Severn Cullis-Suzuki gained international attention at the age of 12. She delivered her famous speech at the Rio Earth Summit. There, she pleaded for delegates to preserve the planet. Severn has continued to speak to audiences around the world about the necessity of keeping the future in mind for environmental sustainability. In 2000, Severn cycled […]
Jesse Hirsh is a futurist famer who brings an outsider’s perspective and literal critical distance, operating from his farm in rural Eastern Ontario. Yet this is no ordinary farm. Wired up with high speed fibre optic Internet, the Academy of the Impossible engages in a wide range of research regarding agriculture, media, technology, and culture. […]
Jaclyn Whittal has been forecasting and reporting on the most extreme weather across North America for 12 years. She has stood in front of the world’s largest ever recorded tornado in El Reno, Oklahoma, has been in the centre of 10 hurricanes, and reported on countless blizzards, wildfires and floods across the U.S. and Canada. […]
An ambassador of Social Recycling by purpose, David is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Plastic Bank – an internationally recognized solution to ocean plastic. His idea has enlivened an opportunity for the world to collect and exchange plastic as a currency. Today, his social enterprise is a global network of over 550 collection […]
Brandi Morin is an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French journalist from the Treaty 6 territory in Alberta. For the last 10 years, Brandi has specialized in sharing Indigenous stories, some of which have helped spark change and reconciliation in Canada’s political, cultural, and social landscapes. She is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on Indigenous oppression in […]