Ezra Levant is a lawyer, journalist, and political activist. As the publisher of Western Standard magazine, he was charged by the Government of Alberta for publishing the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. His experiences in front of the Human Rights Commission inspired his controversial national bestseller Shakedown. His new book, Ethical Oil, makes the timely and provocative case that when it comes...

Eduardo Suarez is a Director at Scotia Bank, where he is in charge of Latin American currency strategy. Formerly he worked at RBC Capital Markets as a Senior Emerging Markets Strategist. He was also a Deputy Director in the Economic Policy Unit of Mexico’s Ministry of Finance, and worked in Citibank Mexico as a credit analyst. He studied an MBA in the University of Toronto, where he majored in ...

A premier cardiologist, genetic researcher, and technologist, Eric Topol sees the future of health care, and he likes what he sees. His new book, The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How The Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care, is about how social networking, smartphones and the powerful new tools that sequence each individual’s genome will give consumers control of thei...

In her role as President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Canada and Vice President GE, Elyse is responsible for growing GE’s business in Canada and advancing the company’s leadership in advanced technology, services and finance. Her appointment in 2004 marked Elyse’s return to GE, where she began her career in 1984. Her career with GE has spanned the US, Canada and work with several indus...

Eliot A. Phillipson is the Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of Toronto and former President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation. A native of Edmonton, he received his M.D. with Distinction (1963) and his M.Sc. (1965) from the University of Alberta. Following postgraduate training in Internal Medicine, he undertook research training at the C...

Earl is a senior member of the Macquarie Group, CEO and Head of Macquarie Private Wealth in Canada, Head of Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group North America and Deputy Global Head of Macquarie Private Wealth. He has been in the investment industry for more than 20 years. Earl worked closely with our clients, Investment Advisors and management team to successfully transform the p...

Ed Clark was appointed Group President and Chief Executive Officer of TD Bank Group on December 20, 2002. On April 3, 2013, Ed announced his intention to retire as President and CEO effective November 1, 2014 at age 67, after 12 years as CEO. He will remain a Director until TD’s 2015 Annual Meeting.

This year the Economic Club of Canada will present Elisapee Sheutiapik with the Voice of Hope Award. Elisapee Sheutiapik who was Mayor of Iqaluit from 2003 to 2010, was the city’s first Inuk female to serve as Mayor. Ms. Sheutiapik also served as the President of Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada, an organization protecting the rights of women and children. She challenged communities to raise aw...

Edward Picco is a resident of Iqaluit, Nunavut. He was first elected in the 1995 Northwest Territories election. He was re-elected in the 1999 Nunavut election and in the 2004 Nunavut election. Picco holds the distinction of being one of the few Canadian politicians elected to two different Legislative Assemblies, having been elected in 1995 to the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Terri...

Erin O’Toole is the Member of Parliament for the riding of Durham in Ontario, Canada. In September 2013, Prime Minister Harper asked Erin to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade, a role that has him working with the Minister on opening new markets for Canadians goods and services around the world. In 1991, he joined the Canadian Forces and enrolled at...

Eddy Isaacs is CEO of Alberta Innovates -- Energy & Environment Solutions (AI-EES) with responsibility for Alberta’s strategic directions and technology investments in energy technologies, renewables and emerging resources, and water and environmental management. Eddy has been instrumental in promoting innovation in energy and environment across Canada and has served as co-Chair of the Ener...

Ellis Ross was elected Chief Councillor of the Haisla Nation in 2011 and was in 2013 re-elected by acclamation to a four-year term. He has been a full-time Councillor since 2003 when he began to focus on Aboriginal Rights and Title and Economic Development issues. He was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 2014 in recognition of his community leadership. In 2012 Premier Clark appoin...

Ed Gudaitis is the General Manager of Gilead Sciences Canada Inc., based in Mississauga Ontario. After obtaining his B.Sc. from Brock University in St. Catherines, Ontario and his MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business London, Ontario, Ed had a successful career working for Hoffmann-La Roche Limited in various roles of increasing impact. After a 12 year career at Roche, Ed decided to pu...

Eric Jardine joined CIGI as a research fellow in May 2014. In this role, he contributes to CIGI’s work on Internet governance, including the CIGI–Chatham House sponsored Global Commission on Internet Governance.

The Head Start for Young Women Network is a volunteer-run organization committed to creating awareness about what barriers prevent young women from becoming interested in pursuing positions of leadership, and provides tools to young women help overcome these barriers. As Director, Elaine works with a team to provide free and fun leadership development workshops to over 300 students and young pr...

Elizabeth Mulholland is the Chief Executive Officer of Prosper Canada, a national charity dedicated to expanding economic opportunity for Canadians living in poverty through program and policy innovation. Elizabeth joined Prosper Canada in 2011, after a 25-year policy career in the public, private and non-profit sectors, including a decade of independent policy consulting, five years as senior ...

