Annual Report January 2008 - June 2008 Message from the Chair and the President

A message from Claude Lamoureux A Message from Veronica Lacey Chair, Board of Directors President and CEO The Learning Partnership The Learning Partnership

This past year has been another glowing reminder that The Learning Partnership (TLP), along with our partners, is making a positive difference to young people and their families across Canada. We pride ourselves on providing opportunities to our students and education leaders through innovative programs, executive leadership, credible research, policy initiatives and public engagement. At a meeting, earlier this year, TLP’s Board of Directors approved a change in the charity’s fiscal year-end date. The new fiscal year of TLP begins July 1 and continues through to June 30 of the following year. The change was implemented to align TLP’s fiscal year with the school year. This “Annual Report” covers the six month period of January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2008 – a shortened year, to now start the new cycle. Through the work of a dedicated staff, volunteers and supporters, The Learning Partnership has reached 740,000 students, 1 million families, 15,500 educators, 61 school boards, 1,800 schools, 1,800 volunteers and 80,000 businesses this year. With over 75 staff members, located in 11 centres across Canada, TLP has operations in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, North Bay, Ottawa, Montreal, Fredericton, Halifax and St. John’s. We are truly a national organization dedicated to strengthening public education. We are thankful to our Board of Directors. Each Board Member is committed to their role and to the betterment of the organization. We believe that no other organization brings together as many people with as many positive outcomes for our youth. We have been successful in bringing together students, teachers, schools, school boards, business, government and labour and these efforts are continually producing outstanding results. We thank all of you for your support. Your commitment and involvement will ensure that we are afforded the opportunity to ensure that every student of public education is equipped with both the ability and opportunity to strive for personal excellence and to reach their potential.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2008-2009 TLP Funding Through its many development activities, The Learning Partnership Chair: Claude Lamoureux realized a total of $6.1 million in cash and donations in kind in 2008. Past President & CEO The total revenue includes $5,050,000 of project funding and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan $1,050,000 in contributions to the operating fund. Stan Antony Kevin Kobus Operating Funding Sources Chairman Director of Education CMR TV Toronto Catholic District School Board Gerry Connelly Veronica Lacey Director of Education President & CEO The Toronto District School Board The Learning Partnership Michael Coté Susan LaRosa VP, Corporate & Regulatory Affairs Director of Education Purolator Courier Limited York Catholic District School Board Total Funding Sources Deb Craven Alan MacGibbon Chief Financial Officer Managing Director and Chief Executive Nike, Canada Deloitte LLP

Gavin Ezekowitz Carolyn Murphy Copies of the audited Managing Director, Global Equity Consultant financial statements Head of Canadian Institutional Equity may be obtained on Sales and Coverage Trading Lynn Palmer request through The RBC Capital Markets Chief Executive Officer Learning Partnership at Canadian Council of Human Resources 416.440.5100. Dr. George Fleischmann Associations Managing Partner TNET Management Consultants Inc. Courtney Pratt President & CEO Dr. Robert Gordon Toronto Region Research Alliance Saying Goodbye Past President Connie Roveto This year we bid farewell to two board members who have been very Humber College President instrumental in the growth of The Learning Partnership. The board Doug Hall Cirenity Management and staff of TLP wish to thank Gerri Gershon and Jim Grieve for the many years of service that they have provided to our organization. Corporate Director Martha Tory Shirley Hoy Partner Gerri is a trustee with the Toronto District School Board and Jim is the Former City Manager Ernst & Young LLP Director of Education for the Peel District School Board. Jim has also been a Program Advisory Chair for our organization. City of Toronto Andrea Waines Partner They have been committed to public education and The Learning Heidrick & Struggles Canada Inc. Partnership. The board and students from across the country have benefited from their service. The Learning Partnership Highlights

The Learning Partnership is a national not-for-profit organization dedicated to championing a strong public education system in Canada with its partners through innovative programs, credible research, executive leadership, policy initiatives and public engagement of Canadians.

