Emily has built her career taking risks in pursuit of her vision for a good world. A lawyer by background, she left her private litigation practice in 2004 and, after a year in Singapore obtaining her LL.M, moved to Geneva, Switzerland. There, she served as Legal Advisor to an arm of the United Nations Security Council, implementing a program with $4.3 billion in sustainable development projects in the Middle East. On returning to Vancouver, in 2013 she founded Broadleap Solutions Ltd., an international consultancy firm advising companies and organizations on human rights due diligence – internally and across their value chains. She also founded Knowledge in Context, through which she personally taught some 500 teenagers her novel curriculum on navigating power and prejudice to be effective actors in building the communities and world they envision. She is a sought after educator and speaker on issues such as unconscious bias, “doing” equality in organizations, and integrating policy with practice in human rights. In 2016, she was appointed a full-time member of the BC Human Rights Tribunal for a three year term.
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One of the most worthwhile conferences I have ever attended. I can’t wait until next year!
Tim & Sharon GloverOwners,Light-Core Inc.The 2017 EXCELerate Conference exceeded my expectations. The plenary sessions alone were worth the fee … the level of speakers gathered— and their synergy—was absolutely brilliant. Regarding the break-out sessions: Ann Gomez’s session, ‘Focus Your Time to GroYourBiz: Personal Productivity for Busy People’, blew my socks off with its relevance and practical applications. Her book, ‘The Email Warrior’, is easy to read and the tips within it are easy to implement. Wow!
Click Media WorksWe are all connected with an innate desire to support each other business to grow to their full potential.
Cathleen Jamieson AWE CareWow, what a fantastic event last week. While it is advertised for entrepreneurs it is really an inspiring event for business women of all ages and positions. What an incredible line up of guest speakers.
Western Union Business SolutionsExceptional conference!! The content, quality and quantity of speakers, venue, scheduling, are all exceptional. It is engaging and motivating, and I don’t know of any other event where you’d have the opportunity to hear from so many “keynote” speakers.
Great speakers and attendees. Thank you!
There is no question that this was once again one of the most captivating conferences that I have attended—with not only one good idea—but many. It is wonderful how the panels all have different points of view that foster challenging perhaps our previous opinions or at the very least give us more information to have an informed opinion. Our team thought it was time well spent indeed!
McCurdy FinancialThere is nothing more powerful than inspiration. A wonderful conference to learn, meet other entrepreneurs, share your story and be inspired to achieve your goals. Amazing!!
Editor AgencyI am feeling inspired, educated and frankly blown away by the many amazing women and men that we encountered over the three days. What a fantastic and first-class event! It so exceeded any expectations that I had and I have been passing the word around at BMO that we should be very proud to be the presenting sponsor at this event.
BMO Bank of MontrealInspiring, amazing speakers, I learned many new things, great energy.
