The 5th Annual Burlington Leadership Prayer Breakfast
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Starting at 06: 45 am
Burlington Convention Centre
1120 Burloak Drive, Burlington
Hot Buffet at 6:45 am
Program begins at 7:15 am
This year’s guest speaker is Dave Toycen
As President and Chief Executive Officer of World Vision Canada, Dave Toycen heads Canada’s largest humanitarian relief and development agency. In his 13 years as president, he has guided the organization into dramatic growth in its efforts to serve the worlds poor.
Prior to his appointment as president in 1996, he was World Vision Canada’s Executive Vice-President and Vice-President of donor development for 8 years. In his 21 years as a leader with the agency, income has increased nine-fold to over $381 million annually. The number of children sponsored by Canadians in those years has risen fivefold to more than 480,000.
Besides his commitment to World Vision’s overseas development and emergency relief activities, he has championed the agency’s Canadian efforts, including ongoing work with church leaders and refugees.
In addition, he has led World Vision Canada into significant justice and advocacy work, in areas such as global trade, the rights of girls, and the protection of children in armed conflict. He has spoken before the World Bank and has met with heads of state, key global executives and development leaders to discuss the well-being of the world’s children. His unique position as head of a faith-based agency has given him opportunities to encourage church leaders and congregations to serve and advocate for the poorest of the poor.
His career with World Vision internationally has spanned more than 35 years, during which time his influence has been felt in every continent. Under his leadership, more than $3.5 billion has been raised in aid and development for the poor. He has provided on-site assessment and support during many large scale humanitarian disasters in the past 20 years. He established World Vision communications offices in more than 20 developing countries. His influence helped pioneer World Vision’s move into television fundraising in Canada, Australia and the United States.
His book, The Power of Generosity (Harper Collins, 2004), draws from his wide experience and calls readers to become more engaged in the world and to develop a more generous way of life.
A Canadian citizen, he holds a BA from Lawrence University in Wisconsin, a Master of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary in California, and honorary doctorates from Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto, the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California and Wycliffe College, Toronto.
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