Abbreviation | CBoC |
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Formation | 1954 |
Type | Nonprofit applied research organization |
Legal status | Nonprofit with charitable status |
Purpose | Mission to provide Canada's leaders with research insights to inform evidence-based decision-making |
Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Region served | Canada |
Official language |
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President and chief executive officer | Dr. Susan Black |
Staff | 200 |
Website | www.conferenceboard.ca |
The Conference Board of Canada is the country's leading independent, applied research organization. The not-for-profit organization delivers actionable insights to help Canada's leaders make informed, evidence-based decisions.
The Conference Board of Canada is dedicated to solving Canada's most challenging and critical issues and provides high quality analysis as a resource for insights that are non-partisan and non-ideological.
The organization conducts research and hosts Executive Councils across eight Knowledge Areas: Canadian economics, human capital, innovation and technology, education and skills, health, sustainability, Indigenous and Northern Communities, and immigration. The organization produces more than 400 research outputs annually.
In the economics forecasting space, The Conference Board of Canada produces medium- and long-term outlooks on the national, provincial/territorial, metropolitan and industrial economies, as well as proprietary economic indicators and custom economic analyses.
The organization has 16 executive councils, which are composed of some of Canada's largest companies, non-profits and government bodies. These councils provide peer-to-peer learning opportunities and networking communities and support leaders by providing research and insights to help inform decision-making.
The Conference Board of Canada was established in 1954 as a division of the American National Industrial Conference Board, now simply known as The Conference Board. The Conference Board of Canada acquired a separate legal identity in 1981, The organization is headquartered in Ottawa, but moved to being fully remote during the pandemic, and has employees located across the country.
Dr. Susan Black is the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board of Canada
The Honorary Associate Award was The Conference Board of Canada's highest Award and was conferred upon individuals who served both their organization and their country with distinction during their working career. This office, the term of which is life, is the only honour conferred by The Conference Board of Canada. The Award was given on the occasion of the Conference Board's Annual Meeting.
In May 2009, The Conference Board of Canada was criticised over its claim to be objective and non-partisan. It released a report related to copyright regulations in Canada, which plagiarised papers published by the International Intellectual Property Alliance (the primary movie, music, and software lobby in the US). [1] [2] The Conference Board responded, standing by its report, [3] which drew further criticism, claiming they ignored a commissioned report, for partisan reasons. [4] [5] The Conference Board recalled the reports after conducting an internal review, which determined that there was undue reliance on feedback from a funder of the report. [6] The Conference Board hosted a roundtable discussion on intellectual property in September 2009 and published a new report, Intellectual Property in the 21st Century, in February 2010.
In November 2016, a recording surfaced of Michael Bloom, the Vice-President of The Conference Board, which contained a number of generalizing statements about indigenous peoples, people of Caribbean, Asian, and middle-eastern descent. The statements were made in the presence of an employee that is of indigenous heritage. Upon learning of the recording, The Conference Board of Canada placed the Vice-President on immediate leave of absence and initiated an internal investigation. [7]
Shortly after the recording was made public, it was further revealed that a former employee commenced legal action against The Conference Board of Canada. This employee had worked under Michael Bloom and alleged a "toxic work environment". The former employee was also of indigenous heritage. A lawsuit was filed in Ontario and sought $175,000 in damages. [8]
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