Dates: May. 9-11, 2010
Location:
Ottawa, Ontario - Various locations (see map below)
• 131 Queen Street, Room 08-53 (Parliamentary Precinct).
• Westin Ottawa Hotel (11 Colonel By Drive)
• Room 200, West Block, Parliament Hill
• University of Ottawa Residences (downtown campus)
Schedule:
May 9
Arrival: 1:30 – 2:00pm (131 Queen Street in Room 08-53)
Opening Remarks and Stories from the Hill: 2:00 - 3:00pm
Tour of Parliament: 3:30-4:15pm
Reception & Dinner: 4:30 - 6:00pm
Faith, Culture and Politics: 7:00 - 8:30pm
May 10
Opening Remarks: 9:30 - 10:30am (131 Queen Street in Room 08-53)
Panel Discussion on "Service in Government": 10:30 - 12:00pm
Luncheon: 12:00 - 1:15pm
Question Period in the House of Commons: 2:00 – 3:00pm (Centre Block)
Round Table Discussion with Members of Parliament: 3:30- 5:00pm
Reception and Leadership Dinner: 6:30 – 9:00pm (Room 200, West Block)
May 11
45th National Prayer Breakfast: 7:30 – 9:15am (Westin Ottawa Hotel)
National Prayer Breakfast Seminar: 10:00 – 11:30am (Westin Ottawa Hotel)
Luncheon: 12:00 - 1:30pm
Young Professionals Panel: 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Concluding Remarks: 2:45 – 3:00pm
Joycelin Ng, Director, National Student Forum
*Please note that unless otherwise indicated all scheduled events are at 131 Queen Street (Room 08-53).
Dress Code:
For the Monday night dinner, minimum dress code is business casual.
For the Monday day meetings, minimum dress code is business casual.
For the Monday night Leadership dinner, minimum dress code is business formal.
For the Tuesday National Prayer Breakfast and day meetings, minimum dress code is business formal
Cost:
National Student Forum - $45.00
May. 27 Leadership Dinner - $50.00
May. 28 National Prayer Breakfast - $40.00
Total cost to attend = $135.00
Accommodations:
University of Ottawa Residences
Single and Double rooms available from $30.00 - $35.00 a night for the evening of May 8 - 11. Continental breakfast is included.
Please call 1-888-564-4545 to reserve. Group reservation number is 207369.
Travel:
Students are responsible for their own travel to and from Ottawa. Nominators may choose to subsidize part of their nominee's cost of attending.
Some of our Past Presenters:
Hon. David Anderson, Member of Parliament for Cypress Hills-Grasslands and Chair of the National Prayer Breakfast
Hon. Jack Murta, former Member of Parliament, organizer of weekly prayer meetings on Parliament Hill and President of The Ottawa Mission
Hon. James Lunney, Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Alberni
Senator Yonah Martin
Shauna Simmonds, Executive Director, MakeYouThinkTV
Michael Van Pelt, President of Cardus
Dr. Ravi Zacharias, President of Ravi Zacharias International Ministries
Paul Brandt, Canadian Country Music Artist
Mark Eichhorst, Manager- Assignments, International Region, Citizenship and Immigration
Dianne Scharf, office of Hon. Rona Ambrose (Edmonton Spruce-Grove)
John Weston, Member of Parliament for West Vancouver - Sunshine Coast - Sea to Sky Country
Olive Wairimu, Department of Finance, Canada Post
Natasha Wallace, Lawyer, International Justice Mission
Brian Harskamp, Director of Development, Cardus
Chandra Pasma, Public Justice Policy Analysts, Citizens for Public Justice
Lianne Rood, Legislative Assistant to Chris Warkentin, MP
Alexis O'Neil, World Vision Canada Regional Representative for Ottawa
and more...
Map:
View National Student Forum 2009 locations on a map.
Related Links:
www.canadaprayerbreakfast.ca
www.cardus.ca
www.ottawamission.com
www.makeyouthink.tv
www.exparl.ca
www.parl.gc.ca
www.rzim.org
www.ijm.ca
www.nhop.ca
www.manningcentre.ca
www.twu.ca/sites/laurentian/
www.cpj.ca