Who's Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan: a Directory Of

Directory January 2013

Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan: A Directory of Organizations Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan by The Conference Board of Canada

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Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan: A Directory of Organizations ...... 1 Selected Academic Institutions ...... 1 Selected Businesses and Crown Corporations ...... 6 Selected Financial Institutions ...... 13 Selected Federal Government Departments and Agencies ...... 16 Selected Provincial Government Ministries and Agencies ...... 20 Selected Municipal and Regional Organizations ...... 24 Selected Non-Profit Organizations and Think-Tanks ...... 28 Acknowledgements Jessica Brichta, Research Associate, and Michelle Parkouda, Senior Research Associate, compiled the directory under the supervision of Diana MacKay, Director, Saskatchewan Institute. For more information about the Saskatchewan Institute, visit www.conferenceboard.ca/SI.

About The Directory This directory is a compilation of selected organizations involved in conducting research on issues related to Saskatchewan’s future. It lists organizations, both inside and outside Saskatchewan, of significant size and scope that are engaged in conducting research on issues of importance to Saskatchewan’s future. The Saskatchewan Institute brings together the Conference Board’s full range of expertise in economic analysis and forecasting, public policy research, and organizational performance, and works with partners to help public and private sector leaders find solutions to the challenges they need to address. One of the Saskatchewan Institute’s guiding principles is to promote engagement. This directory will facilitate coordination and collaboration in research by making it easy to identify potential partners and experts. The directory includes more than 100 organizations. It provides basic information on each organization’s mandate, core activities, and areas of research focus. Each directory listing also includes contact information. The directory is not exhaustive; on the contrary, it is selective by design. It includes organizations with significant research capacity in areas relevant to the Saskatchewan Institute. It is a living document, and listings in the directory can be adjusted at any time. Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan: A Directory of Organizations

Selected Academic Institutions

Community-University Institute for Social Research (CUISR) Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-966-2121 Website: www.usask.ca/cuisr Leadership: Isobel Findlay, University Co-Director, and Bill Holden, Community Co-Director

Mandate: A University of Saskatchewan centre, CUISR conducts social research that is relevant to the community.

Mission: To facilitate partnerships between the university and the larger community in order to engage in relevant social research that supports a deeper understanding of our communities and that reveals opportunities for improving our quality of life.

Research Interests: CUISR currently has five strategic directions: Saskatoon community sustainability, social economy, rural–urban community links, building alliances for Indigenous women’s community development, and analysis of community-university partnerships.

Gabriel Dumont Institute of Native Studies and Applied Research (GDI) Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-242-6070 Website: www.gdins.org Leadership: Geordy McCaffrey, Executive Director

Mandate: The GDI provides accredited educational, vocational, and skills-training opportunities for Saskatchewan Métis, and preserves and promotes Métis history and culture.

Mission: To promote the renewal and development of Métis culture through research, materials development, and the collection and distribution of those materials, and the design, development, and delivery of Métis-specific educational programs and services.

Research Interests: Métis education, history, and culture. 2 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS) Location: Regina and Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-966-8525 Website: www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca Leadership: Michael Atkinson, Executive Director, and Ken Rasmussen, Associate Director

Mandate: The Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy is a provincial centre for advanced education, research, and outreach and training activities, with campuses at both the University of Regina and the University of Saskatchewan. The school gives students and faculty the opportunity to work on contemporary public policy and administration challenges in an academic environment renowned for innovation. It is fast becoming a destination for students from across the country and around the world.

Research Interests: JSGS research activities focus on the key content areas of public-sector management, resource and environmental policy, trade and immigration policy, social policy, health policy, and innovation policy. Key issues that the JSGS addresses in these fields include budgets and public finance, multi-level governance, agenda- setting, decision-making, ethical leadership and good governance, and public process intelligence.

Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) on Education for Sustainable Development—Saskatchewan Location: Regina, Sask. E-mail and Phone: [email protected], 306-585-5295 [email protected], 306-949-7992 [email protected], 306-533-9487 Website: www.saskrce.ca Leadership: Roger Petry, Coordinator; Lyle A.M. Benko, Coordinator; Garth Pickard, Coordinator, Sustainable Infrastructure

Mandate: Covering the cities of Craik, Regina, and Saskatoon, as well as the rural corridor that runs between Regina and Saskatoon and toward the northeast, RCE Saskatchewan enables the province to identify, understand, and build on opportunities in education for sustainable development at the regional level while learning from the educational experiences of others around the world through the UN University RCE initiative. RCE Saskatchewan recog- nizes the vital role education plays in the broad transformations needed for more sustainable ways of living.

Mission: To promote reflection and discernment in the Saskatchewan region that helps individuals and organizations to identify and pursue paths to sustainability through education—where such paths lead to ongoing improvements in quality of life—while sustaining healthy ecosystems and promoting active environmental stewardship, social justice, and intergenerational equity.

Research Interests: Literacy; education; climate change; support for and bridging of cultures; sustainable community planning; farming and local food production, consumption, and waste minimization; health and healthy lifestyles; ways to reconnect to natural prairie ecosystems; and sustainable infrastructure, including water and energy. The Conference Board of Canada | 3

Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-933-7331 Website: www.siast.sk.ca Leadership: Larry Rosia, President and CEO

Mandate: With campuses in Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Prince Albert, and Regina, SIAST provides diploma and certificate programs and courses, academic upgrading, and career counselling.

Mission: To serve as Saskatchewan’s primary public institution for post-secondary technical education and skills training, and to be recognized nationally and internationally for its expertise and innovation.

Vision: A global leader in innovative education, valued for student success and for advancing social and economic prosperity.

Research Interests: SIAST is eligible to apply for NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada) grants. It offers programs and conducts research in applied/visual media, education and early learning, hospitality, justice, science, aviation, engineering technology, human services, natural resources, technology, business, health services, industrial/trades fields, and nursing.

Saskatchewan Police College Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-8871 Website: www.uregina.ca/police Leadership: Mitch Crumley, Interim Director and Legal Consultant

Mandate: The Saskatchewan Police College helps candidates develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to perform as effective police officers within their community-based policing environment.

Mission: To be the recognized leader in the continual development, availability, and excellence of a learning network that inspires confidence and meets the evolving and lifelong needs of public officers in policing, community safety, and enforcement.

Research Interests: Diversity and complexity in Canadian society, the role of law and policing in modern democracies, and the social realities and issues that underlie police work.

Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU) Location: Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert, Sask. Phone: Regina, 306-585-5674 Saskatoon, 306-966-2250 Prince Albert, 306-953-5535 Website: www.spheru.ca Leadership: Tom McIntosh, Interim Director and Research Faculty

Mandate: A bi-university health research group based at the universities of Regina and Saskatchewan, SPHERU produces policy-relevant research focused on the social determinants of health and reducing health inequities.

Research Interests: Northern and Aboriginal health, healthy children, rural health, and the history of health inequities. 4 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

University of Regina Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-585-4111 Website: www.uregina.ca Leadership: Vianne Timmons, President

Mandate: Aspiring to be one of the best comprehensive universities in Canada, the University of Regina is welcoming and student focused. Its programs promote deep-rooted values, innovative thinking, classroom theory, real-world practice, global ideas, and the ability to meet regional needs.

Mission: To provide high-quality, accessible education that prepares learners for productive and creative lives; produce innovative research and scholarship to expand human knowledge and support social, environmental, and economic development; embrace diversity; respond to the needs of Saskatchewan peoples, particularly First Nations and Métis peoples; engage with and service communities—local, provincial, and beyond; offer a welcoming, rewarding study and work environment that fosters creativity, engagement, continuous learning, and the opportunity to succeed; and recognize the historic values and cultures of Saskatchewan while preparing for a prosperous and significant future.

Research Interests: Research is conducted in range of areas, including culture and heritage; energy and environment; informatics; health; social justice; and First Nation and Indigenous Peoples. Within the university, the following institutes and centres conduct research: Canadian Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities; Centre on Aging and Health; Centre canadien de recherche sur les francophonies en milieu minoritaire; China–Canada Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainability Research; Clean Energy Technology Institute; Dr. Paul Schwann Applied Health Research Centre; Environmental Quality Analysis Laboratory; Humanities Research Institute; Indigenous Peoples’ Health Research Centre; Petroleum Technology Research Centre; Prairie Adaptation Research Collaborative—University of Regina; Prairie Particle Physics Institute; Saskatchewan Justice Institute; and Saskatchewan Population Health Evaluation Research Unit. Federated colleges that conduct research include the following: Campion College; Luther College (home of Research and Education for Solutions to Violence and Abuse); and First Nations University of Canada. The Conference Board of Canada | 5

University of Saskatchewan Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-966-4343 Website: www.usask.ca/research Leadership: Ilene Busch-Vishniac, President

Mandate: The University of Saskatchewan’s vision is to embrace a second century of discovery by building on a dynamic research culture that enriches the academic experience for its students, creating new knowledge across a broad array of disciplines, and helping to improve the economic, social, and cultural vitality of the region and beyond.

Mission: To establish itself as one of the top 10 medical-doctoral universities in Canada and one of the top international universities in key areas.

Research Interests: Home to renowned research centres such as the Canadian Light Source synchrotron, the University of Saskatchewan is one of Canada’s leading research-intensive universities. Research interests include: environment, resources, and sustainability; culture and society; human and animal health; Indigenous peoples; and frontiers of science and technology. Relevant research is conducted through and with the following organizations: Aboriginal Education Research Centre; Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture; Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation; Centre for Continuing and Distance Education; Centre for Discovery in Learning; Centre for Forensic Behavioural Sciences and Justice Studies; Centre for the Study of Co-operatives; Community-University Institute for Social Research; Diefenbaker Canada Centre; Division of Biomedical Engineering; Global Institute for Water Security; Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness; Indigenous Land Management Institute; Indigenous People’s Health Research Centre; Industry Liaison Office; International Centre for Northern Governance and Development; Saskatchewan Drug Research Institute; Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Institute, Inc.; Saskatchewan Research Data Centre; Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre; Toxicology Centre; University Learning Centre; University of Saskatchewan Language Centre; University of Saskatchewan Process Philosophy Research Unit; Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization; W. Brett Wilson Centre for Entrepreneurial Excellence; and Women’s Studies Research Unit. 6 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Colleges and research groups include: College of Agriculture and Bioresources; College of Arts and Science; College of Education; College of Engineering; College of Law; College of Medicine; College of Nursing; College of Pharmacy and Nutrition; Edwards School of Business; Engineering Research Groups; Health Service Provision Centres; Health Sciences Research Groups; Humanities Research Groups; St. Thomas More College; and Western College of Veterinary Medicine. Affiliated and associated organizations include: Canadian Light Source Inc.; Cameco MS Neuroscience Research Centre; Health Research Division, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency; POS Pilot Plant Corporation; Prairie Diagnostic Services, Inc.; Prairie Swine Centre Inc.; Regional Psychiatric Centre (Prairies), Correctional Service of Canada; Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc.; and Western Beef Development Centre.

