Mide is founder and CEO of AgentsC Inc., an international company delivering philanthropy solutions to the non-profit and private sector. Mide has extensive experience working with major philanthropists, corporations, and grant-making foundations as well as charities and NGOs in Australia, Canada, the UK and South Africa.Prior to establishing AgentsC, Mide served as Director of Leadership Philanthropy at Pathways to Education Canada, where he launched and successfully completed the organisation’s $185 million Graduation Nation Campaign. Before Pathways, Mide served as Chief Development Officer at the YMCA of Greater Toronto. He has also led major gift fundraising teams and campaigns at Scope UK, The British Red Cross, and The Children’s Society in England and Wales. Mide is also a member of the Future of Canada Council.

Giancarlo is a former MSU president and MGA graduate from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. A graduate fellow from Massey College, Giancarlo works at Queen’s Park as a political staffer.

Alex Himelfarb was a senior executive with the federal government for almost 30 years, serving in a number of departments including as Assistant Secretary, Privy Council Office, Associate Secretary, Treasury Board, and Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage.

He was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet in 2002, serving three Prime Ministers. In 2006 he was nominated as Ambassador of Canada to the Italian Republic with concurrent accreditation to the Republic of Albania and the Republic of San Marino, and as High Commissioner for Canada to the Republic of Malta.

He is a graduate of the University of Toronto where he obtained a PhD in Sociology. He was a professor of sociology at the University of New Brunswick from 1972 to 1981 and the Director of the Glendon School of Public and International Affairs at York University from 2009 to 2014.

Andy Knight is Professor of International Relations in the Political Science Department, University of Alberta, and past Chair of the Department. He is the former Director of the Institute of International Relations (IIR), The University of the West Indies (UWI), Trinidad & Tobago, and co-founder and the former head of the Diplomatic Academy of the Caribbean (DAOC).

In March 2021, Professor Knight was awarded the University of Alberta’s highest honour – the University of Alberta Distinguished Professor. He is currently the 2021-22 Fulbright Distinguished Chair in International and Area Studies at Yale University.

Kyla is Vice-President, Communications and Brand Strategy at University Health Network. Prior to joining UHN in 2023, she was Vice-President, Marketing and Communications, Information Technology, and Government Relations at YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford. She also served in various public affairs and media relations roles at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton.

Heather Munroe-Blum is a distinguished academic administrator and renowned scholar in the fields of psychiatric epidemiology and public policy; served as Principal and Vice-Chancellor (President), McGill University 2002-2013; previously, Vice-President (Research and International Relations), University of Toronto; Director (Chair, beginning October 2014) of the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board; Director, Royal Bank of Canada, the Gairdner Foundation; Member, Canada Foundation for Innovation, the President’s Council of the New York Academy of Sciences, the Trilateral Commission, and the Board of the Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences.

Samantha Nutt is an award-winning humanitarian, bestselling author and acclaimed public speaker. A medical doctor and founder of the international humanitarian organizations War Child USA and War Child Canada, Dr. Nutt has worked with children and their families at the frontline of many of the world’s major crises – from Iraq to Afghanistan, Somalia to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sierra Leone to Darfur, Sudan.

A leading authority on current affairs, conflict, international aid and foreign policy, Dr. Nutt is one of the most intrepid and recognized voices in the humanitarian arena. With a career that has spanned more than two decades and dozens of conflict zones, her international work has benefited millions of war-affected children globally. Sam is also a member of the Future of Canada Council.

Medora Uppal is the CEO of YWCA Hamilton. She has 25 years of experience in the non-profit sector supporting women and families through a feminist, intersectional, human rights-based framework. Her history of work focuses on building quality programs, strengthening organizational capacity, creating meaningful community engagement and addressing social justice issues.

Medora has a history of advancing housing solutions for women, children and families by providing leadership in the development, implementation and oversight of new and innovative service models. Medora has been a leader in the community in working to end violence against women and children.

Anthony Wilson Smith is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Historica Canada, the national historical organization known for their iconic Heritage Minutes. Under Wilson-Smith’s leadership, their programs reached nearly 28 million Canadians last year alone.

Having worked as a journalist in over 35 countries, and all of Canada’s provinces and territories, Anthony knows Canada inside and out: both in terms of what we think of the world and how we interact with it—and what the world thinks of us. Much of his fascinating journalism career was spent with Maclean’s, serving at various times as Editor-in Chief, Quebec Bureau Chief, and Moscow Bureau Chief—even living in Moscow when the Berlin Wall came down.