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Laurent Duvernay-Tardif – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree

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

Janice Stein – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree

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

Lisa Raitt – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree

Lisa Raitt: “Growth in Canada has been so anemic; we need to talk about this now in hopes of staving off the same kind of emergency situation (as the mid-1990s).”

Stephanie Nolen – 2023 Hyman Solomon Award Honouree

Stephanie Nolen: “When you establish points of commonality with the people who are living through these experiences, then people start to be concerned”

John Risley – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree

John Risley: "We wanted someone who would be a good steward for the business. And that led us very quickly to First Nations"

Harold Calla – 2023 Testimonial Dinner Award Honouree

“Providing the platform to move from managing poverty to managing wealth”

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Past Event

Wonk Prom

Are you a wonk? Do you have a passion for public policy, politics and change-making? The Ryerson Leadership Lab invites you to attend Wonk Prom 2019 and join friends from across the country for a night of networking, music and celebration. Wonk Prom begins when the Public Policy Forum (PPF) Annual Testimonial Dinner ends - extending the biggest party in Canadian public policy and politics. Not attending the Testimonial Dinner? Not a problem! Wonk Prom is open to any and all political and policy wonks and change-makers. Any additional proceeds from this event will support student study trips through the Ryerson Leadership Lab.