​The Canada Stage, presented by BDC and Intuit Canada, is the main attraction of Startup Canada Day on the Hill. In 2017, it featured forward-thinking keynotes, panels, and discussions with cutting-edge Canadian entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and government decision makers. Thanks to our partners as CPAC, you can watch the keynotes, panels and fireside discussion below. 

CREATING A CANADA FOR EVERY ENTREPRENEUR

Moderator 

• Catherine Cano, President of CPAC

Panelists 

• Nyla Ahmad, Senior VP Of Enterprise Marketing, Rogers Communications

• John Hamblin, Founder, Startup Halifax

• Maayan Ziv, Founder & CEO, Accessnow

• Patrice Mousseau, Founder, Satya Organic Skincare

THE CHANGING FACES OF CANADIAN INNOVATION

Speaker 

• Dax Dasilva, Founder of Lightspeed and Never Apart

HOW WE CAN WIN

Speaker 

• Anthony Lacavera, Chairman of Globalive Holdings and Author, How We Can Win

AI, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND THE MIDDLE CLASS

Moderator:

• Bruce Croxon, Managing Partner, Round13 Capital

Panelists:

• Anthony Lacavera, Chairman of Globalive Holdings

• Narjès Boufaden, Founder and CEO, Keatext

• Rosemary Chapdelaine, VP, Lockheed Martin

A VISION FOR THE FUTURE

Keynote: 

• Eli Fathi, CEO of Mindbridge AI and Board Director, Startup Canada

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Moderator:

• Catherine Cano, President of CPAC

CANADA'S GROWTH FORMULA: ANCHORS, TRADE & POLICY

Moderator:

• Nicole Verkindt, Founder, OMX

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Panelists:

• Jonathan Ortmans, President of the Global Entrepreneurship Network

• Pamela Goldsmith-Jones, Parliamentary Secretary to Minister of International Trade

• Christoph Atz, President of UPS Canada

• Jason Flick, Founder & President, YOU.I TV

STORY OF A CANADIAN ENTREPRENEUR

Keynote: 

• Anne Whelan, President & CEO of Seafair Capital​

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Moderator:

• Catherine Cano, President of CPAC

The Scale-up Stage, presented by UPS in partnership with Startupfest and Founder Institute featured inspiring and informative keynotes and panels from top Canadian startup and scale-up entrepreneurs and support providers who share learnings, failures, and advice for growing strong companies. 

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Watch the Scale-up Stage and #StartupGov Stage keynotes, panels and fireside chats here. 

The #StartupGov Stage, presented by #StartupGov, is an initiative of Startup Canada and Mastercard Canada, which promotes best practices in building intrapreneurial, innovative, and forward-thinking governments.

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Watch the Scale-up Stage and #StartupGov Stage keynotes, panels and fireside chats here. 

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Catherine Clark

Emcee

@catherinejclark

David Alston

Chief Entrepreneur

in Residence

@davidalston

Jonathan Ortmans
President

@Jortmans

Catherine Cano

President & GM

@icicano

Bruce Croxon

Partner

@bruce_croxon

Michele Romanow

Founder and CEO

@MicheleRomanow

Dax Dasilva

Founder & CEO

@daxdasilva

Nicole Verkindt

Founder & CEO

@nicoleverkindt

Matt Switzer

SVP Strategy

& Corporate Dev.

@matthswitzer

Anthony

Lacavera

Founder & Chairman

@AnthonyLacavera

Kerlande Mibel

Présidente-fondatrice

@KerlandeMibel

Narjès Boufaden

Founder & CEO

@KeatextAI

Adam Blinick

Director of

Public Policy

@AdamBlinick

Komal Minhas

Founder & CEO

@komalminhas

Paul Whitney & Liz Connell

Founders

@AfricanBHoney

Alexandra Dagg

Manager of Public Policy

@Airbnb

Andrea Palmer

Founder & CEO

@aehpalmer

The Hon. Bardish Chagger

Minister of Small Business

and Tourism

Anne Whelan

President & CEO

BDC Board Director

@annemwhelan

Brian Lang

President

@langbma

Dr. Sean Wise

Professor of 

Entrepreneurship

@seanwise

Dr. Ailish Campbell

Chief Trade

Commissioner @Ailish_Campbell

Jeff Cates

President

@jeff_cates1

Claudette Commanda

Algonquin First Nation

Knowledge Keeper

Scott Brison

President

The Treasury Board of Canada

@scottbrison

Jennifer Sloan

VP Public Policy

@MastercardCAnws

Eli Fathi

CEO

@mindbridge_ai

Jason Flick

Co-Founder & CEO

@jasonflick

Jonathan Greechan

Co-Founder

@jonnystartup

Melloney Campbell

Community Leader

@MellFeurtado13

John Hamblin

Community Lead

Meghann Coleman

Startup Services

Manager

@voltaeffect

Maayan Ziv

Founder & CEO

@maayanziv

Michael Denham

President & CEO

@bdc_ca

Nyla Ahmad

SVP of

Enterprise Marketing

@RogersBiz

Michael Wernick

Clerk of the

Privy Council and Secretary to the Cabinet

@Clerk_GC

Mike Lee

President

@Fundica

Nilufer Erdebil

@digitalNil

Nilufer Erdebil

CEO

@digitalNil

Rivers Corbett

Entrepreneur

in Residence

@RiversCorbett

Victoria LaBillois

Founder & President

@wejuseg

Phil Telio

Founder

@PTelio

Sergio Escobar

@SergiusEscobar

Sergio Escobar

Managing Director

@SergiusEscobar

Greg Dumont

Director of

Sourcing

@LockheedMartin

Rosemary

Chapdelaine

VP & GM

@rjclmc

Wendy Mayhew

CEO

@wendy_mayhew

Simon

d'Entremont

NS Deputy 

Minister of Seniors

Paul Gaspar

Director of Small Business

@UPS_SmallBizCA

Alex Benay

Chief Information

Officer

@AlexBenay

John Buck

CEO

@CEDEC_QC

Almas Jiwani

AJ Foundation

@AlmasJiwani

Heather Galt

Director of Fierce

Founders

@headinoz

Andy Nulman

Founder

@AndyNulman

Camille McInnis

Acquisition & Marketing

@camillemcinnis

Patrice Mousseau

Founder

@MousseauPatrice

Kelly Lovell

Founder & CEO

@KellyALovell

Maria Locker

Founder & CEO

@MompreneurMaria

Sam Moonsammy

Publicist

@smoonsammy

Rick Spence

Entrepreneur Columnist

@RickSpence

Steven McKinnon

Parliamentary Secretary

Minister of Public Services & Procurement

Pamela Goldsmith-Jones

Parliamentary Secretary

@pgoldsmithjones

Brenda Halloran

Chair of the Startup

Canada Board 

@BrendaHalloran1

Helen Joncas

Senior Leader

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Donna Kinoshita

SVP Core, Digital and New Business Ventures

@MastercardCAnws

Rob Turk

Executive Director

StartupGov

Angela

Larraguibel

Director

Communitech

@ALarraguibel

Ambassador

Nimrod Barkan

Embassy of Israel in Canada

@IsraelinCanada

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Heather Abbey

Founder & CEO

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Christoph Atz

President

UPS Canada

Deirdre Bergin

Head, BMO Tech & 

Innovation Sector

Chris Baird

Senior Program Director

Julia Fournier

President &

CEO

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Shyra

Barberstock

President & CEO

Okwaho Equal Source

​@shybarberstock

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Jeff Lehman

Mayor of Barrie

Dr. Paul Chaput

President

Creative Consulting

Jeff Ryzner

President

@northforgemb