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November 09, 2021 The Climate Conversations: How to Energize Our Future
To learn more about Suncor’s carbon-reduction efforts, including how it plans to get to net-zero emissions by 2050, read its 2021 Report on Sustainability here.
JP Gladu has taken his extensive experience in corporate Canada to build his own consultancy, Mokwateh. To learn more about what Mokwateh does, check out his website.
Direct air capture, the technology sold by Carbon Engineering, is best explained by CEO Steve Oldham in this videotaped presentation to the U.S. Senate in 2019.
Clean Energy Canada, led by Merran Smith, is regularly undertaking research to better understand the energy landscape. To read more on those efforts, check out its website.
Finally, RBC Economics and Thought Leadership has recently published an in-depth report on the path to net-zero called “The $2 Trillion Transition: Canada’s Road to Net Zero.”
The report explores the costs and benefits of Canada’s shift to a carbon-neutral economy—and how it can fuel a new generation of Canadian innovation, especially in the energy sector. To read it, visit RBC.com/netzero.

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37 min
November 08, 2021 The Climate Conversations: How to Energize Our Future
In our post-pandemic world, there is no more pressing issue than climate change. This fall, Disruptors, an RBC podcast, is exploring potential solutions to a warming planet—as well as some challenges in implementing them—in a multi-part series called The Climate Conversations. Co-hosts John Stackhouse and Trinh Theresa Do speak with a variety of innovators and market disruptors who are working to get Canada on a path to net-zero emissions.
In this third installment of The Climate Conversations, we look at how we’ll fuel our future economy. We all need energy, of course, but traditional sources of fuel are big carbon emitters. Nobody knows that better than Mark Little, CEO of Suncor Energy. In the first part of the episode, we talk to Mark about his bold ambitions to turn Suncor—an oil-and-gas behemoth—into a net-zero emitter by 2050. We also speak with JP Gladu, a Suncor board member and Indigenous business leader, on the important role Canada’s First Nations will play in that energy evolution.
Others have more revolutionary ideas for achieving net zero. In the second half of the episode, we speak with Steve Oldham, CEO of Carbon Engineering, on his futuristic technology for capturing carbon dioxide straight out of the air. And we also hear from Merran Smith, a clean energy advocate, on how Canada can—and must—transition away from fossil fuels, and embrace renewables to meet its climate goals.
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November 02, 2021 The Climate Conversations: How to Build a Greener Food Chain
To learn more about Maple Leaf Foods and how it is positioning itself to become “the most sustainable protein company on earth,” read the highlights from its 2020 Sustainability Report here.
Brent Preston’s journey into organic farming is well documented. You can watch his 2017 TED talk, “The World Needs Less Food,” or read his latest book “The New Farm: Our Ten Years on the Front Lines of the Good Food Revolution,” published by Penguin Randomhouse Canada in 2017.
Finally, RBC Economics and Thought Leadership have recently published an in-depth report on the path to net-zero called “The $2 Trillion Transition: Canada’s Road to Net Zero.”
The report explores the costs and benefits of Canada’s shift to a carbon-neutral economy—and how it can fuel a new generation of Canadian innovation, including in the agricultural sector. To read it, visit RBC.com/netzero.

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October 26, 2021 The Climate Conversations: Where Do We Go From Here?
You can learn more about Dr. Katharine Hayhoe through her personal website or by watching her popular 2018 TED talk, “The most important thing you can do to fight climate change: talk about it." Her latest book, “Saving Us,” was published this fall.
To better understand Mark Carney’s role as UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, read this Q&A published by the United Nations. To learn more about the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), chaired by Carney, click here. Carney’s latest book, “Values,” was published in March 2021.
Finally, RBC Economics and Thought Leadership have recently published an in-depth report on the path to net-zero—called “The $2 Trillion Transition: Planning for Canada’s place in a Net Zero world.”
The report explores the costs and benefits of Canada’s shift to a carbon-neutral economy—and how it can fuel a new generation of Canadian innovation. To read it, visit RBC.com/NetZero.

