2026 CAIB Graduates Dinner

The third annual CAIB Graduates Dinner celebrates the achievements of IBAS member employees who have earned the prestigious Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker (CAIB) designation during the 2025 calendar year.

This event takes place on Thursday, April 16 — the evening prior to the start of the SGI CANADA Broker Convention — at the internationally acclaimed Remai Modern art gallery (102 Spadina Crescent) in downtown Saskatoon.

Registration

Due to limited venue capacity, registration for the CAIB Graduates Dinner is by invitation only — and will include new grads, their guests, senior member volunteers and brokerage leaders, as well as supporters of the broker channel.

If you would like to be a part of this inspirational evening, please contact community@ibas.ca. 

Agenda

5 p.m.: Cocktail Reception

6 p.m.: Opening Remarks & Dinner Service Catered by Hearth Restaurant (One of the Top 100 Restaurants in Canada)

7 p.m.: Presentation Ceremony

7:30 p.m.: Keynote Speaker

8:30 p.m.: Closing Remarks

Guest Speaker

Elia Saikaly is an award-winning adventure filmmaker and high-altitude mountaineer. His global adventures inspire others to find their most meaningful life and spark positive change.

Saikaly has reached the summit of Mount Everest a Canadian record five times, surviving and documenting disasters in 2014, 2015, and 2019. He has also scaled K2 — widely regarded world’s most dangerous peak — and has completed more than 25 international expeditions.

Saikaly’s stunning imagery of Everest is regularly licensed by networks such as National Geographic, Discovery, ESPN, Netflix, and BBC. He produced the reality television series, Everest: On the Top, which earned him a CINE Golden Eagle Award, and won a Canadian Screen Award for his work with Rogers Sportsnet on the documentary, Limitless. In 2016, Saikaly co-created and co-starred in Discovery Channel’s Unclimbed: Reaching the Summit.

Saikaly spends most of his time working with NGOs and causes close to his heart. Through his storytelling and camera, he has supported Indigenous people across Canada, the Peuls people of the Sahara in Niger, Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, persons with albinism in Africa, the Dinka and Nuer in South Sudan, and beyond. For a decade, he ran his FindingLife educational program. He currently sits on the board of the Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation of Canada that supports the Sherpa people of Nepal.

As an inspirational speaker, Saikaly has presented to dozens of corporations, organizations, and educational institutions. Whether inspiring people through his camera or on-stage, Saikaly’s core mission is to elevate, inspire, and help make the world a better place.

2026 Dinner Sponsors

Thanks to the generosity of our partners, there is no cost to attend the CAIB Graduates Dinner.

Confirmed 2026 Table Sponsors confirmed to date include (in alphabetical order):

• DKI Saskatoon Disaster Services
• Intact Insurance
• Midwest Claims Services
• Portage Mutual Insurance
• Red River Mutual
• Sandbox Mutual Insurance
• Saskatchewan Blue Cross
• SGI CANADA
• Wawanesa Insurance