Date: Monday, November 17, 2025
Time: noon – 1:30 p.m. (Doors open at 11:30 a.m.)
Location: National Arts Centre – Canada Room
Investing in children’s health is investing in Canada’s future.
Join the Canadian Club of Ottawa, Children’s Healthcare Canada, and Deloitte for the national launch of a landmark report, Thrive: The Economic Case for Investing in Children’s Health in Canada.
This important discussion will unveil new evidence showing how every dollar invested in children’s health and healthcare generates a significant return to society. This includes economic productivity, social outcomes, and the long-term sustainability of our healthcare system.
Through an engaging conversation among leaders from government, business, and healthcare, we’ll explore how early investments in children’s health can help build a stronger, healthier, and more resilient Canada.
Featured Speakers:
- The Honourable Marjorie Michel, Minister of Health
- Emily Gruenwoldt, CEO, Children’s Healthcare Canada
- Matt Stewart, Partner, Deloitte Consulting
- Bruce Squires, President, McMaster Children’s Hospital
Thank you to our event sponsor:
Children’s Healthcare Canada
This event is not affiliated with Invest Ottawa and is independently organized by a third party.
Shoebox enables hearing care around the world. It creates, sells, and supports products that help clinicians identify hearing loss. The maker of Shoebox, Clearwater Clinical, hit a huge milestone in 2018 when they entered a strategic partnership with international hearing device company 
Transforming our data-driven world takes talent, and MindBridge is where it’s happening. This is where you’ll take artificial intelligence to enable and inspire humans to do more and be better. Our people, our customers, and our investors agree: No one else is accomplishing what we’re doing with data-driven AI right now. 
Tehama is enabling the digital workplace of the future. 150 companies are using Tehama. 600,000+ hours of IT services delivered. Zero breaches. The company’s head office is in the heart of the highly desirable Westboro neighborhood of Ottawa where you have your pick of the best of Ottawa’s cafes, restaurants and shops. Prefer to work from home? Tehama offers remote working options and flexible core hours. Join a team of the best and brightest and enjoy competitive salaries, benefits and a commitment to YOUR long-term success. 
Spartan Bioscience aspires to unleash the power of DNA testing for everyone. Like the Spartan warriors of Ancient Greece, our smart, hard-working, and honorable team members get things done. Learn