Virtual Fireside Chat Over Lunch
Learn from Marketing Professionals
If you are a Marketing Coordinator or Marketing Manager looking to move to the next level, or a Marketing Executive looking to connect, join our next Fireside Chat where you will have an opportunity to get answers to your questions of our guests in our monthly virtual session over lunch.
(Free for the Ottawa-based Marketing community).
Get Your Questions Answered
Join Our Next Fireside Chat
Jessica Perreault 
Director of Communications for the Labour Market Information Council (LMIC)
Opportunities Outside Traditional Pathways
The session explores how meaningful careers are increasingly built beyond traditional education and linear job paths. Jessica highlights emerging alternatives, skills‑based hiring, and non‑traditional pivots, and how these routes expand access to opportunity in marketing and communications while helping organizations tap into a wider, more diverse talent pool.
When: February 16, 2026
Time: 12:30 pm Eastern (30 minutes)
Where: Virtual.
Complete the form below along with your question(s). Your online access will be emailed to you after you register a week before the date of the event.
Why Attend?
- Connect with Ottawa’s leading marketing professionals.
- Gain insight into what it’s like to be a Senior Product Marketing Executive
- Understand what it takes to navigate the evolving marketing landscape of 2026.
- Get your specific questions answered.
The Upcoming 2026 Fireside Chat Lineup
- March – Sherrilynne Starkie, Fractional Marketing Advisor and Podcaster
- April – Brendan Mullen, VP of Marketing and Engagement, Automotive Industries Association of Canada
- May – Paddy Vargas, Founder of Rongo Media
- June – Abby McIntyre, CEO and Consultant