5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.:
General Reception and Exhibit Alley Experience
Finding Victor by USAY Virtual Reality Experience
6:00 p.m. onward:
Patricia Jones – Welcome
Emcee – Carey Mogdan
Dinner
John Currie Tribute
Panel Discussion
Artist – Daniel Pelton
Art Smith Awards Presentation
• Individual Award
• Project Award
• Leadership Award
Panel Discussion
Moderated by Patricia Jones, CEO of Calgary Homeless Foundation, the panel will focus on family violence and how it affects or relates to homelessness. Join Kim Ruse, Dr. Alina Turner, and Asif Rashid as they discuss the realities of family violence and its impact on homelessness in Calgary and the work being done to address these issues.
Panelist
Kim Ruse
CEO, FearIsNotLove
A leader and innovator in programs, services, and organizational operations, Kim Ruse has built a career exemplified by excellence in scaling and growing non-profit organizations, developing strong teams, and transforming cultures. As the current CEO of FearIsNotLove, Kim more than doubled the size of the agency over eight years, building a healthy and effective team.
In each of her leadership roles within non-profit organizations over the past 20+ years, Kim has championed innovation projects that improve social conditions and systems. At FearIsNotLove, Kim spearheaded multiple innovative violence prevention programs, such as the Innovative Systems Response Project, and co-authored Shelter 2.0, a discussion paper on enhancing women’s shelters’ impact on ending violence, the Shelterlink App and Men &.
Kim was honoured with the McKillop Award in 2011 for her commitment to the Calgary community. In 2018, she was presented with an Alberta Government Inspiration Award for her leadership and most recently in 2022, she was honoured as one of six Calgary Influential Women in Business.
Panelist
Dr. Alina Turner
Co-Founder/Co-President, HelpSeeker Technologies
Alina is the Co-Founder/ Co-President of HelpSeeker Technologies, a data analytics & insights company for social impact leaders on the front lines of solving the world’s most complex social challenges looking for breakthrough solutions. As Canadian B-Corp, HelpSeeker is committed to using business as a force for good made up of a diverse mix of social and data science experts.
Alina’s expertise is in data-led systems planning, performance, and person-centered design supporting communities working on complex social issues across the country in partnership with innovative municipalities, all levels of government, Indigenous communities, service providers, philanthropy and funders.
Her main domains of practice include: affordable housing & homelessness; community safety & wellbeing; poverty reduction & food security; human services integration; police reform; diversity, equity & Reconciliation; immigration & settlement innovation; and domestic violence & human trafficking.
Alina’s a Fellow at The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary and serves on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Safety Knowledge Alliance.
Panelist
Asif Rashid
Superintendent, Strategic Planning and Partnerships Division, Calgary Police Service
Superintendent Asif Rashid is in his 22nd year with the Calgary Police and is presently responsible for the Strategic Partnerships and Planning Division. Superintendent Rashid has worked in a number of areas including patrol, general investigations and the mountain bike unit. He also worked as a resource officer in the Office of the Chief before leading the Criminal Intelligence Unit where he worked with national partners in developing a municipal counter terrorism and radicalization prevention strategy for the Service.
Operationally, Superintendent Rashid has led a district command, and worked as a Duty Inspector in the Real Time Operations Centre. Over the years, Superintendent Rashid has worked on a number of strategic priorities including the implementation of a body worn camera program for the Service, and more recently, leading a program of work including indigenous reconciliation, the Service’s anti-racism strategy and pioneering the alternative call response and crisis transformation work for the Service.
Emerging Artist Showcase
Daniel Pelton
We are excited to announce award-winning musician and composer Daniel Pelton will be playing original, never-recorded music at Sidewalks to Door Locks.
Daniel has been playing saxophone since he was nine. Graduating in 2018 from the University of Calgary, he studied under award-winning musicians including Juno Award winner Allan Gordon Bell. Daniel’s training has made him a versatile performer in classical, jazz, and contemporary music styles.
Performing across Western Canada, Daniel’s acclaimed horn band Long Time No Time has shared the stage with notable acts, including New York’s Too Many Zooz. Among the band’s successes are winning a Best Canadian Independent Music Video Award and being nominated for the Jazz Album of the Year. As an independent artist, he’s worked with many different organizations and performers, recently playing alongside Canadian blues-rock powerhouse Jesse Roper.
2019 saw Daniel’s return to his alma mater to lead a new project. Long Time No Time and the University’s Jazz Orchestra would come together to record Daniel’s original big band musical arrangements, live. The recorded album, Big Time (Live at the National Music Centre), received attention from major media outlets.
As the Calgary Public Library’s Composer in Residence for 2020, Daniel focused on creating an environment for all community members to connect through music. Continuing with this work, his most recent project aims to make classical and modern music accessible to the general population. Started in residency, his 2022 original album, The Gold Coin Sessions, features a diverse array of Calgary musicians.
Daniel strives to build bridges through the music he creates. He hopes to inspire a sense of community and looks forward to connecting others through his craft for years to come.
Listen to his albums here:
