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

Jonathan Plante
Strategic Policy Advisor
First Nations Financial Management Board
Mark Podlasly
Chief Executive Officer
First Nations Major Projects Coalition
Erin Polka
Priyanka Potnis
Client Account Manager
Deloitte
Cheryl Prescod
Executive Director
Black Creek Community Health Centre
Gerry Protti
Chairman
MacDonald-Laurier Institute
Daniel Pujdak
Chief Strategy Officer
Blackbird Strategies
Aleem Punja
Executive Director
Aga Khan Council for Canada
Krista Quinlan
Clerk of the Executive Council and Secretary to Cabinet
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Patrick Quinn
Director of Strategic Projects
Gloria Baylis Foundation
Mohammad Qureshi
Corporate CIO & ADM, MPBSDP
Lisa Rae
Director, Systems Change
Prosper Canada

Past Honourees