Selected Businesses and Crown Corporations

Cameco Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-956-6200 Website: www.cameco.com Leadership: Tim S. Gitzel, President and CEO

Mandate: Cameco is one of the world’s largest uranium producers, accounting for about 16 per cent of the world’s production from its mines in Canada and the United States. Cameco is also a leading provider of processing services required to produce fuel for nuclear power plants, and generates 1,000 MW of clean electricity through a partnership in North America’s largest nuclear generating station, Bruce Power, north of Tiverton, Ontario.

Mission: To bring the multiple benefits of nuclear energy to the world.

Vision: To be a dominant nuclear energy company producing uranium fuel and generating clean energy.

Research Interests: Exploration, mining, fuel, and power. The Conference Board of Canada | 7

Co-operators Life Insurance Company Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 1-800-454-8061 Website: www.cooperators.ca Leadership: Kathy Bardswick, President and CEO

Mandate: A leading Canadian-owned, multi-product insurance and financial organization with over $38 billion in assets, the Co-operators Life Insurance Company has three core areas of operation: property and casualty insurance, life insurance, and institutional investments. With over a million clients across the country, its member-owners include cooperatives, credit union centrals, and organizations that operate using cooperative principles. The Co-operators supports the principles of education, training, and information.

Mission: To do business together by purchasing and working with companies that best serve the needs of its clients and the cooperative goals of the organization.

Vision: A cooperative insurance company that stretches from coast to coast and is one of the cornerstones of the cooperative movement in Canada.

Research Interests: Agriculture, finance, service, retail/consumers, health, labour, and community development.

Deloitte & Touche LLP Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 416-874-3874 Website: www.deloitte.ca Leadership: Frank Vettese, Managing Partner and Chief Executive

Mandate: One of Canada’s leading professional services firms, Deloitte provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services through 8,397 people in 56 offices.

Vision: To be the standard of excellence.

Research Interests: Financial services, diversity, leadership, ethical behaviour, advanced education, culture, sustainable natural resource use, the environment, consumer business, energy and resources, financial services, life sciences and health care, manufacturing, the public sector, technology, media, and telecommunications. Topics of expertise include economics, strategy, China and India, growth and innovation, as well as changing demographics, work- forces, and consumers.

Ernst & Young Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-934-8000 Website: www.ey.com Leadership: Steve Howe, Area Managing Partner for the Americas

Mandate: Ernst & Young is a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction, and advisory services. Worldwide, its 152,000 people are united by their shared values and commitment to quality. Ernst & Young has a global approach, supports entrepreneurs and the empowerment of innovation, and promotes diversity, inclusiveness, and a people culture.

Mission: To help its people, clients, and wider communities achieve their potential.

Research Interests: Financial services (advisory, assurance, tax, transactions, entrepreneurial services, and specialty services), the business environment, growth, governance and reporting, International Financial Reporting Standards, financial management, risk management, operational effectiveness, talent management, and capital and transactions. 8 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Federated Co-Operatives Limited (FCL) Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-244-3311 Website: www.coopconnection.ca Leadership: Scott Banda, CEO, and Glen Tully, President and Chair of the Board

Mandate: Owned by approximately 235 retail co-ops located throughout Western Canada, FCL is a multi-faceted organization that is based on the principles of cooperation. FCL and its co-op member-owners form the cooperative retailing system in Western Canada. Key activities include supporting retail/commercial and bulk fuel distribution and sales; supporting propane distribution centres; operating the Co-op Refinery Complex in Regina, Sask; supply- ing Home and Ag Centres (including building supplies, crop inputs, and crop protection); sourcing and distributing fresh produce and groceries; providing logistics support; and operating animal feed plants. Key services include administrative support, human resource management, environmental programs, and marketing initiatives. FCL is the largest non-financial cooperative in Canada.

Mission: To improve the economic position of its member-owners within a responsible democratic structure.

Vision: Federated Co-operatives Limited will set the world standard in consumer co-operative excellence.

Research Interests: Central wholesaling, manufacturing, marketing, and administration.

Graham Group of Companies Location: Calgary, Alta. Phone: 403-570-5000 Website: www.graham.ca Leadership: Grant Beck, President and CEO

Mandate: Graham is a growing and diversified employee-owned organization with big-company resources, small- town roots, family-company values, and continually improving capabilities. Graham provides construction solutions, financing, and post-construction operations on projects that range from small building renovations to P3s and highly complex design-builds worth $500 million or more.

Mission: To provide superior integrated construction solutions throughout North America while offering its employees a challenging and rewarding career within a safe work environment, and its unit holders a competitive return.

Vision: To be North America’s premier integrated construction solutions partner.

Research Interests: Construction, financing, and post-construction solutions. The Conference Board of Canada | 9

Harvard Developments InC . Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-777-0600 Website: www.harvard.ca Leadership: Mo Bundon, Senior Vice-President and COO

Mandate: Harvard Developments Inc. provides a full range of real estate services that focus on creating value assets. Dealing in commercial, office, retail, industrial, and investment markets, nationally and internationally, the company has an exceptional record of performance in leasing, property management, development, and the acquisition and divestiture of properties. The principals and senior management possess a vast knowledge of the real estate market in Western Canada and the southwestern United States.

Mission: To provide a rewarding work environment that fosters innovation, continuous improvement, and opportunity, while respecting and promoting individual and family values; seeks quality investment opportunities that provide superior financial returns and generate long-term profitability; builds strong relationships with strategic partners; consistently delivers service excellence; and actively supports the communities in which it does business.

Vision: To be a highly respected Western Canadian real estate company with a diversified portfolio of quality properties and an outstanding reputation for property management and development.

Research Interests: Office, retail, industrial, and residential real estate.

IBM Canada lTD . Location: Markham, Ont. Phone: 905-316-5000 Website: www.ibm.com/ca Leadership: John Lutz, President

Mandate: As one of the largest technology, services, and consulting organizations in Canada, IBM helps clients of all sizes and in all industries transform their operations through the use of technology, infusing intelligence into the systems that run businesses, society, and the world.

Mission: To push the boundaries of science, technology, and business to make the world work better.

Vision: Harnessing the vast amount of data created by trillions of connected devices in today’s world, and turning it into knowledge that can be used to anticipate, forecast, and even predict changes in our systems.

Research Interests: Global technology outlooks, atomic memory, cloud computing, analytics and computing systems, business analytics, social business, mobile apps, smarter computing, and health care.

IHS Global Insights Location: Calgary, Alta. Phone: 403-532-8175 Website: www.ihs.com Leadership: Jerre Stead, Chairman and CEO

Mandate: IHS is a global information company with world-class experts in the pivotal areas shaping today’s business landscape: energy, economics, geopolitical risk, sustainability, and supply chain management. It employs more than 4,500 people in more than 30 countries around the world.

Research Interests: Economic trends, indicators, forecasts, and analysis. 10 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

KPMG Location: Regina and Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: Regina, 306-791-1200 Saskatoon, 306-934-6200 Website: www.kpmg.ca Leadership: Bill Thomas, CEO and Senior Partner

Mandate: KPMG provides audit, tax, and advisory services to help clients mitigate risks and grasp opportunities. KPMG specializes in providing consistent standards of service based on high-order professional capabilities, industry insight, and local knowledge.

Mission: To sustain and enhance the quality of the professional workforce and be the professional employer of choice.

Vision: To be recognized as an “employer of choice”—to recruit, retain, and develop the very best people.

Research Interests: Consumer and industrial businesses, energy and natural resources, financial services, information and communications, entertainment, mining, the public sector, real estate, building and construction, private equity, international capital markets, sustainability, long-term economic growth, and community leadership.

Mercer Location: Regina and Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: Regina, 306-791-4558 Saskatoon, 306-683-6950 Website: www.mercer.ca Leadership: Julio A. Portalatin, President and CEO

Mandate: Mercer provides a broad range of business solutions to help organizations leverage the power of their people to achieve peak company performance. Mercer focuses on developing the right human capital and related investment strategy to help companies build broad client relationships, deliver profitable growth, invest in the best people, and outperform the competition.

Mission: To help clients around the world advance the health, wealth, and performance of their most vital asset— their people.

Research Interests: Talent, retirement, investments, health, mergers and acquisitions, outsourcing, and consulting.

MNP Location: Calgary, Alta. Phone: 403-444-0150 Website: www.mnp.ca Leadership: Daryl Ritchie, CEO

Mandate: MNP provides a suite of business services that combine industry expertise, market knowledge, and professional insight to help businesses achieve their assurance, accounting, tax, consulting, corporate finance, enterprise risk services, investigative and forensics, corporate recovery and insolvency, valuation and litigation support, and succession goals.

Mission: To deliver tailored solutions to a diverse range of industry and specialty groups including Aboriginal people, agricultural groups, business owner services, oilfield services, credit unions, forestry organizations, mining professionals, public companies, Hutterite services, manufacturers, non-profit groups, and the public sector.

Vision: To be the pre-eminent, full-service, mid-market accounting firm and business advisory firm in Canada.

Research Interests: Business and financial services. The Conference Board of Canada | 11

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) LLP, Canada Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 416-863-1133 Website: www.pwc.com/ca Leadership: Bill McFarland, CEO and Senior Partner

Mandate: One of the “big four” accounting firms, PwC provides industry-focused assurance, advisory, and tax services for public, private, and government clients in all markets in 26 locations across Canada. PwC serves clients in three key industry areas: consumer and industrial products and services; financial services; and technology, information and communications, entertainment, and media.

Mission: To help businesses solve problems.

Research Interests: Audit and assurance, consulting, deals, and taxation.

Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SaskPower) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 1-888-757-6937 Website: www.saskpower.com Leadership: Robert Watson, President and CEO

Mandate: Managing $6.3 billion in generation, transmission, and distribution assets, SaskPower is Saskatchewan’s leading power supplier. In addition to purchasing power, the company operates two wind facilities, three coal-fired power stations, six natural gas stations, and seven hydroelectric stations.

