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Verena Rizg, Nurse Practitioner and keynote speaker, standing confidently in professional attire

Clinician · Speaker · Systems Strategist

She moves people from insight to action.

Verena Rizg has spent over 15 years in rooms most people never enter — and then walked onto stages to talk about what she found there.

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Three ways to bring Verena into your organization.

Each one is built around the same belief: that connection, done well, changes everything.

Verena Rizg delivering a keynote speech on resilience and mental health

Keynote Speaking

From resilience to joy to the cost of showing up fully — Verena speaks on the subjects that matter most and are talked about least.

Available in 30, 45, or 60-minute formats. Every keynote is tailored to your audience.

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Verena Rizg leading an interactive workshop on cultural responsiveness and team resilience

Workshops & Intensives

Experiential, evidence-based, and built for real teams in complex environments.

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Verena Rizg, Nurse Practitioner and clinician, professional portrait for clinical training services

Clinical Training

Culturally responsive care training for healthcare providers, institutions, and systems ready to do better.

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She also offers strategic consulting for organizations navigating complex systemic change.

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Verena Rizg smiling warmly, casual and approachable — works with healthcare, military, and leadership teams

The rooms that need her most.

Verena works with healthcare organizations, military and government institutions, conference planners, and leadership teams navigating complexity.

If your people are carrying more than the system was built to hold — she is exactly the right person for the room.

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Founder — First BIPOC clinic in Canadian Armed Forces history
Nurse Practitioner — 15+ years in military, federal prison, and migrant health
Pioneer — NP role across every federal prison in Nova Scotia
Spoken-word poet — performing and speaking across Canada for over 15 years

"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

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She doesn't do generic. Tell her about your people and she'll tell you what's possible.

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