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October 12, 2021 Introducing: The Climate Conversations (Trailer)
After an unprecedented, deadly summer of wildfire, drought, flooding, and other extreme weather events, Disruptors host John Stackhouse and co-host Trinh Theresa Do cast a critical eye on Canada’s journey toward net-zero emissions, backed by research from RBC’s world-class thought leadership team.
Listeners will hear from an array of experts, including Mark Carney, the U.N.’s special envoy on climate action and finance; Katherine Hayhoe, a world-renowned climate scientist; Mark Little, CEO of Suncor Energy; Michael McCain, president and CEO of Maple Leaf Foods; and many more.
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August 31, 2021 Disruptors Revisited: Youth Mental Health in the Age of Covid
To learn more about the organizations mentioned in this episode, and the important work they’re doing, you can visit their websites: The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Homewood Research Institute, Frayme: Youth Mental Health Resources.
You can also check out these three articles from RBC’s nine-part Resilience 101 series that profile youth mental health leaders and organizations from across the country: How Going Virtual Helps You Access Services and Support, Creating New Life Lines for Youth in Rural Communities, and Taking a Small Town Approach to Youth Mental Health in B.C. For more on RBC’s partnership with HRI to study the effectiveness of mental health apps, click here.
And for those interested, try the Resiliency Quiz to learn more about how resilient you are today and the strategies you can adopt that will enhance your life-long resiliency. This quiz has been developed by Strong Minds Strong Kids, Psychology Canada with support from RBC Future Launch.
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34 min
August 17, 2021 Disruptors Revisited: Three Companies Redefining Resilience in 2021
For more on how the Stratford Festival has embraced a hybrid future—including limited live performances through September, and digital offerings via StratFest@Home—visit their website. To check out Halifax’s Cyclesmith and their online shop, as well as details on its “click and collect” service, click here.
And to read Benevity’s The State of Corporate Purpose Report—and how companies are evolving in their approach to charitable giving—follow this link.
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August 03, 2021 Disruptors Revisited: How 5G Will Transform the Canadian Economy
In this episode, two reports from RBC’s Thought Leadership group are mentioned. Click the links to read Farmer 4.0: How the Coming Skills Revolution Can Transform Agriculture, and Paging Dr. Data: How the Coming Skills Revolution Can Transform Healthcare.
For details on the City of Hamilton’s digital transformation, visit their website. To learn more about IBI Group’s work in building the cities of tomorrow, click here. For the latest on Bell Mobility’s rollout of 5G services, go to Bell.ca—and for the very latest on the Government of Canada’s spectrum auction, follow this link.
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29 min
July 27, 2021 Land of Unicorns - Canada’s New Bounty of Billion-Dollar Tech Companies
To learn about Clearco and its financing model for entrepreneurs, follow this link.
If you want to understand more about the record VC year for Canadian tech startups—and how that looks in the global context—check out CB Insights’ State of Venture Q2’21 Report via this link (registration required).
In this episode, John also mentions a new report from the RBC Economics and Thought Leadership Team called
The Coming Creativity Boom: How human ingenuity will power the 2020s. To read it, go to RBC.com/creativity.
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July 13, 2021 Leaders of Tomorrow: How Indigenous Youth Can Seize the Digital Day
To learn more about the Centre for Indigenous Innovation and Technology, click here. And to find out more about EntrepreNorth, follow this link. (The work of EntrepreNorth is supported, in part, by the RBC Foundation.)
In his segment, Jarret referenced a photo series he was a part of titled “Concrete Indians”; to see the photos, check out his website. Benjamin, in his segment, mentioned a new podcast that EntrepreNorth has launched called Venture Out. You can listen to it here or wherever you get your podcasts.
The report referenced from the RBC Economics and Thought Leadership Team— Building Bandwidth: Preparing Indigenous youth for a digital future—will be made available at thoughtleadership.rbc.com
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