Hearsay #18 - Cinema, Statecraft, State, etc.
May 26, 2025
📣 Hearsay is a curated newsletter featuring the best business and policy networking events happening in Toronto.
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Top Picks
📣 Toronto New Wave (May 31)
Editors’ insights: A free panel and brunch with four esteemed filmmakers who put Toronto on the cinematic map in the 1980s with their creative and collaborative storytelling.
📣 US Ambassador Hoekstra (June 3)
Editors’ insights: Seats are very limited!! Hear from US Ambassador to Canada, Hon. Pete Hoekstra, a few tumultuous months into the job. Trade, security, and diplomacy are all on the menu.
🎟️ Exclusive Discount for Individual Ticket or Table of 10 (HTECC0603)
📣 Building A Stronger Canada (June 9)
Editors’ insights: On the pricier side, but worth it for the networking. Mingle with the Premier, mayor, former ambassadors, several CEOs, and other guests at the Globe and Mail’s full-day event.
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*Free event
💼 * University of Toronto: Indigenous Health in Indigenous Hands
May 26
Event: 5:30 - 7:00 PM
Innis Town Hall
💼 TRBOT: Fueling Life Sciences Growth: Toronto’s Capital Ecosystem
May 27
Breakfast: 8:00 - 10:15 AM
100 Queens Quay E
🍽️ Canadian Club: Security & Prosperity: A Business Case for Investing in Canada’s Defence Industrial Base
May 27
Lunch: 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Fairmont Royal York
🎟️ Exclusive Ticket Discount (30OFFMAY27)
🍽️ Ontario Energy Association: Financing Ontario’s Energy System Growth Needs
May 27
Lunch: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Marriott Downtown
💼 Rotman: Canada's Trade and Economic Outlook: Navigating the Road to the G7
May 27
Event: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
105 Saint George St
🍽️ C.D. Howe: Surprise, Surprise: Gauging the Magnitude of the Coming Growth Slowdown
May 28
Lunch: 12:00 - 1:30 PM
67 Yonge St
🍽️ TRBOT: Beyond the Usual: Building a Bold, Connected Waterfront
May 28
Breakfast: 8:30 - 11:00 AM
100 Queens Quay E
💼 * TVO: Thomas L. Friedman: Canada, the US, and Elbows Up Globalization
May 28
Event: 4:30 - 6:30 PM
Isabel Bader Theatre
📖 Rotman: ’Human: Solving the Global Workforce Crisis in Healthcare' - Mark Britnell
May 29
Book Launch: 5:30 - 7:15 PM
105 Saint George St
📣 * University of Toronto: The Toronto New Wave
May 31
Brunch and Panel: 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Innis Town Hall
📖 Rotman: ‘How to Make Time for What Counts’ - Oliver Burkeman
June 2
Book Launch: 5:30 - 6:30 PM
105 Saint George St
🍽️ Canadian Club: Kevin Strain (President & CEO, Sun Life)
June 3
Lunch: 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
Fairmont Royal York
📣 Empire Club of Canada: A New Era for the Canada-U.S. Relationship (Hon. Pete Hoekstra, Ambassador of the United States to Canada)
June 3
Lunch: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Metro Toronto Convention Centre
🎟️ Exclusive Discount for Individual Ticket or Table of 10 (HTECC0603)
🍽️ Canadian Club: A Decade of Economic Reconciliation: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
June 4
Lunch: 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
Sheraton Centre Toronto
🎟️ Exclusive Discounts: Table of 10 (300OFFJUNE4) and Individual Ticket (30OFFJUNE4)
🍽️ C.D. Howe: Directors Dinner 2025: Protecting Ontario: A Conversation with Doug Ford
June 4
Dinner: 5:30 - 8:30 PM
One King West Hotel
🍽️ Empire Club: Protecting Ontario by Building Faster: Infrastructure Ontario’s Market Update – Hon. Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure
June 5
Lunch: 11:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Arcadian Court
🎟️ Exclusive Discount for Individual Ticket or Table of 10 (HTECC0605)
🍽️ C.D. Howe: Talking to Canadians: How Real-World Insights Shape Monetary Policy
June 5
Lunch: 12:00 - 1:30 PM
67 Yonge St
💼 TRBOT: High-Growth Markets, Low-Cost Strategies: Masterclass with Dan Herman
June 6
Event: 8:30 - 10:30 AM
100 Queens Quay E
🍽️ Canadian Club: Ethical Leadership: A competitive advantage for Canada’s financial industry in an era of fractured trust
June 9
Lunch: 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
The Hilton Hotel
🎟️ Exclusive Discounts: Table of 10 (300OFFJUNE9) and Individual Ticket (30OFFJUNE9)
📣 Globe and Mail: Intersect 2025: Building A Stronger Canada
June 9
Forum: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Fairmont Royal York
💼 Pembina: 5th Annual Retrofit Canada Conference
June 9-10
Conference
Beanfield Centre
🍽️ C.D. Howe: Fortifying Canada's Borders: Strategy, Security, & Sovereignty
June 10
Lunch: 12:00 - 1:30 PM
67 Yonge St
🍽️ C.D. Howe: Michael Lindsay (Interim President and CEO, Metrolinx)
June 11
Lunch: 12:00 - 1:30 PM
67 Yonge St
🍽️ Canadian Club: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Private Equity
June 11
Lunch: 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
Sheraton Centre Toronto
🎟️ Exclusive Discounts: Table of 10 (PRIVATEEQUITY300) and Individual Ticket (PRIVATEEQUITY30)
🍽️ Canadian Club: The Honourable Stephen Lecce
June 12
Lunch: 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM
Marriott Downtown
🍽️ TRBOT: Annual Lunch
June 12
Lunch: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Arcadian Court
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