Why This Summit? Why You?

Higher education in Canada is at a breaking point.

As a Dean, you’re navigating historic pressures—from funding instability to international student caps, enrollment volatility, and rising political scrutiny.

While some retreat or delay, this summit is for leaders like you—ready to meet this moment with clarity, courage, and action.

What to Expect

This one-day summit is a strategic recalibration.

With expert facilitation from Tidal Equality and a small cohort of peers, you’ll:

✅ Engage in peer-to-peer discussions and collaborative problem-solving
✅ Apply the Institutional Resilience Framework™ to your unique challenges
✅ Move beyond crisis thinking toward strategic innovation
✅ Build meaningful relationships with fellow Deans driving change

Plus: A beautiful shared lunch, purposeful setting, and moments to reflect.

Hosted by Tidal Equality

We’re not traditional consultants—and this isn’t a typical summit.

Tidal Equality is behind:

• Equity Sequence® – the world’s first scalable method for equitable innovation

• Wave® – the most participatory strategy design process in Higher Ed

• Institutional Resilience Framework™ – a new tool for leading through uncertainty

Our work has been featured in Entrepreneur, Forbes, and Fast Company, spotlighted by Harvard’s Making Work Fair, and scaled across higher ed systems and enterprise organizations alike.

The Setting

The University of Toronto’s Faculty Club sits above the quiet, ancient Taddle Creek—a powerful metaphor for institutional resilience: unseen, yet deeply influential.