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Action Canada Foundation
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Name of Program: Action Canada
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Interviewee: Cathy Beehan, CEO
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Brief Highlights: The Action Canada Foundation is a Canadian organization created by a unique private director/government of Canada partnership to “build leadership for Canada’s future.” The principal means to this goal is to annually select up to twenty exceptional young Canadians and engage them in a program of leadership development and public policy projects of significance to Canada. High standards must be met to become an Action Canada Fellow.
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Website: www.actioncanada.ca
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Words of Wisdom: At the opening night of the first Action Canada conference, a number of guests made presentations about leadership. Former federal NDP leader, Ed Broadbent, made a comment that we have since framed and hung on our wall. He said: “Real leaders want to do something not to be somebody.” To us, this comment encapsulates many profound aspects of leadership
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Region: British Columbia, Canada
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