Donna Dupont
Founder & Chief Strategist, Foresight & Design
Donna Dupont founded Purple Compass on a conviction born from years on the front lines of Canadian healthcare and emergency management: that a better future is possible — and that leaders deserve the tools, clarity, and shared direction to shape it. A former Registered Respiratory Therapist, policy advisor, and Health Emergency Manager for the Province of Ontario, she holds a Master of Design in Strategic Foresight and Innovation from OCAD University — where her thesis Anticipation in Emergency Management placed in the global top 3 by the Association of Professional Futurists and was recognized by the Canadian Defence and Security Network.
Donna brings an extensive global foresight portfolio spanning climate change, security and resilience, international development, health systems and global health security, public safety and organized crime, the global space sector, and defence and strategic affairs. She is Principal Investigator on the Foresight InnoVet-AMR project, supported by IDRC, GAMRIF, and the UK Government’s Department of Health and Social Care, and has facilitated foresight and design for the Canadian Forces College, the NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence, and Global Affairs Canada as a member of the Archipelago of Design defence and security collaborative.
Her vision is a world where people and communities are curious, courageous, and have the agency to boldly shape a better world for future generations.
