Creating Opportunities 2017 is a summit organized by Lorne Sossin (Dean of Osgoode Hall Law School), Professor Jamil Jivani (founder of the Citizen Empowerment Project), and the Osgoode Hall Law Journal. The purpose of the Summit is to explore local, regional and national economic development issues in Canada. Our focus will be strategies, initiatives and policies that can create opportunities for economic prosperity and remove barriers to inclusion for disadvantaged and underserved communities, and particularly for youth seeking educational and employment opportunities.

Register for the Creating Opportunities Summit 2017

Over the course of two days, the Summit will address the following economic development issues: transportation and transit, housing, youth employment, social procurement, community benefit agreements, entrepreneurship, pro bono business law, financial literacy, business improvement areas, technological innovations and government regulation. The Summit will celebrate 150 years of Canada by looking at the best examples we have across the country for furthering social and economic development and prosperity, and looking forward to how we can continue to create opportunities for youth into the 21st century.

Keynote Speakers include:

Gillian Smith, Chief Marketing Officer for the Toronto Board of Trade

JD Vance, Author of Hillbilly Elegy