Olympic gold medalist delivers opening keynote at HSPC PDC 2025

Olympic curling champion Brad Gushue challenged workplace safety professionals to rethink leadership, resilience, and team dynamics during his keynote presentation Sunday evening ahead of the Health and Safety Professionals Canada (HSPC) Professional Development Conference (PDC) 2025.

Delivering his talk across the street from where he captured the 2017 Brier title, Gushue brought lessons from the ice into the conference hall — focusing not on technique or medals, but on the culture of psychological safety that powered his team through some of its highest-pressure moments.

“Within a team, vulnerability is a superpower,” Gushue told a packed room of safety professionals. “It opens the door to trusted and honest communicati

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