CCELD 2011 Program

Program Overview

120 high-calibre, young men and women from business, government, labour, and civil society representing the Caribbean, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Canada wrapped-up 16 days of learning as the inaugural Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders Dialogue (CCELD) came to a close in Barbados on Saturday, June 11, 2011.

Built on the Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conference founded in 1956, the Dialogue is an intensive learning and networking opportunity that provides a regional approach to leadership development.

Under its 2011 theme "Growth Through Connections: Enabling Sustainable Progress" the Dialogue exposed participants to ideas, issues and people with the intent of fundamentally changing how they see themselves and the world they live in. If Barbados participant Vicki Marshall's remarks to Her Royal Highness are any indication, the Dialogue was without a doubt successful in its goal. "What we have learned in two weeks will take two years to tell, but a lifetime to recall, apply, implement and experience. I know that greatness will come from this life and world changing encounter."

The Dialogue had the support of many private, public and not-for-profit organizations at the community, national and global level. Over 150 volunteers in 21 countries played significant roles to make this experience possible.

Sandra Glasgow, Chief Executive Officer of The Private Sector Organization of Jamaica and Dialogue Co-Chair agrees. "The impact and value of this initiative cannot be overstated. The bringing together of people to experience and discuss issues of importance to the Caribbean and Canada, with the intent of fostering relationships and the leadership needed to address the challenges of tomorrow will be felt well beyond those who took part, and for many decades to come."

09:00 18:30 Participants Arrive

Welcome Centre at Hilton Lac Leamy in Gatineau
Welcome package for all participants upon arrival
Location: CCELD 2011 Office, Gagnon and Walker Rooms, Conference Level, 
Lac Leamy

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16:00 18:00 Study Tour Groups Meet

Tour group leaders meet with their groups. Introductions, programme review and tour logistics
Location: Mozart Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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18:30 20:30 Reception and Dinner

Welcome and overview from Hemi Mitic MVO, Member CCELD
Steering Committee
Location: Chopin Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy
 

07:00 08:15 Continental Breakfast

Location: Beethoven Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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08:00 08:30 Registration

Registration continues
Location: CCELD 2011 Office, Gagnon and Walker Rooms,
Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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08:30 10:00 Official Opening of the Caribbean-Canada Emerging Leaders' Dialogue

Welcome from Wendy Hannam, Executive Vice President
Scotiabank, International Banking Toronto, Ontario, CCELD Co-chair
Traditional Algonquin Blessing from Claudette Commanda,
Executive Director of the First Nation Confederacy of
Cultural Education Centre

Welcome from:
Margaret Biggs, President, Canadian International Development Agency
Wendy Hannam, Executive Vice President Scotiabank, International
Banking Toronto, Ontario, CCELD Co-chair
Ken Georgetti, C.M., O.B.C., President, Canadian Labour Congress
Sandra Glasgow, Chief Executive Officer, The Private Sector
Organisation of Jamaica and CCELD Co-chair
Location: Mozart Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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10:00 10:15 Refreshment Break

Location: Foyer Mozart, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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10:15 12:15 Leadership in the 21st Century

Leadership is about motivation and achieving results. What does this mean in the 21st century, with the most educated workforce and population in history? What are the implications of global competition for ideas, where people and resources and the brains, skills and motivations of its people are often the defining characteristic of successful organisations and communities? Does this require different leadership styles and strategies than have been successful in the past? Are  there significant differences in large and small or public and private organisations? Our speakers  will explore the challenges faced by and possibilities available to themselves and their  organisations.

Moderator: Ric Cameron, Member CCELD Steering Committee
Presenters: The Honourable Kevin G. Lynch; P.C., LL.D, PH.D,
Vice Chair, BMO Financial Group, and Former Clerk of the Privy
Council and Secretary to Cabinet
Sir K. Dwight Venner, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean
Central Bank
Location: Mozart Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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12:15 13:15 Lunch

Location: Beethoven Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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13:15 15:15 Sustainable Economic Growth and Business in Canada and the Caribbean

With their relatively small domestic markets and varied resource bases Canada and the Caribbean nations have trading economies. What does this mean in the evolving world of the "knowledge  economy", with large trading blocks and emerging giant economies like the BRICs? Can we attract investment and human capital and are innovation and productivity growth significant enough parts of our national economic toolkits? Do the key economic players of business, labour and government need different approaches and strategies in a world where people and capital have unprecedented mobility? What can be done at the national level and what requires other levels of engagement? Panelists will explore with participants some of the drivers, and preconditions of economic growth for the region and implications for key economic actors and the broader  populations.

