Join us for a webinar to explore the impact of corporate concentration in Canada, followed by a panel discussion.
Date: May 1st, 2025
Time: 12:00-1:30 EDT; 10:00-11:30 MDT
Place: By Zoom
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Speaker:
Vass Bednar is the author of “The Big Fix – How companies capture markets and harm Canadians” and executive Director of McMaster University’s Master of Public Policy in Digital Society program. Her work focuses on the intersection between policy and the innovation ecosystem. She is a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and writes the popular newsletter “rags to riches”. She is also a contributing columnist at the Globe and Mail and the host of the podcast, Lately.
Panelists:
- Jennifer Quaid is an Associate Professor in the Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law where she teaches criminal law, competition law and business law. Her current research projects focus on four areas: (1) competition law, market regulation and the digital economy, (2) regulation of business activity, including in relation to artificial intelligence, (3) economic crime and anti-corruption law; and (4) organizational criminal law.
- Lawrence Zhang is Head of Policy at the Centre for Canadian Innovation and Competitiveness, the Canadian affiliate of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. He leads research and policy analysis on how Canada can drive economic growth through innovation, technology adoption, and industrial strategy. Previously, he served as an advisor to several Canadian cabinet ministers at both the federal and provincial levels.
- Moderator: Peter Josty, Executive Director at the Centre for Innovation Studies.
Registration:
By Email: martha@thecis.ca
By phone: 403-968-3722
Online: Corporate concentration in Canada
Please note: a QR code will be generated when you RSVP but this is not active as this is not an in-person event.
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Peter
Peter Josty, PhD, MBA
Executive Director,
The Centre for Innovation Studies (THECIS),
P.O. Box 19532, Rpo South
Cranston, Calgary, AB T3M 0V4
Phone: (403) 249-0191 E-mail: p.josty@thecis.ca
Web site: www.thecis.ca