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SUMMARY:Mayor Josh Morgan
DESCRIPTION:Addressing Homelessness and Affordable Housing \nJosh Morgan was elected as London’s 65th Mayor on October 24th\, 2022. Prior to that he had served two terms as the City Councilor for Ward 7 being elected in 2014 and again in 2018 with support from 75% of voters. \nMayor Morgan was the first in his family to attend University after moving to London in 1998 to study at Western. During his time there\, Morgan completed undergraduate degrees in Economics & Political Science\, as well as an MA in Political Science. \nMayor Morgan is an active member of the London community serving in leadership positions on multiple boards and organizations. He has previously served as the City of London Budget Chair for both the 2016-2019 and 2020-2023 multi-year budgets. He stepped down from that role when he was appointed Deputy Mayor in December 2020\, a position he occupied until he was elected Mayor in 2022. \nHe is a current member of the London Police Services Board\, Western University Board of Governors\, as well as boards for London Economic Development Corporation\, RBC Place\, and Tourism London. \nMost importantly\, Josh is a proud father of four children.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/mayor-josh-morgan/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel\, 300 King St\, London\, Onatrio\, N6B 1S2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Speaker
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SUMMARY:Dr. Scott Good
DESCRIPTION:His Story as Composer\, Conductor for London Symphonia \nDr. Good is a composer\, arranger\, conductor\, director\, concert producer\, trombonist and educator who currently serves as composer with London Symphonia. \nHis compositions have been performed by many orchestras\, chamber ensembles\, and choirs across Canada. From 2008-2011 he served as Composer-in-Residence with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. He has also worked as a trombonist with many orchestras and modern music ensembles across southern Ontario. \nGood’s role has evolved over time to include artistic direction\, where he meshes his conducting skills with his knowledge as a composer and arranger to design and produce innovative concerts. These programs focus on modern compositions and hybrid genre music that imbue a widely inclusive atmosphere for our culturally diverse communities.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/dr-scott-good/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel\, 300 King St\, London\, Onatrio\, N6B 1S2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Speaker
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SUMMARY:Dave and Sue Williams
DESCRIPTION:An Adventure in the High Seas and the Journey Within \nWhile in their early 50s\, Sue Williams\, without an adventure-seeking bone in her body\, and her husband David\, without any real blue water experience\, left their sons\, cast off from Hamilton Ontario in their 37 foot sailboat\, and headed east. Destination the North Atlantic Ocean. \nSue has written a compelling memoir\, Ready to Come About (Dundurn Press)\, of their improbable\, often perilous adventure. \nShe will read from her memoir and\, with David\, will present a slide show of their life-altering journey.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/dave-and-sue-williams/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel\, 300 King St\, London\, Onatrio\, N6B 1S2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Speaker
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SUMMARY:London Pro Musica Choir - Artistic Director Paul Grambo
DESCRIPTION:The London Pro Musica Choir was founded in 1970 and was the first\, and remains the oldest\, unaffiliated concert choir in London with a current membership of approximately 45 singers (SATB mixed choir). London Pro Musica Choir’s vision is to pursue high-quality artistic choral performances of a diverse selection of music to inspire and entertain current and future audiences. \nLPMC presents three or four concerts a year\, of varied repertoire\, ranging from classical choral favourites (Messiah\, Elijah\, Carmina Burana) to modern sacred and secular music of different cultures\, and occasionally delving into other genres (Broadway\, jazz\, and popular standards). Over the years LPMC’s artistic directors have often selected music from Black\, Islamic\, Hebraic\, East Indian\, African and Indigenous traditions\, with coaching and musicians from those traditions as guides. The ability to adapt our singing style to these varieties of music remains one of the strengths of the choir. \nOur Artistic Director/Conductor is Paul Grambo. In addition to his position as Artistic Director of London Pro Musica Choir\, Paul is the conductor of the Canadian Celtic Choir\, and a chorister and soloist with the Grammy-winning and Juno-nominated The Elora Singers.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/london-pro-musica-choir-artistic-director-paul-grambo/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel\, 300 King St\, London\, Onatrio\, N6B 1S2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Speaker
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SUMMARY:Christopher Cantlon
