Bob Rae - Learning from the Past, Imagining the Future - Apprendre du pass�, fa�onner l’avenir: Reflections from a Political Life - R�flexions sur une ... de la m�daille Symons) (French Edition) - Softcover

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9780776640167: Bob Rae - Learning from the Past, Imagining the Future - Apprendre du pass�, fa�onner l’avenir: Reflections from a Political Life - R�flexions sur une ... de la m�daille Symons) (French Edition)

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The Symons Medal, one of Canada’s most prestigious honours, recognizes an individual who has made an exceptional contribution to Canadian life.

The award evening affords the distinguished recipient the opportunity to discuss the current state and the future of the Canadian Confederation.

The Honourable Bob Rae is the 2020 awardee, in recognition of his many years of work on humanitarian issues, most recently the Rohingya refugee crisis, as well as his commitment to Indigenous issues and his decades of public service and teaching. He has always been deeply involved in the political life of Canada―as a member of Parliament, former premier of Ontario, and interim leader of the federal Liberal Party.

Bob Rae, the twentieth recipient of the Symons Medal, devotes his lecture, titled Learning from the Past, Imagining the Future: Reflections from a Political Life, to exploring such themes as Canada’s improbable origins as a nation, post-war emergence onto the global stage, active membership within the United Nations, and the significance of the ever-evolving Canadian constitution―a “living tree document.”

Learning from the Past, Imagining the Future extends the access to this inspiring lecture from a key contributor to the Canadian nation.

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About the Author

Bob (Robert) Rae is Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.

Before his appointment by the Government of Canada, Mr. Rae served as Canada’s special envoy on humanitarian and refugee issues, continuing the important work that he began in 2017 as Canada’s special envoy to Myanmar while also addressing other pressing humanitarian and refugee issues around the world.

The former premier of Ontario and former interim leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, Mr. Rae was elected 11 times to federal and provincial parliaments between 1978 and 2013. He stepped down as a member of Parliament in 2013 to return to legal practice and, in particular, to work with Indigenous communities and continue his work in education, governance and human rights. His passion for social justice dates back to his early days in student politics and community service.

Before his appointment as permanent representative, Mr. Rae was senior counsel at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP. In addition to his legal practice, he taught at the University of Toronto in the School of Public Policy and Governance, in the Faculty of Law and at Massey College and Victoria University, and he was a fellow of the Forum of Federations, Massey College and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights. He has also worked as a mediator and arbitrator with ADR Chambers. A former partner at Goodmans LLP, Mr. Rae led the restructuring of the Canadian Red Cross and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and chaired the board of the Royal Conservatory of Music. He is the author of 5 books and a number of government reports.
Mr. Rae is a privy councillor, a companion of the Order of Canada and a member of the Order of Ontario and has numerous awards and honorary degrees from institutions in Canada and around the world. He received his Honours Bachelor of Arts degree in Modern History from the University of Toronto and a Master of Philosophy degree as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, and graduated from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Along with music, reading and writing, he loves tennis, golf and fishing. He is married to Arlene Perly Rae. They have 3 daughters and 5 grandchildren.

Courtesy of Global Affairs Canada. (https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/un-onu/new-york-rep.aspx?lang=eng)

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There are three critical ingredients to moments of positive change. The first is listening. The second is learning. The third is leadership. Deep and focused listening is hard, because it means hearing, and absorbing perspectives that are often very different from our own. It means accepting criticism, which is never easy. But without this skill we’re not engaging in real dialogue. We live in the age of messaging. George Brown, Macdonald and Cartier, at a particular moment in our history, decided to stop just messaging and start listening.

Learning is hard because it means grasping new things, and sometimes discarding old ideas that no longer work. It can mean admitting failure. But learning means growth, maturing, reflecting, and then applying oneself to new things. And clearly, listening and learning go together.

We sometimes think of leadership as preaching from the mountain top. But leadership is about persuasion, which to be truly effective means doing a lot of listening and learning oneself. And leaders need followers. If they are too remote or aloof they might be great moral or prophetic figures, but they are not leaders. Leaders must also be able to execute, to not only have a vision and followers, but to take the steps necessary to get things done.

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