Canada’s Outstanding Principals™ Leadership Institutes Canada’s Outstanding Principals™ celebrated the fourth year that Two leadership programs have been developed to extend to the these leaders of education have been honoured by The Learning more senior sectors of education. Partnership. The annual event takes place in February and is Ontario Directors of Education Institute on Leadership and Strategic preceeded by a nominations and judging process. Impact and the Ontario Supervisory Officer Executive Program Winners come to Toronto where they spend a week in a leadership on Leadership and Management help develop the knowledge, program, held at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of practical skills and strategies required for successful education Business and they attend a gala dinner that is held in their honour. system leadership. Principals have been selected from every province and territory in This past year’s program sessions were held in January, February, Canada. March and April.

Entreprenurial Adventure Showcase I3 - Investigate! Invent! Innovate! In the spring, students in six cities (Calgary, Fredericton, Halifax, The Learning Partnership’s 11th annual Invention Convention was Ottawa, Toronto and Winnipeg) participated in the Entrepreneurial held this past spring in four cities (Calgary, Edmonton, St. John’s Adventure Showcase. The 12th annual event saw thousands and Toronto) and was, once again, a great success. of students displaying exciting new business ventures that were The Invention Convention is the culmination of The Learning developed in the classroom. The program has an awards segment, Partnership’s program I3 Investigate! Invent! Innovate!, which is sponsored by BMO Financial Group. an integrated science and technology program for grades 7 and 8 students. The goal of I3 is to instill passion in all students for Turning Points/Change Your Future Luncheon learning science, mathematics and technology, and to foster their The annual Turning Points/Change Your Future Luncheon was held entrepreneurial spirit. in the spring at the University of Toronto’s Hart House. Herbert Carnegie was the honoured guest and spoke to the audience about the need to take control of their lives and to finish school so that they can realize their full potential. He received an award for his service as a Champion of Education.

Clockwise from above - Students were honoured at the Entrepreneurial Adventure Showcase in June. Inventive styles were celebrated at the Invention Convention in four cities across Canada and a Change Your Future student receives his award at the annual luncheon held at the University of Toronto’s Hart House The Learning Partnership programs

INNOVATIVE & EFFECTIVE Policy & Research Celebrations of PROGRAMS „„ Progress Reports: The Quality of Leadership and Public Education in Canada Education Literacy & Youth • Early Childhood Education „„ Creative Arts Learning Partnership • Measuring Student Success Tribute Dinner & „„ Turning Points • Students-at-Risk Luncheon Celebrations ™ „„ Welcome to Kindergarten • Demographic Changes in Halifax, March, 27th, 2008 Canada and their Impact on Toronto, May 8th, 2008 Youth & Career Public Education Development Public Engagement „„ Change Your Future „„ National Dialogue on Resilience in „„ Entrepreneurial Adventure Youth (2008) „„ Passport to Prosperity „„ Turning the Corner – from Risk to ™ „„ Take Our Kids to Work Resilience: National Roundtables „„ WOW! Words on Work on Resilience and Youth (2008) Science, Mathematics & „„ Partnership in Action - Early Childhood Education Conference Technology Education (2007) „„ I³ - Investigate! Invent! Innovate! „„ National Dialogue on Students at „„ Round Table on Technology Risk (2006) • Information and „„ National Round Table Discussions Communication Technologies on Demographic Change in (ICT) Leadership Institute Canada (2007-2008) • National Technology Innovation „„ Let the Learning Begin — An Awards Interactive Learning Conference for Parents and Children Leadership Institutes (2006-2008) „„ Canada’s Outstanding Principals™ „„ National Academy of Canada’s Outstanding Principals „„ Ontario Directors of Education Institute on Leadership and Strategic Impact „„ Ontario Supervisory Officer Executive Program on Leadership and Management

