2008 Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference

What can I do? Attend a Conference

Category: Youth

When: 02:23 PM September 30, 2007 to 02:23 PM June 6, 2008

Ottawa (June 8, 2007) – The National Executive Committee of the 2008 Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference is encouraging young leaders from Canada’s community non-profit sector to actively consider applying to join the unique two-week conference. The application process is open until September 30, 2007.

“The Conference happens only every four years and is a very valuable leadership development and networking experience,” said Conference Chair Rick George, President and CEO, Suncor Energy. “We want to encourage emerging leaders from across Canada to apply to join the 2008 conference.”

“The Conference brings together 230 young leaders from sectors and communities across Canada,” said Penelope Rowe, CEO of the Community Services Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, and a member of the conference National Executive. “We want to ensure that Canada’s social economy is represented by our best, brightest and most promising young leaders.”

All Conference members share one thing: they are high potential individuals selected on the basis they are expected to achieve senior leadership positions in their organizations and communities within 10 years. The participants come from a wide variety of relatively narrow experiences. By the time they leave the Conference, they will have many of their assumptions challenged and their comprehension enlarged as a result of working, traveling and discussing with people from different backgrounds and different perceptions.

“The theme of the 2008 Conference - ‘leadership and community’ – goes to the core of our sector’s work,” noted Ms. Rowe. “The community non-profit sector plays an essential role in building communities and accounts for about 10% of all employment in Canada. We are going to ensure the emerging leaders of Canada’s social economy are well represented on this Conference.”

The Conference opens June 6, 2008 in Banff, Alberta, and closes two weeks later in Ottawa-Gatineau. The deadline for applications is September 30, 2007. Participant expenses for all travel, food and lodging are covered by the Conference with the exception of travel to the opening plenary and from the closing ceremony.

Detailed information and online applications can be obtained at www.leadershipcanada.ca.

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