Mission: To provide safe, reliable, and sustainable power for its customers.

Vision: People, innovation, and partnerships that power Saskatchewan to a brighter future.

Research Interests: Innovation, diversity, sustainability, the environment, carbon capture and storage, power, and nuclear studies.

Saskatchewan Research Council (SRC) Location: Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert, Sask. Phone: Regina, 306-787-9400 Saskatoon, 306-933-5400 Prince Albert, 306-765-2840 Website: www.src.sk.ca Leadership: Laurier Schramm, President and CEO

Mandate: This Crown corporation considers matters pertaining to research, development, design, consultation, innovation, investigation, and commercialization related to the natural and management sciences, pure and applied, as they affect the welfare of the province, and any particular matters that may be brought to its attention by the Lieutenant Governor in Council.

Mission: To deliver smart science solutions™ with unparalleled service to clients and colleagues that grow and strengthen the economy. The SRC embraces its safe, creative, and diverse work environment, which enables its employees to excel, personally and professionally. They live by their core values to build a better world. 12 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Vision: Driven by its passion for a better world, the SRC will break boundaries to become the most internationally recognized and valued science solutions company in North America, by 2020.

Research Interests: Agriculture, biotechnology, energy, energy conservation, environment, mining, and minerals. The SRC’s biggest recent projects and accomplishments include: Project CLEANS, a multimillion-dollar project to clean up Northern mines; new vaccine and pharmaceutical technologies; combined heat and power systems; a 3-D physical model for viewing oil sands conditions; and the SRC Advanced Microanalysis Centre™.

Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation (SaskTel) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 1-800-727-5835 Website: www.sasktel.com Leadership: Ron Styles, President and CEO

Mandate: With 1.4 million customer connections and $1.1 billion in annual revenues, SaskTel is Saskatchewan’s leading full-service communications provider. It offers a wide range of communications products and services, including competitive voice, data, Internet, entertainment, national security, messaging, cellular, wireless data, and directory services. SaskTel International offers project consulting and software solutions to countries around the world.

Mission: To provide the best customer experience through superior networks, exceptional service, advanced solutions, and applications.

Vision: To be the best at connecting people to their world.

Research Interests: Communications, consulting, and software.

SaskCentral Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-566-1200 Website: www.saskcu.com Leadership: Keith Nixon, Acting CEO

Mandate: Through SaskCentral, credit unions are able to combine and focus their resources through shared leadership and collective action, which incubates new ideas and enables credit unions to undertake initiatives that are more practical, cost-effective, and unified. SaskCentral manages mandatory liquidity, both nationally and provincially, on behalf of the system, and works with credit unions to support compliance with legislation and regulations. It undertakes strategic investment management, provides democratic government support, undertakes advocacy, conducts strategic market research, assists credit unions in developing and leading system-wide initiatives, offers consulting services, and provides innovative solutions to help credit unions strengthen their competitive positioning.

Mission: To help its partners thrive.

Vision: To enable credit unions to build lives and fulfill dreams.

Research Interests: Developing system-wide initiatives in response to emerging market trends. The Conference Board of Canada | 13

Tourism Saskatchewan Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-9600 Website: www.sasktourism.com Leadership: Pat Fiacco, CEO

Mandate: A Treasury Board Crown corporation, Tourism Saskatchewan is responsible for developing and promoting tourism in Saskatchewan. Its mandate includes marketing, visitor services, education and training, and product and industry development.

Mission: Tourism Saskatchewan is the driving force in the development and marketing of a world-class destination.

Research Interests: Sustainable tourism development, tourism markets, tourism economics, and tourism policy development.

WorleyParsons Location: Calgary, Alta. Phone: 403-258-8000 Website: http://www.worleyparsons.com Leadership: Andrew Wood, CEO

Mandate: WorleyParsons provides professional services, project solutions, engineering, procurement, and construction management services to customers in the energy, resource, and complex processing industries. Its service capability covers the entire asset lifecycle, from identifying the opportunity to the operating phase, from small brownfield services contracts to mega-greenfield projects.

Mission: To provide project solutions with the lowest total life-cycle cost while meeting customers’ specific requirements.

Vision: To be the preferred global provider of technical, project, and operational support services to its customers, using distinctive WorleyParsons’ culture to create value for its customers and prosperity for its people.

Research Interests: Asset life cycles and business performance in the energy, resource, and complex processing industries.

Selected Financial Institutions

Bank of Montreal (BMO) Economics Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 1-800-613-0205 Website: www.bmo.com Leadership: Sherry Cooper, Executive Vice-President and Chief Economist

Mandate: BMO Financial Group’s economics department provides analyses and forecasts of the global economy and financial markets, for the investment and business decisions of its retail, institutional, corporate, and government clients.

Research Interests: Economic research, policy research, impact and scenario analysis, and forecasting. 14 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 1-800-465-2422 Website: www.cibc.com Leadership: Avery Shenfeld, Chief Economist

Mandate: CIBC provides corporate, government, and institutional clients with innovative solutions to help them raise capital, grow, and invest actively throughout North America and key financial centres around the world. Its goal is to be the premier client-focused wholesale bank based in Canada.

Research Interests: CIBC has a breadth of quality equity, fixed income, and economic research. It strives to deliver leading-edge investment research to clients through its multi-faceted, firm-wide research product offerings.

HSBC Bank Canada Location: Vancouver, B.C. Phone: 1-888-310-4722 Website: www.hsbc.ca Leadership: Lindsay Gordon, President and CEO

Mandate: HSBC Bank Canada, a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, is the leading international bank in Canada. With around 7,200 offices in more than 80 countries and territories, and assets of US$2,652 billion at June 30, 2012, the HSBC Group is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations.

Mission: Leading in its chosen markets; delivering an outstanding client experience based on excellence in sales, service, and solutions; achieving a superior, ethically based, long-term return for its shareholders; building highly motivated, high-performance teams; and creating a challenging, rewarding, and fun work environment.

Research Interests: Banking, financing, sustainability, communities, and the environment.

Laurentian Bank Securities (LBS) Location: Montréal, Que. Phone: 1-800-252-1846 Website: www.laurentianbank.ca Leadership: Carlos Leitao, Chief Economist

Mandate: LBS is an integrated full-service investment dealer, focusing on six lines of business. Its institutional fixed-income division has a strong presence in government and corporate underwritings, as well as secondary markets; its institutional equity division focuses on serving clients through research, trading, and investment banking in the small capitalization sector; its retail division and discount brokerage division currently serve clients through 14 offices in Quebec and Ontario; and its corresponding business provides complete back-office support to a wide range of customers. LBS also offers the Immigrant Investors program. In the institutional market, as in the retail market, LBS places above all its expertise, experience, and sense of innovation to ensure its position and bring added value to all of its activities.

Research Interests: Economic trends, indicators, forecasts, and analysis. The Conference Board of Canada | 15

National Bank of Canada Location: Montréal, Que. Phone: 1-888-483-5628 Website: www.nbc.ca Leadership: Louis Vachon, President and CEO

Mandate: National Bank is an integrated group that provides comprehensive financial services to consumers, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and large corporations in its core market, while offering specialized services elsewhere in the world. National Bank offers a full array of banking services, including corporate and investment banking. It is an active player in international markets and, through its subsidiaries, is involved in securities brokerage, insurance, and wealth management, as well as mutual fund and retirement plan management. National Bank is the sixth-largest bank in Canada and the leading bank in Quebec, where it is the partner of choice among SMEs. It has branches in almost every province in Canada, as well as numerous representative offices, subsidiaries, and partnerships, through which it can serve clients in the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world.

Vision: One client, one bank.

Research Interests: Personal and commercial banking, insurance and wealth management, financial markets, securities brokerage, mutual funds, and retirement plan management.

Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 416-974-7457 Website: www.rbc.com/economics Leadership: Craig Wright, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist

Mandate: RBC Economics Research provides timely and relevant analysis and forecasts of the economy and financial markets in Canada, the United States, and key international markets to RBC and its clients.

Research Interests: Economic research, wealth management, demographics, human resources management, and workforce inclusiveness.

The Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank) Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 416-866-6136 Website: www.scotiabank.com Leadership: Warren Jestin, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist

Mandate: Scotiabank is one of North America’s leading financial institutions and Canada’s most international bank. It provides innovative financial products and services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses, corporations, and governments across Canada and around the world.

Research Interests: Scotia Economics provides in-depth research on economic, financial market, and policy developments in both domestic and international markets. 16 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD Bank Group) Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 1-800-430-6095 Website: www.td.com Leadership: W. Edmund Clark, President and CEO

Mandate: The TD Bank Group offers a full range of financial products and services through the following businesses: TD Canada Trust, TD Bank, TD Commercial Banking, TD Financial Services, TD Waterhouse, TD Insurance, TD Securities, TD Asset Management, and TD Ameritrade.

Research Interests: Economics, wealth management, trade policy, public policy, literacy, Aboriginal issues, education, health care, climate change, demographics, human resources management, and workforce inclusiveness.

Selected Federal Government Departments and Agencies

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) Location: Gatineau, Que. Phone: 1-800-567-9604 Website: www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca Leadership: John Duncan, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development

Mandate: AANDC is one of the federal government departments responsible for meeting the Government of Canada’s legal obligations and commitments to Aboriginal people (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis), and for fulfilling the federal government’s constitutional responsibilities in the North.

Research Interests: Aboriginal peoples and communities; acts, agreements, and land claims; arts, culture, and heritage; benefits and rights; economic development; education; emergency management; employment; the environment and natural resources; health and well-being; infrastructure and housing; social programs; Inuit relations; Métis and non-status Indian relations, the North; and Canadian Northern economic development.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-773-1000 Website: www.agr.gc.ca Leadership: Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food; Minister for the Canadian Wheat Board

Mandate: AAFC provides information, research and technology, and policies and programs to achieve a competitive, innovative and environmentally sustainable agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based products sector that proactively manages risk. AAFC oversees 19 research centres and a number of research farms in Saskatchewan, including the Scott Research Farm and the Melfort Research Farm.

Research Interests: The agriculture, agri-food, and agri-based products sector. The Conference Board of Canada | 17

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-748-2000 Website: www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca Leadership: Karen Kinsley, President and CEO

Mandate: CMHC is Canada’s national housing agency. A major national institution, CMHC is Canada’s premier provider of mortgage loan insurance, mortgage-backed securities, housing policy and programs, and housing research.

