9:50 – 10:00

Welcoming Words #SIFN2021 (FR)

Joeline Jean-Claude – Vice President of Audace au Féminin

10:00 – 10:30

Indigenous Peoples and Black Peoples towards the same Fight? (FR, EN)

Moderator

Xanya Boncy – Comitted Citizen and Intervetion Worker

Panelist

Lee Anne Adams – Student, activist

10:30 – 10:45

Phenomenal Woman (FR)

Isabelle Adjahi – Vice President, Investor Relations and Sustainable Development, Lion Electric

12:00 – 13:00

The Place of Afro-entrepreneurs in the Economic Recovery (FR)

Moderator
Maudeleine Myrthil – Director of Entrepreneurship Programs, Groupe 3737

Panelists

Awa Diarra – Founder and President, Snack Simple

 Christelle François – President of the Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce

Ana Marinescu – Manager, The Scotiabank Women Initiative

 Indira Moudi – CEO of Viandes Lafrance

16:30 – 17:00

Let’s Change the Game! (FR)

Moderator

Madina Diabaté – Recruiting Manager, Ubisoft

Panelist

Jennifer Lufau – Founder of Afrogameuse

18:50 – 19:00

The Honorary President Speech (FR)

Vickie Joseph – Founder and CEO of V Kosmetik & N.U.I by Vickie, Co-founder of Groupe 3737

19:00 – 19:30

Body Positivity: the Beauty behind all Shapes and Sizes (FR)

Moderator

Isabelle Le Clair – Architect

Panelists

Fatima Khemilat – PhD student, Political Sciences

Pascale Lavache – Model, columnist and radio contributor

20:30 – 21:00

How to Cope with Racial Battle Fatigue? (EN)

Panelists

Khan Bouba – Consultant, McGill University

Nathan J.D Hall – Anti-Racism & Inclusion Practitioner

Final word – Day 1

10:00 – 10:30

The Power of the Pivot (EN)

Moderators

Déborah Cherenfant – President of the JCCM, Entrepreneur

Keriann Johnson – Account Manager, BDC

Panelists

Lola Adeyemi – Founder of It’s Souper

Mary-Anne Carignan – President of Purkinje

Yamila Franco – Co-founder of Nyoka Design Labs

10:30 – 10:40

Phenomenal Woman (FR)

Me Tamara Thermitus – Lawyer, former president of Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission

11:30 – 12:30

“Woke” in 2021: An Intergenerational Vision of Social Engagement (FR)

Moderator

Nolie Imprévert – Human Resources Director, Giant Tiger

Panelists

Maryse Alcindor – Lawyer, Commissioner at the Office de consultation publique de Montréal

First Black Woman deputy minister in Quebec public administration

Fatima Keita – Activist, Founder of Occupy the Hood

13:30 – 13:45

Phenomenal Woman (FR)

Marie-Andrée Ulysse – Interim Regional Coordinator, Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Sector, CIUSSS

15:00 – 15:30

Make your Voice Heard : Let’s talk about Elections (FR, EN)

Moderator

Valérie-Micaela Bain – Journalist, Radio-Canada

Panelists

Bernadette Clément – Mayor of Cornwall

First black mayor in Ontario

Mindy Pollack – Borough councilor in Outremont, Montreal

18:00 – 19:00

Love isn’t About Hurt! Domestic Violence, still a Taboo Subject (FR)

Elisabeth Thomas – Hairdresser, Humorist

20:30 – 21:00

“Ce Québec qui m’habite” (FR)

Moderator

Melissa François – Journalist, ICI RDI

Panelist

Dominique Anglade – Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party

Final word – Day 2

10:00 – 10:30

Smoothie 101 (FR)

Lindsay Brun – Founder and owner of Sucre brun

10:30 – 10:45

Phenomenal Woman (FR)

Alexandra Bastiany – Cardiologist

First Black Canadian Female interventional cardiologist

11:30 – 12:00

Intersectional Ecology at the heart of the ecofeminists social justice struggle (FR, EN)

Panelists

Lourdenie Jean – Feminist, lecturer and speaker

Chúk Odenigbo – Ecologist

13:00 – 14:00

Impacting black women in position of power (FR)

Moderators

Cadleen Désir – President and CEO of Déclic

Sévrine Labelle – President and CEO of Femmessor

Panelists

Stéphanie Jecrois – Co-founder and Director of Montreal Technovation

 Aurore Robert-Mavounia – Founder and owner of Miss Mav, la fée des petits gourmands

 Tatiana Zinga Botao – Actress and artistic director of Théâtre de la Sentinelle

16:00 – 17:00

Racism has no color (FR)

Moderator

Coumba Ngom – Entrepreneur, Chairman of the Board – Compagnie F

Panelist

Martin Enault – Entrepreneur Lead – Centech, Chairman of the Board – Relief

Bochra Manaï – Anti-Racism Commissioner, City of Montreal

Sue Wang – Corporate and Commercial Lawyer

17:30 – 18:00

“En français, svp”! The reality of Quebec’s Black-English Speaking Community (EN)

Moderator

Tiffany Callender – Co-founder, President and CEO of the African Canadian Federation of Economy (ACFE)

Panelists

Yolande James – Lawyer

Kassandra Kernisan – Executive Director at DESTA Black Youth Network

18:45 – 19:00

Phenomenal Woman (FR)

Glass Marcano – Conductor

First Black Conductor in France

19:00 – 20:00

Discussion with Assa Traoré : The fight continues (FR)

Moderator

Leila Ahouman – Student, Politics and International Development at McGill University

Panelist

Assa Traoré – Activist

“Personalities of the Year” by Time Magazine, recipient of a BET Global Good Award

20:00 – 20:15

Artistic Performance created by Svens Telemaque and Béatrice Lafortune

Joyce Armorer, Board director, the Council of Black Aging Community of Montreal

Marie Beliard, Entrepreneur

Jamee Grayce-Elisabeth Desire, Primary school student

Anne Rhea Hérissé, Student, Social work

Christelle Mokoko, Entrrepreneur

20:15 – 20:30

2021 Viola Desmond Award

Final word and Closing #SIFN2021

Dorothy Rhau – Présidente of Audace au Féminin