Tenzin Khangsar
Tenzin has a unique multi-sector profile of leadership in the start up, corporate, government and non-profit sectors. He has a successful Executive Growth Advisory practice that has helped leaders to scale, personally and as a company, in technology, cannabis, pet, healthcare, energy and resource, finance, real estate and travel industries. He is an investor and […]
Jamil Jivani
Jamil Jivani grew up in a mostly immigrant community in Toronto, where he was nearly lost to feelings of hopelessness, anger, and hate. At 16 years old, he was labelled illiterate by the public school system. But, Jamil turned his life around with the support of role models and mentors. He went on to graduate […]
Chief Willie Sellars
Willie Sellars was born and raised in Williams Lake, BC and is a member of the Williams Lake First Nation (“WLFN” or “T’exelc”) of the Secwepemc Nation. Elected onto WLFN Council at the age of 24 in 2008, Willie was one of the youngest elected Councillors in WLFN history. After serving 10 years on Council […]
Dale Swampy
Dale Swampy is a member of the Samson Cree Nation in Maskwacis, Alberta and a graduate of the University of Alberta with a B.A. degree majoring in Economics. In 2006, after working for 22 years with his band, Mr. Swampy left his position as CEO with the Samson Cree Nation to start his own business […]
Walter Robinson
Walter Robinson is an accomplished and bilingual public affairs executive with over 25 years of experience in achieving public policy change at every level of government. He is a nationally recognized advisor who combines a deep knowledge of parliament and the machinery of government with integrated and compelling advocacy and communications strategies to succeed in […]
Michael Shellenberger
Michael Shellenberger is the best-selling author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities (HarperCollins 2021) and Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All (HarperCollins 2020). Apocalypse Never has been translated into over 15 languages including French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Korean, Hebrew, Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak, and Polish. He is founder and president of Environmental Progress, an independent nonprofit research organization that incubates […]
Matt Bufton
Matt Bufton co-founded the Institute for Liberal Studies in 2006 and has served as the Executive Director since 2010. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the ILS and handles administration, fundraising, strategic direction for the institute while planning and overseeing its activities across Canada. After graduating from the University of Windsor’s Odette School of Business […]
Hon. Tony Clement
Host of The News Forum’s Boom and Bust seen daily The Honourable Tony Clement is a Senior Advisor at Wellington Dupont and former Cabinet Minister in the Stephen Harper Government federally, and the Mike Harris and Ernie Eves Governments in the Province of Ontario. During his time in the House of Commons, Mr. Clement served […]
Bruce Pardy
Bruce Pardy is executive director of Rights Probe (https://www.rightsprobe.org/) and professor of law at Queen’s University. A critic of legal progressivism and the expansive managerial state, he has written on a range of subjects at the front lines of the culture war inside the law. He has taught at law schools in Canada, the United […]
Rex Murphy
Rex Murphy was born and raised near St. John’s, Newfoundland, where he graduated from Memorial University. In l968, he went to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. Afterwards, returning to Newfoundland, he soon established himself as a quick-witted and accomplished writer, broadcaster and teacher. Rex Murphy’s primary interest is in language and English literature, but […]