SFWF 2026
Sustainable Finance World Forum 2026
Friday, November 6th 2026 – Monday, November 16th 2026
Friday, November 6th 2026
Laura Baker
Deputy Director of the Global Alliance for the Future of Food
8:00am EST Virtual Fireside
Kjeld Mizpah
Founder & Chief Executive Officer of the Future Civics
11:00am EST Virtual Fireside
Kalen Taylor
Manager of Social Impact Investment at the Winnipeg Foundation
1:00pm EST Virtual Fireside
Craig Wellington
Executive Director of the Black Opportunity Fund
2:00pm EST Virtual Fireside
Omar Mawji
Partner & Fund Manager at Weave Community Capital Fund
3:00pm EST Virtual Fireside
Saturday, November 7th 2026
Richard Tuck
CEO of Wakopa Financial & Co-Founder of the Indigenous Venture Challenge
11:00am EST Virtual Fireside
Brian Smith
Director of Community Investment at Boann Social Impact
2:00pm EST Virtual Fireside
Aimee Boulanger
Executive Director of IRMA, Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance
3:00pm EST Virtual Fireside
Holly Ajecoutay
Head DEI & Director of Indigenous & Northern Entrepreneurs at Futurpreneur
4:00pm EST Virtual Fireside
Sunday, November 8th 2026
Jonathan Lapalme
Principal at Les Interstices & Co-founder/fondateur: Dark Matter Labs Canada
Noon EST - Virtual Fireside
Professor Adegboyega Ojo
Professor & Canadaian Research Chair (Governance & AI), School of Public Policy & Administration at Carleton University
3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
Monday, November 9th 2026
Efosa Obano
Founder of the Black Founders Network & African Impact Initiative
8:00am EST - Virtual Fireside
Tiffany Callender
Co-Founder & CEO of the Federation of African Canadian Economics (FACE)
9:15am EST - Virtual Fireside
James Lavallee
Acting Programs Manager at National Association of Friendship Centres
Noon EST - Virtual Fireside
Tuesday, November 10th 2026
Coryell Boffy
Vice-President, Impact and Innovation Policy at Axelys
11:00am EST - Virtual Fireside
Amr Addas
Senior Director, Sustainable Finance and Insights at FCC
Noon EST - Virtual Fireside
Jodene Baker
Vice President, Research, Advocacy & External Relations at Imagine Canada
1:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
JP Bervoets
Chief Strategy Officer at Community Foundations of Canada
3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
Wednesday, November 11th 2026
Shahid Parwez
Founder & Managing Director at Climate Investment Services
1:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
Mike Fotheringham
Chief Executive Officer Taproot Community Support Services
2:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
Thursday, November 12th 2026
Tanya Smith
Senior Manager of Social Purpose Ecosystem at Coast Capital Savings
Noon EST - Virtual Fireside
Tricia Williams
Director, Research, Evaluation and Knowledge Mobilization at Future Skills Centre
2:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
Friday, November 13th 2026
Mike Bulthuis
Community Co-lead, Tools for Community-First Community Campus Partnerships Working Group
8:00am EST - Virtual Fireside
Nader El Nakib
Chief of PSP MENA at The United Nations High Commissioner’s Office for Refugees (UNHCR)
9:00am EST - Virtual Fireside
Douglas Nelson
President & Managing Director at The Discovery Group
3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
Monday, November 16th 2026
Sarah Saso
Vice President, ESG & Social Impact at Meridian Credit Union
10:00am EST - Virtual Fireside
Aaron McRann
CEO of the Community Foundation of the South Okanagan Similkameen (CFSOS)
11:00am EST - Virtual Fireside
RosemariePowell
Executive Director of the Toronto Community Benefits Network
2:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
Darren Baccus
Executive Vice-President of Agri-Food, Alliances, and FCC Capital
3:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
Tuesday, November 17th 2026
Curtis Whiley
Founder & President of the Upper Hammonds Plains Community Land Trust
9:00am EST - Virtual Fireside
Mesi (Meseret Haileyesus)
Founder & Executive Director of the Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE)
1:00pm EST - Virtual Fireside
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