Mission: To help Canadians access a wide choice of quality, affordable housing solutions, while making vibrant, healthy communities and cities a reality across the country. CMHC also works to facilitate access to housing finance across the country, assist Canadians who cannot afford housing in the private market, improve building standards and housing construction, and provide policy-makers with the information and analysis they need to sustain a vibrant housing market in Canada.

Vision: Committed to housing quality, affordability, and choice for Canadians.

Research Interests: CMHC undertakes research and information transfer activities that contribute to ensuring the efficiency and stability of housing markets and to increasing the availability of affordable, high-quality housing for Canadians. CMHC research also supports the development of housing-related public policy. Core research activities include: examining the socio-economic aspects of housing, including the housing needs of lower-income and other vulnerable Canadians, the impact of demographic trends, and other factors on the housing market; and doing research to build industry capacity and promote consumer knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of best practices and technologies to advance the sustainability of new and existing housing throughout Canada, including in the North, and support the efficient functioning of housing markets.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 1-888-242-2100 Website: www.cic.gc.ca Leadership: Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism

Mandate: CIC’s mandate comes from its shared jurisdiction under section 95 of the Constitution Act, 1867, the Citizenship Act, and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Mission: CIC and its partners will build a stronger Canada by developing and implementing policies, programs, and services that facilitate the arrival of people and their integration into Canada in a way that maximizes their contribu- tion to the country while protecting the health, safety, and security of Canadians; maintain Canada’s humanitarian tradition by protecting refugees and people in need of protection; enhance the values and promote the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship; and reach out to all Canadians to foster increased intercultural understanding and an integrated society with equal opportunity for all, regardless of race, ethnicity, and religion. CIC works to advance global migration policies in a way that supports Canada’s immigration and humanitarian objectives.

Vision: A stronger Canada; a safe and secure country with a shared bond of citizenship and values; and a country that continues to support our humanitarian tradition and draws the best from the world to help build a nation that is economically, socially, and culturally prosperous.

Research Interests: A broad range of citizenship and immigration issues. 18 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Farm Credit Canada (FCC) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-780-8100 Website: www.fcc-fac.ca Leadership: Greg Stewart, President and CEO

Mandate: FCC provides specialized and personalized business and financial services to small and medium-sized businesses related to farming.

Mission: To enhance rural Canada by providing specialized and personalized business and financial services and products to farming operations (including family farms) and to those businesses in rural Canada (including small and medium-sized businesses) related to farming. FCC primarily focuses on farming operations.

Vision: Advancing the business of agriculture by providing financial products, tools, and knowledge tailored to producers and agri-business operators, with a focus on continuous improvement.

Research Interests: Producer, agri-business, and FCC Alliances financing; venture capital, loans, and life and accident insurance; partnerships; Canadian farmers; software; and property and farmland values.

Natural Resources Canada Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-996-2007 Website: www.nrcan.gc.ca Leadership: Joe Oliver, Minister of Natural Resources

Mandate: Natural Resources Canada has two objectives: to increase the responsible development and use of Canada’s natural resources and to enhance the competitiveness of Canada’s natural resources products.

Vision: Improving the quality of life of Canadians by creating a sustainable resource advantage.

Research Interests: Energy, forests, minerals and metals, and earth sciences.

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) Location: Ottawa, Ont. E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.phac-aspc.gc.ca Leadership: David Butler-Jones, Chief Public Health Officer

Mandate: PHAC’s primary goal is to strengthen Canada’s capacity to protect and improve the health of Canadians and to help reduce pressures on the health care system. Specifically, its role is to: promote health; prevent and control chronic diseases and injuries; prevent and control infectious diseases; prepare for and respond to public health emergencies; serve as a central point for sharing Canada’s expertise with the rest of the world; apply international research and development to Canada’s public health programs; and strengthen intergovernmental collaboration on public health, and facilitate national approaches to public health policy and planning.

Research Interests: Public policy issues in health. The Conference Board of Canada | 19

Statistics Canada (StatCan) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 1-800-263-1136 Website: www.statcan.gc.ca Leadership: Wayne R. Smith, Chief Statistician of Canada

Mandate: Statistics Canada is the country’s national statistical agency. The agency produces statistics that help Canadians better understand their country—its population, resources, economy, society, and culture. Statistics Canada collects, compiles, analyzes, abstracts, and publishes statistical information. Objective statistical information provides a solid foundation for informed decisions by elected representatives, businesses, unions, and non- profit organizations, as well as individual Canadians. In addition to conducting a census every five years, Statistics Canada conducts about 350 active surveys on virtually all aspects of Canadian life.

Research Interests: Economic, demographic, industrial, and social information, for the whole of Canada and each of the provinces and territories.

Western Economic Diversification Canada (WED) Location: Edmonton, Alta. Phone: 780-495-4164 Website: www.wd.gc.ca Leadership: Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification

Mandate: WED promotes the development and diversification of the economy of Western Canada. It also works to advance the interests of the West in national economic policy, program, and project development and implementation.

Mission: Working with Western Canadians to enhance the competitiveness of Western small businesses, both domestically and in key international markets, such as the United States and Asia. WED supports the creation and growth of knowledge-based clusters in new economy sectors that contribute to an increase in knowledge-driven and value-added economic activities. It creates a positive environment that encourages entrepreneurial thinking, promotes innovation, and leads to a higher degree of social and economic sustainability for businesses, organizations, and communities.

Vision: To be leaders in creating a more diversified Western Canadian economy that has strong, competitive, and innovative businesses and communities.

Research Interests: Growth of technology clusters in life sciences (biotechnology, genomics, proteomics, and health technologies), information and communications technology (new media, wireless technology, tele-health, and geomatics), and other technologies (synchrotron, environmental technologies, composite materials, and micro/nanotechnology). 20 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Selected Provincial Government Ministries and Agencies

Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-5245 Website: www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca Leadership: Lyle Stewart, Minister of Agriculture; Minister Responsible for the Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation

Mandate: To promote a commercially viable, sustainable, and self-sufficient agriculture and food sector.

Research Interests: Research is targeted at understanding how to retain the profitability and competitiveness of both farmers and the provincial agriculture and agri-food industry. Currently, research funds prioritize infrastructure support, intellectual capacity, knowledge creation, and technology commercialization and transfer.

Saskatchewan Ministry of the Economy Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-3343 Website: www.economy.gov.sk.ca Leadership: Bill Boyd, Minister of the Economy; Minister Responsible for the Global Transportation Hub; Minister Responsible for the Saskatchewan Power Corporation; Tim McMillan, Minister Responsible for Energy and Resources; Minister Responsible for Tourism Saskatchewan; Minister Responsible for Trade; Minister Responsible for SaskEnergy Incorporated

Mandate: To advance economic growth to generate wealth and opportunity in Saskatchewan. Its three objectives are to advance and regulate responsible resource development; develop, attract, and retain a skilled workforce; and enhance economic growth and competitiveness.

Research Interests: Geoscience, oil and gas, minerals, resource research, labour market demands and access, jurisdic- tional competitiveness, investment attraction, forecasting, and analysis.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-4951 Website: www.education.gov.sk.ca Leadership: Russ Marchuk, Minister of Education

Mandate: The Ministry provides leadership and direction to the early learning and child care, kindergarten through Grade 12 education, literacy, and library sectors. The Ministry supports the sectors through funding, governance, and accountability, with a focus on improving student achievement. The Ministry is committed to improving the learning success and well-being of all Saskatchewan children and youth, and to enhancing literacy for all Saskatchewan people.

Research Interests: Curriculum, First Nations and Métis education, and human services integration. The Conference Board of Canada | 21

Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-8885 Website: www.gr.gov.sk.ca Leadership: Jim Reiter, Minister of Government Relations; Minister Responsible for First Nations, Métis and Northern Affairs

Mandate: The Ministry is responsible for municipal relations; public safety; and First Nations, Métis, and Northern affairs. It works with a diverse range of partners to build safe and vibrant communities that can effectively respond to the challenges of growth, promote economic opportunity, and enhance the quality of life for their residents. The Ministry integrates the mandates from three previous ministries: the relationship mandate of the former Ministry of First Nations and Métis Relations; the public safety mandate of the former Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety, and Policing; and the municipal affairs mandate of the former Ministry of Municipal Affairs.

Mission: To effectively respond to the challenges of growth, promote economic opportunity, and enhance the quality of life of community residents.

Research Interests: Community development, engaging Northern communities, improving economic and social outcomes for First Nations and Métis, sustainable growth, infrastructure and service needs, economic development, public safety, emergency management, building and safety programs and national disaster recovery.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Health Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-3042 Website: http://health.gov.sk.ca Leadership: Dustin Duncan, Minister of Health; Randy Weekes, Minister Responsible for Rural and Remote Health; Dan Florizone, Deputy Minister of Health

Mandate: The Ministry of Health is committed to improving care for patients and their families by providing quality health care in a responsive, integrated, efficient, patient- and family-centred health care system. The Ministry is committed to a health system that provides better health, better care, better teams, and better value for Saskatchewan people. Its health care transformation agenda puts the patient first in all of its efforts to modern- ize its system for the future.

Mission: To provide leadership, stewardship, and the support necessary to provide a world-class health system for Saskatchewan people. The Ministry of Health aspires to achieve better health, better care, and better value by focusing on patients and families, adopting continuous improvement principles, being innovative, and fostering exceptional teamwork.

Vision: A world-class organization continually improving to reflect the values and meet the needs of the public and patients it serves.

Research Interests: Primary health care, patient and staff safety, physician retention and recruitment, patient- and family-centred care, quality improvement (lean approaches), transformation of the patient surgical experience, HIV surveillance and research, multiple sclerosis (liberation therapy), Aboriginal health, and obesity. 22 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-798-0970 Website: www.highways.gov.sk.ca Leadership: Don McMorris, Minister of Highways and Infrastructure; Minister Responsible for Saskatchewan Telecommunications; Minister Responsible for the Saskatchewan Transportation Company; Minister Responsible for the Information Services Corporation; Minister Responsible for the Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation; Minister Responsible for SaskBuilds

Mandate: The Ministry works to optimize the role of transportation in the economic and social development of Saskatchewan.

Research Interests: The safety and efficiency of highways and the transportation network.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-3661 Website: www.socialservices.gov.sk.ca Leadership: June Draude, Minister of Social Services; Minister Responsible for the Status of Women

Mandate: The Ministry aims to help citizens build better lives for themselves by promoting economic independence, strong families, and community organizations. It invests in positive outcomes for people through income support, child and family services, support for persons with disabilities, and affordable housing.