DESCRIPTION:“What Does a Butler Do?” \nI was born in Vancouver BC but I grew up in Toronto after my parents moved the family East. I attended Trinity College\, University of Toronto\, and graduated with a degree in Philosophy. After a brief stint as an assistant in elementary Special Education\, I spent two years in England studying Theology. \nI returned to Canada and began my teaching career. After 27 years teaching high school English – mostly Grade 12 and Grade 9 Special Education – I retired in 2012 and moved to Stratford. \nI also hold a Masters’ Degree in English from the University of Toronto. In September 2012\, I began my butler training at The International Butler Academy in the Netherlands. Originally\, this was an eight-week training. The administration saw potential at a time when they needed a new Head Butler\, and halfway through the training asked me if I would take up the position. I agreed and as Head Butler I trained classes and was private butler to the Academy owner. In this position\, I travelled extensively in Europe\, and to China and South Africa. \nAfter returning\, I worked at Rundles Restaurant for three seasons until it closed in 2017. I began at The Prune Restaurant the next summer and have continued there ever since. I also work at private catered events as principal service coordinator. After assisting at numerous special events\, I joined the staff of the Stratford Chef School as a permanent service instructor in September 2021. \nI am also a member of the Grand Philharmonic Choir and the GPC Chamber Singers in Kitchener Waterloo.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/christopher-cantlon/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel\, 300 King St\, London\, Onatrio\, N6B 1S2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Speaker
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SUMMARY:Dr. Angela Roberts
DESCRIPTION:Aging Well: Lessons Learned From Neurodegeneration to Exceptional Cognitive Aging \nAngela Roberts is an Assistant Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders and Computer Science (joint). She holds the Canada Research Chair in Data Analytics and Digital Health in Cognitive Aging and Dementia and is Co-Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Machine Learning in Health and Biomedical Sciences. \nShe holds research appointments at Northwestern University (Chicago)\, The University of Chicago\, and the Canadian Centre of Activity and Aging. Dr. Roberts’ research seeks to understand models of cognitive aging from neurodegenerative brain diseases to exceptional cognitive aging as part of a larger research program that focuses on aging well.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/dr-angela-roberts/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel\, 300 King St\, London\, Onatrio\, N6B 1S2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Speaker
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SUMMARY:Andrea Wojtak and Wayne Hissong
DESCRIPTION:From Sexual Exploitation to Domestic Servitude: The Impact of Human Trafficking Around the Globe \nAndrea Wojtak is a senior human trafficking\, organized crime and gender-based violence expert. She has worked on projects related to human trafficking\, violence against women and girls and online sexual exploitation of children in the Balkans\, Asia\, Africa and the Middle East for over 20 years. \nAndrea has a Juris Doctorate from Western University and initially began her legal career practicing civil and then criminal law in Ontario. In 2002\, Andrea left her role as an Assistant Crown Attorney in St Thomas and joined the United Nations Mission in Kosovo where she was appointed to the role of Human Trafficking Advisor for the UN Mission. In this role\, she advised the UN and the Kosovo Prime Minister’s office on: reforming legislation; training police\, prosecutors and judges\, and creating a National Action Plan to fight human trafficking. \nAndrea worked for the United Nations for over 8 years\, including in Vienna\, Austria with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime\, helping UN Member States fight organized crime including firearms\, drug and organ trafficking. \nFor the past 12 years\, Andrea has been based in London\, Ontario\, working as a consultant helping to develop justice systems that respond more effectively to violence against women and girls and human trafficking. Most recently\, she has worked with the governments of Mongolia\, South Sudan and Jordan helping to strengthen their laws and policies\, training police\, prosecutors and other first line responders to improve their investigative skills and advising on how to fight trafficking using the power of technology. \nAndrea believes that one of the most important aspects of her work\, is to convince international organizations\, national governments and law enforcement agencies that the focus of their work needs to be on the rights of victims. She now focuses her trainings on victim-centered\, trauma-informed approaches to combating these crimes. \nLieutenant Wayne Hissong (Ret) is a senior law enforcement consultant with over 25 years of experience working both domestically and internationally. Beginning with the Southaven Police Department in Mississippi\, he was eventually promoted to Chief of Detectives where he was responsible for the oversight of all investigators and criminal cases. Additionally\, he was assigned to the FBI as an investigator engaged in investigating various criminal complaints. \nIn 2003 Wayne began his international policing career with the UN Mission in Kosovo. His work in Kosovo involved experience as an investigator and ultimately being promoted the Deputy Police Commissioner\, being responsible for all criminal investigations\, and operations in a post-war country. \nWayne’s extensive career has allowed him to teach in Police foundations courses at Lambton College and Wilfrid Laurier University. He has also continued to train police and investigators in post-conflict areas such as Canada\, the Balkans\, Mongolia\, Jordan\, Amsterdam\, the USA\, Uzbekistan the Middle East\, and West Africa. \nHe is now working as a consultant\, developing and delivering training on conducting criminal investigation\, open-source intelligence (OSINT) police operations\, de-escalation\, crisis management\, interviewing and interrogation techniques utilizing the PEACE model\, workplace violence\, and critical security incidents including active shooters\, as well as conducting internal workplace investigations into harassment\, theft\, and misconduct. \nWayne is certified in Special Weapons and Tactics\, investigations\, executive protection\, and counter-sniper tactics. He also holds an MSc in Criminology from the University of Leicester.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/andrea-wojtak-and-wayne-hissong/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel\, 300 King St\, London\, Onatrio\, N6B 1S2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Speaker
