Zul Merali (PhD) is President/CEO and Scientific Director of the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research as well as the Founding Scientific Director of the Canadian Depression Research and Intervention Network. He is full professor in the faculties of Medicine (Departments of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Psychiatry) and Social Sciences (Psychology) at the University of O...

Zoe Yujnovich joined Shell in 2014 as Vice President Oil Sands Joint Venture, based in Calgary, Alberta. With over twenty years’ experience in the mining industry, Zoe now leads Shell’s Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) which includes the Albian Sands mining facilities and the Scotford Upgrader. Zoe’s career began in Australia with front line work in a number of mining roles. Zoe joined...

Zamina Walji is Vice President of Consumer and Retail Strategy at Aurora Cannabis, one of the world’s largest and leading cannabis companies, with sales and operations in 24 countries. With over 10 years of experience working with the world’s leading companies, from start-ups to Fortune 500 organizations. She has spent most of her career in consumer markets with a focus in the cannabis industry...

Zayna is adjunct faculty in the Health Sector Strategy stream at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto where she instructs a course in healthcare innovation in the health MBA program. Zayna is a Growth Advisor at Teladoc Health in Canada, and is the in-house health futurist with Deloitte Canada's Healthcare practice. Zayna previously led the Futures team with national ho...

Zahid Salman is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Green Shield Canada ("GSC"), an integrated health services organization and the first in Canada to be both a payer (offering insurance, administering benefits, and paying claims) and a provider (offering medical, mental health, and pharmacy services). Uniquely structured as a not-for-profit social enterprise, GSC is passionate about ...