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

Michael McAdoo
Partner and Director, Global Trade & Investment
Boston Consulting Group
Charles McCulloch
Director Philanthropy and Partnerships
Rideau Hall Foundation
Gina McDougall Wilson
Deputy Minister
Indigenous Services Canada
Susan McGeachie
Global Climate Finance Accelerator
Jeremy McKenzie
Senior Manager, Government Relations
CIBC
Jennifer McLeod Macey
Senior Vice President
Leger
Monte McNaughton
Former Ontario Minister of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
Paris Meilleur Semansky
Director of Systems Change
People for Education
Matthew Mendelsohn
CEO
Social Capital Partners
Liv Mendelsohn
Executive Director
Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, a program of the Azrieli Foundation
Marco Mendicino
Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada
Government of Canada
Gabriel Miller
President & CEO
Universities Canada

Past Honourees