Research Interests: Housing, income assistance and community living service delivery, disability issues, and the status of women.

Saskatchewan Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport (PCS) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-5729 Website: www.pcs.gov.sk.ca Leadership: Kevin Doherty, Minister of Parks, Culture and Sport; Minister Responsible for the Provincial Capital Commission

Mandate: The Ministry supports, celebrates, and helps build pride in Saskatchewan through its strategic focus on tourism enhancement, quality of life, and economic growth. Working with diverse groups and communities, the Ministry enhances the province’s cultural, artistic, recreational, and social life; promotes excellence in the arts, culture, heritage, and sport; and supports a vibrant and growing arts and cultural community. The Ministry supports and promotes Saskatchewan tourism, manages and enhances Saskatchewan’s provincial park system, conserves ecosystems and cultural resources, and provides recreation and interpretive opportunities for park visitors.

Mission: To enhance economic growth and support quality of life by managing the provincial parks system and providing recreation, sport, heritage, and cultural opportunities for residents and visitors.

Research Interests: Communities, healthy and active families, sport, recreation, heritage resource conservation, park enhancement, history, arts, and culture. The Conference Board of Canada | 23

Saskatchewan Opportunities Corporation (SOCO)—Innovation Place Location: Saskatoon and Regina, Sask. Phone: Saskatoon, 306-933-6295 Regina, 306-789-7275 Website: www.soco.sk.ca www.innovationplace.com Leadership: Douglas Tastad, President and CEO; Rob Norris, Minister Responsible for SOCO

Mandate: SOCO facilitates the growth of the Saskatchewan technology community.

Mission: To support the growth and success of Saskatchewan’s technology sector through the development and operation of research parks.

Vision: Saskatchewan’s research parks will be the best in the world. Tenants of the research parks compete in a worldwide marketplace for employees, investors, and clients. To adequately support them, Innovation Place must be prepared to compete with the best alternative locations throughout the world.

Research Interests: Excellence, innovation, and collaboration in the technology sector.

Saskatchewan Public Service Commission (PSC) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-787-7552 Website: www.psc.gov.sk.ca Leadership: Nancy Heppner, Minister of Central Services; Minister Responsible for the Public Service Commission; Minister Responsible for the Lean Initiative

Mandate: The Saskatchewan Public Service Commission is the central human resource agency for the provincial government. The Commission works to make government more accessible and responsive to the people of Saskatchewan by providing excellence in human resource management and organizational effectiveness to enable a high-performing and innovative professional public service to do their best work for Saskatchewan citizens. The Commission delivers human resource services to more than 12,000 employees in 15 client ministries.

Research Interests: Organizational performance, economic and social policy, public sector value chains, citizen-centred service, human capital risk management, performance measurement and management, talent management, competitive employer practices, employee engagement and enablement, recruitment and selection, learning and development, classification of positions, labour relations, payroll, employee and family assistance, compensation, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness. 24 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Selected Municipal and Regional Organizations

Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-244-2151 Website: www.saskatoonchamber.com Leadership: Christian Braid, President

Mandate: The Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce is a member-driven organization comprising 1,800 professional, business, community, and individual persons. Through advocacy and leadership, the organization promotes ethical business practices, enhances the environment for business growth and job creation, and facilitates strong relationships among community, educational, business, and governmental organizations.

Mission: To build the best business climate in Canada, thereby creating a city of opportunity. The GSCC seeks to continually improve the economic conditions in Saskatoon in particular, and Saskatchewan and Canada in general, by carrying out such projects and activities as may be deemed to advance the interests of the business community and, through them, the quality of life in Saskatchewan communities.

Research Interests: Aboriginal opportunities, agri-business development, business growth, environmental sustainability, future opportunities, global issues, governmental affairs, health opportunities, knowledge, and youth development.

Regina and District Chamber of Commerce (RDCC) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-757-4658 Website: www.reginachamber.com Leadership: John Hopkins, CEO

Mandate: The Regina and District Chamber of Commerce is an independednt member-centric business organization whose goal is to provide members with professional-calibre services in an environment where honesty, integrity, credibility, openness, and transparency are foundational principles.

Mission: To foster an environment in which our community prospers.

Vision: To be one of Canada’s most respected, influential, and innovative business organizations.

Research Interests: Global market principles and innovative, strategic reasoning.

Regina Regional Opportunities Commission (RROC) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-789-5099 Website: www.reginaroc.com Leadership: Larry Hiles, President and CEO

Mandate: As an independent and non-partisan organization created in spring 2009 that merged Tourism Regina and the Regina Regional Economic Development Authority, RROC creates and implements an economic development strategy to grow and sustain prosperity in the Regina region; encourages the retention, development, attraction, and growth of business and tourism products and services for those who visit and those who live, work, and invest in the Regina region; and markets and promotes the Regina region for business and tourism. The Conference Board of Canada | 25

Mission: To identify, develop, and promote opportunities that advance economic prosperity for those who visit and those who live, work, learn, and invest in the Regina region.

Vision: RROC is recognized as a leading catalyst driving the economic prosperity of the Regina region.

Research Interests: Entrepreneurship, innovation, growth, prosperity, economic development, community engagement and collaboration, sustainability, tourism, sporting and major events, immigrant entrepreneur settlement, community branding, and business succession.

Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-757-3577 Website: www.sarm.ca Leadership: Dale Harvey, Executive Director

Mandate: SARM is an independent association that represents rural municipal governments in Saskatchewan. It is the principal advocate in representing these municipal governments before senior governments. Comprising 296 rural municipalities, SARM is the voice of rural Saskatchewan.

Mission: To deliver timely, dependable programs and services to meet the needs of its members, while influencing government policy and helping municipalities work together to foster rural development and build strong, sustainable communities.

Vision: By being the rural voice, SARM will effectively lead autonomous municipalities in creating a vibrant, diverse economy resulting in a strong, sustainable Saskatchewan.

Research Interests: Public policy, municipal administration, sustainability, infrastructure, the environment, energy, funding, and business.

Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce (SCC) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-352-2671 Website: www.saskchamber.com Leadership: Steve McLellan, CEO

Mandate: With 700 businesses and 70 chambers of commerce and boards of trade, the SCC is a provincial business advocacy organization that represents the interests of businesses throughout Saskatchewan. The organization’s membership includes businesses of all sizes from a variety of sectors, as well as a number of provincial business and professional associations. Through the SCC’s connections to the business community, government, and many community stakeholder groups, the Chamber is uniquely equipped to develop policies that accurately reflect the views of community and business leaders.

Mission: To strengthen Saskatchewan’s business community and competitive enterprise system for an improved quality of life.

Vision: To be the voice of Saskatchewan business, making Saskatchewan the best place to live, work, and invest.

Research Interests: Entrepreneurship, finance, taxation, regulatory reform, resource royalties, workplace safety, public-private partnerships, infrastructure, environmental issues, youth financial literacy, human resources, immigration, education, training, labour legislation, First Nations engagement, Northern Saskatchewan issues, housing, energy, free market principles, government spending, population levels, and sustainable growth. 26 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Saskatchewan Economic Development Association (SEDA) Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-384-5817 Website: www.seda.sk.ca Leadership: Carey Baker, President

Mandate: SEDA is a non-profit organization dedicated to building the capacity of communities to grow and direct the economic future of Saskatchewan. SEDA enhances provincial economic growth through four key service pil- lars: pathfinding—exploring opportunities to better serve the province and increase business, community, and economic capacity by providing a clear roadmap for joint stakeholders; resource provisioning—providing access to research and best practices, as well as online and classroom learning; program managing—working with the Government of Canada, the Province of Saskatchewan, and other stakeholders to coordinate, support, and deliver programs that support increased economic capacity; and network weaving—partnering in the delivery of three to four conferences and forums every year.

Mission: To promote community economic development throughout Saskatchewan.

Research Interests: Community economic development and social enterprise, international trade and investment, and capacity building.

Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership (STEP) Location: Regina and Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: Regina, 306-787-9210 Saskatoon, 306-933-6551 Website: www.sasktrade.sk.ca Leadership: Lionel LaBelle, President and CEO

Mandate: STEP’s mandate is to increase exports from Saskatchewan to existing markets, as well as to tap new markets by initiating contracts, sales, and projects for exporters from Saskatchewan. Operating as a non-profit, membership-based government and industry partnership, STEP champions the province’s export industry and assists provincial businesses in realizing global marketing opportunities while finding custom solutions for Saskatchewan exporters.

Mission: To work in partnership with Saskatchewan exporters and emerging exporters to enable commercial success in global ventures.

Vision: Prosperity through trade.

Research Interests: Trade development, market intelligence, international finance and logistics, and international development projects. The Conference Board of Canada | 27

Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-525-3727 Website: http://suma.org Leadership: Laurent Mougeot, CEO

Mandate: SUMA represents the interests of 458 urban governments in Saskatchewan. Its members include cities, towns, villages, Northern municipalities, and resort communities. SUMA is the provincial voice of urban municipal governments representing cities, towns, and villages.

Mission: To advocate, negotiate, and initiate improvements in local, provincial, and federal legislation, and deliver programs and services to members to enhance the quality of life in Saskatchewan.

Vision: SUMA is the unified, respected, and influential voice of urban municipalities, promoting effective governance and progressive public policies that improve the quality of urban life.

Research Interests: Infrastructure, asset management, housing, recycling, health care, Aboriginal issues, water, the environment, administrative capacity, and municipal government sustainability.

Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority (SREDA) Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-664-0720 Website: www.sreda.com Leadership: Tim LeClair, President and CEO

Mandate: SREDA is a non-profit public and private alliance that works to strengthen the economy of the Saskatoon region. SREDA works to attract investment and coordinate resources that maximize economic opportunities for the business community. It provides services in the core areas of business attraction, retention, and expansion, as well as promotion of the Saskatoon region.

Mission: To building the economy and grow the community.

Vision: Economic growth in the Saskatoon region is at its full potential through SREDA’s dedication to superior economic development.

Research Interests: Mining, energy, biotechnology/life sciences, manufacturing, transportation, aerospace, accommodation and hospitality, agriculture, construction, retail trade, real estate development, and professional, scientific, and technical services. 28 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Selected Non-Profit Organizations and Think-Tanks

Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Location: Vancouver, B.C. Phone: 604-684-5986 Website: www.asiapacific.ca Leadership: Yuen Pau Woo, President and CEO

Mandate: Created by an act of Parliament in 1984, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada is an independent, not- for-profit think-tank focusing on Canada’s relations with Asia. Headquartered in Vancouver, with a branch office in Toronto, it brings together people and knowledge to provide current and comprehensive research, analysis, and information on Canada’s transpacific relations.

