Waterstone MacKay Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures Summit, CEO Summit, and Awards Celebration
Learn from, and celebrate, the top corporate cultures, and the most admired CEOs and Chief People and Culture Officers (CPCOs) that Canada has to offer.
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Time: CEO Summit and Corporate Cultures Summit (11:30 am – 4:30 pm), Networking Cocktail Reception (4:30 pm – 5:30 pm) and Awards Celebration (5:30 pm – 9:00 pm)
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre – North Building (255 Front St. W.), 100-level.
Dress Code: Summits – Business/Business Casual | Awards Celebration – Business/Business Casual/Semi-Formal
Two Summits, One Celebration
This is a multi-faceted day of learning, networking and celebration featuring engaging keynote speakers, informative breakout sessions, an interactive panel discussion with our CEO award winners, and more. The day wraps up with a celebration of all the award winners.
CEO Summit
Network with your peers and learn cuting-edge leadership and culture-building secrets from Canada’s Most Admired™ CEOs at this exclusive CEO-only, closed-door event. This is your chance, you won’t want to miss this.
Corporate Cultures Summit
Send your team to this multi-stream conference to learn from the best, as leaders in talent management, marketing, human resources, and culture share in-depth strategies that made them one of Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures.
Celebration Event
Following the summits will be an incredible celebration of our 2025 winners. Join us as we honour the winning organizations, CEOs, and CPCOs with heartfelt speeches, videos, entertainment, and a chance to celebrate together.
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Time: CEO Summit and Corporate Cultures Summit (11:30 am – 4:30 pm), Networking Cocktail Reception (4:30 pm – 5:30 pm) and Awards Celebration (5:30 pm – 9:00 pm)
Location: Metro Toronto Convention Centre – North Building (255 Front St. W.), 100-level.
Dress Code: Summits – Business/Business Casual | Awards Celebration – Business/Business Casual/Semi-Formal
Inspirational Keynote
The Elements of Performing Under Pressure with Dr. Dana Sinclair
Performance Psychologist (R Psych, C Psych), Human Performance International
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Canada’s Most Admired™ CEO Summit
The Canada’s Most Admired CEO™ Summit is a unique opportunity to join 200+ CEOs across Canada for an event focused on culture.
The 2026 Canada’s Most Admired CEO Summit brings together the country’s most respected CEOs to explore the CEO’s defining role as Chief Culture Architect — the leader ultimately responsible for designing the culture that drives performance, and for finding and developing the leaders who drive it forward, creating sustained competitive advantage and long-term value.
In a world of constant disruption, strategy alone is no longer enough. The CEOs who consistently outperform understand that culture is not a “soft” concept, but a deliberate system built with the right leaders with the right aligned behaviours, and who drive talent decisions, accountability, and execution.
This Canada’s Most Admired CEO Summit celebrates and learns from Canada’s Most Admired CEOs who have intentionally built cultures that enable great leadership, align people to purpose, and deliver measurable business results. Through candid conversations and real-world case studies, participants will gain insight into how exceptional CEOs design, embed, and scale culture as a true competitive advantage.
Who Should Attend?
CEOs of culture-focused organizations from across Canada
Featured Speakers
Watch this page for updates as speakers are confirmed.
Chair and CEO
Hatch
CEO
Neighbourly Pharmacy
President & CEO
The Hospital for Sick Children
Managing Director, Executive Search
Waterstone Human Capital
President and CEO
Meridian Credit Union
President and CEO
Mr. Lube + Tires
Managing Director, Leadership and Culture Advisory Services
Waterstone Human Capital
President and CEO
Waterstone Human Capital
CEO and Founder
Fitzrovia
Performance Psychologist (R Psych, C Psych)
Human Performance International
President and CEO
Insurance Insight Inc.
Founder and CEO
MacKay CEO Forums
CEO
Vena Solutions
Forum Chair, Chief Learning Officer, and Ontario Regional Director, MacKay CEO Forums
Canada’s Most Admired™ Corporate Cultures Summit
The Corporate Cultures Summit is a multi-stream learning event focused on leveraging the competitive advantage of your corporate culture.
It features breakouts, interactive Q&As and lively panel discussions with leaders in talent management, marketing, human resources and culture. Many are winners of the Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ awards program, but this event is open to everyone with an interest in corporate culture.
You’ll need more than one representative to capture all of the learning in this multi breakout event!
Who Should Attend?
Anyone with an interest in corporate culture.
Featured Speakers
Watch this page for updates as speakers are confirmed.
President and CEO
CNIB and CNIB Deafblind Community Services
President & CEO
Arthritis Canada
Chief People & Culture Officer
Security Compass
Managing Partner, President
Level5 Strategy
Managing Director, Executive Search
Waterstone Human Capital
Chief People Officer
DASCH
SVP, People & Culture
Neighbourly Pharmacy
CEO
4Seasons Transportation
Chief Financial Officer
Waterstone Human Capital
SVP HR
Reliance Home Comfort
CEO
Creative Options Regina
Chair & CEO
EHN Canada
Managing Director,
Leadership & Culture Advisory
Waterstone Human Capital
ED, People & Culture
Zulu Alpha Kilo Inc.
CHRO
OMERS
VP of People Operations
Vendasta
SVP & Chief People Officer
Alberta Blue Cross
SVP, People & Culture
Coconut Software
SVP People & Culture,
Softchoice,
a World Wide Technology company
Co-Managing Partner
Canadian Business Growth Fund
President & CEO
Xperigo
Vice President, Human Resources
Schneider Electric Canada
Chief People Officer
Dejero Labs Inc.
Canada’s Most Admired™ Awards Celebration
Join us as we honour the winning organizations, CEOs, and CPCOs with heartfelt speeches, videos, entertainment, and a chance to celebrate together.
Winners of the Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures™, Canada’s Most Admired CEO™ and the Canada’s Most Admired™ CPCOs are announced in November each year, and are celebrated at the annual Canada’s Most Admired™ Awards Celebration early the following year. This is an event of celebration with 650+ of Canada’s preeminent executives and leaders.
Who Should Attend?
Winning organizations, CEOs and CPCOs typically invite their teams, peers, friends and families to join them for this exciting and entertaining event.
Awards Celebration EMCEE
Darrin Rose
We are pleased to have award-winning comedian and media personality as our emcee for the evening.
One of Canada’s most popular comedians, you will know him as host of The Match Game and as Bill the bartender on the sitcom Mr.D in addition to being a stand-up comedian.
Thank You to Our Partners