Corporate Advisory Board Audit and Finance Committee Chair Eric P. Newell, O.C., A.O.E. Carol Stephenson Gerald T. McCaughey, Chair Chancellor Dean Martha J. Tory, Chair President & CEO University of Alberta Richard Ivey School of Business Deb Craven CIBC Dr. James Nininger Dr. Robert Westbury Ken Gibson Pierre Marc Johnson Corporate Director Chair, TELUS Community Board Ross Peebles Sanjay Puri Senior Counsel Gerry Pond TELUS Lee Robock Heenan Blaikie Chairman David Williams Connie I. Roveto Claude Lamoureux Mariner Partners Ltd. Corporate Director Past President & CEO Greta Raymond Fundraising Committee Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan VP Environment, Safety & Social The Honourable Margaret N. Responsibility George Fleischmann, Chair McCain Petro-Canada Gavin Ezekowitz Researcher & Former Lieutenant Dr. Bernard Shapiro Governor of NB Principal & Vice-Chancellor The Margaret and Wallace McGill University McCain Family Foundation Nominating and Policy & Research Edmonton Advisory Ottawa Advisory Governance Advisory Council Council Council Michael Coté, Chair Don Drummond, Co-Chair Eric P. Newell, O.C., A.O.E., Peter T. McInenly, Q.C., Chair Marilynn Booth Dr. Jane Gaskell, Co-Chair Chair The Honourable Raynell Philip S. Brooks Judith Andrew Karen Bardy Andreychuk Heather E. Connelly Paul Cappon Ron Gilbertson Suzanne Corbeil Claude Lamoureux Kevin Costante Keray Henke Pamela Fralick Lynn Palmer Raf Di Cecco Deanna Kayne Al Hatton Blair Dimock Maureen Sanders Susan Langley Toronto Tribute Dinner Elizabeth Dowdeswell Franco Savoia Barbara McInnes Committee George Fleischmann Anne Smith Michael Naufal Karen Falconer Fern D. Snart Lynn Palmer Mitch Frazer, Co-Chair Cathy Fooks Bob Westbury Richard Patten Andrea Waines, Co-Chair Pamela Frailick Brenda Willis Lorne Rachlis Gary Comerford Murielle Gagnon The Honourable Marilyn George Fleischmann Gerri Gershon Calgary Advisory Trenholme Counsell Courtney Pratt Scott Haldane Council Lori Spadorcia Montreal Advisory Mary Lee Halverson Bruce Fenwick Peter van Dijk Council John Horton Eva Friesen Wayne Joudrie Halifax Tribute Lorie Friesen Judith Alain David McCordic Luncheon Committee Brad Harper Anne-Marie Beaulieu Kurt McIntosh Wafa Kadri Victor M. Drury Douglas Hall, Chair Beth Oakes Carolyn A. Murphy Linton Garner Myra Freeman Naki Osutei Martha Parker Barry Lazar Dale Godsoe Laura E. Pinto Greta Raymond Shelley Mizener Greg Grice Tim Reid Patricia Schneider Marie-Élaine Normandeau Louise Horne Marilies Rettig Sue Tomney Sandra Salesas Fred MacGillivary Eric Roher Gavin Turley Colin Maclean Enid Slack Winnipeg Advisory Iris Unger Annette Marshall Nora Spinks Council Stéphane Vaillancourt Robert Moody Richard J. Taylor Manon Venat Kevin Chief Lori Smith Jasmine Tehara Diana Wickham Dr. David Trick Susan Lewis Program Advisory Nancy Watson Anne Longston Committee Roberta Wilton Rene Pereux Strini Reddy Susan LaRosa, Chair Wenda Yenson Jan Sanderson Diane C. Blair Janet M. Schubert Rossana Broderick Vancouver Advisory Patricia J. Steele Robert Brown Council Holly Toupin Gail Fraser Bob Chan-Kent David Young Allan Hoyle Tracy Dafoe Karen Jackson Ben Hume Marianne Mazzorato Chris Kelly Cheryl Paige Colleen Kelly Nisha Rider Jill Leversage Laila Sisca Michael McKnight Hyacinth Tackoor Robert Reid Art Reitmayer Kimberly Schonert-Reichl Catherine Van Alstine

