Past Events
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Jun29
Innovating Health: Public Engagement in Health Technology Assessments and Coverage Decisions
Halifax, Edmonton, Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto
This cross-country roundtable series brought together relevant stakeholders across all sectors (private, public, health research and health interest groups) to discuss...
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Jun17
Not the Usual Suspects Breakfast featuring John McDougall, President, National Research Council
Rideau Club, Ottawa
Join the Public Policy Forum and Enbridge as we continue with our highly popular breakfast series Not the Usual Suspects. The fifth and final breakfast of our...
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Jun15
Public Engagement Workshops
Edmonton, Regina, Ottawa, Nunavut, Australia
Since March the PPF has been connecting some 400 officials from eight governments in a year-long, action-research program. Through a combination of seminars, online discussions, and pilot projects...
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May28
Not the Usual Suspects Breakfast featuring William J.S. Elliott, RCMP Commissioner
Rideau Club, Ottawa
Join the Public Policy Forum and Enbridge as we continue with our highly popular breakfast series Not the Usual Suspects. The fourth breakfast of our series will be held at the ...
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May27
Innovation Next: Making Canada More Productive, Competitive and Resilient
BMO Client Centre, 68th Floor, First Canadian Place, Toronto
To ensure its future prosperity, Canada must move to the next stage of innovation. At Innovation Next, leaders from all sectors,gathered to discuss what must be done to make this...
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May26
Stratford Roundtable on Public Engagement and Local Government
The Parlour Hotel, Stratford
The Stratford Institute and the Public Policy Forum (PPF) are organizing a one-day roundtable in the City of Stratford to explore the prospects for a more systematic...
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May18
Reinventing Canadian Media
Westin Hotel, Ottawa
At this conference, participants explored the changing digital world and its effects on media production and distribution models.The event featured Jeff Jarvis, author of What would Google Do...
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May13
Innovation Roundtables
Various locations
This cross-country roundtable series aims to encourage sectors to discuss, collaborate and take action on innovation in Canada. To be held between September 2009 and May 2010,...
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May11
Curbing our Energy Appetite: Lunch with Peter Tertzakian, author of The End of Energy Obesity
National Arts Centre, Ottawa (Panorama Room)
Due to the close relationship between wealth and energy consumption, rising wealth the world over will soon make untenable the way we produce and consume energy.So says Peter Tertzakian, in his...
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May7
Not the Usual Suspects Breakfast featuring Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner
Rideau Club, Ottawa
Join the Public Policy Forum and Enbridge as we continue with our highly popular breakfast series Not the Usual Suspects. The third breakfast of our series...
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Apr29
23rd Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
The Public Policy Forum's Twenty-Third Annual Testimonial Dinner and Awards was held on Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. This year, the...
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Apr27
Deploying Clean Technologies: Canada-United States Private Sector and Government Investment in Cleantech
Washington, DC
The Public Policy Forum convened an expert roundtable in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada in Washington, the Canada Institute of the...
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Apr20
Not the Usual Suspects Breakfast featuring Michele McKenzie, President & CEO of the Canadian Tourism Commission
Rideau Club - Ottawa
Join the Public Policy Forum, in partnership with Enbridge, as we host the President & CEO of the Canadian Tourism Commission, Michele McKenzie, as part of the...
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Mar25
Not the Usual Suspects Breakfast featuring Melanie Aitken, Commissioner of Competition
Rideau Club, Ottawa
Join the Public Policy Forum, in partnership with Enbridge, as we host Commissioner of...
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Mar22
Strengthening Capacity & Creating Opportunity: A Summit on the Future of Aboriginal Post-Secondary Education in Saskatchewan
Delta Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon
The successful participation of Aboriginal Canadians in higher education remains a challenge in Canada, and nowhere is this issue more important than in the province...
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Mar5
The Future is Open: How open government is essential to creating a culture of public service innovation
Delta Ottawa Hotel & Suites
As a vital national institution and a key component to Canada's competitive advantage in a post-recession world, an innovative public service is more...
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Latest News
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PPF announces three new Vice-Presidents
July 13, 2010
David Mitchell, President & CEO of the Public Policy Forum is pleased to announce the appointment of three new Vice-...
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PPF announces 2010 Gordon Osbaldeston guest Lecturer
June 29, 2010
The Public Policy Forum today announced that John Furlong, Chief Executive Officer of the Vancouver Organizing Committee...
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PPF Announces Inaugural Western Dinner
June 29, 2010
Roger Gibbins, Ron Hicks, Martha Piper, and Clay Riddell to be honoured with the Peter Lougheed Award for Public Policy...
Recent Publications
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The Road to Retention
June 25, 2010
Retention is a hot issue among governments and employers across Canada as many struggle to attract and keep young workers. The knowledge economy, an aging workforce, shifting values and social...
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The Dutch Energy Transition
May 12, 2010
Featuring presentations and discussion about how the Dutch are transitioning to a low carbon economy, this breakfast has provided policymakers with insight into...
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Progress Through Process
February 25, 2010
This publication presents an optimistic vision, and achieving that vision requires not just different policies but also different policy processes. We—the National Round Table on the...
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Green Jobs: Is This the New "New Economy"?
February 22, 2010
On November 2 and 3 2009, the Public Policy Forum hosted a symposium on the issue of green jobs. In this time of economic recovery and concern over the environment, many Canadians see the green...
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Innovation Nation: Building a Culture and Practice of Innovation in Canada
July 30, 2009
On May 27th 2009, the Public Policy Forum convened leaders from the private,public and research sectors for a national conversation about innovation in Canada. Entitled...
