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

DM Annette Gibbons
Deputy Minister
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Kulvir Gill
Senior Strategist
Clareo
Jessie Gill
Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships
Scotiabank
Alexa Gilmour
MPP
MPP, Parkdale-High Park
Caroline Girard
Chief of Philanthropy and Alumni Relations Department
Université Laval
Jean-Pierre Giroux
President
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium
Shannon Glenn
Assistant Vice President, Corporate Strategy Projects
Business Development Bank of Canada
Douglas Goold
Senior Fellow
Massey College
Erveina Gosalci
Vice-President, Operations and Member Engagement
Canadian Association of Small Modular Reactors
Alaine Grand
Vice President, Market Access and Strategic Customers
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Barbara Grantham
Incoming Board Chair
YMCA Canada
Pierre Gratton
President
Mining Association of Canada

Past Honourees