Digital Journal is pleased to welcome Nathan Mison, president and founding partner of Diplomat Consulting, as the newest member of its editorial advisory committee.
The committee helps Digital Journal track how Canada’s innovation story is unfolding at a pivotal moment. From the challenge of scaling homegrown companies to the push for commercialization in fields like AI, health sciences and resource technology, members share what they see inside companies, industries and communities.
Digital Journal’s editorial advisory committee aims to surface the pressures leaders are navigating and the opportunities that deserve wider debate, ensuring coverage reflects the choices shaping Canada’s economic future.
Based in Edmonton, Mison has built a career helping organizations succeed where innovation and regulation intersect.
He first gained national visibility helping launch Fire & Flower during Canada’s legalization of cannabis, navigating one of the country’s most complex regulatory shifts.
Today, as president and founding partner of Diplomat Consulting, he advises clients in artificial intelligence, life sciences, agriculture and emerging food technologies, translating new regulatory frameworks into strategies for growth and commercialization.
“Canada is at a critical juncture where innovation must translate into real-world impact,” says Nathan Mison, President and Founding Partner, Diplomat Consulting. “I’m excited to join Digital Journal’s editorial advisory committee to help spotlight the challenges and opportunities shaping our economic future, and to ensure the voices of entrepreneurs, innovators, and communities are part of that national conversation.”
Mison’s experience is particularly relevant as Canada works to strengthen its ability to turn research and invention into competitive businesses.
Alongside his consulting work, Mison is a Director and Board Member at TrustBIX Inc., a TSX-listed agri-food technology company focused on supply chain transparency and sustainability. He has also held leadership roles with the BC Chamber of Commerce, Alberta Chambers of Commerce and Ontario Chamber of Commerce, and is Co-Chair of committees at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
“Nathan understands how new industries take shape,” says Chris Hogg, CEO of Digital Journal. “He brings insight into how regulation, business and community impact come together when sectors are still emerging. That perspective will help the committee surface stories that show not just where innovation is happening, but how it takes root and grows.”
Mison is the final committee member to be announced, joining Kamales Lardi, Terry Rock, Kirstine Stewart, Benjamin Bergen and Clark Lai on Digital Journal’s editorial advisory committee.
Lardi, who serves as Chair, is a digital transformation strategist based in Zurich. She brings two decades of experience helping multinational companies design and execute human-centred change with a global and corporate lens.
Rock is President and CEO of Platform Calgary. His focus is on building strong startup ecosystems and supporting founders with the resources they need to scale, especially across Western Canada.
Bergen is President of the Council of Canadian Innovators. He represents the interests of scale-ups and high-growth Canadian companies, bringing a national policy and advocacy perspective to the committee.
Stewart, a Canadian media and tech executive now based in Los Angeles, brings a cross-border view shaped by leadership roles at the CBC, Twitter and the World Economic Forum. Her work connects innovation to media, policy and the future of work.
Lai is founder and CEO of Motiv in Calgary. He brings a builder’s perspective to the committee, drawing on his experience creating and scaling ventures with corporate partners and investors across Canada, the U.S. and abroad.
Together, the members bring perspectives that span corporate transformation, startup ecosystems, commercialization, policy and global leadership.
At a time when Canada is debating how to scale its innovation economy, the committee will help Digital Journal follow where the country is making progress, where it is falling behind, and what choices will shape future opportunity.