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SUMMARY:Dr. Rick Quinn
DESCRIPTION:Nudged from the Sidelines: A Journey of Discovery in the Rainforests of Africa and Indonesia \nRick Quinn graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph\, Ontario\, Canada in 1981. Following several years of general practice\, he returned for a residency and graduate work in ophthalmology at the University of Guelph. He completed a Doctorate of Veterinary Science in Ophthalmology and became a board-certified veterinary ophthalmologist in 1996. \nFollowing five years of teaching veterinary students\, residents\, and graduate students\, he returned to private referral practice in 2002 and managed eye problems in his animal patients until retiring from clinical practice in 2022. Rick is an adjunct Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology at Western University in London\, Ontario\, Canada. \nHe has served on both the Canadian and global boards of the Jane Goodall Institute and is the co-founder and a director of Docs4GreatApes\, a Canadian wildlife charity active in providing scholarships for African veterinarians to pursue training in wildlife medicine and conservation. He has trekked the rainforests of Africa and Indonesia photographing Great Apes and is the author of Just Like Us—a Veterinarian’s Visual Memoir of Our Vanishing Great Ape Relatives. \nRick is currently pursuing a post-graduate degree in International Relations at the University of Cambridge in the UK. He and his wife Diane\, a family doctor\, have four adult children.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/dr-rick-quinn/
LOCATION:DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel\, 300 King St\, London\, Onatrio\, N6B 1S2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Past Speaker
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250918T153000
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SUMMARY:Professor Michael Dove
DESCRIPTION:Packaging Fun: London’s O-Pee-Chee Company \nMichael Dove is an Assistant Professor and the Director and Internship Coordinator of the MA and Minor programs in Public History at Western University. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Ontario Historical Society and the Museum of Ontario Archaeology. A specialist in Canadian business\, social and cultural history\, his research and teaching interests include local history\, documentary filmmaking and the histories of brewing and piracy. \nHis work in public history has encompassed a wide range of topics. A recipient of Western’s Vice-Provost (Academic Programs) Award for Excellence in Collaborative Teaching\, he has worked with numerous local\, provincial and national community organizations over the past decade\, including The City of London and Friends of Labatt Memorial Park\, Southwestern Ontario Region Bicentennial 1812\, Labatt Breweries of Canada and the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21. His current projects include a history of hockey in The Forest City and his documentary film about the history of London’s O-Pee-Chee Company
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/professor-michael-dove/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre\, 591 Wellington Rd. S.\, London\, Ont.\, N6C 4R3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Speakers Series 2025-2026
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251016T153000
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SUMMARY:Jill Wilcox
DESCRIPTION:Gathering Around Jill’s Table: A Journey Through Food \nJill Wilcox is the owner of Jill’s Table\, an award-winning specialty food and kitchen store in downtown London\, Ontario. \nJill’s Table has been a beloved destination for foodies\, home cooks\, and professional chefs for 25 years. Jill has been leading popular cooking classes for more than 30 years\, sharing her passion for food with others. \nJill is also a celebrated food columnist for the London Free Press and Post Media. Her stories and recipes have been enjoyed by readers for more than 44 years. \nShe also leads culinary tours through France\, Italy\, Spain\, Ireland and Portugal. \nJill has been awarded the London Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Award in the small business category\, The London Y Women of Excellence award in the Business\, Trades and Profession category and PHSS Laudable Londoner. \nJill’s Table is also a proud recipient of the Retailer of the Year Award for Housewares and Gourmet Foods\, awarded by the Canadian Gift and Tablewares Association. \nJill was inducted into the London and District Business Hall of Fame in 2023\, a recognition that honors London and area business owners for their outstanding contributions to business\, entrepreneurship and philanthropy. \nIn 2012 she started the Jill Wilcox Foundation to grant funding to food-related and education projects that support women and children in need. \nJill has published seven cookbooks including\, Jill’s Favourites\, Jill’s Soups Stews & Breads\, Jill’s Essentials\, Jill’s Starters\, Jill’s Soups\, Welcome to Jill’s Table and The Creative Kitchen. \nShe and her husband have five children\, four grandchildren and a large extended family. They regularly gather for meals around her large table\, which brings her immense joy.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/jill-wilcox/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre\, 591 Wellington Rd. S.\, London\, Ont.\, N6C 4R3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Speakers Series 2025-2026
