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Monthly CEO Peer Support Group Call

11 January 2024 - 4 April 2024 / Registration Open

Who?

PFC member Executive Directors/CEOs only (or equivalent title).

What?

A discussion around a cross-cutting theme relevant to different types of foundations, and ample opportunity to talk and learn from one another.

Proposed topics and speakers for each call to be published on this page shortly.

  • November 2: Board Succession with Marcel Lauzière, CEO of the Lawson Foundation
  • October 5: Philanthropy’s Response to the increasing number of Natural Disasters with Eric St.Pierre, CEO of the Trottier Family Foundation

When?

4 PM Atlantic Time | 3 PM Eastern Time | 2 PM Central Time | 1 PM Mountain Time | 12 PM Pacific Time

Click on either date to register for any or all sessions

Typical scenario

  • 3:00 pm Welcome, Icebreaker in small groups, Topic/Guest Speaker intro. 
  • 3:15 pm Guest speaker presentation and clarifying questions from group.
  • 3:30 pm Breakout room discussions and report back on salient reflections.
  • 3:55 pm Wrap up and call ends at 4 PM.

Registration links

Bruce Lawson

Senior Advisor to President & CEO

Bruce is the Senior Advisor to the President & CEO at PFC, as well as a Special Advisor at The Counselling Foundation of Canada, working part-time on a project-basis, as well as undertaking contracts for other organizations. He previously served as the Foundation’s President & CEO from 2008 to 2023, as well as the Executive Officer of CERIC and an ex-officio member of the CERIC Board of Directors.

Bruce is a co-founder of Foundation House, a collaborative workspace housing three foundations and several charitable & non-profit network organizations in Toronto. He was a part of the steering committee that co-authored the Philanthropic Community’s Declaration of Action presented at the Closing Event of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission. In 2019, he was appointed for a two-year term to the federal government’s Advisory Committee on the Charitable Sector. In Spring 2020, he helped create the Indigenous Peoples Resilience Fund, which was designed to support Indigenous communities and Indigenous-led organizations with immediate needs in the face of the pandemic.

An active volunteer, Bruce is serving on the Board of Trustees of the Arctic Inspiration Prize. He is a past Board Chair of both Philanthropic Foundations Canada and Casey House.

Bruce has a BA (Economics) from McGill and an MBA from the University of Toronto.

Erin Matheson

Executive Coordinator

Erin has spent her career working in philanthropy and government. Passionate about working with community-based organizations, she managed an Irish cultural non-profit for many years, which allowed her to support the community in which she was raised. More recently, she worked with healthcare and education non-profit groups.

As Executive Coordinator, Erin supports the team in achieving the goals identified in its strategic framework by developing and implementing crucial structures for collaboration within the organization.

She is a proud mother of three daughters, dedicated friend and family member, and enjoys sharing her love of baking with those around her.

Jean-Marc Mangin

President & CEO

Jean-Marc has been President & CEO of Philanthropic Foundations Canada since July 2019. He is energized by foundations working together to strengthen the common good.

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.

Over a 25 year career, he has served 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, educated in BC and Ontario, he holds an MA in Political Sciences and Environmental Studies from the University of Toronto.