The Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy

Progressive Dialogue and Policy for a Better Canada

    Irwin Cotler

    June 11, 2025

    2025 Laureate Dinner honouring Irwin Cotler

    • Canada Hall, National Arts Centre. 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa

    Please join as we celebrate the Pearson Centre’s inaugural Laureate Dinner. Tables of 10: $3500 + HST Tickets: $350 + HST

    October 31, Toronto, honour labour leaders

    October 30, 2024

    Pearson Centre Leadership Awards 2024: Salute Organized Labour

    • 1 King Street West, Toronto ON,

    Purchase Tickets   Please join us for the Pearson Centre Leadership Awards 2024 saluting organized labour for its leadership on advancing progressive social change The Pearson Centre is proud to recognize organized labour for its leadership in adv

    May 22, 2024

    An Evening with the Right Honourable Joe Clark

    • Trillium Ballroom, Shaw Centre 55 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa

    Celebrate the 45th anniversary of Joe Clark’s election as Canada’s 16th Prime Minister.

    Turner, Trudeau, Pearson Chretien at newser

    June 6, 2023

    An evening with the Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien

    • National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa ON

    Celebrate the 60th anniversary of Lester B. Pearson becoming Prime Minister of Canada and Jean Chrétien’s first election as a Member of Parliament.

    Founding president Andrew Cardozo appointed as a Senator! 

    (Picture at Senate swearing-in on Nov. 29: L to R: Senators Patti LaBoucane-Benson, Andrew Cardozo and Marc Gold.) Pearson Centre Board is delighted to wish founding president Andrew Cardozo the best as he assumes his new role as a Senator! Andrew was

    November 9, 2022

    THE URGENT ISSUES: Fall Conference (Nov9-Dec2)

    • Online Webinars

    “The Urgent Challenges” Fall Conference 2022 November 28 to December 2, 2022 The annual fall conference in November will address a select number of current and urgent public policy challenges – economic and social policy – involving leading experts, bu

    July 27, 2022

    WHAT (the heck) IS HAPPENING WITH THE ECONOMY? Lee, MacEwen, Bardeesy (Video)

    • Webinar

    What (the heck) Is Happening With The Economy? JULY 27, 2022 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM ET Audio Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajvVCE8cKMM&t=443s Prices of everything is going up. Wages will not catch up. Labour shortages abound. Interest rat

    September 13, 2022

    PEARSON AWARDS: Raitt, Mancinelli, Fakih, Parchment

    • Arcadian Court, 401 Bay Street (Simpson Tower, 8th Floor) Toronto

      The Pearson Progressive Leadership Awards recognize outstanding progressive leaders in various sectors of our society, who make a difference in their fields and beyond.  The Gala is an important opportunity for a broad range of Canadians interes

    March 23, 2022

    Spring Webinars: Innovation; Medical Isoptopes; #Charter@40

    • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbceGf4FA5NxXuYv0qNwsow/videos

    Watch these webinars on PearsonTV, out YouTube channel (link noted above) 1. An Innovation Plan for Canada….post Covid Wednesday, March 23, 2022; 4:00 to 5:00 pm ET Honorable Navdeep Bains, Vice-Chair of Global Investment Banking, CIBC; former Minister

    April 11, 2022

    NEW REPORT: The New Challenges conference

    REPORT POSTED BELOW Watch the webinars from our April conference Pearson Centre Annual Conference The New Challenges (for the Canada we want) 11 Webinars: April 12-29, 2022 Co-Chairs: Frank Baylis, Executive Chairman, Baylis Medical Company, Inc; Forme