Training the AI generation to reimagine Canadian companies and classrooms

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER) Members’ Meeting at the AWS Canada office in Toronto.

We identified big challenges around democratization, mass adoption, and productivity as well as the importance of human skills in an AI-powered world.

We see opportunities to drive change in how we engage the public in tech transformation, invest in both infrastructure and people, create inviting spaces for experiential learning, and champion the humanities. 

As Canada’s only organization that brings together leaders from the top businesses and post-secondary institutions, BHER commits to following through and acting on these opportunities in partnership with our members and partners. 

Please find a summary of key takeaways from our meeting in the link below, and some of the next steps we’ll take. 

Access meeting highlights

Thank you to our speakers for leading the provocative and productive conversation

Special thanks also to Eric Gales and his team at AWS Canada for hosting us. 

Val Walker
Chief Executive Officer, Business + Higher Education Roundtable (BHER)

Chris Madan
Vice President, Customer Digital Solutions and Product
TELUS

John Stackhouse
Senior Vice-President, Office of the CEO, RBC
 

Elissa Strome
Executive Director of the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy
CIFAR
 

Jordan Jacobs
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Radical Ventures
 

Mark Daley
Chief AI Officer
Western University

Eric Gales
Managing Director
AWS Canada
 

Stephanie Enders
Chief Delivery Officer
Amii