About Us

The CIC-Toronto branch is a large and very active community with a diverse membership that is representative of our city and with programming aimed at providing forums for public policy discussion - from diplomatic, political, economic, and development topics to the environment, resources, social justice, and country-specific dialogues.

The current 2009 - 2010 programming year has been very active and wide ranging.  
Our events have included:

• KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  Patricia Croft, Royal Bank Chief Economist, Speaking on the Global Crisis
• PANEL:  Sri Lanka:  Short-term Imperatives and Long-Term Solutions
• KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  US Consul General, Kevin Johnson speaking on U.S.-Canadian Relations under the Obama Administration
• PANEL:  Commitments Without Borders - A debate on Bill C-300: Setting Guidelines for Corporate Accountability for Mining, Oil and Gas Corporations Abroad
• KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  Don Drummond, TD Bank Chief Economist, speaks on Canada's economic outlook within a global framework
• PANEL:  Tiananmen: 20 Years Later Reflections on China's changing civil society, global relationships and worldview
• PANEL:  Pandemics: Threat, Preparedness, Response
• KEYNOTE  ADDRESS:  President Obama, Israel, the Palestinians: where to go from here and who will be going there? Professor Asher Susser, Tel Aviv University
• KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  From the Front - Canadian Forces in Afghanistan, Keynote Speaker: Brigadier General Jonathan Vance, Commander Joint Task Force Afghanistan
• PANEL:  Canada's Democratic Model: What Is To Be Done?
• KEYNOTE: Canada-India Relations - Open for Business, Douglas Goold, CIC Senior Fellow
• KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Hon Bob Rae: Canada's Foreign Policy Priorities - What should they be?
• PANEL: Feast & Famine: shifting to a sustainable food system

We look forward to sharing information on our 2010 - 2011 programming year later this summer!

Please check out the branch website at www.cictoronto.ca for further information.

Branch Executive

Jo-Ann Davis, President

Renee van Kessel, Vice President

Bonavie Tek, Treasurer

James Manicom, Research Group Chair

Members-at-Large:

Jane Clark, Member-at-Large

Alex Haque, Member-at-Large

Karen Lu, Member-at-Large

Fraser Mann, Member-at-Large

Marcin Mokrzewski, Member-at-Large

Shakir Rahim, Member-at-Large

Ron Clark, Member-at-Large (Former President)

Larry Herman, Member-at-Large (Former President)

Keith Martin, Member-at-Large (Former President)

Events