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Atlantic Dinner and Frank McKenna Awards 2019

Celebrate leaders making Canada and the Atlantic region richer through their ingenuity and initiative. Join us as we honour Fred Hyndman, Zita Cobb, Louis R. Comeau, Karen Oldfield and Karina LeBlanc in Halifax on May 15.

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Brave New Work Conference: Help Canadians thrive in jobs of the future

Toronto, June 26: Technology, demographics and other factors are transforming the world of work – and quickly. Push aside the dystopian scenarios and join us to shape policy pathways that will enable Canadians to thrive in the jobs of the future.

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A New North Star: Canadian Competitiveness in an Intangibles Economy

Rapid and far-reaching changes to the global economy, driven by technology, demographics and geopolitics, are forcing us to rethink some of the core assumptions of what makes a nation competitive or not. Robert Asselin and Sean Speer offer a bipartisan strategy for what Canada can do in a data-driven 'intangibles' economy.

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Video: See all the sessions and speeches from 2019's Growth Summit and Testimonial Dinner!

Watch and share the inspiring speeches of Rona Ambrose, George Cope, Farah Mohamed, Alan Bernstein, Pierre-Marc Johnson, Karyn Pugliese and Maayan Ziv on April 11. And get all the insights from Victor Dodig and other speakers at Canada Growth Summit.

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The first of our Brave New Work reports is out: Skills, Training and Lifelong Learning

Training for working Canadians is scarce, and the people who most need it are the least able to get it. As global competition and technological change increase, Canada needs to create effective and inclusive systems of training, which are essential for innovation, growth, employment and good incomes. In this report, Daniel Munro looks at Canada's strengths and weaknesses, training models from around the world, and suggests improvements to lifelong learning systems.

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PPF and Telfer launch new policy leadership program

Offered jointly by the Public Policy Forum and the Telfer School of Management, the Public Policy Leadership Program (PPLP) is for practicing policy professionals interested in expanding their capacity to navigate the complexities of contemporary government policy development and provide breakthrough policy responses using team leadership, engagement and collaboration.

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