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  • Reinventing Canadian Media

    May 18 2010

    On May 18th and 19th, 2010 in Ottawa, the Public Policy Forum and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO in collaboration with the Canadian Media Research Consortium hosted an event entitled, "Reinventing Canadian Media". 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?, as keynote speaker on the evening of the 18th.

    For more on this event, click here to view the event page.

     

     

     

    Jeff Jarvis

  • 23rd Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards

    Apr 29 2010

    Each year at the Forum's Testimonial Dinner, over one thousand leaders from all sectors of Canadian society gather to pay tribute to distinguished Canadians who have made an outstanding contribution to the quality of public policy and public management in our country.

    These men and women from various walks of professional life exemplify the Public Policy Forum's commitment to achieving greater understanding and cooperation between the public and private sectors to improve the quality of government in Canada. A jury appointed by the Public Policy Forum selects the honourees from among candidates nominated by Forum members.

    The 23rd Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards was held on April 29, 2010 in Toronto. The event was co-chaired by The Honourable Darrell Dexter, Premier of Nova Scotia, and Chantal Hébert, Political Columnist, The Toronto Star.

    This years honourees included Phil Fontaine, Carole Taylor, Tony Dean and Preston Manning. The 2010 Hyman Solomon Award for Excellence in Public Policy Journalism was presented to Bernard Derome and the 2010 Emerging Leaders Award was presented to Gabriel Bran Lopez.

    For more information on the event, please visit the Testimonial Dinner page.

    David Mitchell - Introduction (Part 1)
    David Mitchell - Introduction (Part 2)
    Darrell Dexter
    Chantal Hébert
    Bernard Derome
    Gabriel Bran Lopez
    Tribute to Phil Fontaine
    Phil Fontaine
    Tribute to Carole Taylor
    Carole Taylor
    Tribute to Tony Dean
    Dalton McGuinty introduces Tony Dean
    Tony Dean
    Tribute to Preston Manning
    Preston Manning

  • Deploying Clean Technologies: Canada-United States Private Sector and Government Investment in Cleantech

    Apr 27 2010

    The Public Policy Forum convened an expert roundtable in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada in Washington, the Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Center for American Progress to discuss private and public sector investment in clean technologies in Canada and the United States.

    This event brought together some 50 leaders from the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors for a constructive cross-border dialogue, informed by expert speakers, and aimed at practical next steps to improve collaboration. The event featured a luncheon address by His Excellency Gary Doer, Canada's Ambassador to the United States of America, who shared his well informed thoughts on this subject.

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    Luncheon Address by Gary Doer