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Task Force Public Dialogues
14 January 2011 in Toronto
High Growth Entrepreneurship in Canada: Fuelling our Economic Success
Where in the World is Canada?
Action Canada Task Force Public Dialogue November 5 2010 in St. John’s, NL
Debt Crunch: The Looming Crisis for Canadian Households
Join us for a Public Forum on Friday November 5, 2010 from 9:30 – 11:30 AM at the Suncor Energy Fluvarium (5 Nagle’s Place) in St. John’s, Newfoundland & Labrador.
Historically low interest rates, easily available credit, relaxed CMHC guidelines, and Canada’s relatively stable economy during the worldwide financial crisis has propelled Canadians to the highest debt to assets ratios in the world. Cooling housing markets and even a modest additional increase in interest rates will make these debt levels unsustainable. Unless solutions are identified and enacted, experts predict that Canada’s economy may face dangers that could rival the US sub-prime mortgage crisis.
CSP Funding Competition is now open!
The Canadian Studies Program (CSP) is a funding program of the Government of Canada that helps Canadians gain a better understanding of their country — its history, stories, people and systems of government. Specifically, the CSP Funding Competition supports the development of quality learning materials that contribute to increasing Canadians’ knowledge about Canada.
The CSP Funding Competition is now open. The deadline for applications is August 16, 2010. For details on eligibility criteria and to find out how to submit an application for funding, please consult the Guide and Application Form available on the CSP website at http://www.pch.gc.ca/pgm/pec-csp/index-eng.cfm.
The CSP is currently expanding its bank of external assessors to evaluate applications submitted through the Funding Competition. If you wish to be considered as an assessor, please send a request to PEC-CSP@pch.gc.ca.
Recent Fellows Media Mentions
Mark Podlasly, a 2010/2011 Fellow talks with Jeffrey Simpson about “Battling aboriginal tradition” in the Globe and Mail.
Jeffrey Simpson writes about Action Canada Fellow David Helliwell in a recent Globe and Mail article “Clean energy: getting a pulse on Vancouver”.
Phillippe Ouellette is featured in an article on The Daily Gleaner, “STU grad to represent N.B. on national stage“.
Erin Spink’s hometown paper features a story about her fellowship. Read about it on page 2 of the Observer [PDF].
Announcing: Seventeen new Fellows are joining Action Canada’s 2010/2011 leadership and public policy program, and its prestigious network of Fellows
Building Canada’s future, 17 leaders at a time
Canada’s foremost leadership program, Action Canada, kicks off its sixth fellowship year this weekend, introducing 17 new Fellows who will participate in a three-day conference in Vancouver May 28-30.
The Fellows represent the best of Canada’s emerging leaders. They include:
- Dr. Samir Sinha, the incoming chief of geriatrics at Mount Sinai and University Health Network Hospitals in Toronto
- Mark Podlasly, a Vancouver First Nations environmental consultant to large capital resource projects
- Shannon Wells, a research and policy analyst with Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office, Ottawa
- Derek Dunfield, a Portland, ON neuroscientist studying behavioural economics
- Scott Robertson, a chief nursing officer in the Northwest Territories
- Kyle Hill, a Yarmouth, NS physicist researching in the field of medical imaging
For all fellows’ bios: http://www.actioncanada.ca/en/fellows/fellows/20102011-fellows/
The Vancouver Conference
The Vancouver conference is the first of six to be held across Canada during the 11-month program as Fellows meet and learn from Canadians who are leaders in their field.
Featured presenters include John Furlong, former CEO, VANOC and new advisory board chair for Own the Podium; Cathy Priestner Allinger, VANOC’s former executive vice-president, sport and games operations; Tewanee Joseph, executive director and CEO, Four Host First Nations Society, as well as MP Andrew Saxton and former Canada Line CEO Jane Bird. In addition, Canadian journalists Jeffrey Simpson, Jacquie McNish, Andrew Cohen and Stephen Hume will teach Fellows the finer points of writing op-eds on policy issues of significance to Canada.
2010/11 Nomination Submission Deadline Extended
Notice: The Action Canada nomination submission deadline has been extended to 5:00 pm PST Monday 8 March 2010.
