Generation1.ca, with CEO and Founder Arundati Dandapani at the helm, is proud to lead as the Canadian, US and Global Executive Partner for the Global Public Opinion Data and Insights Executive Leadership Academy and Field Program, an immersive executive learning experience taking place across Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal from July 18 to August 8, 2026.
Developed in partnership with World of Opinions, this international program brings the globe to Canada by convening researchers, policymakers, institutional leaders, university administrators, and data professionals from around the world to explore the future of global public opinion, data and AI literacy, evidence-based leadership, global citizenship, and the future of work.
More than a traditional study tour, this structured executive field program creates a powerful space for cross-border dialogue, institutional learning, and global exchange powered in data and cultural empathy frameworks and practice. Through participation in the 16th Canada International Conference on Education (CICE 2026), visits to leading Canadian universities and research institutions, and exclusive Generation1.ca executive sessions created and led by our CEO, delegates will examine how public opinion, data, technology, education, and workforce transformation are reshaping societies, institutions, and the responsibilities of global citizenship.
At Generation1.ca, we believe the future belongs to leaders who can connect people, evidence, ideas, and opportunity across borders. This program brings that vision to life by welcoming global delegates to Canada for a high-impact exchange of knowledge, innovation, leadership, and collaboration.
Participants will be enrolled in Generation1.ca’s Executive Academy and Future Ready Innovators Program, led by CEO and Founder Arundati Dandapani, and will receive executive certificates and credentials recognizing their participation, leadership development, and future-ready learning journey.
Delegates will also become part of an international network of leaders, strengthening visibility, expanding institutional partnerships, growing expertise, and building lasting collaborations across Canada, the United States, and global markets.
Learn more in the brochure below and register through the World of Opinions program page.
About our CEO
Arundati Dandapani, MLitt, CAIP, CIPP/C, CIPM, is Founder and CEO of Generation1.ca, a North American social enterprise and professional community association advancing immigrant inclusion, career mobility, and future-ready workforce innovation through data excellence, AI literacy, cultural intelligence, and cross-border collaboration.
Over the past decade, she has built a powerful ecosystem connecting newcomers, employers, institutions, technologies, and opportunities through career fairs, case competitions, executive learning, industry studies, multicultural public programming, and the Future Ready Innovators Credential.
Internationally recognized as one of the Top 75 Global Data and Insights Legends, an ESOMAR Insight250 Hall of Fame inductee, and winner of ESOMAR’s Best Paper of the Year Award, Arundati is known for reframing global post-digital immigrant talent as a strategic growth engine, not a social afterthought. Her work spans census microdata, synthetic populations, AI governance, immigrant futures, and the infrastructure of inclusion.
She teaches data, analytics, technology, and business at Humber Polytechnic, speaks and publishes across leading global forums including AAPOR, WAPOR, ESOMAR, QRCA, the Insights Association, CDAO, and IAPP, and is the author of several books, including What is the Point of Canada? A No Holds Barred Guide to Immigrant Success in the Americas.
A veteran association and board leader, she serves on the IAPP Certification Advisory Board, is Vice Chair of Algonquin College’s Marketing Research and Analysis Program Advisory Committee, sits on the Founding Advisory Board of Boardy, an AI superconnector, and was elected to the 2026–27 Executive Council of the American Association for Public Opinion Research.
