79th Annual Summer Conference, August 5–8, 2010

Crisis can open up opportunities for great innovations in politics, in government, in business and in social policies. Using the lens of the 2008 recession, the 2010 conference will explore whether the recent economic upheaval has led to a shift in our notions of the role of the state, the global economy, and in the role and direction of public policy. Join some of Canada’s most provocative and well-known thinkers as we explore the opportunities opened up and take a look at what has been foreclosed – and the consequences of both for the global community.

Watershed Moment or Wasted Opportunity
The Time: August 5–8, 2010
The Place: YMCA Geneva Park, Lake Couchiching, Orillia

The Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs is Canada’s oldest public affairs forum and is a crucible of provocative questions, creative ideas and divergent discussions that are the product of the collective contributions of all who attend. The Conference is open to all.

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Short Movies Introducing the Annual Conference

Mohamed H. Awad shares his thoughts on why at Couchiching the conversation never stops.		Heather Keachie shares her thoughts about the casualness of the Couchiching experience.		Zahra Ebrahim shares her thoughts on the accessibility of Couchiching.

 
2009 PARTNERS AND SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS

CORPORATE AND GOVERNMENT

 




 

Agriculture Canada 
CIBC 
Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
Henry of Pelham
International Development Research Centre 
Loblaw Companies Limited 
Porter Novelli
The Probyn Group 
Syngenta Crop Protection Canada, Inc. 
TD Bank Financial Group 
YMCA of Simcoe/Muskoka 

FOUNDATIONS

The Burton Charitable Foundation

SCHOLARSHIP PATRONS

Catherine Aczèl Boivie and Janos Aczèl
Dorothy and Roel Buck

INDIVIDUAL DONORS

James Baillie
Joanna Beyersbergen
Jane Brenneman Gibson
Roel Buck
Carol Burrows
Gwen Burrows
John Butcher
Paul Dhillon
Jordan Dupuis
Harold Dynna
Wendy Feldman
Gerald Filson
Peter Hernndorf
Birthe Jorgensen, Ph.D.
John Kirton
Eric Koch
Madeline Koch
Grace Lake
Margaret Lefebvre
Henry Lotin
Nona MacDonald Heaslip
Danielle Martin
Don McCutchan
Ross McElroy
Roderick McFadyen
David & Rima McGown
Adam Ostry
Candida Paltiel
Alan Pearson
Sylvia Pivko
Michael Rutherford
Bobbi Speck
Jonathan Tucker
Christopher Waddell
Brent Walker
Helen Walsh

 
About the Conference Location

The annual conference is held at the Geneva Park Conference Centre on the east side of Lake Couchiching. Geneva Park Brochure (pdf)

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