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

Ilse Treurnicht
Former Chair/Director
PPF
Anna Triandafyllidou
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto Metropolitan University
Mary Ann Triggs
Assistant Deputy Minister, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Region, Service Canada
Employment and Social Development Canada
Antoinette Tummillo
Past President, Board Director
Empire Club of Canada
Jen Turner
Manager, Public Policy and Advocacy
YMCA Canada
Alison Uncles
VP
Public Policy Forum
Alexandra Valcour
Proof Strategies Director
Public Affairs & Government Relations
Ann Marie Vaughan
President and CEO
Humber Polytechnic
Annette Verschuren
Berkeley Vincent
President
Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine
Chris Vollmershausen
EVP Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
Elizabeth Wagdin
SVP and GM
Global Public Affairs

Past Honourees