Registration & Coffee
8:30 – 9:00The Federal Framework, Five Years On
Introductory presentations on what has been done and the vision forward from the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and Statistics Canada.
- Andres Velez-Guerra — Executive Director, Results Division, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- Sébastien Larochelle-Côté — Director General, Statistics Canada
- Nathalie Watts — Team Lead, Quality of Life, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- Jenneke Le Moullec — Chief, Quality of Life Statistics Program, Statistics Canada
Research on Wellbeing Policy
Academic perspectives: trends in Canada, recent research, gaps, and what to explore next.
- Felix Cheung — Assistant Professor & Canada Research Chair in Population Well-Being, University of Toronto
- John Helliwell — Professor Emeritus of Economics, UBC
- Christopher Barrington-Leigh — Professor, McGill University (DEEP & Bieler School of Environment)
Break
11:15 – 11:30From Data to Praxis
Representatives from municipal, provincial, and Indigenous efforts to collect data and reorient policy — covering wellbeing data, data sovereignty, and local policy.
- Danny Graham — Chief Engagement Officer, Engage Nova Scotia
- Shawn Blankinship — Founder & President, Seven Generations Analytics Inc.
- Évelyne Beaudin — Former Mayor of Sherbrooke, Québec
- Cal Corley — CEO, Community Safety Knowledge Alliance (CSKA)
Lunch & Networking
12:40 – 13:40Interdisciplinary Alignment on Wellbeing Policy
On the opportunity and challenge of a truly interdisciplinary approach to wellbeing — bridging economics, psychology, sociology, public health, and policy.
- Danya Pastuszek — President & CEO, Tamarack Institute for Community Engagement
- Val Morrison — Scientific Advisor, National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP)
- Gaynor Watson-Creed — Associate Dean, Public Health & Preventive Medicine, Dalhousie University
- Nora Spinks — Founder & President, Work-Life Harmony Enterprises
International Efforts Towards Wellbeing Policy
How Canada's effort is influencing the rest of the world, what international developments have meant for Canada, and what global trends are emerging.
- Romina Boarini — Director, OECD WISE Centre
- Julia Kim — International Facilitator for Gross National Happiness; former Program Director, GNH Centre Bhutan
- Kari Wolanski — Director/Special Advisor, Statistics Canada
Break
16:00 – 16:15Audience Discussion — What Next for Wellbeing Policy in Canada?
Facilitated discussion on key takeaways and the future of wellbeing policy in Canada, with all participants.