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

Monica Banting
National Mining Leader and Partner
PwC
Pedro Barata
President & Chief Executive Officer
Habitat for Humanity Canada
Rodrigo Barbosa
Policy Associate
PPF Staff
Andrea Barrack
SVP, Sustainability and Impact
RBC
Doug Bartlett
Managing Director & Vice-Chair, CIBC Capital Markets
CIBC
Neala Barton
VP, Communications and Client Experience
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Teerka Baskaran
Student
Queen's University
Tashia Batstone
President & CEO
FP Canada
Marie-Pier Beaucage
Corporate Director, Communications and Government Relations
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Josée Beauclair [ADMIN ONLY - NOT ATTENDING]
Coordonnatrice, Partenariats et événements
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
André Beaulieu
Board Chair
PPF
Philippe Beauregard
Chief Communications Officer
Concordia University

Past Honourees