Canada’s Outstanding Principals were honoured at a gala in Toronto on February 26, 2008 Halifax Tribute Luncheon The Learning Partnership’s first Tribute Luncheon was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia on March, 27th, 2008. This inaugural event honoured J. Chalmers Doane as a Champion of Public Education. Doane was chosen for his commitment and dedication to music education in the public school system. A video tribute of Doane’s career was followed by a performance of Chalmers Doane and the Maitland Ukuleles, a musical group that he formed twenty years earlier. The Honourable John Manley, P.C., former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada was the keynote speaker at the event that saw close to 400 in attendance. J. Chalmers Doane (centre), was presented with the Champions of Education Award by Veronica Lacey and Doug Hall at a celebration in Halifax in March, 2009 Toronto Tribute Dinner May 8, 2008 marked the tenth anniversary of The Learning Partnership’s Tribute Dinner in Toronto. Close to 1,500 leaders from business, government, education and the community joined together with students and teachers to celebrate public education and 2008 honourees Dr. John Evans, Q.C., O. Ont., Gordon Nixon, O. Ont., and Dr. Indira Samarasekera, O.C. The Master of Ceremonies for the event was Michael McCain, President of Maple Leaf Foods. The tenth anniversary celebration also included a tribute of past honourees, many of whom were in attendance – including Harold Braithwaite, The Honourable William Davis, William Hogarth, Veronica Lacey, Claude Lajeunesse, Eric Newell and Courtney Pratt. (Left to right) - Michael H. McCain, Master of Ceremonies, Dr. John R. Evans, evening’s honouree, Dr. Indira V. Samarasekera, evening’s honouree, Veronica Lacey, President and CEO, Gordon M. Nixon, evening’s honouree, Claude Lamoureux, Board Chair at the 10th Annual Tribute Dinner Halifax Tribute Luncheon Supporters Aliant Inc. Compass Group Canada McInnes Cooper LLP RBC Financial Group/Groupe Shannex ARMCO Capital Corp. Dale Godsoe Mount Saint Vincent University Financier Stock Transportation Ltd. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Emera Inc. Nova Scotia Business Inc. Saint Mary’s University TD Bank Financial Group Agency ExxonMobil Canada Ltd. Nova Scotia Community College Scotiabank Group Trade Centre Limited Charlotte J. MacQuarrie I.M.P. Group International Inc. Nova Scotia Gaming Corporation Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Wilson Fuel Comany Limited Clearwater Kisserup International Trade Roots O’Regan’s Automatve Group Relations Colour KPMG LLP

