Dr. Laura Methot

Dr. Laura Methot is a behavioural scientist and a trusted advisor to C-Suite executives and board directors with 30 years of experience consulting, living, and working in 30+ countries across North America, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Oceania in Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, and serving multiple industries including, but not limited to, energy, mining, construction, and commercial real estate.

She believes that what people do every day at work matters.

Every business has a strategy and in today’s competitive environment most have significant change or improvement goals. The reality of execution is that nothing changes until behaviour changes - it's the people at the frontlines who bring strategy to life.

Laura’s expertise lies in helping executive teams connect the dots between their business ambitions and frontline execution. She’s consulted internationally and across multiple industries for 30 years, learning what distinguishes the very best leaders from the rest.

When leaders inspire the workforce and help them align day-to-day behaviours with long term business ambitions, they can deliver improvement in up to half the time with twice the impact…and they’re motivated to continue, bringing their best to work every day. 

Mariana is a social communicator who understands education as the best and most efficient tool to change society. And she believes that this change involves creating a more equal, fair and inclusive community.

Mariana's background is in journalism, working for almost ten years at one of the largest communications companies in Latin America, where she spent time writing and helping undergraduate students pursuing a university degree. She also used her experience working for Think Olga, a Brazilian social innovation organization that uses communication, technology and education to create a positive impact in women's lives.

She has a bachelor's degree in Journalism, postgraduate degrees in Culture and Globalization, and in Marketing Management. She has also worked on building relationships between Brazil and Canada as the Marketing and Communications Manager for the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce.

Mariana believes that pursuing change in society is much more than advocating for it; it requires action. Therefore, she is focused on developing projects that combine her love of education and her desire to build equal spaces for underrepresented groups.

Belinda is a leader who believes it is essential to know who you are and lead as YOU. Belinda helps leaders connect their unique strengths and values with their role and expertise to truly become purpose driven leaders. She has built an extensive career as a leadership development consultant and trainer in organizations and corporations across North America and beyond.

Throughout history leadership and leadership development has been based on a male perspective. Unfortunately, this means that women in leadership roles are expected to lead like men which undermines their true potential and the unique impact they can have on the organization. Many women experience this dissonance and sense there is a better way to contribute, but don’t always know how to reach that potential.  This is why Belinda founded the Women’s Leadership intensive, to provide leadership development by women, for women.

With 25 years of experience developing leaders across industries, sectors and continents Belinda understands how to help leaders uncover, and step into, their potential. She works with organizations to delevelop an inclusive approach for the talent development strategy, supporting a strong pipeline of leaders ready to drive organizations towards sustaible results. 

Being a relentless champion of purpose-driven leaders is at Belinda’s core. In addition to founding Women’s Leadership Intensive, she is proud co-founder of the Leader Coach Intensive, a training organization that builds world-class coaches – Tomorrow’s Leaders Today, and joins I&D 101's team in developing truly inclusive organizations.

Miranda McKie is a People Analytics Consultant that specializes in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. She helps organizations leverage data as a corporate asset through the development of solution architecture and the implementation of advanced analytics that supports organizations’ Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategic objectives.

Miranda has worked at top-tier consulting firms in data architecture, data engineering, data analytics and data strategy. Previously, she also led the People Analytics function for Accenture Applied Intelligence Canada.

Miranda is passionate about advancing women, and women of colour in the workplace. She has worked on various initiatives focused on utilizing artificial intelligence capabilities to gain insights on systemic barriers that impact marginalized groups. Her work has led her to be the 2020 recipient of Catalyst Canada’s Emerging Leader Award.

Miranda believes in giving back to the community.  She currently lectures at Canadian Universities teaching People Analytics. Miranda previously sat on the Toronto Board of Trade's Young People’s Committee. She has led various Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s) at previous organizations and was also the Co-founder and President of a non-profit, Young Women in Business (YWiB) Toronto, which provides over a thousand Toronto women with a strong and sustainable network of support to enable their professional development.

Lana Eagle is an Indigenous relations strategist and a social innovator. She guides companies to better engage and work with Indigenous communities, and to find a pathway forward through a reconciliation framework. She also works with clients to develop Indigenous engagement protocols.

Lana’s background is in banking, economic development, wealth management and mineral exploration. She was one of the first Indigenous women to chair a junior mineral exploration company. She joined AME’s Aboriginal Relations Committee in 2012, where she served as Chair for six years. In 2017 she became the first Indigenous woman to be elected to the AME Board of Directors in its over 100-year history. In addition, she is a member of the Program Advisory Committee for Mining and Mineral Exploration at the BC Institute of Technology.

She serves on advisory boards of B.C. Centre for Training Excellence in Mining, DPI Mining and SEF Canada, and on the Council Board for the Province of BC's Indigenous Business and Investment Council. She is a Board Chair of the Central City Foundation, a non-profit that focuses its work in Vancouver’s inner city. She was recently appointed to the board of Geoscience BC. 

Lana is a sought-after speaker and lecturer on Indigenous engagement and reconciliation in Canada and on diversity and inclusion. Lana is a member of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation in Saskatchewan.

Jamile Cruz, is a recognized, respected speaker and award-winning industry leader. Her passion for empowering people and driving equity and inclusion led her to create I&D 101, with the goal of creating inclusive spaces that support all talent. Her extensive resume includes:

• Recipient of the 2021 Business Changemakers Awards by the Globe and Mail and the 2020 Canadian Institute of Mining Distinguished Lecturers Award
• Recognized as one of the "100 Global Inspirational Women in Mining by Women in Mining UK" (WIM100) in 2022
• Twenty years of transforming high-performing organizations through the creation and implementation of strategies to reduce operational costs and achieve business goals
• Executive advisor to multiple organizations leading the investment review of major capital projects and business transformations
• International experience across multiple industries, including mining, design engineering, and management consulting, working directly for Hatch, Vale, and Accenture
• Extensive volunteer experience including her roles as Founding Director of Women in Mining Brasil, as a former Board Member for Women in Mining Canada, as the Board Member for the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce and D&I Committee Chair
• Board member and chair of the ESG Committee for ATEX Resources, a Latin America-focused exploration company
• Project Management Professional designation, a Master’s Certificate in Project Management, and a Bachelor of Engineering Degree. 

She has founded I&D 101 to help business leaders assess their organizations, clients, customers and markets, and to understand how an Inclusion & Diversity strategy combined with the right investment will drive more value creation and innovation.  She wanted to help people and organizations on their journey towards realizing the profound impact of inclusive and inspired work environments.