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.
These young Canadian leaders in their early career years have been selected as Fellows under Action Canada, a national leadership program created by a unique private sector/Government of Canada partnership.
Action Canada Fellows such as Toronto investment consultant and governance expert Jane Ambachtsheer, physician and entrepreneur David Kelton, and federal prosecutor Jason Mitschele will meet with some of Alberta’s leaders –including Preston Manning, Pierre Alvarez, President of the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, Mark Shaw, Vice-president, Suncor Energy Inc., Chief Jim Boucher, Fort McKay First Nation and President of the Athabasca Tribal Council, and Norbert Meier, Vice-president, The Banff Centre.
The Fellows will tour the Suncor oil sands facilities in Fort McMurray, explore agriculture and ranching issues at the OH Ranch and learn about tourism as a driver of enterprise in Banff.
Selected for their leadership qualities and commitment to Canada, each Action Canada Fellow receives a $20,000 fellowship to participate in this 10-month program. They join a growing network of inspiring young Action Canada alumni who all understand Canada’s public policy issues and have learned the skills to take action on these issues.
This year’s Action Canada Fellows come from across the nation and represent a wealth of fascinating experiences – and potential news and feature ideas. Here is a snapshot:
Jane Ambachtsheer was recognized by Global Proxy Watch as one of the top 10 global “architects of governance” in 2005. She is a principal of Mercer Investment Consulting in Toronto and a member of the International Corporate Governance Network. She sits on the board of the Canadian Social Investment Organization, is Canadian advisor to the Carbon Disclosure Project and also volunteers with Oxfam Canada
David Kelton is a Toronto physician who is dedicated to improving health with new technologies that have a patient-centered philosophy. He started ClinLink.com, a website which enables patients to participate in medical research.
Jason Mitschele, a federal prosecutor for the department of justice in Toronto, is committed to equality and social justice for all Canadians. An advocate for equality for persons with disabilities, Mitschele sits on the International Development Committee of the Counsel of Canadians with Disabilities and recently participated in this organization’s advisory group on the negotiation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities.
Visit www.actioncanada.ca for further information about the program and the Fellows.
To arrange an interview with the Action Canada Fellows, please contact:
Cathy Beehan, CEO
Action Canada
cell: 778-233-6650
Janet Webber, Program and Conference Manager
Action Canada
604-268-7961
