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Leadership In Business Conference, Toronto, February 18, 2009
Action Canada, the Public Policy Forum, and Industry Canada would like to invite you to attend the Leadership In Business Conference to be held in Toronto, February 18, 2009 at the Ivey ING Leadership Centre, 130 King Street West.
This half-day conference will focus on major public policy issues facing Canada and what emerging business leaders can do to address these issues. We have an outstanding line up of Canadian business leaders for this dialogue on timely and important questions.
Our keynote speaker will be the Hon. Diane Ablonczy, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism). Dialogue participants include: Jacquie McNish, Columnist, The Globe and Mail; Ken Smith, Managing Partner, SECOR Consulting; Jim Stanford, Chief Economist, Canadian Auto Workers; Lynton (Red) Wilson, Chancellor, McMaster University. The morning dialogue sessions will be moderated by Jodi White, former President, Public Policy Forum.
Action Canada is a national fellowship program that strengthens promising young Canadians’ leadership skills, enriches their understanding of Canada and creates a network of skilled leaders for the future. For more information on Action Canada please visit www.actioncanada.ca.
The Public Policy Forum engages leaders in the public, private and voluntary sectors, serving as an independent forum for open dialogue on public policy, encouraging reform in public sector management. Please visit www.ppforum.ca to learn more about the PPF.
Pre-event registration and coffee reception will begin at 8:00 am. A networking lunch with our keynote speaker will follow at 12:15 pm at the TSX Gallery.
For additional information or to RSVP please contact Dianne Gravel-Normand at dianne.gravel@ppforum.ca or by phone at (613) 238-7858 ext. 233.
Winning thoughts from Action Canada Fellows
13 January, 2009
David Eaves ’05 and Taylor Owen ’07 are the winners of The Literary Review of Canada’s New Voices competition for their essay, “Progressivism’s End”.
The competition, which was seeking fresh perspectives to showcase alongside established contributors such as Lloyd Axworthy, Peter C. Newman and Erna Paris, asked competitors to write about what the dramatic U.S. nomination and presidential race would mean for Canada.
La diplomatie s’impose, La Presse, 30 March 2008
An article written by Action Canada Fellow Marc Fournier ‘07.
Selling Canadians on Green Bonds to wean us from carbon, The Globe and Mail, 3 January 2008
Would you buy a Green Bond as your bit to ease climate change if it paid the same rate as a Canada Savings Bond?
The Harper government is trying to figure out the answer. If the answer is yes, don’t be surprised if Green Bonds arrive in the next budget and at financial institutions thereafter. And if Green Bonds materialize, credit a small group of young Canadians for the idea.
Action Canada Fellow Wins Rhodes Scholarship
’07 Action Canada Fellow Andrew Sniderman is the winner of a 2008 Rhodes Scholarship.
Sniderman graduated with a BA (highest honours) in philosophy and political science from Swarthmore College, Philadelphia and currently works in Ottawa as a Fellow in the Parliamentary Internship Programme.
He co-founded the Washington-based Genocide Intervention Network (GI-Net) to provide citizens with resources to prevent and stop genocide. The organization aims to change the international community’s response to genocide by creating an active and powerful political constituency.
Sniderman plans to study political theory at Oxford University in fall 2008.
Action Canada Fellow Among Country’s Top Future Leaders
’03 Action Canada Fellow Diana Juricevic is named in the 2007 Future Leaders category on the list of Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100.
The list is compiled by the Women’s Executive Network to recognize the success of Canadian women in categories that include entrepreneurs, corporate executives, public-sector leaders, trailblazers, trendsetters and future leaders.
The future leaders category recognizes young women under 30 who have “distinguished themselves early in their careers and who show tremendous potential.”
Juricevic is currently working as junior defence counsel on a case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. She holds a master’s degree in economics as well as a law degree from the University of Toronto where she was president of the university’s chapter of Amnesty International. She was called to the bar in 2005.
During her student years she was involved in a number of humanitarian endeavours, including the Canadian Red Cross campaign to aid Kosovar refugees. She also conducted policy research for Médecins Sans Frontières.
Juricevic is also a commissioned artist. Her works have been published in several journals and also exhibited in museums and galleries.
