Amit Price Patel is a Partner at DIALOG and an award winning urban planner, architect, and urban designer with more than 25 years of experience advancing equitable, community focused housing projects across North America. His work spans affordable, supportive, Indigenous, and modular housing, as well as large scale master planning, urban design, and transit-oriented communities. […]
Michelle Paquet is a real estate development leader with over 20 years of experience delivering complex, community-focused projects across Canada. She has held senior leadership roles with SHAPE Properties and UBC Properties Trust, where she led large, multidisciplinary teams and worked closely with municipalities, partners and stakeholders to advance projects from concept through to completion. […]
Nadia Shaikh-Naeem is Vice President of Programs at DIGITAL, where she leads one of Canada’s largest innovation portfolios, overseeing more than $780 million in strategic investments across artificial intelligence, sustainable industry, digital health, and workforce transformation. She drives program strategy, investment execution, and portfolio performance, ensuring initiatives translate national priorities into commercially viable solutions that […]
Lisa Picotte-Li (she/her) is a governance and legal executive with extensive experience advising boards and organizations on complex governance, risk, and regulatory matters. She currently serves as General Counsel for the IWA–Forest Industry Pension and LTD Plans, where she advises trustees and senior leadership on fiduciary oversight and long-term stewardship. Earlier in her career, Lisa […]
Clinton Kuzio is Cree and a member of Fisher River Cree Nation (he reminds us that band membership is not equal to ethnicity, hence the mention of both). He grew up in Cranberry Portage where his parents, Vangie and Cliff, taught him how to hunt, fish and trap as a child and also gave him […]
Jean Luc Kalambayi is a dynamic and motivated problem solver with five years’ experience creating, maintaining, and improving business-to-business and business-to-client relationships in e-commerce and international trade contexts. He currently works as a Project Coordinator in Construction Management with MAKE Projects Ltd, with a project portfolio spanning multi-phased healthcare, commercial, recreation, and education projects across […]
Originally from the U.K. Kim has worked in the non-profit housing sector in Vancouver since 1995. She has held several management roles, notably the Housing Coordinator, Kiwassa Housing Society, and Director, Supported Housing for Vancouver Native Housing Society. From 2010 to 2022, Kim was the Executive Director for McLaren Housing Society, Canada’s oldest HIV/AIDS housing […]
Dr. Atiya Mahmood is an Associate Professor at the Department of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University. She has a PhD in Architecture/Environment-Behaviour Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her training is in environmental gerontology and her research focuses on health and built environments for older adults with a specific interest in neighbourhood environments, mobility/walkability, active […]
Judy Husen is Principal at Copperhouse Developments, a BC based Real estate development practice dedicated to creating social impact through building quality homes and curated places. Most recently, Judy was the lead manager of development at Western Canadian Properties Group. She has a background in design and management of complex high-rise residential, mixed use, and […]
Darren Sauer is a leader in the construction management and property development industry, with over 15 years of experience in this dynamic and challenging area. As the Director of Development with Wales McLelland Construction focused on business development and preconstruction, he strives to understand clients’ and stakeholders’ needs and objectives, leading and driving projects forward. […]