Shift Canada Bold Ambition Summit

​2026 is the year Canada shakes off the status quo and gets serious about building an entrepreneurial culture. The only way we succeed in the future is by embracing a bold-thinking and risk-taking national mindset today.

​Shift Canada is driving change with the launch of the Canadian Bold Ambition Index. Developed in partnership with Nanos Research, it will provide new groundbreaking insights into mindsets around risk and ambition within Canadian culture.

​Join us for a high-energy morning event to learn about the findings and hear from leaders in business, tech, education and innovation about how to embrace boldness now and in the future.

​Agenda:

​8:30-9:00 - Registration and breakfast

​9:00-9:30 - Keynote from AJ Tibando, CEO of Shift Canada

​9:30-10:15 - Panel: An entrepreneur panel with Issac Souweine, Ali Asaria, Josh Domingues and Candice Faktor on creating a more bold and entrepreneurial culture in Canada.

​10:15-10:30 - Break

​10:30-11:15 - Fireside chat featuring Tim Jackson from SHAD Canada on how to create bold-thinking mindsets in the next generation.

​11:15-12:00 - Networking

​This is Shift’s first conference-style gathering, designed to spark insight, inspire bold thinking and bring together a community ready to reshape how we understand and support entrepreneurship.

​​Come be part of the movement shaping Canada’s entrepreneurial future.