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

Kent Emerson
Strategic Lead
Empire Club of Canada
Kyla Epstein
Director, Government Relations & Strategic Partnerships
BCIT
Trevor Esdaile
Manager, Government Affairs, Eastern Canada
Enbridge
Christopher Evershed
Senior External Relations Advisor
Hydro One
Drew Fagan
Professor
Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto
Chuck Farmer
Chief Energy Transition Officer and VP of Planning, Conservation & Resource Adequacy
IESO
McGregor Faulkner
McKinsey & Company
Jon Feairs
Associate Director of Research
AstraZeneca Canada
Jason Field
President & CEO
Life Sciences Ontario
Lauren Fischer
Lead, Government Affairs
AbbVie Canada
Graham Flack
Board Director
PPF
Bill Flanagan
President and Vice Chancellor
University of Alberta

Past Honourees