Empire Club of Canada
100 Front Street West M5J1E3 Toronto, ON, Canada

JUST ANNOUNCED | Peter Routledge, President & CEO of Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation, will discuss, Here comes the boom: Protecting deposits and the financial system during the post-pandemic recovery. | Monday, April 12 | 12 Noon EDT | Complimentary Registration https://www.livemeeting.ca/profile/empire-club-of-canada/

JUST ANNOUNCED | We’re joined by Bob Espey President & CEO, Parkland in conversation with The Honourable Seamus O'Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources. They’ll discuss, The Future of Renewable Fuels and Low-Carbon Leadership in the Canadian Fuels Sector | Wednesday, April 7, 2021 | 3 p.m. EDT | Complimentary Registration at https://www.livemeeting.ca/profile/empire-club-of-canada/

Great to see the formidable Rania Llewellyn, CEO of Laurentian Bank of Canada, profiled in The Globe and Mail's ROB. #ICYM her recent conversation with Jennifer Reynolds at the Empire Club on #IWD2021, you can check it out here https://www.livemeeting.ca/meeting/women-who-lead/

TODAY AT NOON | | Celebrate #InternationalWomensDay by joining Women Who Lead, Rania Llewellyn, President & CEO of Laurentian Bank of Canada, and Jennifer Reynolds, President & CEO of Toronto Finance International | Monday, March 8 | Complimentary Registration https://tinyurl.com/y9mkylkw

JUST ANNOUNCED | "Defining Recognition and Development Under the UN Decade for People of African Descent and UN75" featuring speakers, Senator Wanda Thomas Bernard, Stephanie Dei, Georgette Morris & Candies Kotchapaw. | Friday, December 4, 2020. | Complimentary webcast registration at https://www.empireclubofcanada.com/roadmapforcanadasblackyo

#ICYMI | Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave us some great insight on the World Health Organization (WHO), Canada and the way to move ahead of #COVID19. You can watch the full webcast at https://tinyurl.com/yxpr8dtz or read more about his advice at https://tinyurl.com/y5tsjgpu.

The Empire Club of Canada is honouring frontline workers as Canada’s #NationBuilderOfTheYear 2020 Celebrate your #NationBuilderHero with us and special guests on Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 12 noon EST. | Details & complimentary virtual award ceremony registration https://www.empireclubofcanada.com/nationbuilder

JUST ANNOUNCED | Join The Honourable Doug Downey, Attorney General of Ontario In Conversation with Vivene Salmon, Past President, Canadian Bar Association. | Thursday, December 3, 2020 at 12 noon EST. | Details & Registration https://lnkd.in/e2x8hZP

JUST ANNOUNCED | Join Sean Finn as he reflects on how Canadian National Railway Company is essential to the economy and to its neighbouring communities & how it continued delivering essential goods to Canadians despite many challenges. | Thursday, November 26, 2020 at 12 noon EST. Details & Registration at https://www.empireclubofcanada.com/seanfinn

NEXT WEEK | We have another #powerweek full of relevant & powerful events. We hope that you will join us for these complimentary events. | Details & Registration http://empireclubofcanada.com/upcoming-events

FREE VIRTUAL EVENT| How to respond to an economic crisis: Softening the blow of COVID-19 | Our panel will discuss the impact that COVID-19 will have on global economies & how businesses and governments should respond | MARCH 31 - 12:00 EDT | REGISTER| tinyurl.com/tgl4y4j

Empire Club of Canada Postpones 2019-2020 Season to Help Stop Spread of COVID-19 | empireclubofcanada.com/covid19

The role of retirement communities in the lives of Ontarians - today, tomorrow and in the years to come.

Minister of Finance Rod Phillips will discuss Building Ontario Together and outline the next steps in the governments plan to get our Province back on sound financial footing, invest in critical services, and make life more affordable for the people of Ontario.