Mission: To conduct research on contemporary issues in Canada–Asia relations; raise awareness and foster informed decision-making on Canada–Asia issues affecting the public, private, and non-governmental sectors; and support business, research, and public policy networks that strengthen Canada’s relations with Asia.

Research Interests: Canada’s relations with Asia.

Caledon Institute of Social Policy Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-729-3340 Website: www.caledoninst.org Leadership: Ken Battle, President; Sherri Toriman, Vice-President

Mandate: As a private, non-profit organization with charitable status, the Caledon Institute aims to inform and influence public opinion, as well as foster public discussion on poverty and social policy. Caledon develops and promotes concrete, practicable proposals for the reform of social programs at all government levels and of social benefits provided by employers and the voluntary sector. Focusing on Canadian issues, as well as drawing upon international experience and innovations in social policy, Caledon also seeks to inform social policy experts and policy-makers in other countries on issues and developments in Canadian social policy.

Research Interests: Poverty and social policy, including income security (e.g., pensions, welfare, child benefits, employment insurance, and benefit for Canadians with disabilities), community capacity-building, taxation, social spending, employment development services, social services, disability supports, and health.

Canada West Foundation (CWF) Location: Calgary, Alta. Phone: 403-264-9535 Website: http://cwf.ca Leadership: Dylan Jones, President and CEO

Mandate: The Canada West Foundation explores public policy issues of particular interest to Western Canadians, tests national policies against regional aspirations, and ensures an effective regional voice in national policy discus- sions and the national political press.

Mission: To be a leading source of strategic insight, conducting and communicating non-partisan economic and public policy research of importance to the four Western provinces and all Canadians.

Vision: A dynamic and prosperous West in a strong Canada.

Research Interests: The economy, the environment, education, health care, taxation, energy, social services, urban issues, provincial-federal relations, and any other policy area of importance to the West (including British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba). The Conference Board of Canada | 29

Canadian Association, World Petroleum Council (CAWPC) Location: Calgary, Alta. Phone: 403-218-2000 Website: www.wpccanada.com Leadership: John Wright, Chairman

Mandate: CAWPC is a premier network of energy professionals comprising representatives from the Canadian oil and gas industry from the private sector, government, and academia. CAWPC members are involved in the exploration and development, production and processing, and transportation and downstream operations of petroleum products. CAWPC organizes the Canadian presence at the World Petroleum Congresses, which bring together industry experts, outside stakeholders (such as governments), other industry sectors, non-governmental organizations, and international institutions to cover all aspects of the petroleum industry.

Research Interests: Heavy oil, oil sands, technological advances in upstream and downstream operations, and the role of natural gas and renewables, as well as industry management and its social, economic, and environmental impact.

Canadian Centre for Energy Information Location: Calgary, Alta. Phone: 1-877-606-4636 Website: www.centreforenergy.com Leadership: Pierre Alvarez, Chair

Mandate: Supported by research and vetted by independent, reputable sources, the Centre is a not-for-profit organization that provides balanced and credible information about energy in Canada. Its mandate is to create a more informed public by building awareness and understanding of the Canadian energy system and energy-related issues.

Research Interests: The Canadian energy system, including oil, coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, solar, wind, thermal, biomass, geothermal, fuel cells, and the environment.

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-924-3372 Website: www.policyalternatives.ca Leadership: Simon Enoch, Director of the Saskatchewan Office

Mandate: As an independent, non-profit, non-partisan research institute, CCPA monitors social and economic development in the province and presents thoughtful alternatives to the perspectives of business research institutes and government agencies.

Research Interests: Research projects and publications from the Saskatchewan office have addressed issues such as health care, kindergarten to Grade 12 education, post-secondary education, the environment, mega hog barns, provincial budgets, youth and unions, agriculture, public services and Crown corporations, food charters, and tax cuts. 30 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Canadian Council of Chief Executives (CCCE) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-238-3727 Website: www.ceocouncil.ca Leadership: John Manley, President and CEO

Mandate: A not-for-profit, non-partisan organization composed of the CEOs of Canada’s leading enterprises, CCCE engages in an active program of public policy research, consultation, and advocacy. CCCE is a source of thoughtful, informed comment from a business point of view on issues of national importance to the economic and social fabric of Canada.

Mission: To enhance Canada’s competitiveness agenda by matching entrepreneurial initiative with sound public policy choices.

Research Interests: North American and global issues, including fiscal, taxation, trade, competition, energy, environmental education, and corporate governance policies.

Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) Location: Kanata, Ont. Phone: 613-236-8977 Website: www.ccsd.ca Leadership: Peggy Taillon, President and CEO

Mandate: CCSD’s mission is to develop and promote progressive social policies inspired by social justice, equality, and the empowerment of individuals and communities. CCSD does this through research, consultation, public education, and advocacy. Its main product is information, and its sources of funding include research contracts, the sale of publications and memberships, and donations.

Mission: To develop and promote progressive social and economic policies that inspire and shape resilient, hopeful, and thriving communities across Canada.

Vision: Equity and opportunity for all.

Research Interests: Social policy and justice.

Canadian Energy Research Institute (CERI) Location: Calgary, Alta. Phone: 403-282-1231 Website: www.ceri.ca Leadership: Peter Howard, President and CEO

Mandate: An independent, not-for-profit research establishment created through a partnership of industry, academia, and government in 1975, CERI strives to build bridges between scholarship and policy, combining the insights of scientific research, economic analysis, and practical experience. In doing so, CERI broadens the knowledge of young researchers in areas related to energy, the economy, and the environment, while honing their expertise in a range of analytical techniques.

Mission: To provide relevant, independent, and objective economic research on energy and environmental issues to benefit business, government, academia, and the public.

Vision: To be the premier centre in its field in Canada and one of the most prestigious energy economics research institutes in the world.

Research Interests: A broad range of topics encompassing energy, the economy, and the environment. The Conference Board of Canada | 31

Canadian Institute Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 1-877-927-7936 Website: www.canadianinstitute.com Leadership: Steven Pasternak, Managing Director Mandate: The Canadian Institute monitors trends and developments in law, public policy, and all major industry sectors to provide business intelligence and leading-edge information for Canadian decision-makers.

Research Interests: Aboriginal people, business, corporate and general management, construction, energy and resources, the environment, finance, government and the public sector, health care and pharma, human resources, insurance and reinsurance, legal issues, marketing, public relations and communications, technology, transportation, manufacturing, and industrial and logistical issues.

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 416-971-4251 Website: www.cifar.ca Leadership: Alan Bernstein, President and CEO

Mandate: CIFAR builds multidisciplinary, long-term global research networks to study a range of topics that are important to Canada and the world.

Mission: To lead the world in framing and answering complex questions at the frontiers of understanding. CIFAR values knowledge for its own sake. Its research agenda is independent and unbounded by geography or academic discipline.

Vision: To create knowledge that enriches human life, improves understanding of the world, and advances the research community in Canada.

Research Interests: Cosmology and gravity; earth system evolution; experience-based brain and biological development; genetic networks; institutions, organizations, and growth; integrated microbial biodiversity; nanoelectronics; neural computation and adaptive perception; quantum information processing; quantum materials; social inter- actions, identity and well-being; and successful societies.

C .D . Howe Institute Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 416-865-1904 Website: www.cdhowe.org Leadership: William B.P. Robson, President and CEO

Mandate: The C.D. Howe Institute is an independent not-for-profit organization that aims to raise Canadians’ living standards by fostering economically sound public policies. It is a trusted source of essential policy intelligence, with research that is rigorous, evidence-based, and peer-reviewed; recommendations that are relevant, constructive, and timely; and communications that are clear, authoritative, and practical.

Research Interests: The Institute’s research helped lay the foundation for initiatives such as free trade, inflation control, balanced budgets, pension reform, and lower tax rates. 32 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Centre for Trade Policy and Law Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-520-6696 Website: www.ctpl.ca Leadership: Phil Rourke, Executive Director

Mandate: The Centre for Trade Policy and Law is a non-governmental, non-profit think-tank that specializes in trade capacity-building. It offers institutional support services for clients in the public and private sector, as well as international organizations. The Centre is jointly sponsored by the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University and the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa.

Research Interests: Promoting greater public understanding of trade policy issues, fostering independent analysis of and research on trade policy issues, and encouraging the development of trade policy professionals.

Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) Location: London, U.K. Phone: +44-20-7576-8181 Website: www.eiu.com Leadership: Robin Bew, Editorial Director and Chief Economist

Mandate: The EIU helps business leaders prepare for opportunity, empowering them to act with confidence when making strategic decisions through its comprehensive suite of global research and advisory services. It offers analysis and forecasts on more than 200 countries, six strategic industries, and a full range of management functions. With more than 300 full-time professionals in 39 offices around the globe, supported by an international network of more than 500 expert contributors, the EIU is widely known for its unparalleled coverage of major and emerging markets.

Mission: to provide the latest intelligence to knowledge clients need to support their businesses.

Research Interests: Forecasting and advisory services, international business, market opportunities and risks, bench- marking strategies, development tracking, trend analysis, risk assessment, liveability, cost of living, and quality of life.

EKOS Research Associates InC . Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-235-7215 Website: www.ekos.com Leadership: Frank L. Graves, President

Mandate: To be an industry leader in innovative and reliable syndicated research. In addition to custom research studies, EKOS produces series of syndicated studies and comparative surveys that create rich databases of the views of more than 50,000 Canadians on a wide range of issues. EKOS is a full-service consulting practice, specializing in market research, public opinion research and strategic communications advice, program evaluation and performance measurement, and human resources and organizational research.

Mission: To transform research into credible knowledge and reliable advice.

Research Interests: A broad range of public and corporate concerns. The Conference Board of Canada | 33

Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-966-6879 Website: www.esteycentre.ca Leadership: James D. Leach, Executive Director

Mandate: The Estey Centre for Law and Economics in International Trade builds expertise in international trade, trade policy, law, and economics. The Centre undertakes independent, self-funded research and as well as commissioned research for governments and the private sector. One of its top priorities is to disseminate the results of the Centre’s research as widely as possible to policy-makers, professionals, and the public at large. Key activities include conducting both independent and commissioned research; providing trade-related technical assistance and World Trade Organization capacity-building for developing economies; engaging in issues relating to trade facilitation; offering training and professional development in a broad range of areas related to international trade; publishing the internationally respected, double-blind reviewed, web-based academic journal, The Estey Centre Journal of International Law and Trade Policy; and organizing conferences.

