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Call For Nominations
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
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”
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
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.
Corporate Knights Publishes Op-Ed By 2010 Fellow Suzanne von der Porten
2010 Fellow Suzanne von der Porten’s op-ed The Hidden Cost of Household Debt published by Corporate Knights:
Have you ever considered how remarkable it is that your grandparents used to save up to buy things? It conjures up a quaint image of a ceramic piggy bank rattling with coins and a dusty walk to the corner store. By contrast, today’s Canadians have embraced the phenomenon of perpetual debt, holding a staggering net household debt of $1.4 trillion and counting. Some economists say that spending makes the economy tick.
Read the article The Hidden Cost of Household Debt.
2010/11 Action Canada Fellows’ Task Force Presentations in Ottawa 25 February
The 2010/11 Action Canada Fellows will present on their Task Force reports and recommendations – 25 February 2011 in Ottawa, ON.
Please join us as this event is open to the public.
