At Ascend Canada, we pride ourselves on the ability to bring the Pan-Asian community together and provide our members with the opportunity to develop meaningful relationships. We make it easier to learn, navigate and develop a career in a virtual world by exploring new ideas to help our members engage, express and excel.
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Events
Calendar 2022
Toronto
Vancouver
Year End Gala
Cafe events
| Topics | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Career planning and mentorship. | Hilda Gan, President and Chief People Officer, People Bright Consulting Inc. |
| Power of the brand and best ways to manage. | Marlon Reid, Community General Manager at CIBC |
| Information technology industry in current times. | Student Only Session – Tech Panel |
| Topics | Speaker |
|---|---|
| A M&A risk mitigation framework that can generate value for buyers from proprietary AI systems. | Aditya Narasimha, Manager Deal Advisory, KPMG |
| Career planning, work-life balance and the pursuit of having it all. | Gary Hong, Senior Manager, TD |
| Ask me anything. | Vincent Liu, Senior Product Manager, Square |
| Topics | Speaker |
|---|---|
| The Great Resignation and the Future of Career Planning on Bay Street. | Farah Qasemi, Partner, EY and Ascend Board Member |
| How to Turn DEI Goals into Action Through Mentoring and Networking. | Alexander Peh, EVP, Ascend Canada and Dave Wilkin, Founder, Ten Thousand Coffees |
| Trends in the Real Estate Market. | Tzen Goh, Partner, McCarthy Tétrault and Ascend Board Member |
| Topics | Speaker |
|---|---|
| Careers in Risk Management. | Bruce Choy, Managing Director, Research, Global Risk Institute |
| Ask me anything. | Muriam De Angelis, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), EY |
| All things sponsorship – what it is, the difference between sponsorship and mentorship, creating a sponsorship action plan, and more! | Sacha de Klerk, Head of diversity, equity & inclusion at Norton Rose Fulbright |
| Topics | Speaker |
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| Ask me anything. | Mayuran Yogarajah, Head of IX Labs and Distinguished Engineer at Index Exchange |
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| Ask me anything. | Abeed Ramji, Head of Canadian Debt Capital Markets, TD Securities |
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| Career development planning, how to tackle it, and how to adjust as environments and other considerations change. | Nisha Malik, AVP Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability Operations, TD |
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|---|---|
| How to Create A Connected Talent Experience in the New World of Work. | Soula Courlas, Interim Chief People Officer, PwC , Sara Blanchard, Director & National Culture Lead, Workforce of the Future, PwC & Dave Wilkin, CEO and Co-Founder 10KC |
| The power of vulnerability & empathy to unlock more of who we are. | Christina Cleveland, VP, Diversity & Inclusion, RBC |
| Tips and tricks for navigating your career as you progress through an organization. | Kevin Chan, Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer & Partner at PwC Canada |
| Ask me anything. | Muriam De Angelis, Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), EY |