Financing food security systems at the 50th parallel and beyond

Join Concordia's Climate Business Institute (CBI) at John Molson School of Business for its Sustainability in Business conference. Each 45-minute panel will include time for Q&As.

Monday, September 28, 2026

3 – 5 p.m.

Concordia Conference Centre
John Molson Building., 9th floor
1450 Guy St., Montreal

Panel 1: Building fresh food systems in Grand Nord
The panel will discuss the price of food, emissions, product freshness and how to attract investors and financing with blended finance and transition to indigenous finance.

• Amr Addas, senior director, Sustainable Finance and Insights, Farm Credit Canada
• Amanda Richardson, executive director, Centre for Agri-Food Benchmarking
• Claude Trépanier, president, Système Rhizoviva Inc.

Panel 2: Community-designed financial instruments
The panel will discuss community-led financial instruments specifically developed for financing fresh food production initiatives in local communities.

• Réjean Nguyen, senior director, Impact Investing and ESG Integration, Addenda Capital
• Anne-France Bolay, Senior Advisor, Responsible Investment, AlphaFixe Capital
• Marie-Josée Parent, chief operations & impact officer, Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation