world. Kristin has an interest in how we can build more loving organizations, systems and communities that are human centered.
Kristin is a Taos Associate and a Senior Fellow and United Nations Representative for Generations United. She was a visiting assistant professor and is an adjunct faculty member at Dominican University School of Social Work. She earned a Ph.D. in social sciences from Tilburg University and an MBA from the University of California at Davis.
Haesun and Kristin will share about “A Loving Organization” - a systematic approach to improving health care. Through using a human centered and progressed focused approach, solutions are co-designed that are most important to patients, providers, and community partners. These solutions are implemented in ways that build on the strengths of the health system and community. This approach enables a culture of continuous learning and connection between health systems, community partners, and the people they serve to improve care outcomes and advance health equity. Operating within such a collaborative and more resourced environment, providers and community partners can better support patients with compassionate and loving care. When patients and families have access to equitable health care, this strengthens their agency and ability to truly impact their own well-being and partner with providers for their care. In this dialogue, participants will have an opportunity to explore how these principles can apply to their own work and how together we can create more human centered and loving organizations.
Dr. Jeffrey Hull, BCC
Jeffrey Hull, Ph.D. BCC is CEO of Leadershift, Inc. a leadership development consultancy based in New York City and Amsterdam, and a member of Marshall Goldsmith’s top 100 Coaches. He is the author of the best-selling book FLEX: The Art and Science of Leadership in a Changing World from Penguin Random House, which has been translated into four languages: Korean, Portuguese, Mandarin and Japanese. His third book, The Science of Leadership: Nine Ways to Expand Your Impact, with co-author Margaret Moore, will be published by Berrett-Koehler in early 2025.
A highly sought after speaker, consultant and executive coach with over twenty-five years working with C-suite leaders worldwide, He is the Executive Director at the Institute of Coaching, a Harvard Medical School Affiliate, and also a Clinical Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Dr Hull is considered a top expert in the field of leadership coaching, the future of work and workplace well-being.
Jordan Friesen
Jordan Friesen is the President of Mindset Strategy. He is a workplace mental health expert with a proven history of leading national programs and initiatives focused on workplace mental health. He uses his knowledge of leading practices to assist organizations who want to take progressive action to support the mental health of their employees as an imperative for the future of work. A skilled educator, Jordan can distill complex ideas into actionable insights for a wide range of audiences, from executives to students. He is known for his pragmatic approach, ability to coach and influence leaders, and drive to help companies meaningfully move the needle on mental health in their workplace. Grounded in his own lived experience of illness and recovery, he takes a person-centred approach to making workplaces healthier and, ultimately, more human again.
Jordan is a registered occupational therapist and holds a Master of Occupational Therapy degree from the University of Manitoba. He lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with his wife Caitlin and daughter Charlotte. In his spare time, he can be found cycling, backcountry hiking, and enjoying local craft beer.
About Mindset Mental Health Strategy Inc.
Mindset Strategy is a specialized consulting firm focused on helping employers change attitudes toward mental health and empowering leaders to create psychologically safe and healthy work environments. We do this through a range of services, tailored to clients’ needs, including strategy development, risk assessment, advisory services, and training.
Our clients include financial institutions, consulting firms, government departments, communications and marketing agencies, and manufacturing companies, among others. Since inception in 2020 we have trained over 3000 leaders in the essential skills required support mental health at work.
Latika Nirula, Ph.D.
Dr. Latika Nirula, is the Director of the Centre for Faculty Development (CFD) at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto. She has held a number of education leadership roles across the academic health system, which have spanned the areas of faculty development, simulation, digital learning, program evaluation, and curriculum development. She has a deep interest and research program exploring how solution focused coaching can enhance conversations in the academic health sciences. Latika has applied solution focus principles to the design and approach of a coaching program to enhance the teaching performance of faculty, and has created a community of practice for others similarly committed to advancing their practice as coaches within the academic health system.
Fatima Zaidi
Fatima Zaidi is the Founder and CEO at Quill Inc., an award-winning production agency specializing in corporate audio, and CoHost, a podcast growth and analytics tool. As a member of the National Speakers Bureau, Fatima has spoken at various events around the world on media and tech trends leading her to keynote on world stages alongside speakers like Gary Vaynerchuk. In addition to being a commentator for BNN Bloomberg on the challenges that female and BIPOC founders face in entrepreneurship, she is a frequent contributor to publications including The Globe and Mail, and Huffington Post, and has also been featured in publications like Forbes and Entrepreneur. In the earlier days of her career Fatima won two Top 30 under 30 awards, and most recently she received DMZ’s Woman of the Year, the Young Professional of the Year by Notable Life, Veuve Clicquot’s Bold Future Award, The Women in Content Marketing Award, and one of Flare Magazine’s Top 100 Women. Quill was also listed in 2023 as one of the fastest growing companies by the Globe & Mail.
Outside of entrepreneurship Fatima teaches at the University of Toronto, is on the board of directors for Save the Children Canada, and is also Co-Chair of the #Tech4SickKids council for SickKids Hospital which is the second-largest pediatric research hospital in the world. She is on track to raise 25 million dollars to build a new emergency wing of the hospital, as well as fund some of the world's biggest data and AI projects.
Nikhil Rattan
Nikhil Rattan is the Senior Manager of Health, Safety & Well-being at Best Buy Canada with over 20 years of experience in various leadership roles. With a keen focus on fostering a culture of care, respect, and inclusion, he spearheads HSE, well-being, and crisis management programs. Known for his innovative leadership and passion for enhancing workplace safety, Nikhil’s approach integrates psychological safety and sustainability. He holds the CHRL, CRSP and ESG practioner designations with an educational background from Purdue University and University of Toronto. Outside of work, Nikhil enjoys spending time with his wife and two children and has a love for biking and reading. Whether it’s exploring new biking trails, diving into a great book, or capturing interesting drone footage, he enjoys blending adventure and creativity in his downtime.
Amy Squire
Amy Squire is the Senior Manager of Enterprise Wellness at BMO. The majority of her career was spent developing Campus Recruiting strategies for large companies like Deloitte, Johnson & Johnson, IBM and Target in Canada. After spending 3 years as a Sr Manager of Student Experience at BMO, she took her passion for wellness to the next level by moving into the BMO Enterprise Wellness team and now leads a small but mighty 3.5-person team that oversees the Wellness strategy for our workforce. When she’s not working, she enjoys weight training, learning about nutrition’s impact on our overall health and enjoying quiet summer mornings with her family and dog Ollie at the cottage.
Lesley-Ann Noel
Dr. Lesley-Ann Noel is the Dean of Design at OCAD-University in Toronto, Canada. She is a Trinidadian design educator and Dean of Design at OCAD University. She is the author of “Design Social Change”, co-editor of “The Black Experience in Design” and has created tools for critical reflection, such as The Designer’s Critical Alphabet and the Positionality Wheel. Before OCAD-U, she taught at North Carolina State University, Tulane University, Stanford University, and the University of the West Indies.