Ian Morrison Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Canada Area

Strategic management consultant, primarily but not exclusively in the non-profit and charitable sector, with a broad range of clients including the Province of Alberta, YMCA of Greater Toronto, the Toronto Arts Council, the Association of Canadian Public Polytechnic Institutes, Friends of Ontario Universities, Friends of International Development, the Investment Funds Institute of Canada, the Stuart Foundation and others. Primary and highly visible client, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting.

Canada

Founder and Spokesperson, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting 1985 –2018 Accomplishments:• Grew Friends from 1,200 supporters in 1985 to 364,000 in 2018 with annual after-tax investments of nearly $4 million from 60K individuals• Successful defence of CBC/SRC’s independence from political interference and financial capacity in the face of headwinds from the Chrétien and Harper governments• Substantial increase in CBC/SRC’s budget under Trudeau government 2016+• 100+… Show more Founder and Spokesperson, Friends of Canadian Broadcasting 1985 –2018 Accomplishments:• Grew Friends from 1,200 supporters in 1985 to 364,000 in 2018 with annual after-tax investments of nearly $4 million from 60K individuals• Successful defence of CBC/SRC’s independence from political interference and financial capacity in the face of headwinds from the Chrétien and Harper governments• Substantial increase in CBC/SRC’s budget under Trudeau government 2016+• 100+ interventions/presentations to the CRTC re: public broadcasting, media concentration, Cancon, cable monopolies, Indigenous, local and educational broadcasting, equity in tax treatment of media advertising• 19 public opinion surveys on broadcasting policy and cultural sovereignty• Creation of Dalton Camp Award and Daryl Duke Foundation Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

Accomplishments:• Linking provincial adult learning groups through grassroots public policy development, policy workshops, national conferences, Canada-wide advocacy for lifelong learning • Policy development in employment training, immigration policy, adult literacy, innovative use of communications media for learning• Founding of the Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations, Imagine Canada, International Council for Adult Education• Persuading Statistics Canada to… Show more Accomplishments:• Linking provincial adult learning groups through grassroots public policy development, policy workshops, national conferences, Canada-wide advocacy for lifelong learning • Policy development in employment training, immigration policy, adult literacy, innovative use of communications media for learning• Founding of the Coalition of National Voluntary Organizations, Imagine Canada, International Council for Adult Education• Persuading Statistics Canada to develop the Adult Education and Training Survey https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/en/catalogue/81M0013X• Successful mobilization of public opinion in 1985 to counter pressure from the United States and the United Kingdom for Canada to leave UNESCO• Collaboration with the Institut canadien d’éducation des adultes to lobby the federal government towards recognition of lifelong learning in public policy• Chair of the National Committee on Canada’s birthday 1982 https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/canada-day-history.html Show less

Toronto, Canada Area

• Summer student ‘labourer-teacher’ in northern Ontario 1963, Northwest Territories 1964, Elliot Lake Centre for Continuing Education 1965, National Program Coordinator 1966 – 1970• President 1971 – 1974 • Introduced female labourer-teachers, field workers in areas of high unemployment, major contribution to the report of the Special Senate Committee on Poverty, public policy interventions on the link between literacy and alleviation of poverty, 1970

M.Sc. [Econ] (Politics)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History