Global Positioning Strategy

The CIC’s Global Positioning Strategy (GPS) for Canada project, which culminated in the release of Open Canada: A Global Positioning Strategy for a Networked Age in June 2010, was the centrepiece of the CIC’s 2009-2010 research program. The report was authored by Edward Greenspon, the former Editor in-Chief of Canada’s national newspaper, The Globe and Mail, who was supported by a panel of digitally savvy, globally focused and professionally networked individuals. This panel took a hard look at Canada’s global role and priorities and made a number of fresh observations and recommendations that have been discussed internationally in newspapers, on television and radio shows, and in blogs and social media networks since the report’s release.

Panelists

	André Beaulieu Vice-President, Value Creation and Procurement, Bell Canada		Cathy Beehan Founding CEO, Action Canada
	Gerald Butts President and Chief Executive Officer, World Wildlife Fund Canada		Mark Cameron Director, Corporate Affairs with Ontario Power Generation
	John Hancock Counsellor, Trade and Finance Division, WTO Secretariat		Jonathan Hausman Vice-President, Alternative Investments and Emerging Markets Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
	Farah Mohamed President, Belinda Stronach Foundation		George Roter Co-CEO and Co-Founder, Engineers Without Borders Canada
	Stéphane Roussel Professor, Université du Québec à Montréal		Mercedes Stephenson Host and Producer, Mercedes Stephenson Investigates and Vice-President, Breakout Educational Network
	Kristina Tomaz-Young Founder and Producer, Venture Capital TV and President and Practice Leader, Smart Initiatives, Inc.		Yuen Pau Woo President and CEO, Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada