/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Horatio Alger Association of Canada Voices of Our Youth survey Press Conference with The Right Honourable David Johnston, Prem Watsa, Nik Nanos and Dr. Michelle Pidgeon/

OTTAWA, Sept. 11, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - The Horatio Alger Association of Canada invites you to join The Right Honourable David Johnston for a press conference and luncheon on the occasion of the launch of the first ever Voices of Our Youth survey, a ground-breaking study which polled young Canadians from coast to coast to coast on a wide variety of political, social, economic, educational and personal issues.

Horatio Alger Association of Canada President Prem Watsa will host, with presentations by Nik Nanos, Chair of Nanos Research, and Dr. Michelle Pidgeon, Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University, followed by a panel discussion with Horatio Alger scholarship recipients moderated by Canada's 28^th Governor General and Member of the Horatio Alger Association of Canada, The Right Honourable David Johnston.

Date:	Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Time:	10:30 AM ET
Location:	O'Born Room, National Arts Centre (1 Elgin St, Ottawa, ON)

About the Horatio Alger Association of Canada

The Horatio Alger Association of Canada, the Canadian affiliate of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., is a charitable organization dedicated to the simple but powerful belief that hard work, honesty and determination can conquer all obstacles. The Association honours the achievements of outstanding individuals who have succeeded in spite of adversity by bestowing the Horatio Alger Award and granting them lifetime membership into the Association. Through the generosity of Horatio Alger Members, the Horatio Alger Association of Canada awards scholarships annually to deserving young people in every province and territory. Members of the Association include Alain Bouchard, Dominic D'Alessandro, Murray Edwards, Serge Godin, Wayne Gretzky, the Right Honourable David Johnston, Rebecca MacDonald, the late G. Wallace F. McCain, the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Jim Pattison, Gerald W. Schwartz, Isadore Sharp, Prem Watsa and Rick Waugh. For more information, visit www.horatioalger.ca. The Association can also be found on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

SOURCE Horatio Alger Association of Canada

Carl Vallée, HATLEY Strategy Advisors, 514.316.7093, [email protected]