Past Speakers

AMCP speaker

The Association of Manitoba Community Pastures (AMCP)

Kathy Abusow
President & CEO
Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Delphine Acoca
Regional Manager
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation

Dr. Robert Anderson
Director, Beaty Centre for Species Discovery and Change
Canadian Museum of Nature

Jasmin Anderson
Shorebird Interpreter and Manager
Johnson's Mills

Dr. Katherine Arbuthnott
Professor of Psychology
Campion College, University of Regina

Dr. Christian Artuso
Migratory Birds Division
Canadian Wildlife Service

Jason Bantle
Photographer
All in the Wild

Ailsa Barry
Vice President of Experience and Engagement
Canadian Museum of Nature

Meg Beckel
President & CEO
Canadian Museum of Nature

Elena Bennett
EWR Steacie Fellow (2017-2019), Associate Professor
Natural Resources Sciences, McGill School of Environment

Patricia Bishop
Co-owner
TapRoot Farms

Joël Bonin
Moderator
Nature Conservancy of Canada

Philip Brass
Peepeekisis First Nation

Meredith Brown
Moderator
Riverkeeper Emeritus, International Boreal Conservation Campaign

Laura Burns
Research Conservation Specialist
Assiniboine Park Zoo

Edward Burtynsky
Photographer and artist
The Anthropocene Project

Sharon Butala
Author, "Where I Live Now"

Nancy Carlson
Moderator
Host of NEWS AT 6, CBC Edmonton

Dr. Kai Chan
Professor, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
University of British Columbia

Kristine Ciruna
Freshwater Ecologist, BC Board Member
Nature Conservancy of Canada

Karen Clarke-Whistler
Chief Environment Officer
TD Bank Group

Eric Cline
VP Land and Sustainable Development
K+S Potash Corp

Jef Combdon
Director of Media and Communications Planning
Target Marketing & Communications Inc

Nadine Crookes
Director, Natural Resource Conservation
Parks Canada

Michael Crothers
President & Canada Country Chair, Shell
Executive Vice President, Oil Sands

Lorna Crozier
Travelling poet for Toque & Canoe, Teacher, Officer of the Order of Canada

Alain Cuerrier
Botanist
Montreal Botantical Gardens

Tracy Dandeneau
Senior Manager, Partnership & Visitor Experiences
Travel Manitoba

Sylvie de Blois
Associate Professor
McGill School of the Environment

Andrew de Vries
Vice President, Conservation and Indigenous Relations
Sustainable Forestry Initiative

Brian DePratto
Economist
TD Bank

Carolyn DuBois
Director of the Water Program
The Gordon Foundation

Don Enright
Travel and tourism writer
Toque & Canoe

Chris Fisher
Author, filmmaker and television host

Éric Fournier
Partner
Moment Factory

Thomas Fricke
Photographer
Thomas Fricke Photography

Jane Gilbert
VP, Public Affairs and Communications
Moderator

JP Gladu
President & CEO
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

Gordon Goldsborough
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Manitoba

Raphaël Goulet
Manager, Conservation and Education Department
Parc national d'Oka

Dr. Mark Graham
Vice-president, Research and Collections
Canadian Museum of Nature

Melissa Grantham
Conservation Biologist
Nature Conservancy of Canada

Diana Hamilton, PhD
Professor, Biology, Department Head
Mount Allison University

Andrew Hunter
Fredrik S. Eaton Curator, Canadian Art
Art Gallery of Ontario

Kayla Huszar
Social Worker and Expressive Art Therapist
Kayla Huszar Expressive Art

Jaimie Isaac
Curator, Indigenous and Contemporary Art
Winnipeg Art Gallery

Fawn Jackson
Executive Director
Canadian Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

Simon Jackson
Movement Builder, Founder of the Spirit Bear Youth Coalition

Lisa Jackson
Artist and Filmmaker

Anthony Johnston
Project Coordinator
Mistawasis First Nation

Brian Keating
Honorary Conservation Advisor
Calgary Zoo

Jennifer Keesmaat
Former Chief Planner, City of Toronto | Renowned Urbanist

Mandip Kharod
Regional Manager for Prairie and Pacific Canada
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation

Jessie Klassen
Author of "The Sapling"

John Kozlowski
Vice President, Corporate Services
Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Megan Lafferty
Program Director, Newfoundland & Labrador

Kevin Lamoureux
Associate Vice President, Indigenous Affairs
University of Winnipeg

Julia Lawler
Stewardship Coordinator, Newfoundland & Labrador

Stuart Lee
President & Chief Executive Officer
EPCOR Utilities Inc.

