speaking tour – Sheila Copps https://sheilacopps.ca Sat, 18 Mar 2017 20:37:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sheilacopps.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/home-150x150.jpg speaking tour – Sheila Copps https://sheilacopps.ca 32 32 The Walrus Talks National Tour: We Desire a Better Country https://sheilacopps.ca/the-walrus-talks-national-tour-we-desire-a-better-country/ Mon, 06 Feb 2017 08:00:25 +0000 http://www.sheilacopps.ca/?p=443 Walrus Talks National Tour (cartoon graphic)The Order of Canada and the Walrus Foundation are jointly presenting The Walrus Talks Conversations About Canada: We Desire a Better Country, a national tour featuring 50 members of the Order and 50 youth leaders to mark the 150th anniversary of Confederation in 2017.

“This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the Order of Canada, one of our country’s highest honours,” said Governor General David Johnston. “Its motto, Desiderantes Meliorem Patriam (They desire a better country), is the source of inspiration for this one-of-a-kind speakers’ series. The diverse and compelling examples of excellence that it will showcase will inspire Canadians and invite them to imagine the Canada of tomorrow.”
    
The tour runs from March 1 to June 1, 2017 in 13 provinces and territories in just 13 weeks. The tour will connect members of the Order of Canada and Canada’s next generation of young leaders with communities across Canada on what our future as a country could and should be.

All of the events will be streamed live online and rebroadcast by CBC Radio and CPAC.

For tour dates and ticket information, visit www.thewalrus.ca/canada150.

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