The COVID-19 pandemic exposed serious weaknesses in our public institutions across the federation. As we emerge from the biggest health crisis in a century, this first ever national conference will explore lessons learned and paths forward.
The Institute on Governance (IOG) and the Centre of Excellence on the Canadian Federation at the Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) are partnering to convene Resilient Institutions: Learning from Canada’s COVID-19 Pandemic – a conference on making Canada’s public institutions and governance more agile and adaptable.
Focusing on institutions of health, federalism, public service and democracy, the conference will bring together up to 150 of Canada’s leading policy thinkers and practitioners to examine how decisions were made during the pandemic; investigate what lessons can be drawn; and explore the relationships critical to rebuilding trust and improving services for Canadians.
Theresa Tam, chief public health officer of Canada, will open the conference with a keynote address to registered participants on Tuesday, June 13. Other speakers include: Anil Arora – Chief Statistician of Canada; Joanne Castonguay – Health and Welfare Commissioner, Government of Quebec; Graham Flack – Secretary, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat; Christiane Fox – Deputy Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Shachi Kurl – President, Angus Reid Institute; Stephen Lucas – Deputy Minister of Health, Health Canada; Stephen McNeil – Former Premier of Nova Scotia; Isabelle Mondou – Deputy Minister, Canadian Heritage; Erin O’Toole – MP – Former Leader of the Official Opposition; Lucie Opatrny – President and Executive Director, McGill University Health Centre; Fahad Razak – Internist, Unity Health Toronto, Epidemiologist, and Associate Professor, University of Toronto; Carole Saab – Chief Executive Officer, Federation of Canadian Municipalities; Michael Vandergrift – Deputy Minister, Intergovernmental Affairs.
The pandemic radically altered Canadians’ expectations of our public institutions. This national conference focused exclusively on drawing lessons from Canada’s COVID-19 experience will contribute to building resilient public institutions and governance structures to better serve Canada in the future.
DATE AND TIME:
June 12, 2023 – June 14, 2023
LOCATION:
Ottawa, Ontario – Château Laurier and National Arts Centre
EVENT TYPE:
Conference
REGISTRATION:
$575.00 per ticket, please register by following the link below
Individual tickets: $575 each
5 or more tickets: $500 each
Each ticket includes a networking reception on June 12, two full days of panels on June 13 and 14, two breakfasts, two lunches and a dinner with a keynote speech on June 13.
NB: Travel and accommodation must be organized separately at participants’ expense. Group rates for hotel rooms are not available.
To register, please follow the link below.
In addition to the conference, the IOG and the IRPP’s Centre of Excellence will co-produce an in-depth report based on the conference discussions, featuring practical proposals for strengthening public institutions across Canada. Additionally, a series of related articles will receive special coverage in the IRPP’s Policy Options magazine.
For more information or for sponsorship opportunities, please contact Zackery Liberty, Marketing & Communications Manager, at zliberty@iog.ca.
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For more on the topic, check out Toward more resilient institutions, the related series of articles in Policy Options magazine.
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