Hire Immigrants Ottawa

Diversity Works! Energize, Engage, and Excel with Ottawa’s global talent

National Arts Centre (Panorama Room), 53 Elgin St. Ottawa

Day 1 – Learning Exchange
Tuesday March 5, 2013
12:00PM-6:30PM

12:00 pm Registration, Lunch and Networking
1:00 pm Welcome and Opening RemarksElza Seregelyi, Elza Seregelyi & Associates, Inc.
1:15 pm Keynote Address
Christine Stigter, Senior Manager, Human Resources, TD
2:00 pm Group Activity
2:15 pm Break
2:30  pm Interactive Session – Promising Practices Speed Demo
3:45 pm Championing Diversity and Inclusion
Zaina Sovani, Director General, Shared Services Canada
4:15 pm Newcomer Success StoryFarouq Samim, Communication Intern, Champlain LHINElaine Medline, Director of Communications Champlain LHIN
4:45 pm Closing RemarksElza Seregelyi, Elza Seregelyi & Associates, Inc.
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Networking Reception

 

Day 2 – Breakfast of Champions and Awards

Wednesday March 6, 2013 
7:30AM – 10:30AM

 

7:30 AM Registration and Breakfast
8:00 AM Welcome
Allan Neal, Host of All in a Day, on CBC Radio One, 91.5 FM
8:05 AM Opening RemarksGaye Moffett, Founder, GEM HealthCare Services Inc.and Co –Chair, Employer Council of Champions
8:15 AM Greetings from the City of OttawaDeputy Mayor Eli El-Chantiry
8:25 AM Keynote Address
Mary Karamanos,
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Business Development Bank of Canada
9:10 AM Panel Discussion – Leveraging Diversity in the workplace
Dr. Lorraine Dyke, Associate Professor of Management and Strategy, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
Paul Chiasson, Regional Vice-President, Ottawa East, RBC
Debra Frazer, Director General, Ottawa Police Services
10:00 AM 2013 Employer Excellence Awards Presentation
10:20 AM Closing RemarksGaye Moffett, Founder, GEM HealthCare Services Inc.and Co –Chair, Employer Council of Champions
10:30 AM Adjourn