October 15 - Young Leaders' Luncheon Series:
Corporate Social Responsibility
Guest Speaker: Toby Heaps, Publisher, Corporate
Knights
September 6-13
- Prix des Hebdos" Journalists' tour of Nova Scotia and P.E.I
June 25 - Club Canadien de Toronto Luncheon
The CUC is pleased to sponsor the head table for the luncheon
featuring His Excellency M. Philippe Guelluy, French Ambassador
to Canada.
July 17 - Young Leaders' 'After 5' Event: Canadian Business Entrepreneurs
July 16 - Information sessions for Embassy / Consular Staff (Federalism
101)
Hosted by CUC Ontario Provincial President,
George Addy
June 12 - Roundtable: "How is Canada
Changing?"
Host: Rossana Magnotta, Executive Vice
President, Magnotta Winery Corporation and Governor, Canadian
Unity Council
June 11 - Canadian
Democracy: Re-engaging the Public
Joint event with the Canadian Taxpayer's
Federation (Ontario) and te underground royal commission
Guest Panellists:
- Donna Dasko
Vice President, Environics
Governor, Canadian Unity Council
- John Williamson
Ontario Director
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
- Paul Kemp
Author
- Andrew Coyne (Invited)
National Post
- Michael Bryant, MPP (Invited)
Liberal Party of Canada
- Marilyn Churley, MPP (Invited)
New Democratic Party of Ontario
- A representative from the Progressive Conservative Party of
Ontrario
Tickets to attend this event are $26.75 (including GST) including
a light dinner. VISA/Master Card and Cheques (payable to the Canadian
Unity Council) will be accepted.
Location: Alumni Hall, Victoria University, 91 Charles Street
West
Time: 5:30 - 9:00 pm
June 1-8 - Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Tour
May 30 - Who
Cares About Atlantic Canada?
A CRIC Roundtable on the Future of Canada
Canadian Political Science Association
annual general meeting - CRIC roundtable
Guest Panellists:
- Alexa McDonough, MP
Former Leader of the New Democratic Party
- Hon. Tom Lush, MHA
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Dr. Margaret Conrad
Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies
University of New Brunswick
- Hon. James M. Lee
Former Premier of PEI
Chairman, Workers' Compensation Board of PEI
Vice-Chairman, Canadian Unity Council
Moderator :
- Dr. Andrew Parkin
Co-Director, Centre for Research and Information on Canada
Location: Burbridge Building, Room 109, 5968
College Street, Dalhousie University
May 31 - "Congrès
des Hebdos" gala awards event
- Trois Rivières, QC
Each year, the Canadian Unity Council, through its Centre for
Research and Information on Canada (CRIC), sponsors the Prix d'excellence
- six awards given to reporters with French-language Quebec community
newspapers for outstanding reporting.
In keeping with the Council's motto of 'Learning, Meeting and
Understanding', the winners of this yearly award are taken on
a tour of a Canadian region to allow them to meet people and experience
the realities in another part of the country.
This year Rebecca Low and Gil Lamy will escort
the winners to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.
May 21- Canadian Club Luncheon
Restructuring the electricity market in Ontario (Preliminary
report)
Guest speaker -
- Courtney Pratt, President and CEO, Toronto Hydro Corporation
Rebecca Low will give a brief speech about the Canadian Unity
Council and will distribute the most recent CRIC Paper.
Time: 11.45 to 1.30 pm
Location: Royal York Hotel, Imperial Room
May 23 - Region-wide roundtables - "A Changing People: Being
Canadian in a New Century"
Moderator -
Mary McLaughlin, CUC Governor &
Partner, Excalibur Communications
Guest Speaker -
- Professor Matthew Mendelsohn
Location: Kiwanis Community Centre,
Stratford
12:00-1:30pm
13 Toronto - Joint event with the Canadian
Institute of International Affairs and the Forum of Federations
Canada in Sri Lanka
Time: 6:00-7:30p.m.
Location: University of Toronto
Guest Panelists:
- Alexa McDonough, MP
Former Leader of the NDP
- Hon. Tom Lush, MHA
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (Newfoundland and Labrador)
- Philip Lee (Invited)
Director, School of Journalism (St. Thomas University)
May 7 - Toronto
- Young Leaders Roundtable Luncheon
Time: 11:45am-1:15pm
Topic: Do we care anymore about public service and politics?
April 11 - Calgary - Annual General Meeting
The Canadian Unity Council's 34th Annual
General Meeting will be held at the Sheraton Suites Calgary Eau
Claire.
This one-day event will include a dialogue/debate luncheon on
the theme, 'Us vs. Them: Myth or Reality? A solution-oriented
debate on regional discontent in Canada' . Workshop sessions
with CUC staff will also be held.
April 8 - French for the Future
The CUC has been a longstanding partner
of French for the Future and we are pleased to participate in
this year's national conference.
Conferences will be held in Vancouver, Whitehorse,
Calgary, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Toronto, Fredericton, Halifax, St.
John's, Montreal, Charlottetown and Sudbury. These cities will
be linked via satellite.
For more information please visit: www.french-future.org
March 6, St.
John's - Speech by CUC Chair Bob Rae
February 17- French
for the Future
Annual General Meeting
February 27-28, Washington D.C - BorderLines:
Canada in North America
This fourth gathering in the BorderLines series was a special
seminar in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Woodrow Wilson International
Centre for Scholars. The purpose was to allow for a clear dialogue
of the options, from both sides of the border.
