Member365

Select the Use button to add a tag to the body of your email. You may also use tags in the subject of your email by copying and pasting them directly in.

{FIRST_NAME}	Adds the recipients First Name.	Use
{LAST_NAME}	Adds the recipients Last Name.	Use
{COMPANY_NAME}	Adds the Company Name.	Use
{PORTAL_NAME}	Adds the application portals name.	Use
{MEMBER_NAME}	Adds the Recipients Membership name.	Use
{SIGNATURE_OPT_IN}	Adds the Opt-in link.	Use
{SIGNATURE_OPT_OUT}	Add the opt-out link.	Use
%signature%	Adds your preferred signature block.	Use
{Event_Start_Date}	Adds the Event's Start Date.(Events Only)	Use
{Event_End_Date}	Adds the Event's End Date.(Events Only)	Use
{Event_Name}	Adds the Event's Name.(Events Only)	Use
{Event_Description}	Adds the Event's Description.(Events Only)	Use
{Online_Training_Description}	Adds the Online Training Description.(Online Training Only)	Use
{Event_Specific_Dates}	Adds the Event's specific dates.(Events Only)	Use
{member_number}	Adds the Membership Number.	Use
{MemberSince}	Adds the Member Since Date.	Use
{CONTACTEMAIL}	Adds the organization email address used as the "From" address for other membership-related emails (e.g., new member welcome emails). Manage email addresses here.	Use
{CERTIFICATE_NUMBER}	Adds the Contact's Certificate Number	Use
{EVENTLOCATION}	Adds the Event's Location.	Use
{TOTALEVENTCREDITS}	The total number of credits that the contact has earned through the event tickets and workshops.	Use
{ASAPPEARSONBADGE}	Display the text of as appears field in the event setup.	Use
{contact_organization}	Displays the organization name of the contact.	Use
{RENEWALDATE}	Adds the Member Renewal Date in (yyyy-mm-dd).	Use
{MEMBERSHIP_YEAR}	Adds the Member's Membership Year	Use
{RENEWALDATE_MM-DD-YYYY}	Adds the Member Renewal Date in (mm-dd-yyyy).	Use
{LMS_CREDIT}	The number of credits the LMS course is worth for Continuing Education	Use
{COLLECTION_PERIOD_END-DATE_YYYY_MM_DD}	The end date of the CE collection period end date	Use
{LMS_COURSE_COMPLETION_DATE}	The completion date of the LMS course	Use
{INCEPTION_DATE}	Adds the Member Inception Date in (yyyy-mm-dd).	Use
{EVENT_END-DATE_MONTH_YYYY}	Adds Event End Date in Full Month Name and Year Format.(Events Only)	Use
{EVENT_END-DATE_MONTH_YYYY_ADD3}	Adds Event End Date in Full Month Name and Year Format Plus 3 Years.(Events Only)	Use
{WORKSHOP_NAME}	Adds the workshop name (if applicable)	Use
{WORKSHOP_DESCRIPTION}	Adds the workshop description (if applicable)	Use
{WORKSHOP_CREDITS}	Adds the workshop credit for related workshop (if applicable)	Use
{TOTALWORKSHOPCREDITS}	Adds the sum of all workshop credits for related event (if applicable)	Use
{Event_Start_Date_DD-MM-YYYY}	Adds the Event's Start Date in (dd-mm-yyyy).(Events Only)	Use
{Event_End_Date_DD-MM-YYYY}	Adds the Event's End Date in (dd-mm-yyyy).(Events Only)	Use
{RENEWALDATE_DD-MM-YYYY}	Adds the Member Renewal Date in (dd-mm-yyyy).	Use
{RENEWAL_DATE_MONTH_DD_YYYY}	Adds the Member Renewal Date in (Month Dth, yyyy).	Use
{INCEPTIONDATE_DD-MM-YYYY}	Adds the Member Inception Date in (dd-mm-yyyy).	Use
{TODAYSDATE}	Adds the current date.	Use
{TODAYSYEAR}	Adds the current year.	Use
{QR_CODE}	Adds the QR Code for their contactID, name, and emailAddress	Use
{WORKSHOP_DATE}	The date of the workshop (if applicable).	Use
{WORKSHOP_START_TIME}	The start time of the workshop (if applicable).	Use
{WORKSHOP_END_TIME}	The end time of the workshop (if applicable).	Use
{MEMBEREMAIL}	Adds the Member's Email Address.	Use
{INCEPTIONDATE_DD_MONTH_YYYY}	Adds the Member Inception Date in (Day Month Year). - eg. 27 October 2025	Use
{RENEWAL_DATE_DD_MONTH_YYYY}	Adds the Member Renewal Date in (Day Month Year). - eg. 27 October 2025	Use

