Our Feature Presentations
These feature presentations are the perfect first step to working with us.
Each is designed to be engaging with a balance of personal stories, practical advice and original insight that will inspire and educate your audience. They’re suitable for general business audiences and cover topics in a manner that will cater to people both new to the concepts and those with more experience.
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Looking for something not on the list? Our speakers have many more topics. Contact us and we’ll let you know what we can provide.
General Inclusion and Employee Engagement
Mastering Inclusive Presentations, Meetings and Communications
with Denis Boudreau
In any team environment, communication is crucial. Yet much of our communication in the workplace is still
inaccessible to the very people we’re trying to reach. Whether it’s those with colour vision deficiency, compromised vision or hearing, cognitive issues or a range of other common invisible conditions, most of us risk leaving out a large part of our audience every time we have a meeting, present an idea, or share information. In this engaging presentation, inclusive communications expert Denis Boudreau will provide insight, easy-to-use tools and practical advice from real-life situations that will allow you to communicate effectively to your diverse audience.
From Inclusion to Belonging: Psychological Safety in the Workplace
with Jason Reid & Zoe Mitchell
True workplace belonging requires psychological safety – with workers knowing they have the permission to learn, make mistakes, and make their voices heard. Despite best intentions, the pervasive nature of unconscious bias can sometimes make employees feel that organizations are hostile to them or their ideas. Jason Reid and psychological safety expert Zoe Mitchell will show you strategies to help your organization foster belonging, reduce turnover, and create a highly engaged and innovative workforce.
Disability, Neurodiversity
Embracing Invisible Disabilities in the Workplace
with Jason Reid
One in three working-age adults have an invisible disability and that number is rising. The good news is that people with invisible disabilities can be just as productive as anyone else. However, embracing invisible disability in the workplace requires trust, good communication, and an innovative mindset. Jason Reid shares real-life insight and entertaining stories into what it is like to work with, and manage people with, invisible disabilities, as well as offering highly practical solutions to create an inclusive work environment.
“Jason’s presentation was the highest rated DEI event we’ve had.“
Faye LaCasee, Highlights for Children
Embracing Neurodiversity in the Workplace
with Jason Reid & Kristin Light
With twenty percent of the workforce expressing neurodivergent characteristics such as ADHD, learning differences, the autism spectrum, and more, understanding how different people think has become a crucial skill in today’s world. Jason Reid and Kristin Light provide a comprehensive guide to neuroinclusion and the conversations around it.
“Jason and Kristin have a flawless chemistry of which generates an inclusive and inviting atmosphere.“
Madison Wagner-Powers,
The Hotel Saskatchewan, Autograph Collection
Why Universal Accessibility Matters in Business
with Marjorie Aunos, Ph.D
Within the next ten years, 1 in 4 people will have a disability. That means 25% of your potential customers will require accessibility in order to come into your store, or utilize your service. Is it possible to create universal accessibility, where everyone feels welcome? In this program, Dr. Marjorie Aunos will explore what accessibility really means, what’s at stake for organizations that don’t commit to building fully inclusive environments, and specific steps that any business can take on the path to universal accessibility.
Intersectionality and Inclusion in the Workplace
with Ingrid Palmer
Understanding the intersectionality of race, gender, ability, class and other diverse characteristics is critical to creating environments that promote equity and support belonging, but for those who don’t experience it first-hand, intersectionality’s effects can sometimes be challenging to appreciate. In this presentation, Ingrid Palmer shares her real life experience and insight to explain how holding multiple stigmatized identities can impact people both in and out of their work environments, as well as providing practical information on allyship and fostering belonging.
Mental Health in the Workplace
A Leader’s Guide to Conversations Around Employee Mental Health and Mental Illness
with Jason Reid & Marjorie Aunos, Ph.D
What are the best ways for managers and leaders to navigate sensitive conversations and make decisions around mental health in the workplace? Jason Reid and psychologist Dr. Marjorie Aunos answer the most common but challenging questions that leaders have about balancing the needs of the employee with those of the organization.
