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About the CIC

 For 75 years the CIC, formally known as the CIIA, has helped Canadians obtain a better understanding of foreign policy and global issues through an extensive programme of public education. As a non-profit, charitable organisation, the CIC is commited to building a foreign policy community and international affairs constituency from coast to coast.

CIC activities, publications and speakers programs help interested Canadians acquire the foreign policy and international affairs knowledge and understanding essential for individual, corporate, and national success in the world today. The Institute is the only private voluntary organisation in Canada concerned with the whole range of global issues and has established close relations with business, government, the media, universities, opinion leaders, and like-minded institutions throughout Canada and the world.

Visit the national site at www.onlinecic.org.

See the World through Canadian Eyes

The mandate of the Canadian International Council is to promote a deeper understanding of international affairs and of Canada's role in a changing world by providing members with a non-partisan, nation-wide forum for informed discussion, analysis and debate. By bringing together all interested parties - private sector, government, academia, NGO representatives, as well as the concerned public - to examine global issues through a distinctively Canadian lens, the CIC contributes a unique perspective on Canada's place in the world.

Sources of Funding

 The CIC is a non-profit organization, and relies on programmes, membership and subscription fees for most of its revenues.

We are also supported by generous grants and special funds from Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade, and others, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Donner Canadian Foundation, the Lionel Gelber Foundation, the McCutcheon Foundation, and the H.R. MacMillan Family Fund among others, and from some of Canada's largest and most prestigious corporations and firms. They are recognized through membership in the Corporate Council.

 
 

Location Information

The Toronto Branch of the CIC is located at:

Canadian International Council / Conseil international du Canada
45 Willcocks Street, Room 210
Toronto, ON, M5S 1C7. Canada

Phone / Tél : (416) 590-0630
Fax: (416) 590-0773

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Our Mandate

The mandate of the Canadian International Council (CIC) is to promote a deeper understanding of international affairs and of Canada's role in a changing world by providing members with a non-partisan, nation-wide forum for informed discussion, analysis and debate. By bringing together all interested parties - private sector, government, academia, NGO representatives, as well as the concerned public - to examine global issues through a distinctively Canadian lens, the CIC contributes a unique perspective on Canada's place in the world.

History of the CIC's Predecessor, the CIIA

 For more information about the history of the CIC, click here.