Western Canada Fundraising Conference 2025

Western Canada Fundraising Conference 2025

Canada’s conference with a heart!

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7:45am MDT

CanadaHelps 2025 Giving Report Highlights: Exclusive Pre-Conference Session with CEO Duke Chang The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABCDuke Chang

8:15am MDT

Welcome and WCFC Opening The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABCDavid Kravinchuk • Sam Laprade, CFRE

8:30am MDT

Dr. Cindy Blackstock Keynote | The Simone Joyaux Memorial Opening Keynote | generously sponsored by GiveWise The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABCCindy Blackstock, PhD

9:55am MDT

B1-1: Tony Myers Major Gifts/Capital Campaign Panel The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABCJ.A. Tony Myers PhD, MA, LLB, CFRE (Ret’d) • Morrel Wax • Sue McCoy, MA, CFRE • Emma Lewzey

11:00am MDT

B2-1: What to do when your Board is driving you nuts! The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABCJ.A. Tony Myers PhD, MA, LLB, CFRE (Ret’d)

12:45pm MDT

Story Slam for Fundraisers | generously sponsored by GiveWise The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABCAlison Hagan

1:50pm MDT

B3-1: Sharon Redsky's Indigenous Fundraising Panel The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABCSharon Redsky

3:15pm MDT

B4-1: The Giving Report 2025 The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABC

4:20pm MDT

The Future of Philanthropy: Insights for Fundraisers Ready to Drive Meaningful Change | generously sponsored by GiveWise The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABCBruce MacDonald • Sharon Redsky • Floyd Jones • Duke Chang

5:20pm MDT

Closing Platitudes and Gratitudes The WCFC Heart, Event Centre 119 ABCDavid Kravinchuk • Sam Laprade, CFRE