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2011 Outstanding Alumni Award goes to Nadine Caron, ’04 Fellow

Simon Fraser University’s 2011 Outstanding Alumni Award for Professional Achievement will go to Nadine Caron, ’04 Fellow.  This award recognizes exceptional contribution to her local and global communities, and will be presented at an awards ceremony in February 2012.  To learn more about Nadine Caron, the other recipients, and the awards event, please visit: http://www.sfu.ca/alumni/outstanding.

Action Canada 2011 Fellows’ Task Force Public Dialogues in Winnipeg

Please join us for the Fellows’ Task Force Public Dialogues in Winnipeg. On Friday, Nov. 4, some of Canada’s most impressive young leaders, the Action Canada Fellows, will host a public dialogue in Winnipeg, MB on ideas for advancing Canada’s economic future. The dialogue will be focused on three issues: how inequality and poverty are jeopardizing our human capital, how to develop a creative workforce for tomorrow, and financing Canada’s low-carbon energy future.

Lean and Green Future conference features Action Canada Fellows as keynote speakers

Action Canada Alumni Tom Rand ’07 and David Halliwell ’03 are featured keynote speakers at the Lean & Green Future Energy Conference, on November 30, 2011.  The conference brings together the country’s leading energy experts, industry leaders and energy efficiency suppliers to share best practices and explore new frontiers in industrial energy efficiency.

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High-Growth Entrepreneurship: The Key to Canada’s Future Economic Success

This article is an abridged version of task force report “Fuelling Canada’s Economic Success: A National Strategy for High-Growth Entrepreneurship”.  Authors Shannon Wells and Geordie Hungerford are 2010-11 Action Canada Fellows and members of the Action Canada Task Force on High-Growth Entrepreneurship.

Download: High-Growth Entrepreneurship: The Key to Canada’s Future Economic Success [PDF]

From The Big City to The Big Land – Action Canada Fellows in Labrador

Action Canada Alumni Ginger Gosnell-Myers and Fellow Eric Tribe recently visited Labrador to learn more about the unique issues that face rural Labradorians, including mining, Aboriginal governance and land claims, and Lower Churchill development.  CBC’s Colleen Connors spoke with them while they were visiting Happy Valley – Goose Bay.
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Public Dialogue Explores Three Labrador Policy Issues

Public dialogue explores three Labrador policy issues: Mining, Aboriginal Governance and Land Claims, Lower Churchill Development

Action Canada Public Dialogue
Happy Valley – Goose Bay, Friday, 23 September 2011

Labrador faces challenging policy options and opportunities related to mining, Lower Churchill development and Aboriginal governance and land claims.

Please join us as some of Canada’s most inspiring young leaders, the Action Canada Fellows, will be in Goose Bay to learn about these issues and to discuss their findings with the community on Friday, 23 September 2011, noon – 3:30 pm at the Labrador Friendship Centre. The event is free. Registration is recommended. Please RSVP to labrador2011@actioncanada.ca. For more information contact Helen Augustin at 778.239.6158 or helen_augustin@actioncanada.ca.

Download: Action Canada Public Dialogue – Labrador Policy Issues [PDF]