Mission: To achieve worldwide recognition as a centre of excellence for research, training, and professional development in international trade, trade policy, law, and economics.

Research Interests: International trade, trade policy, law, and economics.

Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-241-5221 Website: www.fcm.ca Leadership: Brock Carlton, CEO

Mandate: FCM has been the national voice of municipal government since 1901. With close to 2,000 members, FCM represents the interests of municipalities on policy and program matters that fall within federal jurisdiction. Members include Canada’s largest cities, small urban and rural communities, and 21 provincial and territorial municipal associations.

Mission: To advocate for cities and communities.

Research Interests: Improving municipal operations, economic development, infrastructure, transit and transportation, policing and public safety, housing, rural and Northern issues, the environment, immigration, municipal rights of way, international trade, and trade agreements. 34 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) Location: Saskatoon and Regina, Sask. Phone: Saskatoon, 306-665-1215 Regina, 306-721-2822 Website: www.fsin.com Leadership: Perry Bellegarde, Chief

Mandate: The Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan. The Federation is committed to honouring the spirit and intent of treaties, as well as to promoting, protecting, and implementing treaties made with First Nations over a century ago.

Mission: To promote treaties and treaty rights; foster progress in the economic, educational, and social endeavours of First Nations people; cooperate with civil and religious authorities; provide constructive criticism and thorough discussion on all matters related to its mandate; adhere to democratic procedure; and promote respect and tolerance for all people.

Research Interests: Economic development; education and training; health and social issues; justice; lands and resources; residential schools; sports culture, youth, and recreation; urban developments; veterans; women’s commissions; treaty governance; and treaty rights.

Fraser Institute Location: Vancouver, B.C. Phone: 604-688-0221 Website: www.fraserinstitute.org Leadership: Niels Veldhuis, President

Mandate: The Fraser Institute raises the level of understanding of the effects of economics and public policy to improve the quality of life for people of all ages and income levels.

Mission: To measure, study, and communicate the impact of competitive markets and government intervention on the welfare of individuals. To find more effective solutions to the issues and problems people face (other than looking to government as the answer). To discuss complex economic subjects in a manner that everyone can easily understand.

Research Interests: A broad range of public policy issues, such as Aboriginal issues, Canada–U.S. relations, defence and security, economic freedom, education, entrepreneurship, the environment, government spending and performance, taxation, health, immigration, mining, privatization, risk and regulation, poverty and welfare, trade, and urban issues.

Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) Location: Winnipeg, Man. Phone: 204-957-1567 Website: www.fcpp.org Leadership: Peter Holle, President

Mandate: The FCPP was founded by a group of individuals interested in making the Prairie region a better place to live, work, and prosper.

Mission: To develop and popularize policy choices that will help Canada’s Prairie region live up to its vast but unrealized economic potential.

Research Interests: Education, economics, Aboriginal people, the environment, equalization, health care, housing, local government, poverty, water, rural policy, and workplaces. The Conference Board of Canada | 35

Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 416-923-2324 Website: www.hrpa.ca Leadership: Bill Greenhalgh, CEO

Mandate: HRPA is a Canadian human resources thought leader and the largest human resources association in the country. In Ontario, HRPA regulates the human resources profession and issues the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation, the national standard for excellence in human resources management. HRPA has more than 19,000 members in 28 chapters and hosts the largest annual human resources conference in Canada. Its Human Resources Research Institute (HRRI) is a national not-for-profit organization that is focused on human resources research. As a human resources thought leader, HRRI advances centres of excellence by funding awards, scholarships, and empirical research projects that have a clear application to human resources practice and advance- ment of the profession.

Mission: To advance its members’ careers and enhance the standing of the human resources profession while ensuring protection of the public.

Vision: To be a global leader in advancing the human resources profession as the essential driver of business strategy and organizational success.

Research Interests: Professional development, thought leadership, and human resources issues.

Insightwest Research Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-501-1247 Website: www.insightwest.ca Leadership: Nathan Elliott, President

Mandate: By understanding the political and economic realities that influence energy and resource development in the West, Insightwest provides insight-based, compliance-based, and technical-based solutions for the energy and resource sectors in Western Canada. It seeks to inform energy and resource companies, Aboriginal organizations, governments, and other stakeholders in an array of industry-specific research areas. Insightwest tailors its strategic-focused, compliance-focused, and technical-focused work to suit the goals and aspirations of its clients. Its website serves as a unique forum, enhancing industry awareness, as well as fostering dialogue and bridging gaps among the public; private industry; federal, provincial, municipal, and Aboriginal governments; Aboriginal groups; and academia.

Research Interests: The Saskatchewan mining and energy sector (oil, gas, potash, uranium, coal, and renewable energy). 36 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Institute on Governance (IOG) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-562-0090 Website: http://iog.ca Leadership: Maryantonett Flumian, President

Mandate: The IOG is an independent source of research, knowledge, and advice on governance and how it can be improved.

Mission: To advance better governance in the public interest.

Vision: To be the pre-eminent, independent Canadian source of knowledge, research, and advice on governance and its continuous improvement.

Research Interests: Board and organizational governance, government modernization, Aboriginal governance, strong partnerships, health and innovation, and international programming.

Institute of Health Economics (IHE) Location: Edmonton, Alta. Phone: 780-448-4881 Website: www.ihe.ca Leadership: Egon Jonsson, Executive Director and CEO

Mandate: The IHE supports health care decision-makers by providing high-quality evidence through health technology assessment (HTA), and other research and knowledge transfer initiatives in health economics and policy. Projects are commissioned by governments, health service providers, or other groups, or are undertaken on IHE’s own initiative. HTA research can take a variety of forms, including comprehensive reports, rapid assessments, information papers, independent studies, the Alberta Ambassador Program, and Consensus Development and “Becoming the Best” conferences, as well as meetings and partnerships with other agencies.

Mission: To help build more effective health services and healthier communities through evidence-informed decision-making.

Vision: To assist decision-makers in health policy and practice with the results of economic evaluations, costing analyses, and cost-effectiveness analyses, and with syntheses of findings from research in health technology assessment.

Research Interests: Health technology assessment, economic evaluation and analytics, decision modelling, knowledge transfer in health policy, and health economics.

Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) Location: Montréal, Que. Phone: 514-985-2461 Website: www.irpp.org Leadership: Graham Fox, President

Mandate: The IRPP seeks to improve public policy in Canada by generating research and providing insight and debate that will contribute to the public policy decision-making process and strengthen the quality of the public policy decisions made by Canadian governments, citizens, institutions, and organizations.

Research Interests: Public policy, particularly immigration, aging, pensions, competitiveness, productivity, and innovation. The Conference Board of Canada | 37

International Minerals Innovation Institute (IMII) Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-933-7941 Website: www.imii.ca Leadership: Gordon Barnhart, Interim Board Chair; David Grier, Acting Executive Director

Mandate: Jointly funded by industry and government, the IMII is envisaged as a mechanism that enables industry to provide direction and funding to, and to make decisions about, education and training programs and research and development projects conducted in support of the mining and minerals sector.

Research Interests: The need for skilled workers and scientific solutions to support the growth of the mining and minerals industry.

John Howard Society of Saskatchewan Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-584-2115 Website: www.sk.johnhoward.ca Leadership: Greg Fleet, Executive Director

Mandate: The John Howard Society of Saskatchewan is an independent voluntary organization composed of citizens interested in advocacy, public education, and direct service.

Mission: To accept responsibility for understanding and dealing with the problems of crime and the criminal justice system in a creative, humane, and progressive manner.

Vision: Effective, just, and humane responses to the causes and consequences of crime.

Research Interests: Crime prevention and intervention, housing, and criminal justice.

Lloyd & Delphine Martin Prosperity Institute (MPI) Location: Toronto, Ont. Phone: 416-946-7300 Website: www.martinprosperity.org Leadership: Jamison Steeve, Executive Director

Mandate: A world-leading think-tank on the role of sub-national factors—location, place, and city-region—in global economic prosperity, the Institute takes an integrated view of prosperity, looking beyond economic measures to include quality of place and the development of people’s creative potential. MPI is part of the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto’s St. George campus.

Mission: To shape debate about economic prosperity and to inform private, public, and civic decision-making at the highest levels.

Research Interests: Labour force changes and demands, culture, the creative economy, global creativity, food, and metropolitan and rural areas. 38 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Martin Aboriginal Initiative (MAI) Location: Montréal, Que. Phone: 514-982-3911 514-982-3905 514-982-3903 Website: www.maei-ieam.ca www.capefund.ca Leadership: Lucie Santoro, Administration Director; Peter Forton, Managing Director; Carlana Lindeman, Education Program Director; Alex Farley, Director

Mandate: A not-for-profit corporation established by the Right Honourable Paul Martin and his family, the MAI identifies issues affecting Canadian Aboriginals. Its main areas of focus are the education of Aboriginal students through the work of the Martin Aboriginal Education Initiative (MAEI) and the development of business expertise and mentoring in Aboriginal communities through the Capital for Aboriginal Prosperity and Entrepreneurship (CAPE) fund.

Mission (MAEI): To initiate a variety of educational projects designed to provide Aboriginal Canadians with the opportunities they need to succeed; to support Aboriginal students by bringing together Aboriginal organizations, the business community, post-secondary institutions, First Nation schools, and provincially funded school boards; and to support initiatives that improve education at the elementary and secondary school levels for Aboriginal Canadians.

Mission: (CAPE): To further a culture of economic independence, ownership, entrepreneurship, and enterprise management among Aboriginal peoples, on or off reserve, through the creation and growth of successful businesses. More specifically, in communities where economic opportunity and capable political leadership are present, to provide—within a spirit and in a context of partnership—equity and quasi-equity capital, business expertise, and mentoring on individual projects that are capable of providing: financial return: a reasonable return based on market conditions and transaction specifics, after considering the costs associated with the social return; and social return: promoting entrepreneurship, the transfer of skills, and (in most instances) ultimately the transfer of ownership and control to Aboriginal entrepreneurs or the community.

Research Interests: Aboriginal education, business development, and mentoring.

