An interview with Gloria Park
Gloria Park spoke with Ivey HBA students during the 2025 Character Leadership and Resilience Conference about how the human body is built to do hard things, ways to reduce the physical effects of stress, and how adversity can help us grow stronger. She serves as the Director of Performance Psychology with the Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine and is the founder of Perform Positive, a consulting business dedicated to helping individuals and organizations achieve their full potential through mental skills training and performance coaching.
An Interview with Patrick Tower
Patrick Tower spoke with Ivey HBA students during the 2025 Character Leadership and Resilience Conference about failure, loving those you lead, and leadership as a transferable skill. Tower was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces for 24 years and awarded the Star of Military Valour—Canada’s second-highest military decoration for gallantry in battle. This medal is presented to members of the Canadian Forces who are deemed to have demonstrated "distinguished and valiant service in the presence of the enemy."