Toronto Tribute Dinner Supporters AGF Funds Inc. E.I. du Pont Canada Company Hydro One Networks Inc. Office of the Attorney General Sun Life Financial Agropur Cheese and Functional Elementary Teachers’ Federation Institute of Chartered Ogilvy Renault LLP TD Bank Financial Group Products Division of Ontario Accountants of Ontario Ontario College of Teachers TD Securities Inc. AstraZeneca Canada Inc. Erie Meat Products Ltd. Irving Consumer Products Ontario Institute for Cancer Teachers Credit Union Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Ernst & Young Ivanhoé Cambridge Inc. Research TELUS B.W.K. Construction Company Faculty of Medicine, University of The John and Judy Bragg Family Ontario Institute for Studies in Tender Choice Foods Inc. Limited Toronto Foundation Education The Caldwell Partners Bell Canada Enterprises Fasken Martineau Du Moulin Ivey School of Business Ontario Ministry of Education International Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti John Street Ontario Ministry of Research and The Canadian Institute for BMO Financial Group LLP Kids Can Press Ltd. Innovation Advanced Research Borden Ladner Gervais LLP First Canadian Title Kinley & Connelly Ontario Power Generation The Home Depot Canada Brent S. Belzberg Fleishman-Hillard Canada Inc. Knightsbridge Human Capital Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan The Lawrence and Judith Brock University Four Seasons Hotel Limited Management Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP Tannenbaum Family Bruce Power Fraser Milner Casgrain, Barristers KPMG LLP Petro-Canada Foundation Burnbrae Farms Ltd. and Solicitors Lazard Ltd. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP The Ontario Trillium Foundation CAE Inc. G. Raymond Chang School of Magna International Inc. Primaris Retail Real Estate TNET-Management Consultants, Canada Foundation for Innovation Continuing Education Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Queen’s University Inc. Canadian Auto Workers Union/ Gavin Ezekowitz Margaret N. McCain RBC Financial Group/Groupe Toronto Catholic District School TCA Canada General Electric Canada Inc. MaRS Discovery District Financier Board Canadian Council on Learning George Brown College McCain Foods Limited RBC Foundation Toronto District School Board Centennial College George Weston Limited McCarthy Tétrault LLP Research in Motion Limited Toronto Hydro CI Financial GlaxoSmithKline Inc. McMaster University Ricoh Canada Inc. Torys LLP CIBC Goldman Sachs Canada Inc. McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP Ryerson University TVO Colleges Ontario Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP Meloche Monnex Financial Sealed Air Canada University of Alberta Corus Entertainment Inc. Harris Steel Group ULC Services Inc. Sceptre Investment Counsel Inc. University of Toronto Council of Ministers of Education, Heidrick & Struggles Canada, Inc. Mercer (Canada) Limited School of Continuing Studies, VersaCold Group Canada Hewitt Associates Metafore IT Solutions University of Toronto Walter & Duncan Gordon Council of Ontario Universities Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Metro Toronto Convention Centre Scotiabank Group Foundation Credit Union Central of Ontario Storie LLP Morgan Stanley Canada Limited Seneca College of Applied Arts YMCA of Greater Toronto Limited Hill and Knowlton Canada Ltd. MTS Allstream and Technology York Catholic District School DeCiantis Construction Ltd. Humber College Institute of Mulvihill Capital Management Inc. Linda Smith Board Deloitte & Touche LLP Technology & Advanced National Bank Financial Stikeman Elliott LLP York Region District School Board Durham College Learning Obelysk Inc. Stock Transportation Ltd. York University Program Supporters All Ontario Learns Leadership Institutes Alberta Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Ontario Ministry of Education Ontario Universities New Brunswick Passport to Prosperity Nova Scotia Canada’s Outstanding Principals™ Ontario Ministry of Education British Columbia Ministry of Education Participating School Boards and Districts in: Policy & Research British Columbia CIBC Canadian Council on Learning Alberta Deloitte & Touche LLP Power Corporation of Canada Manitoba Delta Hotels Ltd. The Margaret And Wallace McCain Family Ontario Multi-Health Systems Inc. Foundation Quebec Nova Scotia Department of Education Institute for Education Leadership New Brunswick Ontario Ministry of Education Nova Scotia Petro-Canada Round Table on Technology Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island Department of FrontRow Education Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. Raise-a-Reader, Port Alberni MindShare Learning Susan Freeman Change Your Future Ontario Principals’ Council Sussex Area Community Foundation Inc. Bell Canada Enterprises Peel District School Board STAPLES Business Depot Durham District School Board Simcoe County District School Board TD Bank Financial Group Halton District School Board Toronto Catholic District School Board TELUS Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Toronto District School Board The Calgary Foundation Ontario Ministry of Education York Catholic District School Board The Counselling Foundation of Canada Peel District School Board York Region District School Board The Estate of Catherine Cragg RBC Financial Group The John and Judy Bragg Family Foundation Take Our Kids to Work™ Toronto Catholic District School Board The McCain Foundation Human Resources and Social Development Toronto District School Board The Ontario Trillium Foundation Canada York Catholic District School Board The Winnipeg Foundation Scotiabank Group Toronto Community Foundation Gift in Kind Donation Xerox Canada Limited Stock Transportation Alberta Education Gift in Kind Donation Creative Arts Learning Partnership British Columbia Ministry of Education Bob Schneider and Hallory Dworet J. P. Bickell Foundation Government of New Brunswick Calgary Health Gift in Kind Donation Government of the Northwest Territories Canadian Education Warehouse-Éduco- Toronto Catholic District School Board Manitoba Department of Education, Entrepôt Canada Citizenship & Youth Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario Entrepreneurial Adventure Nova Scotia Department of Education Helping Hands Calgary BMO Financial Group Ontario Ministry of Education Jones New York Ministry of Small Business and Toronto Public Health Entrepreneurship Gift in Kind Donation Toronto Public Library The John Dobson Foundation DW and Partners York Region Public Health Turning Points Gift in Kind Donation Words on Work Cardinal Coach Lines Anonymous Ontario Women’s Directorate Stock Transportation Welcome To Kindergarten™ I³ - Investigate! Invent! Innovate! 2010 Legacies Now Imperial Oil Foundation Caisses Populaires Gift in Kind Donation Calgary Children’s Initiative Bentall Real Estate Services, Sun Life Canadian Auto Workers Union/TCA Canada Financial Centretown Community Health Centre Brookfield Properties Council of Ontario Directors of Education First Student Canada District of Nipissing Social Services Northam Realty Advisors Ltd., Bell Trinity Administration Board Square District of Parry Sound Social Services RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, Yonge Administration Board Eglinton Centre Marilyn Baillie Stock Transport Ministries of Education in: British Columbia Leaders in learning

