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

zoem — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:15:11 +0000

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

zoem — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:24:05 +0000

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

zoem — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:46:17 +0000

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.

Conference schedule

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

zoem — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:20:09 +0000

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

zoem — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:45:35 +0000

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

travis — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 19:43:46 +0000

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]

Call For Nominations

travis — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:04:10 +0000

If you are an emerging leader or you know someone who qualifies, visit our website in November 2011 for details on the 2012 Call for Nominations.

Announcing Action Canada’s 2011 Fellows

travis — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:23:34 +0000

Seventeen new Fellows are joining Action Canada’s leadership and public policy program, and its prestigious network of Fellows.

Action Canada thanks the hundreds of Canadians who participated in the selection process, including the candidates, nominators, referees and members of the National Selection Committee.

The 2011 Fellows include:

A Donovan-Moody scholar, Oxford, and founder of Reclaim Childhood, an organization exposing Iraqi refugee girls to sport
A project manager, Conseil des arts de Montréal, linking the arts and business sectors
A senior bank manager, former policy advisor to the Ontario Minister of Finance, and World Bank consultant
A writer, filmmaker and Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Media Fellow
An international trade litigator and former UN legal advisor in Iraq and across the Middle East

Learn more about our outstanding new Fellows: http://www.actioncanada.ca/en/fellows/fellows/20112012-fellows/

Action Canada ’10 Task Force report a Globe and Mail “Must Read”

travis — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 23:25:17 +0000

An article featuring the Action Canada ’10 Task Force on A Nation Strategy for High Growth Entrepreneurship is featured on the Globe and Mail website as a “Must Read” in the online business section. The article was published as a Guest Column co-authored by ’10 Fellows Shannon Wells, Geordie Hungerford, and Brenna Donoghue.

“One year ago, on the heels of the Vancouver Olympics, Canada’s trademark humility and politeness were cast aside for unabashed confidence and patriotism. As hosts and gold medal champions Canadians proved to the world and – perhaps most importantly – ourselves, that we can compete to win.

Canada should apply these Olympic lessons to other endeavours in which we seek to compete internationally. A timely example is entrepreneurship.”

Read the full article: Time for Canada to own the entrepreneurial podium

Aboriginal Education Initiative Announced With 2005 Fellow Craig Kielburger

travis — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:36:26 +0000

As reported on Canadian Business Online, Free the Children and The Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative announced a new program,

“On behalf of The Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative and Free The Children, the Right Honourable Paul Martin and Craig and Marc Kielburger today announced the launch of a program to engage students to learn about and engage in meaningful dialogue in support of their First Nations, M㩴s Nation and Inuit peers. The 2011 campaign will shine a spotlight on the challenges faced by Aboriginal youth in gaining access to quality education and encourage students across Canada to help raise awareness around these issues.”

Read the full article: The Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative and Free The Children Announce the Local Spotlight campaign focusing on Aboriginal Education.