Welcome to the Annual Testimonial Dinner Honour Roll 2025

Please see below for all relevant event information, including agenda, speakers and participant lists.

If you have any questions throughout the event, please find a PPF Staff Member at the Registration desk.

FIND YOUR SEAT

Table Numbers will be assigned upon check in at the registration desk 

Agenda

5:00 - 6:00 p.m.

Registration and Networking Reception                                                                                                            

6:00 - 6:15 p.m.

Opening Remarks and National Anthem

6:15 - 7:00 p.m.

Awards Ceremony

7:00 - 7:50 p.m.

Dinner

7:50 - 9:00 p.m.

Awards Ceremony

9:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Dessert Station and Reception

Host

Amanda Lang
Full Name
Amanda Lang
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Indigenous Welcome

Chief Claire Sault
Full Name
Chief Claire Sault
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National Anthem Singer

Natalie Morris
Full Name
Natalie Morris
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Honourees

Elizabeth Dowdeswell
Full Name
Elizabeth Dowdeswell
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Anil Arora
Full Name
Anil Arora
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Chief Crystal Smith
Full Name
Chief Crystal Smith
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Marc-André Blanchard
Full Name
Marc-André Blanchard
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Steve Paikin
Full Name
Steve Paikin
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Alfred Burgesson
Full Name
Alfred Burgesson
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Sponsors

AGNICO EAGLE

TD BANK GROUP

POWER CORPORATION OF CANADA

TECK RESOURCES

NATIONAL PUBLIC RELATIONS

POLITICO

CANADA'S FOREST TRUST CORPORATION

Participants

Only attendees who have checked in at registration will populate in the list below

Sean Drygas
Global Head of Sustainability
Colliers International
Sumetha D'Souza
Director, Operations and Administration
Magnet, Toronto Metropolitan University
Carolyn Dubois
President & CEO
The Gordon Foundation
Isabelle Duchaine
Associate Director, Conversion Enablement and Relationship Management
University Pension Plan
Tim Duncanson
Partner, Kicking Horse Capital
C.D. Howe Institute
Jim Dunn
Associate Dean, Research
McMaster University | Faculty of Social Sciences
Craig Earle
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Partnerships Against Cancer
Alexis Easton
Chief of Public Affairs
University of Toronto
Chris Eaton
Chief Operating Officer
The Aga Khan Museum
Vanessa Eaton
President
Proof Strategies
Jordan Eizenga
Partner
Deloitte
Leila El Shennawy
Digital Editor
Public Policy Forum

Past Honourees