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The Fort York Foundation has appointed its first executive director, Curtis Barlow, who has held many senior positions in the arts and government, including, most recently, executive director of the Institute for Canadian Citizenship. Fort York Invigorated, the foundation’s $6-million private-sector fundraising campaign, is fortunate to have five prominent Ontarians serving as honorary chairs.They include former Lieutenant-Governors of Ontario: Their Honours Lincoln Alexander, James Bartleman, Henry N.R. Jackman, and Hilary Weston; as well as best-selling historian-author Dr Margaret MacMillan. Andrew Pringle, an early champion of ours, partner and chair of RP Investment Advisors and a director of the Canadian Centre for Diversity, is assembling a team of volunteers who will lead our private-sector fundraising effort, all with impressive public service records in Toronto. They include: Dr Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs and Honorary Colonel of the Queen’s York Rangers; John C. Eaton, former chancellor of Ryerson University; Shaun Francis, Chairman
and CEO of Medcan Health Management Inc. and a founder of the True Patriot Love Foundation; Claudia Hepburn, Executive Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Leadership and Innovation, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto; Robert G. Kearns, founder and chair of the Ireland Park Foundation; Thomas MacMillan, chair of CIBC Mellon Global Securities; John Matheson, principal of StrategyCorp; Blair McCreadie, partner of Fraser Milner Casgrain; Charles Pachter, artist and historian; John Prato, managing director in the Equity Capital Markets group of TD Securities Inc; John H. Tory, chair of the Toronto City Summit Alliance; William Woodworth, founder of Beacon to the Ancestors Foundation and member of the Six Nations of the Grand River; and Alexander Younger, founder of Design Lab. You can read more about the Fort York Foundation and get the latest news about Fort York Invigorated at: www. fortyorkfoundation.ca. Upgrades to Victoria Memorial Square at Niagara and Portland Streets Are Nearing Completion
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