Français

Since its inaugural conference in 1932, the Couchiching Institute on Public Affairs (CIPA) played a pre-eminent role in Canada’s civic discourse as a national forum on public affairs. In 2018, CIPA and the annual conference that took place every August on the shores of Lake Couchiching near Orillia, Ontario, ended. Today, thanks to the Canadian International Council, Couchiching’s legacy endures.

Our upcoming conference: Mobilizing Canada: Power, Partnerships and Purpose in the New Global Order

Canada’s influence has never depended on size alone. It has depended on alignment and the ability to bring together its civic institutions, economic strengths, democratic foundations, and international credibility in pursuit of shared global goals. When those forces move in concert, Canada can collaborate effectively with other middle powers, reinforce democratic norms, advance climate and technology standards, diversify trade, and shape collective responses to geopolitical volatility.

At this moment defined by instability and shifting alliances, the question is no longer whether Canada should engage, but how it can better align its national assets to generate the coordinated momentum required to lead in a coalition-driven world.

Welcome address: Melanie Walker, Executive Director of the Canadian International Council

Keynote speaker: Jody Thomas, former national security and intelligence advisor to PM Trudeau

Special guest and speaker: Dr. Michael R.J. Bonner, University of Oxford

Panel 1: Canada’s Influence Capital: Mobilizing Canada for Leadership Abroad

Canada’s ability to act as a middle power depends not only on diplomacy and military capability, but on the strength of its democratic foundations—trusted institutions, economic resilience, social cohesion, and an engaged citizenry. This panel asks: How can Canada better mobilize its domestic strengths to sustain international power and influence, and what shared responsibilities do governments, business, academia, and civil society have in building that influence capital?

Jonathan Manthorpe, journalist and best-selling author

Shelly D’Mello, CEO of the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria

Dr. Cynthia Milton, Director of the University of Victoria Centre for Global Studies

Additional panel members will be announced soon

Panel 2: Middle-Power Coalitions in a Fragmenting World

As global power becomes more diffuse, countries that are neither superpowers nor small states are increasingly shaping outcomes through coalition-building. Middle powers such as Canada, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Australia, and others possess significant economic capacity, technological expertise, and diplomatic reach – but must collaborate to influence a system dominated by larger actors. Strategic trade partnerships, supply-chain integration, and shared standards can enhance resilience and reduce vulnerability to economic coercion. At the same time, soft power, cultural diplomacy, and people-to-people ties help sustain trust and legitimacy across democratic societies. This panel examines how middle powers can work together to advance shared interests while preserving autonomy. What forms of cooperation are most effective – formal alliances, regional agreements, or issue-based coalitions? Where can Canada lead, and where must it partner and on what specific issues? And what risks accompany alignment, including economic retaliation, dependency, or loss of strategic flexibility?

Dr. John Kirton, University of Toronto

Dr. Pedro Marquez, Royal Roads University

Angel Liu, Director General Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Vancouver

Dr. Chris Kilford, Fellow Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy

Date & Time
Friday April 10, 2026
8:30AM – 5:30PM | Reception begins at 4:45PM

Location
Michèle Pujol Room
University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria, BC V8N 6K8

Tickets

General public – $75
CIC members – $60
Students – $10

CIC Couchiching | Victoria, BC

Friday Apr 10 2026, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
University of Victoria
3800 Finnerty Road
Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
V8N 6K8

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