Since 2000, the VCAA continues to generate opportunities, events, and programs on behalf of our members to create: - Dialogue among our members, and between the VC community and related industries and economic sectors.- Networking events designed to facilitate introductions, connections and greater deal flow among VC industry players and related industries in Alberta and across Canada.- A focus on professional development. We produce events and programs through which our members expand their knowledge of VC industry trends, issues and emerging research.- Advocacy for venture capital and the critical role it plays in the Alberta economy by conversing with government officials (municipal, provincial and federal), regulatory bodies, media and others on behalf of VCAA members so that they understand the importance of what we do and can make informed decisions that nurture the health of Alberta's VC industry.- Support for women founders, funders, and fortifiers through our initiative Alberta Female Founders, Funders, and Fortifiers (ABF4). Since 2018, the group has hosted over 15 breakfast and panel events reaching 500 people.

League of Innovators aims to bring youth out-of-the-box experiences that will build and sharpen their entrepreneurial skills. Building their confidence, empowering them to create and take charge of their future, and recognize the power that they hold as innovators and entrepreneurs in our ever-evolving economy. Ultimately LOI’s goal is to amplify the impact of future innovators and entrepreneurs while shortening their path to success. Check LOI out!https://www.theleagueofinnovators.org/about

As the Co-President of Young Canadians in Finance (YCIF), I play an integral role in setting, and implementing, annual and strategic objectives across YCIF's chapters in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Washington DC, New York City and London (UK). This ranges from coordinating the organization's overall communications and marketing strategy, building relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring long term financial viability, legal compliance, strategic growth in new chapter cities, corporate governance and working directly with the organization's Chapters to deliver value to YCIF members. In accomplishing the above, I work with the organization's Global Executive, Chapter Executives, the YCIF board of directors and YCIF's advisors. The end product of our cumulative efforts is an organization that provides members and the financial community with access to top-tier leaders from the financial industry at speaking events, Chapter based think-tank events focused on problem solving timely issues in finance and economics, and informal opportunities for our community to network and build strong careers and friendships.

As VP, Global Communications of Young Canadians in Finance, I was tasked with managing and developing the outward face of the organization and building strong relationships with YCIF speakers, sponsors and other stakeholders. I was also responsible for establishing effective communication protocols internally between the organization's Global Executive, its various chapter executives and the organization's membership in Canada, the United States and England.My role also focused heavily on developing the organization's brand and the way that YCIF enables its members to connect. Most recently, I provided strategic and detailed oversight during the development and implementation of the organization's new website, which, in comparison to our old website, provided additional sources of connectivity through social media for YCIF's 1,000+ members across chapters in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, New York City, Washington DC and London (UK) as well as a robust tool for allowing YCIF to communicate more efficively and efficiently with its members. Throughout this process, the high level concerns were ensuring that the new website would not only be consistent with the development of YCIF's brand, but also provide our members with inherent value, through an ability to quickly build relationships with other members in their local chapters and abroad.

As Co-President of Young Canadians in Finance (YCIF), Ottawa, I worked with an exceptional team of eight to design and develop events in Ottawa that focus on bringing professionals, working in finance, together. These events, structured around high profile speakers from Canada's financial community, foster education and a collaborative approach amongst attendees and speakers in developing a more robust and competitive Canadian economy. These events also aim to provide attendees with opportunities for business development and mutual advancement through interacting with other motivated, like-minded and highly skilled professionals in finance.Speakers from YCIF Ottawa's past events have included: Eric Siegel, former President & CEO of Export Development Canada; Thomas D’Aquino, former President and CEO of Canadian Council of Chief Executives; Tiff Macklem, Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada; Doug Hyndman, CEO and Chair of the Canadian Securities Transition Office; Wayne Wouters, Clerk of the Privy Council; Glen Hodgson, Senior Vice-President and the Chief Economist of The Conference Board of Canada; Gregory Smith, President and Director of Canada’s Venture Capital & Private Equity Association and Managing Partner at global investment bank, Brookfield Financial Corp. (Toronto); Jim Leech, President and CEO of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan; and Kevin Page, Canada's first Parliamentary Budget Officer

LaBarge Weinstein services the legal needs of growing businesses. From technology startups looking for that next great breakthrough, to family-owned businesses refocusing their efforts on increasing and realizing their value, to mid-cap public company management teams seeking to navigate often murky securities compliance waters, our team is there: to guide, to anticipate, to provide practical advice and, above all to use all of our resources to help clients get to that next level. With offices in Ottawa, Vancouver, Toronto and Waterloo, clients from Halifax to Vancouver, 24 professionals and a 15-year track record of assisting clients in raising over $3 billion in financing resources and realizing over $4 billion in exit value, our partners and professionals match the energy and enthusiasm of entrepreneurs, management and directors for accelerating their company’s development. As importantly, we do it all with a sensitivity to the challenges and transaction risks associated with the particular business, and with a view to cultivating long-term, rewarding relationships with the entrepreneurs that provide the foundation for our practice.