Ed Greenspon has worked at the intersection of journalism, business and public policy for more than 30 years. He comes to the Forum from one of the world’s largest news organizations, where he led global coverage of energy and the environment, and oversaw major journalistic undertakings. He joined Bloomberg in 2014 as Editor-at-Large for Canada and has worked for Torstar Corp., publisher of the...

Eleanor McMahon was elected to the Ontario legislature in 2014 as MPP for Burlington. On June 13, 2016 she was appointed as Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport. Previously she served as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Natural Resources and Forestry, where she initiated a review of the Conservation Authorities Act.

Etienne is the Managing Partner for Deloitte in British Columbia. He is the former B.C. Leader for Tax and the former National Leader for International Tax Service Line at Deloitte.

As Head of the Financial Services, Retail and Telecom verticals at Facebook Canada, Erin leads teams that develop innovative partnerships with Canada’s top organizations to accelerate their growth. Building on her passion for technology and our transition to a mobile-first world, Erin collaborates with Canadian leaders on how to use Facebook's platforms to grow their businesses domestically and...

Ed Dybka is the President of AstraZeneca Canada Inc., part of AstraZeneca PLC, one of the world’s leading biopharmaceutical companies. Mr. Dybka has worked in the Canadian pharmaceutical industry for close to 30 years and has led AstraZeneca Canada Inc since 2015. In 2012, he led the Canadian establishment of Almirall, a start-up biopharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of resp...

Eurico Brilhante Dias was born in Lisbon in 1972. He was appointed as Secretary of State for Internationalisation Affairs in July 2017. The Secretary of State of Internationalization Affairs is responsible for coordinating, executing and monitoring the Portuguese internationalization policy, and for the non-European foreign policy, in its economic and commercial aspects, and the policies ...

Eric So is the Co-founder, Managing Director, and Chief Strategy Officer for Globalive Technology Partners Inc. He also serves as Chairman of HyperBlock Technologies Corp., a leading cryptocurrency mining company with diversified operations, and as a Director of Therapix Biosciences Ltd. He has over 15 years’ experience advising both private and public companies, and recently served on the exec...

Emily Mills is the award-winning founder of How She Hustles, a network that connects diverse women through social media and special events. For eight years, she has produced buzz-worthy events from women’s entrepreneur panels to networking brunches with up to 400 guests from Olympians to CEOs. Previously, Emily was a senior communications officer at CBC, one of Canada’s largest media compan...

Erin Kelly is President and CEO of Advanced Symbolics Inc. (ASI), a company that uses Artificial Intelligence to improve market research and polling accuracy. Erin has over 20 years of experience as a marketing executive, most recently as Chief Operating Officer of a large advertising firm. Today, she is a pioneer in the new world of marketing research using Artificial Intelligence (AI). A ...

Dr. Ed Weinstein is President of The Brondesbury Group. Ed holds a PhD in Measurement & Evaluation (Applied Statistics) from the University of Toronto and is also a licensed Industrial Psychologist. Over the past 30 years, Ed has developed and run more than 700 studies in financial services for both private and public sector clients. Ed’s private sector clients have included most of the world’s...

Ellen McGregor is principal owner and CEO of Fielding Environmental. Fielding is an award winning clean-tech company specializing in chemical and refrigerant recovery to produce high quality recycled chemicals. Committed to serving the peak of the waste management hierarchy, Ellen trade marked the phrase Cradle to Cradle® long before the words had market meaning. She is a champion for innovat...

Eva is Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at Borrowell, a fintech company that helps people make great decisions about credit. Borrowell is one of Canada’s largest fintech companies, with more than a million members, and offers free credit score and report monitoring, an automated credit coach tools and AI-driven financial product recommendations. Eva was named one of the Standout 35 on th...

Ernest is the founder of Promerita Group. His experience includes being a founding partner of one the leading portfolio and wealth management practices at RBC Dominion Securities, Canada’s largest bank-owned investment dealer and wealth management company. He also has an extensive track record of entrepreneurial success, having been instrumental in establishing several significant enterprises i...

Throughout his aviation career, Ed Sims, has demonstrated that an emphasis on peoples’ development and transparent communication are the stepping stones to success. As President and CEO, responsible for both the strategic direction of the company and the day-to-day operations, Ed leads WestJet’s more than 14,000 WestJetters with this emphasis and the professional values of accountability, resil...

Elamin Abdelmahmoud is a news curation editor with BuzzFeed News. He appears as a regular columnist on CBC Radio's Q, and writes about politics and pop culture. His work has appeared in Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, and Chatelaine. You can tweet him at @elamin88.