PPF Awards Dinner

Filled with a burning desire to create positive change for her community, Caitlin Tolley has used her voice at home and on the global stage as an advocate for Indigenous people. On April 12, the Public Policy Forum will recognize her work with the Emerging Leader Award at its Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards in Toronto.

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif: “My goal is to do good and to help people be healthy”

Janice Stein: “It’s a profoundly encouraging thing that so many people want to understand more than they currently do.”

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On Nov. 13 in Calgary, Premier of Alberta Jason Kenney explored three forms of reconciliation for Alberta's provincial government: with Alberta’s Indigenous people, of energy growth and environmental stewardship, and of the provincial and federal fields within Canadian Confederation.

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Congratulations to Elizabeth Cannon, Stockwell Day, Dawn Farrell and Dave Mowat. Join us to celebrate them in Calgary on Nov. 13. Tables and tickets are on sale now. Prior to the dinner, join us as we host a panel discussing the future of work in the transitioning energy economy: what do we need to do to support people in work as Canada’s energy needs and energy sector jobs change?

Karyn Pugliese of APTN will be honoured with the Hyman Solomon Award for Public Policy Journalism at PPF’s 2019 Testimonial Dinner and Awards on April 11 in Toronto.

We're pleased to announce all five of our honourees for our 2019 Testimonial Dinner honourees, for their dedication to public service and strengthening our democracy and its institutions.

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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.

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Lisa LaFlamme hosted our night as we honoured Rona Ambrose, George Cope, Farah Mohamed, Alan Bernstein and Pierre-Marc Johnson in Toronto on April 11. Yoshua Bengio, artificial intelligence pioneer and newly minted Turing Award winner, was our keynote speaker. Watch all the acceptance speeches!

The Peter Lougheed Award for Leadership in Public Policy will be presented to four exemplary Western leaders being recognized for their extraordinary leadership and contribution to public policy and public discourse. The honourees will be celebrated at PPF’s Annual Western Dinner in Vancouver on Sept. 19.

Are we amusing ourselves to death while darker forces of disinformation undermine our democracy? By Edward Greenspon

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The honourees who were recognized on Sept. 19 in Vancouver: Andrew Petter, Sue Paish, Murad Al-Katib and Sophie Pierre.

Filled with a burning desire to create positive change for her community, Caitlin Tolley has used her voice at home and on the global stage as an advocate for Indigenous people. On April 12, the Public Policy Forum will recognize her work with the Emerging Leader Award at its Annual Testimonial Dinner & Awards in Toronto.