Emcee & Moderator
Steve Paikin, is anchor and senior editor of The Agenda with Steve Paikin. The flagship current affairs program of TV Ontario, the world's largest educational television network, debuted in September 2006. Its mission is to cover the provincial, national, and international issues viewers must know, to be well-informed citizens of Ontario at the dawn of the 21st century. Previously, he co-hosted Studio 2 for 12 seasons (1994-2006). Studio 2 was an hour-long Monday to Friday program, which put into context the issues affecting Ontario's citizens. It focused on provincial, national, and international affairs, sports, the arts, culture and economics. Its motto was "Death to
Soundbites," a reference to the 20-30 second clips which make up so much of the news and
current affairs programming landscape.
Keynote Speaker
Rich Donovan,
a Portfolio Manager for Merrill Lynch & Co., fosters and embodies the view that results speak for themselves and that individuals with disabilities produce results. Rich strongly believes that leading by example and providing role models in society of successful disabled individuals both changes society's expectations and motivates a new generation to aspire to careers previously unthinkable.
In March 2006, Rich founded Lime Connect, Inc., a New York-based not-for-profit partnership that connects global corporations with an untapped talent source in people with disabilities by leveraging proven practice in a results driven approach.
Workshop Presenters
Duana Jones-Simmonds
recently joined TD Canada Trust where is the Manager of Diversity. Prior, Dauna was a Senior Consultant of Diversity Training at CIBC, where she spent the last 6 and a half years developing and delivering many diversity awareness training workshops and experienced their impact on organizational change. She has over 27 years of experience in Human Resources and has won numerous awards for her leadership style, results orientation and diversity efforts. Duana is an active champion for diversity and employment equity activities. She serves as the Chair of the Business Advisory Council for JOIN/SES, an organization that provides employment solutions for persons with disabilities. Dauna's hope is to facilitate access to meaningful and sustainable employment among people who continually encounter barriers to the workplace.
Mundy McLaughlin offers expertise in human rights, diversity, workplace accommodation, Ombuds services,
employment equity and labour relations. She was called to the
Ontario
bar in 1992 and has been a sole practitioner and consultant since 2005. She has previously held corporate, union and government positions, and was Director of Diversity and Ombuds with Ontario Power Generation (OPG) from 2000 to 2005. At OPG, Mundy developed and oversaw a comprehensive Diversity program that included a human rights and anti-harassment policy incorporating non-human rights based harassment; accommodation of disability, and workplace violence. Mundy is a frequent public speaker on workplace topics and sits on the Business Advisory Council for JOIN - an employment network for persons with disabilities.
Sharon Myatt
has the right mix of non-profit and corporate experience so that she can most effectively help clients help others.
Sharon
has over 20 years of experience in the private sector in training and innovative program development.
Sharon
has also worked in the non-profit sector for over 20 years and has been recognized by winning several international awards for initiatives that fell under her leadership.
Sharon
currently works with her associate team members to help corporations and non-profit agencies develop strategic partnerships, develop and implement innovative program models; respond to funding requests and proposals; and implement fundraising initiatives and events.
Sharon
is a recognized speaker and keynote presenter at many conferences tied to diversity awareness, accommodation strategies, relationship building and business development.
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