Speakers
| Speaker | Date | Topic |
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| Aziz Amiri | Feb 04, 2026 |
Kabul Online University
 Aziz Amiri is an entrepreneur who runs a group of successful companies in Canada and Afghanistan. A veteran real estate investor, Mr. Amiri is the President of Rumi Realty Point Real Estate Brokerage: a Canadian based real estate brokerage. The Prompt Group of Companies is another division of Mr. Amiri's business ventures. It encompasses custom manufacturing, packaging, and assembly. Additionallly, his business portfolio includes a logistics-based company in Afghanistan. One of Aziz Amiri's primary aspirations is to nurture and stimulate the business community's spirit and knowledge, especially among Afghan-Canadians. To achieve this, he co-founded and held the position of President of the Afghan Canadian Business Association (ACBA) from 1996 until 2006. In 2006 he again co-founded and became President of a new business organization called the Canada Afghanistan Business Council (CABC). The CABC has been a stalwart advocate and vibrant promoter of increased business relations between Canada and Afghanistan and it continues to be spearheaded by Aziz today. The Council actively promotes business growth not only within Afghanistan and Canada, but in other countries and emerging markets worldwide as well.
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| Badar Shamim | Feb 18, 2026 |
Building Peace Through Fellowship and Service
 Badar is a Vice President and portfolio manager with Generation PMCA. Prior to joining Generation in 2017, Badar was an investment advisor for high net worth clients at TD Wealth and has 20 years of experience in the financial industry, including providing customized investment and wealth planning solutions to high net worth individuals, families, and non-profit entities. Badar is a Member of the Brampton Board of Trade, having previously served as Past Chair and Director, and also volunteers as Chair, International Service Committee for Rotary Club of Brampton and Chair, Canadian Pakistani Friends of Osler. |
| Barbara Mathews | Mar 11, 2026 |
Mime Over Mind
 Barbara Salsberg Mathews is an artist, educator, and advocate dedicated to living well with Parkinson’s Disease (PD) through the arts. Diagnosed with PD in 2020, she now serves on the Canadian Open Parkinson Network’s Community Advisory Committee. Barbara was the recipient of a grant from Parkinson Canada to fund her production of a free video series based on her “Mime over Mind” project, that uses mime as a therapeutic tool for symptom management. In collaboration with Parkinson’s Europe, she also published “What Parkinson’s Feels Like,” an illustrated paperback and e-book depicting what PD symptoms feel like to people around the world. Barbara also re-illustrated the “5 Stages of Parkinson’s” with young women and men of diļ¬erent ethnicities. A lifelong creator, Barbara published two children’s books with Annick Press as a teenager, studied mime in Paris and ran her own touring mime company. Barbara graduated from Ontario College of Art [OCADU], earned her M.Ed. from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and taught visual and dramatic arts in high schools for over 25 years. Since retiring as Head of Visual Art from Toronto Board’s Northern Secondary School, Barbara now lives with her husband in Guelph where she continues to volunteer and create art. |