Press Releases
Public Service Announcement – Nominate a Young Canadian Leader
Vancouver, Nov. 17, 2008 - Action Canada is seeking nominations of candidates who are in their early career years or pursuing post-secondary studies, who have the promise to be future Canadian leaders and who would benefit from studying leadership and public policy issues. more…
Media Advisory – Celebrating Five Years of Leadership Development for Canada’s Future
Vancouver, May 30, 2008 - On Monday, June 2nd, media are invited to meet the Action Canada Network – Canada’s next generation of leaders from all sectors – as they gather in Toronto to celebrate the first five years of Action Canada’s leadership development program. more…
Getting the Deal Done: Unlocking Innovation from Within Canadian Universities
Toronto, Oct 31, 2007 – Five young Canadians from the Action Canada program, a national fellowship for young leaders, released recommendations on how intellectual property from Canadian universities can be unlocked to bring new ideas and companies to market to make Canada a world leader in innovation.
Future Canadian leaders awarded $20,000 Action Canada Fellowships
July 26, 2007
Seventeen exceptional Canadians are the new 2007/2008 Action Canada Fellows.
They include the Montreal co-founder of a genocide-intervention network, an Ottawa public policy specialist, a Toronto social entrepreneur, the Toronto founder of two successful software companies, a Vancouver emergency-room physician interested in public health policy and the executive director of Carcross/Tagish First Nation in the Yukon, the latest First Nation to achieve self-government.
Action Canada Fellows Examine Enterprise in Alberta
June 5, 2007
Alberta’s top executives and veteran leaders to share their expertise with nation’s future leaders
What does an emerging Canadian leader need to know about business and enterprise in Alberta?
Fifteen aspiring young leaders from across the country will find out as they meet with some of Alberta’s premier business and political leaders in Calgary June 2-4, Fort McMurray June 5-6 and Banff June 8 for the Action Canada Working Conference.
Nominate a Young Canadian Leader
Action Canada is seeking the nomination of exceptional young Canadian leaders in their post-secondary or early career years to participate in our annual fellowship program.
Up to 20 nominees will receive a $20,000 Action Canada fellowship to participate in a 10-month program focused on leadership development. Fellows will work together on public policy projects of significance to Canada and attend week-long, working conferences in Vancouver, Ottawa and a third Canadian location. Fellows are expected to undertake their fellowship in conjunction with their studies or other work in which they are already engaged. more…