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SUMMARY:Derek Satnik
DESCRIPTION:Top Trends in Housing \nDerek Satnik is a recognized expert in net-zero energy communities and all the tools that make them possible: technical\, financial\, and policy related. Derek has been awarded 18 times for leadership in this industry\, municipally through internationally\, and is one of the key authors/contributors behind all of Canada’s green building programs including LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)\, Built Green\, Solar Ready\, Net-Zero\, updates to ENERGY STAR\, Ontario’s Building Code\, Ontario’s Green Energy and Green Economy Act\, and now net-zero energy housing. \nDerek has supervised energy related projects on over 45\,000\,000 square feet of various building types\, and as the Vice President of Technology for s2e’s Smart Communities division\, he now leads net-zero energy community projects across North America. \nDerek is proud to have played a key leadership role in the development of West 5 with Sifton Properties\, and now also with EVE Park\, both here in London.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/derek-satnik/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre\, 591 Wellington Rd. S.\, London\, Ont.\, N6C 4R3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Speakers Series 2025-2026
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251211T153000
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SUMMARY:Brassroots Quintet\, Soloist
DESCRIPTION:Seasonal Favorites…and Other Favorites Too \nThe Brassroots Quintet features members of the larger brass group\, Brassroots. \nBrassroots\, currently under the musical direction of noted London composer/arranger Jeff Christmas\, has been presenting a regular subscription concert series in London since 1986. Brassroots’ unique instrumental mix of four trumpets\, a horn\, four trombones\, a tuba and percussion\, give this group the flexibility to demonstrate a wide variety of compositional moods and styles that are more often performed by larger and more traditional groups. \nSince its inception\, Brassroots has showcased over seventy compositions and arrangements in first performances\, spanning a vast range of musical literature\, from Baroque and Classical transcriptions to Jazz and Pops\, to original music\, with exceptional musical skill. Brassroots has featured many outstanding Canadian instrumentalists and enthusiastically supports Canadian composers and arrangers. \nThe Brassroots Quintet will feature five of Brassroots’ members – two trumpets\, a horn\, a trombone & a tuba plus a special vocal guest\, and will entertain you with an assortment of Seasonal Favourites for your listening pleasure!
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/brassroots-quintet-soloist/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre\, 591 Wellington Rd. S.\, London\, Ont.\, N6C 4R3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Speakers Series 2025-2026
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260115T153000
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SUMMARY:Lorraine Jardine
DESCRIPTION:Changing the World\, One Girl at a Time \nLorraine grew up in Welland\, Ontario\, and met her husband John\, at Western University. After graduating\, they moved to Milwaukee\, where Lorraine earned her teaching degree at University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin\, and then taught high school English. They also lived in Toledo\, Baltimore\, and Brantford\, before returning to London\, where John became City Engineer for London and Lorraine taught in Dorchester and Strathroy. They were a skiing family\, so both sons and their wives and grandchildren live in the beautiful state of Colorado. \nJust as Lorraine was retiring from teaching and contemplating how she could help with the devastating AIDS crisis in Africa\, she read in the London Free Press about Hekima Place\, a home for Kenyan girls who were orphaned due to HIV/AIDS. Lorraine volunteered there for a month in 2007 and has been involved ever since. She has served on their Board of Directors and volunteered at Hekima Place in 2023 and 2025. Its mission has expanded to provide a loving and supportive home for vulnerable girls who have been abused\, abandoned\, neglected\, or orphaned. Since its founding in 2005\, Hekima Place has increased its impact through the addition of a school for not only their girls\, but also for children in the surrounding community of Kiserian\, near Nairobi. \nLorraine enjoys skiing\, kayaking and reading and is a long-time member of Women’s Canadian Club London\, including 10 years as a Board member.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/lorraine-jardine/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre\, 591 Wellington Rd. S.\, London\, Ont.\, N6C 4R3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Speakers Series 2025-2026
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260212T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260212T153000
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SUMMARY:Dr. Michael Borrie
