• Student/young worker perspective
  • Jessica McCormick, National Chairperson, Canadian Federation of Students
• Business perspective
  • Elyse Allan, President and CEO, GE Canada
• Labour perspective
  • Hassan Yussuff, President, Canadian Labour Congress

• Van Jones, CNN commentator, green jobs, advocate, former advisor to US President Barack Obama

(onsite or area vendors)

• Jerry Dias, National President, Unifor (Introduction)
• Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario

• Green jobs and the new economy (Alumni Lounge)
  • Lana Payne, Atlantic Director, Unifor (Moderator)
  • David Lindsay, President and CEO, Forest Products Association of Canada
  • Keith Brooks, Blue Green Canada
  • Tony Clarke, Green Economy Network
  • Kelsey Mech, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition
  • Dr. Cheryl Teelucksingh, Professor of Sociology, Ryerson University
• Minimum wages and living wages: lifting the bar (Concourse A) 
  • Joie Warnock, Western Director, Unifor (Moderator)
  • Dena Warman, Policy Development Officer,  City of Toronto
  • Diane Dyson, Director, Research & Public Policy, WoodGreen Community Services
• Organizing to improve labour standards: new models (Concourse B)
  • May Lui (Moderator)
  • Dave Clark, SPoT Coffee barista, member SEIU Local 2
  • Nora Loreto, Writer and Activist, member Canadian Freelance Union
• Innovative models for creating good jobs (Plenary Floor) - bilingual
  • Joseph Gargiso (Moderator)
  • Avvy Go, Clinic Director, Metro Toronto Chinese & Southeast Asian Legal Clinic
  • Robert Laplante, Director General, Institut de recherché economie contemporaine (IREC)
  • Steve Shallhorn, Chairperson, Toronto Community Benefits Program

French

• Just graduated – starting out in the labour force (Alumni Lounge)
  • Gerald Hunt, Director, Centre for Labour Management Relations
  • Bilan Arte, National Deputy Chairperson, Federation of Canadian Students
  • Sarah Watts-Rynard, Executive Director, Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
• Possibilities for rural and regional economies (Concourse A)
  • Katha Fortier, Ontario Regional Director, Unifor (Moderator)
  • Melissa Cook, Project/Resource Manager withPARO Centre for Women’s Enterprise
  • Joseph Leon, Co-President, AGS Automotive Systems
• Unemployed at either end of the labour market: over 40 and under 30
  • Sina Truong, Research and Special Projects Co-ordinator Centre for Labour Management Relations (Moderator)
  • Michael Walsh, Organizer, Canadian Federation of Students - Newfoundland & Labrador
  • Laurell Ritchie, Good Jobs for All Coalition
• Combatting growing precarity in the jobs market
  • Mark Brown, Regional Education and Organization Officer Canadian Union of Postal Workers (Moderator)
  • Michelynn Laflèche, Director of Research, Public Policy & Evaluation, United Way of Greater Toronto
  • Dr. Kendra Coulter, Associate Professor, Centre for Labour Studies, Brock University
  • Alastair Woods, Chairperson, Canadian Federation of Students - Ontario

French

• Sean Meagher, Partner, Public Interest
• Katrina Miller, Partner, Public Interest

french

Warm up before hitting the streets for Nuit Blanche with hot cider, good food and a cash bar.

Featuring:

Interactive art piece with artist Leo Dias

Participants are encouraged to write or draw their ideas and inspirations from the Summit onto the canvass. Creative collaboration leads to solutions.

Live jazz music

Good jobs video contest & People's Choice Award