Launched in the fall of 2005, Leaders in Learning is an annual giving program reaching out to organizations and individuals who support the work of The Learning Partnership and who want our programs to reach as many educators, families and children across Canada.

Partners in Learning Halton Catholic District School Board Champions in Learning $10,000+ Corporate Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board $1,000 - $4,999 BMO Financial Group Humber College Institute of Technology & The Bennett Family Foundation Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Advanced Learning Heather E. Connelly Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Ltd. Kenora Catholic District School Board Michael Coté Husky Energy Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Purdy Crawford Manulife Financial Corporation Peel District School Board Deborah Craven McCarthy Tétrault LLP Ryerson University Geoffrey J. Dyer National Bank Financial Seneca College of Applied Arts and Mitch Frazer Technology Ontario Power Generation Robert A. Gordon Sheridan Institute of Technology and Pearson Canada Carolyn A. Murphy Advanced Learning PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Douglas G. Hall Simcoe County District School Board Purolator Courier Ltd. Sol Kasimer Sudbury Catholic District School Board RBC Financial Group/Groupe Financier Kodak Canada Inc. The Catholic Principals’ Council of Ontario Scotiabank Group Veronica Lacey Toronto Catholic District School Board TD Bank Financial Group Eric P. Newell Toronto District School Board Toronto Hydro Courtney Pratt University of Toronto Xerox Canada Limited Lynn Palmer York Catholic District School Board Proctor & Gamble Inc. Government York Region District School Board Connie I. Roveto Human Resources and Social Development York University Canada Sue Rowan Partners in Learning $5,000 + Annette Verschuren Education Stanislaus Antony Andrea Waines Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District Gavin Ezekowitz School Board Kirby Gavelin Calgary Board of Education George Fleischmann Centennial College Allister P. Graham Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board Claude Lamoureux Durham College Paul MacDonald Durham District School Board Alan N. MacGibbon Grand Erie District School Board Margaret N. McCain Halifax Regional School Board Gerald T. McCaughey Halton District School Board Martha J. Tory

Participating students from schools in the Greater Toronto Area attended the annual Turning Points awards luncheon at the University of Toronto’s Hart House