Dr. Melissa Lem
Physician and CBC commentator on nature, health & wellness

Fernando Lessa
Photographer, Author
Urban Salmon Project

Dr. Kevin wâsakâyâsiw Lewis
Ministikwan Cree First Nation
Founder | Kaniyasihk Culture Camps

Richard Louv
Author

Ross MacDonald
President
98 Ranch Inc.

Heather Manuel
Marine Institute
Director, Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development

Albert Marshall
Elder of the Mi’kmaw Nation

Lori McCarthy
Owner
CodSounds

Duncan McCue
Moderator
Host of CBC Radio One Cross Country Checkup

Bob McDonald
Moderator
Host of CBC's Quirks & Quarks

Alex and Tyler Mifflin
Hosts, The Water Brothers
TVO

Dr. Axel Moehrenschlager
Director of Conservation & Science
Calgary Zoo

François Morneau
Coordinator, Maritime Environment Program
Ouranos

Tara Mulhern Davidson
Range Biologist and Rancher
Lonesome Dove Ranch

Joel Nicholson
Senior Wildlife Biologist
Alberta Environment & Parks

Steven Nitah
Owner, Nitah & Associates
Advisor, Indigenous Leadership Initiative

Allison Patrick
Conservation Biologist
Nature Conservancy of Canada

Leta Pezderic
Natural Area Manager – Prairie Grasslands
Nature Conservancy of Canada

Louie Porta
Vice-president, Operations and Programs
Oceans North

Jonathan Potts
Executive Director of Marketing & Communications
Tourism Saskatchewan

Marlene Power
Executive Director
Child & Nature Alliance of Canada

Violaine Pronovost
Regional Environment Manager for Quebec and Atlantic Canada
TD Bank

Erin Robertson
Manager, Environment
K + S Potash Canada GP

Cam Rollins
Professional Forester and Resource Analyst
West Fraser Timber Co

Marie-Michèle Rousseau-Clair
Stewardship Compliance Manager
Nature Conservancy of Caanda

Harley Rustad
Author
"Big Lonely Doug: The Story of One of Canada’s Last Great Trees"

Jeff Saarela
Research Scientist, Botany
Canadian Museum of Nature

Delaney Schlemko
Natural Area Manager - NE Alberta
Nature Conservancy of Canada

Rachel Schoeler
Manager
Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup

Carolyn Scotchmer
Executive Director
TD Friends of the Environment Foundation

Suzanne W. Simard
Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
UBC

Stephen Skoutajan
Elementary Language Arts and Mathematics teacher
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

Lindsay Somers
Wellness and Community Health consultant.

Laval St.Germain
Adventurer - Speaker

Sandy and Brian Stewart
Producers of Sharkwater Extinction; parents of filmmaker and activist Rob Stewart

Les Stroud
Star of Survivorman, musician, author and filmmaker

Dr. Glenn Sutter
Curator of Human Ecology
Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Glenn C. Sutter
Curator of Human Ecology
Royal Saskatchewan Museum

Dahti Tsetso
Resource Management Co-ordinator
Dehcho First Nations

Nicole Vadori
Head of Environment
TD Bank Group

Kevin Van Tighem
Author, "Heart Waters: Sources of the Bow River"

Bernard Voyer
Explorer, mountaineer and speaker

Tanya Wahbe
Director, West Coast Program
Nature Conservancy of Canada

Sarah Warner
Environmental Contaminants Specialist
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Minnesota

Rodney Wilts
Partner, Zibi

Robyn Worcester R.P.Bio
Natural Resource Management Specialist, Parks and Housing Services
MetroVancouver

Nathalie Zinger
Executive Coordinator, Conservation Engagement
Nature Conservancy of Canada