DESCRIPTION:Thank you to our Exclusive Event Sponsors (Joint)\, Lawson Research Institute and the Cognitive Clinical Research Group (CCRG) for your sponsorship of this event. \n \nAlzheimer Disease Biomarkers and New Disease Modifying Treatments \nMichael Borrie\, MB ChB\, FRCPC is a Geriatrician and Professor in the Department of Medicine\, Division of Geriatric Medicine\, The University of Western Ontario. \nHe is the Medical Director for the Aging Brain and Memory Clinic\, an investigator with the Cognitive Clinical Research Group (CCRG)\, Past President of the Consortium for Canadian Centres for Clinical Cognitive Research (C5R). \nHis research interests include investigator-initiated studies for predictors of conversion from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to Alzheimer Disease (AD)\, including sensitive neuroimaging techniques\, blood and cerebral spinal fluid biomarkers. He is the platform lead for the Comprehensive Assessment of Neurodegeneration and Aging (COMPASS-ND) observational study of the Canadian Collaboration on Neurodegeneration in Aging (CCNA). \nSince 1995 the CCRG has been a leading Canadian research site conducting randomized controlled trials of new potential treatments for Subjective Cognitive Decline\, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/dr-michael-borrie/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre\, 591 Wellington Rd. S.\, London\, Ont.\, N6C 4R3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Speakers Series 2025-2026
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SUMMARY:Mark Daley
DESCRIPTION:Eight Billion Geniuses \nMark is the Chief AI Officer at Western University and a Professor in the Department of Computer Science with cross-appointments in five other departments\, The Rotman Institute of Philosophy\, and The Western Institute for Neuroscience. He is also a faculty affiliate of Toronto’s Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence. \nMark was named in the Maclean’s magazine “Power List 2024” of the top 100 Canadians shaping the country and in Constellation Research’s AI150\, a list of top 150 top global executives leading AI transformation efforts. \nIn October 2024\, Mark was appointed the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Scholar in Residence in Artificial Intelligence. \nMark has previously served as the Vice-President (Research) at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR)\, and Chief Digital Information Officer\, Special Advisor to the President\, and Associate Vice-President (Research) at Western.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/mark-daley/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre\, 591 Wellington Rd. S.\, London\, Ont.\, N6C 4R3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Speakers Series 2025-2026
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SUMMARY:Kelly Drennan
DESCRIPTION:Thank you to our Exclusive Event Sponsor\, TD\, for your sponsorship of this event. \n \nHow Fashion Impacts People and the Planet \nIn 2007\, after a career in fashion public relations\, Kelly Drennan founded Fashion Takes Action\, out of her desire to create a better\, more sustainable future for her then\, two young daughters. Her role at FTA is to remove the barriers to sustainability that exist for the entire fashion system – for those who make\, sell\, buy\, wear\, care\, repair\, reuse\, collect\, rent\, resell and recycle clothes. \nIn 2014\, Kelly created the annual World Ethical Apparel Roundtable (WEAR) Conference\, hosting hundreds of industry experts in Toronto in an effort to motivate and inspire brands across North America. The last WEAR conference took place in 2023\, and in its place Kelly and her team are producing a Textiles & Apparel track within the Canadian Circular Economy Summit. Kelly is a sought-after speaker herself\, having given hundreds of presentations to industry\, academics and citizens\, including a TED talk (Technology\, Education Design) as part of the Global TEDx Countdown on climate action\, and twice a speaker at Elevate Festival. \nKelly oversees the Fashion Takes Action youth education program My Clothes My World that she developed in 2014 for students in grades 4-12 — delivered to more than 35\,000 students in classrooms across Canada – and which is now available both digitally and in-person. Her current role is to expand the program further across Canada as well as internationally. As such she is a member of the UNESCO Greening Education Partnership\, where she positions fashion as a means to engage and empower young people on broader climate related issues. \nKelly is passionate about collaboration and bringing together multiple perspectives in an effort to take action. She has collaborated with many national and international organizations\, such as the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Fashion for Good\, and has co-authored several reports related to textile circularity and greenwashing. Kelly co-leads the Canadian Circular Textile Consortium with over 120 members across Canada’s value chain\, who collaborate to advance textile circularity\, through a number of projects\, from policy recommendations to textile recycling. \nKelly continues to bring her sustainability expertise to Toronto’s Fashion Industry Advisory Panel\, and to various fashion colleges and their curriculum committees. She regularly contributes to government discussions on transparency\, human rights\, greenwashing and the circular economy. \nIn 2017\, Kelly was the recipient of the prestigious Clean 50 award given to Canada’s climate leaders\, where she was recognized for Education & Thought Leadership\, and was the first recipient of the award for the fashion industry. In 2022 Kelly won the Sustainability Award given out by the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards. She resides in Toronto with her husband and two daughters.
URL:https://www.womenscanadianclublondon.com/event/kelly-drennan/
LOCATION:Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre\, 591 Wellington Rd. S.\, London\, Ont.\, N6C 4R3\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Speakers Series 2025-2026
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