“Before Jason & Marjorie gave their presentation, 58% of our leaders felt prepared for mental health conversations. Afterward, that number improved to 90%.“
H.G. – Shaw Communications Inc.
Stigma or Superpower? Where Mental Health and Play Fit into the Workplace
with Brandi Heather
Transform “stigma” into “strength” with Brandi Heather, Canada’s Playful Change Maker. Drawing from her own journey as a college professor who championed disability inclusion while managing her own mental health struggles, Brandi uses humor to reframe coping, courage, and connection. This talk addresses how addressing mental health and wellness inclusion leads to innovation and connection in the workplace. Leave equipped to shift perspectives, solve pressing issues, and foster a culture of empathy and creativity in your organization.
Indigenous Culture and Wisdom
Welcoming Indigenous Wisdom and Culture in the Workplace
with Andrea Menard
Respecting and honouring Indigenous people in the workplace requires understanding history and the Indigenous way of being. From the language we use, to land acknowledgements, to the way we view the world and our place in it, Metis actress and singer Andrea Menard will educate, entertain and bring people’s together as she explains how organizations can both welcome indigenous culture and use Indigenous wisdom to create a healthy and respectful workplace.
Decolonizing Wellness Through Sacred Feminine Wisdom
with Andrea Menard
Many professional people struggle to end the cycle of burnout, exhaustion and stress. At the same time, most of us have been taught, through learned and inherited trauma, to over-consume, ignore our feelings, and practice domination over others and the environment. This Indigenous wisdom program helps both men and women recognize oppressive self-care practices and return to a more gentle, cyclical, and connective nature that leads to sustainable wellness.
Anti-Racism
Overcoming Racism in the Workplace
with Zoe Mitchell
Most of us would agree that racism has no place in our work. However, people of colour continue to deal with stereotypes, micro-aggressions, and exclusion that border between the unconscious and the blatant. Zoe Mitchell recounts her various experiences of facing workplace racism and the managerial apathy that followed. She explains both why and how to tackle these sensitive issues so that employees continue to feel valued, safe and heard while being fully engaged with their organizations.
Women in Leadership
Lead like a Goddess – Tapping into the Sacred Feminine
with Andrea Menard
When smart, driven women gain positions of power within existing masculine systems, their feminine natures need more than a relaxing spa day. They need to reconnect with their inner Goddess to rest, renew and reclaim their Feminine Power. Andrea Menard, a critically acclaimed actress, singer, Fire Goddess, and influencer in Feminine Leadership will help your audience of leaders reconnect with their power.
Shattering The Show Home – Embracing Creativity and Risk Taking in Women’s Leadership
with Brandi Heather
Navigating the business world, women often grapple with the pressure to maintain a “Show Home” facade—impeccably polished yet stifling their genuine personality and potential. Using her own personal story, from professor to patient in a psychiatric facility, Brandi highlights the pitfalls of perfection and the strength of creativity, crafting a compelling roadmap for women to lead with confidence, embrace their unique strengths, and shatter outdated norms.
Entertaining In-Person Keynotes for your Event
Workplace Belonging
Invisible Differences – Navigating the Last Mile From Inclusion to Belonging
with Jason Reid and Kristin Light
Over the past decade the past decade, many organizations have embraced diversity and inclusion. The next step is fostering a culture of belonging for everyone. In this entertaining keynote presentation, Jason and Kristin take their audience on an entertaining journey through the elusive last mile of diversity, using the lens of invisible disabilities and differences. Featuring humourous, but sensitive skits involving the hiring process, promotions, and more Jason and Kristin will celebrate how far we’ve come in terms of including and highlight the tricky steps that remain to get to belonging.
Stimulate Authentic Communication, Networking and Inclusion
The Invisible Network: Stories of VulnerAbility!
with Jason Reid, Brandi Heather and Kristin Light
When it comes to networking, building new relationships and getting the most out of our human connection with others, three things often get in the way: The way we judge ourselves, the way we judge others, and the belief that our personal stories are not powerful enough to be shared. However, if we can get over these obstacles and get comfortable with communicating in a vulnerable human way, we open up the possibility of connecting to a valuable invisible network of people with shared experiences and values.