Exclusively for PFC Members In Person

Meeting the Moment: Member Gathering and Policy Roundtable in Calgary

18 June 2025 / Registration Open

Invitation

To PFC members in Calgary and region and other grantmakers based in the area who are seriously considering joining PFC, you are cordially invited to attend our next Luncheon Gathering to be held in person on Wednesday June 18, 2025, between 12-2:00 PM (local time) at the Calgary Petroleum Club Trophy Room, 319 5 Ave SW.

Program

In Canada, the political landscape is shifting. At the same time, the new administration in the US is creating complex political challenges for Canada, affecting our economy, sovereignty, and security.  

Foundations are looking to make informed decisions at this turbulent time, in consideration of long-term resilience, economic stability, and social impact.  

Join us in person to confer in a facilitated discussion on how we can together mitigate economic risks, sustain prosperity, exchange ideas, find solutions, and collaborate on strategic philanthropy that strengthens Canada’s economic future and safeguards our sovereignty.  

Participants will discuss and learn more about: 

  • The context of US President Trump’s new policies 
  • Their impact on philanthropic leaders in the US and Canada 
  • The intersection with the Canadian political environment 
  • Actions they can take 

At this Calgary gathering of our Meeting the Moment, we’ll engage in facilitated group discussions over lunch together.  

PFC Member Regional Gathering

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Michele Fugiel Gartner, PhD, CAP®

Lead Researcher

Michele is a philanthropic researcher, educator, and advisor. She holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews, School of Management, where she studied the experiences of CEOs in UK family foundations and conceptualised the foundation professional role. She instructs nonprofit management and social innovation at Mount Royal University (Calgary, AB). Michele’s philanthropic experience includes the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Social Venture Partners Calgary, Trico Charitable Foundation, and the Centre for the Study of Philanthropy & Public Good. She obtained her Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® designation in 2016 and is a member of the Global Philanthropy Advisory Group with the Society of Estate and Trust Practitioners (STEP). Michele has an MA from the University of London, SOAS, in international studies and diplomacy and a BA from Arizona State University in intercultural and organizational communication.

Michele acknowledges that her life has been shaped by the lands and histories of many peoples and places. She was born and raised in Illinois and Wisconsin, on the traditional homelands of the Ho-Chunk, Menominee, and Potawatomi peoples. Her journey has taken her through Phoenix, Arizona (Akimel O’odham and Hohokam lands); Honolulu, Hawai'i (Kanaka Maoli lands); Japan (home to the Ainu and Ryukyuan peoples); Seattle, Washington (Coast Salish territories, including the Duwamish and Suquamish Tribe); and London, UK, historically stewarded by the Britons. London’s history as a hub of migration and colonization serves as a reminder of the lasting impacts of the British Empire on Indigenous peoples globally. 

Now, she lives and works in Calgary, Alberta, in the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations), and home to the Métis Nation of Alberta (Districts 5 and 6). She honors the histories, cultures, and enduring relationships Indigenous peoples have with these lands, reflecting on colonization’s legacies and her responsibility to advocate for equity and decolonization. As someone shaped by global movement, she commits to ongoing learning and solidarity with Indigenous communities worldwide. 

Jean-Marc Mangin

President & CEO

Jean-Marc has been President & CEO of Philanthropic Foundations Canada since 2019. He currently sits on the Government of Canada’s Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector.

Prior to PFC, Jean-Marc led a renewal process of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, the largest national organization of Canadian researchers and scholars as its Executive Director.

He also has had a long career serving in international development with the UN, NGOs, and the Canadian Government in responding to global humanitarian disasters and development challenges. As CUSO Executive Director, he led a merger with VSO-Canada, and he was the first Executive Director of Global Call for Climate Action, a cross-sector civil society initiative supporting transformational change to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Born in Manitoba, raised in Quebec, and educated in BC and Ontario, he holds an MA in Political Sciences and Environmental Studies from the University of Toronto.

The land that Jean-Marc lives, learns and works on has been home to many Indigenous communities throughout time, and is the traditional unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin People.