For more than a century, public libraries have been a democratizing force in the modern world, supporting a civil society and helping people learn about the world in all its complexity. Today, with so many challenges to freedom of speech in libraries, political and government forums, on university campuses it is imperative that we continue to have open, uncensored discourse and listen to, respect and learn from each others perspectives. Vickery Bowles is the City Librar...ian at Toronto Public Library (TPL), which delivers services through a network of 100 branches and online channels. She believes passionately in the difference public libraries make in the lives of individuals, in communities and cities. Vickery is currently working to advance TPLs new strategic plan and its digital strategies that support new service models, digital literacy, workforce development, the customer experience, and innovation. Vickery is the Board Chair for the Urban Libraries Council (ULC) based in Washington, D.C., a member of the Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC), and the Toronto Region Board of Trade Smart Cities Working Group.

Our esteemed panel of industry leaders will discuss their personal and career successes, trials and tribulations. We will delve into the collective experiences of our speakers to discuss topics such as: forging a gender equal world in the Roaring 20s, celebrating womens achievements, raising awareness against bias and taking tangible, impactful action for gender equality in the short and long-term. #IWD2020 #EachforEqual

The Empire Club of Canada welcomes keynote speaker Andrew Percy, British Government MP alongside moderator Donna Skelly, MP to offer An Insiders View of Brexit: The Impact on Canada and the Globe.

Rahul Bhardwaj, President and CEO, the Institute of Corporate Directors, will discuss what todays active and accountable board leadership looks like - and how active and engaged board leaders can foster and support

Join us for a panel discussion of what steps the EV industry needs to take to solidify consumer confidence, lower product costs, and lift dependence on government incentive programs along the journey to widespread adoption.

The 2019 federal election resulted in a number of fresh faces heading to Parliament Hill. Among those newly elected Members of Parliament were an activist, an olympian and a mayor who also happened to be his partys first MP elected as openly gay. Today, Mumilaaq Qaqqaq (NDP), Adam van Koeverden (Liberal) and Eric Duncan (Conservative) represent a new generation of parliamentarians whose diverse perspectives and lived experiences inform the Canadian political landscape in unique ways. This panel discussion, moderated by the Globe and Mails Marieke Walsh, will dive into the new MPs leap into politics, election wins and plans for this new legislative session and the years ahead.

The Empire Club welcomes you to the global launch of Alex Tapscotts Financial Services Revolution, a new compilation of research into blockchain technologys impact on money, markets and banking. Tapscott is the books editor and contributor, and co-author of the best-selling Blockchain Revolution.

The Empire Club of Canada welcomes Annette Verschuren, Chair and Chief Executive Officer of NRStor Inc., to discuss how Energy Storage Makes Electricity More Affordable.

The Empire Club of Canada brings together all the Ontario Liberal Party candidates live right now for a special evening to answer one important question: Why should you be Premier?

The Empire Club of Canada welcomes Hon. Monte McNaughton, Minister of Labour, Training and Skills Development, to discuss Breaking the stigma around skilled trades.

The Empire Club of Canada welcomes Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada, to discuss Big data; Deeper Insights: Why Statistics Canadas drive to lead the knowledge revolution will matter to you.

The Empire Club of Canada welcomes David Wolf, David Rosenberg & Nick Barisheff for the 2020 Annual Investment Outlook, to discuss Making Money in Volatile Markets.

The Nation Builder of the Year award formalizes what The Empire Club of Canada has been doing since 1903 - celebrating and providing a platform for people who are building our country.

In his final speech of the year, Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz will discuss some of the global forces affecting the Canadian economy and the outlook for 2020.

A MESSAGE FROM MAYOR John Tory | Our #NationBuilderoftheYearAward taking place on December 13th will honor The Toronto #Raptors & the Mayor of #Toronto, John Tory will reflect on a playoff run that united not only Toronto, but all of #Canada & brought fans together

Join us live with the Honourable Maurizio Bevilacqua, Mayor of Vaughan, as he addresses The Empire Club of Canada to discuss purpose-driven leadership.

