Canada 2020 is a Canadian think tank based in Ottawa, Ontario.
History
Canada 2020 was founded in 2006 by Tim Barber, Susan Smith and Tom Pitfield.[1]
Organization
Canada 2020 is an active member of the Global Progress network.[1:1]
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Tim Barber | Co-Founder[1:2] | - |
| Tom Pitfield | Co-Founder and Executive Chair[1:3] | Justin Trudeau, Jack Austin, Canada China Business Council (CCBC), IBM |
| Susan Smith | Co-Founder[1:4] | - |
| Braeden Caley | President and Chief Executive Officer[1:5] | Gregor Robertson, Liberal Party of Canada, Justin Trudeau |
| Matt Browne | Board Member[1:6] | Center for American Progress (CAP), APCO Worldwide, Policy Network, Labour Party |
| Gurveen Chadha | Board Member[1:7] | Shopify, Marc Garneau, VIA Rail Canada, Justin Trudeau, Equal Voice |
| Andy Harrison | Board Member[1:8] | S32, Alphabet, GoogleX, Verily, RBC Ventures |
| Reva Seth | Board Member[1:9] | Dentons |
| Mark Carney | Advisory Board Chair[2] | Brookfield Asset Management, Bank of Canada, Bank of England |
| Jean Boivin | Advisory Board member[1:10] | BlackRock Investment Institute (BII), Bank of Canada, Department of Finance Canada, Financial Stability Board (FSB) |
| Delia Cristea | Advisory Board member[1:11] | Power Sustainable, Power Corporation of Canada, Cycle Momentum |
| Sarah Goodman | Advisory Board member[1:12] | Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Teck Resources, Weyerhaeuser |
| Mike Moffatt | Advisory Board member and former Director of Policy[1:13] | Smart Prosperity Institute, Ivey Business School, Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management, Mowat Centre, Justin Trudeau |
| Eme Onuoha | Advisory Board member[1:14] | CPP Investments, Xerox, Privy Council Office |
| Mark Podlasly | Advisory Board member[1:15] | First Nations Major Projects Coalition (FNMPC), Hydro One |
| Jennifer Welsh | Advisory Board member[1:16] | European University Institute, Central European University (CEU), Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict (ELAC) |
| Michael Wernick | Advisory Board member[1:17] | Privy Council Office, MNP, School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) |
| Kate Graham | Senior Fellow[1:18] | Mayors Project, University of Western Ontario, King's University College, Brescia University College, City of London, Ontario, Pillar Nonprofit Network, ReForest London |
| Aisha Jarrah | Content Strategist[1:19] | Institute for Canadian Citizenship |
| Mark Michener | Director of Finance[1:20] | - |
| Carolyn Smith | Director of Operations and Events[1:21] | Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) |
Funding
Corporate partners/sponsors of Canada 2020 include:[3][4][5][6][7][8]
- Air Canada
- Amazon
- Amgen
- AstraZeneca
- Automotive Industries Association of Canada (AIA)
- Bluesky Strategy Group
- Canada Life
- Canada Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA)
- Canada's Building Trades Unions (CBTU)
- Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers
- Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA)
- Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC)
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Canopy Growth
- Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA)
- D+H
- Enbridge
- FMAV
- General Electric (GE)
- Gowling WLG
- Hewlett-Packard (HP)
- Huawei
- Innovative Medicines Canada
- Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC)
- Interac
- Intuit
- Johnson & Johnson
- KPMG
- Manulife
- Mastercard
- McCall MacBain Foundation
- McDonald's
- Nexen
- Oracle
- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA)
- Pickworth Investments
- Plutonic Power
- Power Corporation of Canada
- Rio Tinto
- Rogers Communications
- Scotiabank
- Shaw
- Shell
- Shopify
- Suncor Energy
- TD Bank Group
- TELUS
- Xerox
External links
About Canada 2020. Canada 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2025, from https://canada2020.ca/about/ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
About Canada 2020. Canada 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2025, from https://web.archive.org/web/20250108084427/https://canada2020.ca/about/ ↩︎
About Canada 2020. Canada 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230611074853/https://canada2020.ca/about/ ↩︎
About Canada 2020. Canada 2020. Retrieved September 12, 2020, from http://archive.today/2020.09.12-011600/https://canada2020.ca/about/ ↩︎
About Us. Canada 2020. Retrieved September 17, 2008, from https://web.archive.org/web/20080917223123/http://canada2020.ca/about/ ↩︎
Partners. Canada 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2011, from https://web.archive.org/web/20110826112434/http://canada2020.ca/founders-circle/ ↩︎
About. Canada 2020. Retrieved December 9, 2014, from https://web.archive.org/web/20141209193040/http://canada2020.ca/about/ ↩︎
About. Canada 2020. Retrieved May 4, 2016, from https://web.archive.org/web/20160504015436/http://canada2020.ca/about ↩︎
