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CivicAction (legal name the Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance, formerly the Toronto City Summit Alliance) is a coalition of civic leaders in the Toronto region. CivicAction has worked with business, government, community, labour, and academia to address social, economic and environmental challenges in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. CivicAction is led by a (Board of Directors ) and a (75-leader Steering Committee ). CivicAction adopted its current name in December 2010. 〔("City-building group renamed as Greater Toronto Civic Action Alliance" ), ''National Post'', December 9, 2010〕 Every four years, CivicAction holds a summit to identify the biggest issues facing the region. Out of the summit, CivicAction sets its agenda for the next four years and launches initiatives and campaigns to help tackle these issues. The fourth CivicAction Summit (“Better City Bootcamp” ) was held on April 28th, 2015. ==Organization== CivicAction is a non-profit, non-partisan organization formed to address challenges to the Toronto region’s social and economic future. It was created by David Pecaut following a 2002 summit of business and community leaders.〔("Knelman: David Pecaut, 54: 'Greatest mayor Toronto never had'" ), ''The Toronto Star'', December 15, 2009〕 Pecaut led a 40-member steering committee that generated Enough Talk: An Action Plan for the Toronto Region, which provided the roadmap for the organization's focus on issues where there was a clear consensus for action and where it felt progress could be made quickly. Following Enough Talk, the committee created a non-profit corporation to convene leaders from all sectors to work together to tackle specific social and economic challenges. Past and present Board Chairs: * 2003-2009: David Pecaut, the late American-born civic leader and former managing director of The Boston Consulting Group * 2010-2014: John Tory, businessman and current Mayor of Toronto * 2014-present: Rod Phillips, Chair, Postmedia Canada Corp 〔("Postmedia Network Chairman Rod Phillips appointed head of CivicAction" ), ''The National Post'', June 6, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「CivicAction」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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