Métis Nation—Saskatchewan Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-343-8285 Website: www.mn-s.ca Leadership: Robert Doucette, President

Mandate: The Métis Nation—Saskatchewan represents the approximately 80,000 Métis people of Saskatchewan. Its legislative assembly has the authority to enact legislation and resolutions regarding the affairs and conduct of the Métis people of Saskatchewan. It is affiliated with the Métis National Council.

Mission: To discuss matters affecting Saskatchewan Métis.

Research Interests: A broad range of issues, such as arbitration, lands and resources, human resources, registry, governance (local, regional, and provincial), and health. The Conference Board of Canada | 39

Métis National Council (MNC) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-232-3216 Website: www.metisnation.ca Leadership: Clément Chartier, President

Mandate: Since 1983, the MNC has represented the Métis Nation, both nationally and internationally. It receives its mandate and direction from the democratically elected leadership of the Métis Nation’s governments from Ontario westward. Specifically, the MNC reflects and moves forward on the desires and aspirations of these Métis governments at the national and international level.

Mission: To secure a healthy space for the Métis Nation’s ongoing existence within the Canadian federation.

Research Interests: A broad range of issues affecting the Métis.

Pembina Institute Location: Calgary, Alta. Phone: 403-269-3344 Website: www.pembina.org Leadership: Ed Whittingham, Executive Director

Mandate: The Pembina Institute promotes environmental, social, and economic sustainability in the public interest by developing practical solutions for communities, individuals, governments, and businesses.

Mission: To advance sustainable energy solutions through innovative research, education, consulting, and advocacy.

Vision: A world in which our immediate and future needs are met in a manner that protects the earth’s living systems; ensures clean air, land, and water; prevents dangerous climate change; and provides a safe and just global community.

Research Interests: Climate change, energy issues, green economics, energy efficiency and conservation, renewable energy, and environmental governance.

Prairie Policy Centre (PPC) InC . Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-242-2981 Website: www.prairiepolicycentre.com Leadership: Austin Thomas, Executive Director

Mandate: The Prairie Policy Centre is an independent, non-partisan, not-for-profit research and educational organization that advances ideas on wealth creation.

Mission: To enhance the economic and social well-being of Saskatchewan, the Prairie region, and Canada as a whole.

Research Interests: Economic and social policy issues. 40 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Public Policy Forum (PPF) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 613-238-7160 Website: www.ppforum.ca Leadership: David J. Mitchell, President and CEO

Mandate: The PPF is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of government in Canada by enhancing dialogue among the public, private, and voluntary sectors.

Mission: To facilitate open and frank dialogue and discussion among leaders from all sectors.

Research Interests: Aboriginal people, governance, innovation, and energy.

Sask Trends Monitor Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-522-5515 Website: www.sasktrends.ca Leadership: Doug Elliott, Publisher and Owner of QED Information Systems

Mandate: Sask Trends Monitor tracks social, economic, and demographic trends in Saskatchewan.

Research Interests: Demographics, the economy, and the labour market.

Saskatchewan Association for Multicultural Education (SAME) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-780-9428 Website: www.saskculture.sk.ca Leadership: Marge Nainaar, President

Mandate: A provincial non-profit volunteer organization supported by SaskCulture, SAME supports unique identities in Saskatchewan and cultural responsiveness to barriers of poverty and racism by developing resources and services for educator and student learning. Sample resources include Saskatchewan cultural profiles, Voices of Saskatchewan story kits, a web-based Celebrating Saskatchewan calendar, a resource centre, resource recommendations, workshops, presentations, displays, interactive drama workshops, and the Discovering Identity Valuing Equality (DIVE) youth leadership program. SAME also offers assistance with curriculum and project development, and event planning.

Mission: To promote multicultural and anti-racist education.

Research Interests: Overcoming poverty and racism. The Conference Board of Canada | 41

Saskatchewan Eco Network (SEN) Location: Regina and Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: Regina, 306-543-2784 Saskatoon, 306-652-1275 Website: http://econet.ca/ Leadership: Rick Morrell, Executive Director

Mandate: A non-profit, non-governmental organization affiliated with the Canadian Environmental Network, SEN connects environmentalists through active networking. SEN’s primary activities include sharing information, organizing general membership and working group meetings, publishing a biweekly newsletter, connecting different groups with those who have the necessary skills and information, presenting an annual environmental film festival, and awarding environmental activist awards.

Research Interests: Environmental issues, such as global warming, endangered species, biotechnology, pesticides and other toxic substances, intensive livestock operations, forest issues, the Great Sand Hills, mining, ethanol, water, atmospheric quality, alternative energy, trade, and organic agriculture.

Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-975-1680 Website: www.shrf.ca Leadership: June M. Bold, CEO

Mandate: SHRF funds the work of researchers, supports efforts to grow the province’s research enterprise, and promotes knowledge borne of health research. As the lead agency for the provincial government’s Health Research Strategy, SHRF works as a catalyst, supporting the work of individual researchers and research groups, as well as furthering numerous initiatives to enhance and increase capacity of the province’s health research enterprise. Over the years, SHRF has contributed by providing health research granting process excellence as well as primary research input into many activities to advance health research in Saskatchewan.

Mission: To advance research, facilitate research in health-related fields of study, assist the Minister of Health in developing a provincial strategy for health research, provide funding to individuals or agencies conducting research relevant to the provincial strategy, and disseminate knowledge.

Vision: Building a healthy Saskatchewan through health research.

Research Interests: HIV, aging populations, synchrotron light and cancer treatments, and population health. 42 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

Saskatchewan Mining Association (SMA) Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-757-9505 Website: www.saskmining.ca Leadership: Dave Neuburger, President

Mandate: The SMA is the industry’s voice for a strong Saskatchewan mining industry. An industry-funded organization, the SMA works with equivalent associations in other provinces, the Mining Association of Canada, the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, universities, and other research organizations to influence regulatory and policy frameworks, enhance public awareness, contribute to labour market capacity, advance safety and environmental stewardship, grow and sustain members, and encourage Aboriginal participation.

Mission: To represent and support a safe, responsible, and growing Saskatchewan mining industry.

Research Interests: The mining industry.

Saskatoon Community Foundation Location: Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: 306-665-1766 Website: www.saskatooncommunityfoundation.ca Leadership: Trevor Forrest, Executive Director

Mandate: Managing an endowment worth over $27 million and assets totalling over $43 million, the Saskatoon Community Foundation provides charities with grants to enhance quality of life in the Saskatoon community. The Foundation supports hunger programs, community theatre, adult literacy programs, summer environmental camps, programs for seniors, and more.

Mission: To contribute to quality of life through endowments, strategic grant-making, and community leadership.

Vision: Making Saskatoon the best community in which to live.

Research Interests: The Foundation funds projects and ongoing work in seven areas of focus: family and community; education; human development; health; arts and culture; the environment; and research, strategy, and capacity-building.

SaskCulture InC . Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-780-9284 Website: www.saskculture.sk.ca Leadership: James Ingold, President of the Board of Directors

Mandate: A community-based, volunteer-driven organization, SaskCulture works with its membership and other community partners to build a culturally vibrant province with a strong, thriving, cohesive cultural community, where people value and support culture, and people’s lives are strengthened and enriched through participation in diverse cultural activities.

Mission: To build a culturally vibrant province, where all citizens celebrate, value, and participate in a rich cultural life.

Research Interests: Cultural organizations and activities, organizational development, networking, advocacy and awareness, and social development. The Conference Board of Canada | 43

SpringBoard West Innovations (SBWI) InC . Location: Regina, Sask. Phone: 306-789-0535 Website: www.springboardwest.ca Leadership: Susan J. Gorges, CEO

Mandate: SpringBoard West Innovations provides mentoring and research services to academic researchers, invent- ors, entrepreneurs, and companies taking technology-based products to market.

Mission: To contribute to the innovation ecosystem and bring Saskatchewan innovations to the marketplace.

Research Interests: Competitive intelligence and market analysis in technology sectors such as alternate energy, communications technologies, life and biomedical sciences, energy, and the environment.

The Conference Board of Canada (CBoC) Location: Ottawa, Ont. Phone: 1-866-711-2262 Website: www.conferenceboard.ca Leadership: Daniel Muzyka, President and CEO

Mandate: The foremost independent, not-for-profit applied research organization in Canada, the Conference Board runs conferences; conducts, publishes, and disseminates research; helps people network; develops individual leadership skills; and builds organizational capacity. Key initiatives in Saskatchewan include the following: the Saskatchewan Forum—an annual forum drawing in Canadian, international, provincial, and Aboriginal thought leaders, decision-makers, and influencers to develop a vision of where Saskatchewan should be by 2022 and then by 2050; and the Saskatchewan Institute—a multi-year research initiative that focuses exclusively on issues relevant to Saskatchewan (working with partners in Saskatchewan, the Conference Board produces research that will help public and private sector leaders sharpen their vision for Saskatchewan’s future and find solutions to the challenges they need to address).

Mission: To build leadership capacity for a better Canada by creating and sharing insights on economic trends, public policy, and organizational performance.

Research Interests: A broad range of economic trend, organizational performance, and public policy issues. 44 | Who’s Thinking It Through in Saskatchewan—January 2013

United Way (Saskatoon and Area, and Regina) Location: Saskatoon and Regina, Sask. Phone: Saskatoon, 306-975-7700 Regina, 306-757-5671 Website: www.unitedwaysaskatoon.ca www.unitedwayregina.ca Leadership: Sheri Benson, Executive Director; Joanne Grant, CEO

Mandate: The United Way is a community impact organization that focuses on changing social conditions and creating opportunities for a better life for the members of its community. It strives to improve the conditions in its community measurably, through its work and the work of its partners.

Mission: To improve lives and build community by engaging individuals and mobilizing collective action.

Vision: To improve the social and economic conditions of Saskatchewan’s citizens.

Research Interests: Poverty, health, communities, and childhood learning and development.

YMCA (Saskatoon, Regina, and others) Location: Regina and Saskatoon, Sask. Phone: Regina, 306-757-9622 Saskatoon, 306-652-7515 Website: www.regina.ymca.ca www.ymcasaskatoon.org Leadership: Randy Klassen, CEO; Janet Giles, CEO

Mandate: YMCAs in Saskatchewan are multi-service charitable organizations. They are associations of people who are dedicated to improving lives and communities.

Mission: To offer opportunities for health, personal growth, and community service.

Vision: Building healthier futures and communities.

Research Interests: Community-building, healthy lifestyles, volunteerism, self-esteem, personal growth and development, leadership capacity, and family togetherness. services

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