Clinician · Speaker · Systems Strategist
Through keynote, clinical expertise, and lived experience, she helps people lead more intentionally.
Trusted by institutions because her work holds up. Remembered by people because it reaches them.
“Lots of people are educated. Many are gifted speakers. Very few have IT — that cocktail of magic and magnetism that makes a moment memorable. Verena has IT.”
Jonathan Torrens
Actor, Broadcaster & Advocate
“Her insights were both thought-provoking and inspiring. The feedback I received from those in attendance was extremely positive.”
Margaret Melanson
President & CEO, Horizon Health Network
“The fact that she has been able to trailblaze a BIPOC clinic on her own accord within a larger institution is a testament to her determination and commitment to identifying and then following through to do what is right for others.”
Dr. David Botten
Family Physician
The Work
Verena’s work is not one-size-fits-all. Sometimes a room needs a keynote that reframes what people thought they understood. Sometimes it needs training, facilitation, or strategic support that changes how people work together after the event is over.
Working with a team? See how Verena partners with organizations across healthcare, government, and corporate sectors.
For Organizations →Featured Keynote
What disconnection is actually costing your organization
Most organizations aren’t struggling because of strategy.
They’re struggling because of what goes unspoken.
This keynote reveals the hidden cost of disconnection and what shifts when people begin to address what’s actually happening between them.
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Most organizations don’t have a communication problem.
They have a truth tolerance problem.
What’s left unsaid doesn’t disappear.
It shapes culture, decision-making, and care.
Verena works inside those moments,
where pressure reveals what’s not working,
and where people are expected to perform instead of respond.
She helps people understand what’s actually happening between them,
so they can move forward with clarity, not assumption.
Verena Rizg is a clinician, speaker, systems strategist, spoken word poet and one of the most distinctive voices in Canada on mental health, relational health, and what it takes to stay whole in high-pressure environments.
She founded the first BIPOC-focused clinic in Canadian Armed Forces history, an initiative now informing training and care delivery at a national level.
Her work sits at the intersection of clinical expertise, lived experience, and human connection, helping people and systems function differently under pressure.
Read More →For organizations ready to move beyond surface-level solutions and do work that actually holds.