A light continental breakfast will be served at the in-person event
Dress code
Casual – wearing a Telfer or uOttawa branded sweater is encouraged!
Deadline: March 21, 2025,
Students!
How do you see the future of Canadians? Are you interested in finding ways to reduce poverty and racial wage gaps? In increasing the number of Indigenous people and women in senior management roles? In having your say on environmental issues that affect Canadians in their everyday lives? Let’s come together as youth, social policy advocates, business leaders and concerned citizens to have an open, thought-provoking discussion on where we stand as a country.
The Telfer School of Management is committed to building a better Canada, and is the research partner for the Coalition for a Better Future. On March 24, Telfer will convene its third annual Better Canada Youth Forum, in conjunction with the imminent launch of the coalition’s 2025 Scorecard Report on Canada’s economic progress.
Discussions will cover key metrics determining Canada’s success and the ways youth like you can build a better Canada. Dialogue will centre on the following six themes;
• Living standards
• Human capital
• Scale through innovation
• Canadian global champions
• Climate change
• Economic resilience
LinkedIn Badge: you will receive a LinkedIn badge by email after the event, so you can proudly share that you participated in the 2025 Better Canada Youth Forum.
Schedule:
• 9 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.: Student registration and continental breakfast
• 9:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.: Introduction by Dean Stéphane Brutus
• 9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.: Panel: Canada’s Way Forward
• 10:15 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.: Overview of the Scorecard’s Metrics by the Telfer Research Team
• 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.: Facilitated breakout session: Student Dialogue on Shaping Our Future (online and in person) • 11:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.: Summary of discussions by panel • 11:30 a.m.: Event close
Moderator: Eden Nowiski, incoming AéTSA president
Panel:
Ms. McLellan served four terms as the Liberal MP for Edmonton Centre, during which time she was deputy prime minister of Canada and minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, minister of health, minister of justice and attorney general of Canada, and minister of natural resources.
Ms. McLellan is co-chair of the Coalition for a Better Future, a diverse group of 140 organizations focusing on sustainable, inclusive economic growth.
Ms. McLellan served as a senior strategic adviser to Bennett Jones in its Edmonton office from July 2006 until 2024.
In July 2009, Ms. McLellan was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada and in October 2013, she received the Alberta Order of Excellence.
From 1980 to 1992, Ms. McLellan was a professor in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Law, where she served as associate dean (1985–1987) and acting dean (1991–1992). She holds a bachelor of arts and a law degree from Dalhousie University and a master of laws from King’s College, University of London.
Prior to her current role with CIBC Capital Markets, Lisa Raitt was the president and CEO of the Toronto Port Authority. She was elected to the House of Commons in 2008 and went on to hold three senior cabinet portfolios: minister of natural resources, minister of labour and minister of transport. Most recently, she was the deputy leader of the Official Opposition and the Conservative Party of Canada.
Ms. Raitt holds a bachelor of science from St. Francis Xavier University and a master’s in chemistry from the University of Guelph. She received an LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School and was called to the Ontario bar in 1998. In 2020, she was named a Woodrow Wilson Center Global Fellow of the Canada Institute.
In June 2024, Ms. Raitt received an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa.
Justine Hendricks holds an MBA from the University of Ottawa and a BA in Urban Studies from Carleton University. She brings over two decades of experience in financial services, including 17 years at Export Development Canada (EDC) and 7 years at Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). At EDC, she led business development across multiple sectors and was the organization’s first Chief Sustainability Officer, driving the development of the corporate environment and human rights strategies.
As FCC's President and CEO, Justine is committed to fostering a sustainable and customer-driven future, empowering Canadian agriculture to grow, innovate, and thrive. She is recognized for her strategic and client-focused leadership.
She also serves on the University of Ottawa Board of Governors and is a dedicated community volunteer.
The head of corporate relations for Shell Canada and a respected energy executive with deep public affairs, government and communications expertise, Bob offers strategic insight and leadership in managing complex domestic and global issues, relationships and public policies. A former senior adviser to then-prime minister Stephen Harper, as well as several federal cabinet ministers holding energy, environment, international trade and Indigenous portfolios, he brings unique clarity to some of the most challenging issues of our times.
Prior to his time in government, Mr. Klager worked as an editorialist and award-winning political and investigative journalist with newspapers in Ontario and New Brunswick. He and his wife Tara have two awesome boys and now live in the beautiful Foothills of Alberta northwest of Calgary, where they operate Canada’s only certified animal welfare-approved sheep fibre farm.
This event is organized in partnership with the Coalition for a Better Future, as part of its Campus Tour series, and presented in partnership with Shell Canada.