Toronto is one of the fastest growing cities in North America and has become an international development hub. No-one knows this better than Bruce Flatt, CEO, Brookfield Asset Management and Blake Hutcheson, President and Chief Pension Officer, OMERS and former CEO of Oxford Properties.

Having just celebrated 50 years of being traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Corby Spirit and Wine also produces Canadas longest running whisky brand with J.P. Wisers and operates the largest distillery in North America. Along with other members of the spirit industry, Corby Spirit and Wine would like to get more support on equal access to Ontario consumers.

The Empire Club welcomes Mark Poweska, President and CEO of Hydro One Limited, to share his vision for Hydro One as a customer-driven company. Hear how Ontarios largest electricity transmission and distribution company will support thriving communities and a growing economy now and into the future.

We know the result of the election. Now its time to learn from the people running the campaigns how it all went down.

Join us live as Alberta Minister of Finance Travis Toews will walk through his governments first budget since taking office and will outline the vision for Albertas fiscal situation in the coming years.

Last night we held our 115th Past Presidents dinner to celebrate Immediate Past President, Kent Emerson on an incredibly successful 2018-2019 season at The Empire Club of Canada. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication to the club.

Panelist: Goldy Hyder, Jean Charest, Nicole Verkindt, Peter MacKay. Canada and the World: A deep dive into the forces changing the political and economic landscapes around the globe. The Empire Club of Canada has put together a great panel of experts that comprehend the political undercurrents driving this disruption and the affect on global markets, and the US/China relationship. In the aftermath of the Canadian federal election, please join BNN News Anchor Jon Erlichman and our panel for a great event.

The Empire Club welcomes Barry Perry, President and CEO of Fortis Inc., a leading North American gas and electric utility. In his address, Barry will discuss what makes this an opportune time for the utility sector as it embraces electrification, renewable energy and grid resiliency.

On the eve of the one-year anniversary of cannabis legalization, and the cusp of the legalization of new cannabis product categories including edibles and concentrates, what can we expect from the Canadian cannabis industry in year two and beyond?

Ken Hartwick is Ontario Power Generations President and CEO. Ken joined OPG in March 2016 as OPGs Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President - Finance, where he led all operations under Finance, Business Development, Strategy, and Risk. As CFO and SVP - Finance, Ken also led the launch of Canadas first utility green bond as well as OPGs expansion to the U.S. through the acquisition of Eagle Creek Renewable Energy LLC.

Please join the Empire Club of Canada for a unique luncheon and armchair dialogue by the authors of a new Canadian leadership book -- the current #1 bestseller in Workplace on Amazon! -- The Collective Wisdom of High-Performing Women: Leadership Lessons from the Judy Project. The book, featuring personal stories from 70 of Canadas most successful women business leaders, highlights their perspectives on the 10 key characteristics of todays winning leaders.

Recent spectacular polling misses (whether Brexit, Donald Trump or closer to home) have not shaken fact that polling is a mainstay of how elections are run and covered. We know that polling continues as a prominent feature of election coverage, but also hear a lot of chatter about how public polls and internal political polls are much different.

The Empire Club welcomes Duncan Fulton for a conversation on how Restaurant Brands International plans to grow its three iconic brands TIM HORTONS, BURGER KING, and POPEYES, to 40,000 restaurants world-wide and building the right team and corporate culture to achieve that goal.

In the aftermath of negotiations with #KingoftheNorth, Kawhi Leonard, our #flashbackfriday is Toronto Raptors General Manager, Bobby Webster, on the The Empire Club of Canada stage, discussing How Big Data is Changing Professional Sports. Watch the full conversation here; https://lnkd.in/dTsBff9 #WeTheNorth

In honour of #july4th, our #throwbackthursday is President Ronald Reagan, addressing the The Empire Club of Canada on June 21, 1988. Following the 1988 G7 Summit held in #Canada, he discussed North Americas role in the changing world. Watch the full video here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2dUy1ku1aQ