Frank McKenna Award
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Join to celebrate our 2019 Atlantic Dinner honourees
Let's raise a toast to five exceptional Atlantic Canadians at PPF's Atlantic Dinner & Frank McKenna Awards in Halifax.
Past Event
Atlantic Dinner and Frank McKenna Awards 2019
Celebrating leaders making Canada and the Atlantic region richer through their ingenuity and initiative, join us for PPF's Atlantic Dinner and Frank McKenna Awards. This year we honour Fred Hyndman, Zita Cobb, Louis R. Comeau, Karen Oldfield and Karina LeBlanc in Halifax.
Event Recap: PPF Atlantic Dinner & Frank McKenna Awards
“It’s enormously humbling to have an award like this named after me,” said Frank McKenna. “Usually, they wait ’til you’re dead, and I guess PPF got tired of waiting.”
Past Event
Atlantic Dinner and Frank McKenna Awards 2018
We’ve renamed our Atlantic award for Frank McKenna. He'll be on hand to help honour these exceptional leaders.