Moderator: Sir Richard Gozney KCMG CVO, Governor of Bermuda
Presenters: Ian Pearce, Chief Executive Officer, Xstrata Nickel
Philip J. Jennings, General Secretary of UNI Global Union
Lynette P. Holder, Chief Executive Officer, Barbados Small
Business Association
Location: Mozart Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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15:15 15:30 Refreshment Break

Location: Foyer Mozart, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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15:30 17:15 Social Development and Sustainable Societies

Real progress can only occur when there is an integrated approach to development. No longer is it adequate to address health, social welfare, education or the environment in silos. All relate
and are dependent upon each other. A healthy community and population is as reliant on good economic policies, land use policies and policies dealing with the social and conomic determinants of health as the health care system. Increasingly, leaders in all sectors require a broader  understanding of these interrelationships. The panel members will bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to address these issues including emerging concepts of development both within nations and internationally.

Moderator: Hon. Mary Collins PC, Member CCELD
Steering Committee
Presenters: David M. Malone, President, International
Development Research Centre
Cecilia Keturah Babb, Executive Director, Caribbean Policy
Development Centre
Location: Mozart Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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17:45 Opening Reception

Buses depart for Museum of Civilization

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18:30 Museum of Civilization Tour and Reception
Chaired by Wendy Hannam, Executive Vice President
Scotiabank, International Banking Toronto, Ontario
Location: Canada Hall and Grand Hall, Museum of Civilization

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21:00 Participants Return to Hotel

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21:00 22:00 Informal Group Meetings

07:00 08:15 Continental Breakfast

Location: Beethoven Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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08:15 08:30 Welcome
Sue Lee, Senior Vice President Human Resources &
Communications, Suncor Energy Inc., CCELD Co-chair and
Host for the Day
Introduction of Guests

Location: Mozart Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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08:30 10:00 Environmental Challenges for Sustainable Economies

Part of the global "branding" of Canada and the Caribbean is their natural beauty. This is important for more than tourism and recreation, it also forms part of national identity and sense of place. How is environmental integrity maintained while economic growth allows us to achieve better quality of life for ourselves and our families? In both Canada and the Caribbean there have been examples of environmental degradation with disastrous impacts. What is the role of all key societal players in
avoiding such consequences in the future? Do we understand, let alone practice, the "systems thinking" that underpins theories of sustainable development? Leading experts in sustainable development issues will engage participants in an exploration of some of the key challenges facing the region and world.

Moderator: Elizabeth Dowdeswell, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Council of Canadian Academies
Presenters: Margaret Catley-Carlson, Member of UN Secretary
General's Advisory Board on Water and Sanitation
H. Elizabeth Thompson, Assistant Secretary General and
Executive Coordinator, UN Conference on Sustainable
Development (Rio 2012)

Location: Mozart Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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10:00 10:15 Refreshment Break
Location: Foyer Mozart, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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10:15 11:30 Stability and Regional Cooperation

While Caribbean nations are generally unitary states, over the years a number of organisations have been developed to bring groupings of them together to better address issues of common concern, with the OAS and CARICOM being significant examples. Other regions have seen even more significant moves towards supranationalism, the European Union being the most high profile. Is there potential for more formal political, trade or other mechanisms between the Caribbean countries and with Canada? Are there important components of regional infrastructure either missing or underutilized? Our speaker will explore with participants some of the opportunities and risks in going it alone, co-operating with, or more formally joining others in the region and beyond.

Moderator: Sue Lee, Senior Vice President Human Resources &
Communications, Suncor Energy Inc., CCELD Co-chair and
Host for the Day
Presenter: Her Excellency Sheila Sealy Monteith,Jamaican High
Commissioner to Canada;
John W. Graham, Former Canadian Ambassador and First Head
of the Unit for the Promotion of Democracy at the Organization
of American States;
Phil Rourke, Executive Director of the Centre for Trade Policy and
Law, Carleton University/University of Ottawa;
His Excellency Philip Buxo, High Commissioner-designate for the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to Canada

Location: Mozart Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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11:30 - 11:45 Concluding Remarks

Location: Mozart Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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11:45 13:00 Lunch
Location: Beethoven Room, Conference Level, Lac Leamy

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13:00 14:00 Transport to Parliament Hill
Location: Buses depart for Parliament Hill

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14:00 15:00 Tour of Parliament Hill
Divide into 4 groups of 30 for tour of Parliament Buildings
Parliament Hill, Ottawa

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15:00 Taxis to airport for group going to Newfoundland
Location: Parliament Hill to Ottawa Airport

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15:00 Walk to Booth Building,
Location: 165 Sparks Street, Parliament Hill, Ottawa

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15:15 16:45 Final Plenary Session - The Challenges of Parliamentary Governance
Location: Rooms 2-1 and 2-2, 165 Sparks Street

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16:45 Free Night
Participants free to walk around precinct and return to Lac
Leamy in taxis
Location: Downtown Ottawa

04:30 08:15 Brown Bag Breakfast

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Throughout the Day Travel Day
Nine groups travelling to Vancouver, Calgary, Sudbury,
Kingston, Toronto, Montreal, Halifax and Winnipeg.