2026 Toronto Ontario Canada Forum

The future of health & healthcare where are we now?

Innovation Hacks. Facts & myths and what now. Brain Health & Menopause.

Toronto | May 7, 2026 

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Baljit Sidhu - Chair

Founder, Women, Health & Innovation President, Farm Fairy Foundation

Baljit Sidhu is a global advocate for women's health innovation and the founder of Women, Health & Innovation, a platform dedicated to accelerating collaboration, investment, and leadership in women's health. She convenes leaders across healthcare, technology, and policy to spotlight practical solutions, strengthen digital health ecosystems, and advance better outcomes for women across emerging markets and Africa.

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Dr. Teresa Chan - Speaker

TMU’s Vice-President | Medical Affairs

Dr. Teresa Chan is the Founding Dean of the Toronto Metropolitan University School of Medicine (Canada's 18th medical school) as well as TMU’s Vice-President, Medical Affairs, and still practices medicine at William Osler Health System. Dr. Chan’s contributions as a physician leader have transformed medical education.

She is a well- published researcher, impactful leader, and generous mentor. In 2024, Dr. Chan was named one of the top 10 most influential leaders in the Maclean's Power List for Health Care. In 2025, she was named in the WXN Top 100.

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Dr Zayna Khayat - Moderator

PH.D. | Applied Health Futurist

Dr. Zayna Khayat is Chief Program Officer with Canadian healthcare foundation, AMS Healthcare. She is adjunct faculty and Executive in Residence with the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. She instructs in various programs including the health sector strategy MBA stream, the global executive MBA in healthcare and life sciences, and executive education programs on AI,
partnerships, strategy and foresight. She is also a member of the School’s Healthcare & Life Sciences Advisory Board.

Zayna is health futurist in residence with the healthcare and life sciences practice of Deloitte in Canada where she guides individuals, companies, organizations, and governments in the sector on key trends and shifts that are reshaping healthcare, and how they can make smarter bets today to be resilient to whatever futures unfold in healthcare and life sciences.

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Dr. Ashley White - Speaker

Family Physician

Dr. Ashley White is a family physician, a Diplomate of the American Board of Obesity Medicine, and the founder of The Shift Clinic — a membership-based metabolic health practice in Hamilton, Ontario that is redesigning how metabolic care is delivered.

Her career has spanned emergency medicine, global health service in Afghanistan
during active conflict, and health policy work at the Public Health Agency of Canada. Each chapter deepened the same conviction: the systems meant to support people with chronic metabolic disease are failing them. She built The Shift Clinic to offer a different model — one that integrates medical treatment, medical psychotherapy, hormonal health support, and patient education within a single, continuous relationship.

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Dr. Vivien Brown - Speaker

MDCM, CCFP, FCFP, MSCP

Dr. Vivien Brown is a family physician and author in Toronto. Educated at McGill University, she currently is appointed to the Department of Family & Community Medicine at the University of Toronto, holding the rank of Assistant Professor. An award winner for teaching on many levels, her major interests are in the area of health promotion and prevention for women, and continuing medical education, Adult Immunization and Vaccine Preventable Illness.

The College of Family Physicians of Ontario named Dr Brown “Physician of the Year for the Region of Toronto”, awarded November 2012. Canada. She is the Past President of the Federation of Medical Women of Canada and is immediate past Vice President for North America for the Medical Women’s International Association. Recently she was named one of Canada’s most influential women by the organization Women of Influence, for her work on advocacy on HPV vaccine for Canadians.

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Dr. Deborah Rosati - Speaker

FCPA, FCA, ICD.D GCB.D, CCB.D

Deborah Rosati, an award-winning entrepreneur and corporate director, has been
described in three interconnected ways over her 35-year career: as a champion of
corporate governance, a catalyst for change, and a builder of community.

As the founder and CEO of Women Get On Board Inc. (WGOB), a social purpose
company founded in 2015 with a bold vision to build a national movement, Ten Years of Trailblazing: Amplifying Women's Voices, Transforming Boardrooms and Beyond, our mission is to connect, promote, and empower women to serve on corporate boards with confidence and courage.

Deborah is proud to amplify the voices of women leaders, board members, and
professionals across Canada through education, mentorship, and allyship. She
believes in the power of three: one woman in the boardroom is a token, two are a
presence, and three are a voice.

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Agenda
8:00 am - Arrival & Breakfast

9:00 am - 9:15 am – Opening Remarks – Mitzi Hunter

9:15 am - 9:30 am – Roundtable Results Report – Baljit Sidhu & Shann

9:30 am - 10:15 am – Fireside Chat: Longevity & Ageing – Dr. Elaine Chin (Speaker), Dr. Deborah Rosati (Moderator)

10:15 am - 10:30 am – Spotlight – Ask Ellyn

10:30 am - 11:15 am – Obesity & GLPs: Facts, Myths & What’s Next – Dr. Ashley White (Speaker), Dina Sergi / Shann / Marieta (Moderators)

11:15 am - 11:30 am – Spotlight – Heidi Wagner

11:30 am - 12:15 pm – Brain Health & Menopause – Dr. Vivien Brown (Speaker), Baljit Sidhu (Moderator)

12:15 pm - 1:00 pm – Lunch & Breathwork

1:00 pm - 1:15 pm – Spotlight – Rebecca Lyons

1:15 pm - 2:00 pm – Investing in Health & Healthcare – Dr. Teresa Chan (Speaker), Micha Choi (Moderator)

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm – Spotlight – TBA

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm – Hot Seat Session / Keynote: The Future of Health & Healthcare – All Speakers, Dr. Zayna Khayat (Moderator)

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm – Closing Remarks

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm – Networking
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