2026 Conference Speakers

Prior to becoming a social entrepreneur Reva experienced traditional career success occupying male-dominated spaces. A multi-disciplinary, progressive career spanning hospitality, tourism, manufacturing, health care, industrial construction and higher education, culminated in being the first female Dean in the School of Construction at SAIT (Southern Alberta Institute of Technology).

She founded the International Women’s Day Conference and Celebration at SAIT in 2018 which is still running strong today. She has mentored dozens of women formally and informally through organizations such as Women in Trades and Technology (WITT) and Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) and was a founding member of EMBRACE, an employee resource group at SAIT committed to supporting feminine leadership.

She has spoken about the critical importance for female mentorship in the workplace and has been an advocate for supporting mental well-being for trades people locally, nationally and internationally for close to two decades.

Dr. Reva Bond is also the founder of Halcyon Homesteading, where she provides expertise in the ecological paradigm, complexity leadership theory, enabling leadership skill development, inner development skills, and complexity mentorship for leaders in traditional workplaces. Her work focuses on sowing the seeds of possibility and nourishing adaptive spaces in order to create a more sustainable future.