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
Moderator: Sophie Audousset-Coulier, associate professor of accountancy, John Molson School of Business

The panel will discuss the price of food, emissions, product freshness and how to attract investors and financing with blended finance.

• Amr Addas, senior director, Sustainable Finance and Insights, Farm Credit Canada
• Amanda Richardson, executive director, Centre for Agri-Food Benchmarking
• Charles Cho, Erivan K Haub Chair in Business & Sustainability, York University

Panel 2: Community-designed financial instruments
Moderator: Ryan Gomes, Senior Manager in Sustainability, KPMG

The panel will discuss sustainable financing including communities-designed instruments developed for financing initiatives in local communities. 

• Réjean Nguyen, senior director, Impact Investing and ESG Integration, Addenda Capital
• Jonathan Lapointe, Vice-President, Business Development, AlphaFixe Capital
• Marie-Josée Parent, chief operations & impact officer, Raven Indigenous Impact Foundation