David Crane

Board Member, The North American Institute

David Crane is an award-winning Canadian writer on economic, political and environmental issues. His column appears in a number of publications, including The Toronto Star.

David is a member of the National Statistics Council, an advisory body to Statistics Canada, the President's International Alumni Council at the University of Toronto, the advisory board of the Canada-U.S. Law Institutes, the board of the Canadian Member Committee of the Asia-Pacific Security Cooperation Council, and the board of the North American Institute.

David also served as a board member of the University of Toronto's Innovations Foundation, a member of the Ontario Science and Technology Council, a member of the steering committee of the Toronto Vital Signs Project, and as a member of the Challenge Dialogue of the Alberta Energy Research Institute. He also served for five years as a judge for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

David is President of The Canada Project, a new national organization organized to promote what it means to be a Canadian and to advance national debate and discussion on how to sustain Canada as an independent geopolitical entity. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto.

David has an Arbor Award from the University of Toronto, honourary doctorates from Wilfrid Laurier University and Victoria University (part of the University of Toronto), and an award of recognition from Conestoga College He was awarded the Queen's Jubilee Medal for his contribution to Canadian life. He was also awarded a Social Work Doctoral Award by the Social Work Doctors' Colloquium.

David is a member of the Davos Circle, an association of long-term participants in the World Economic Forum. He has written several books, including The Next Canadian Century, The Canadian Dictionary of Business and Economics, and Controlling Interest. He has also been a contributor to a number of other books. He is currently writing a new book, with the working title Big Canada or Little Canada: The Choice is Ours, which sets out what Canada should do to be a successful society in the new global economy. It will be published by Penguin Books in early 2006.