[ARLINGTON, VA – February 2, 2021] Atlas Network is pleased to announce that Niels Veldhuis, president of the Fraser Institute, will serve as co-director for our Center for U.S. and Canada for a one-year term beginning February 1, 2021.

Historically, Alberta has been a leader in sound economic governance within North America. However, that standing has declined in recent years due to poor public policy from across the political spectrum.

Awarded annually since 2004, Atlas Network’s Templeton Freedom Award is named for the late investor and philanthropist Sir John Templeton. This prestigious prize honors Sir John’s legacy by recognizing Atlas Network’s partner organizations for exceptional and innovative contributions to the understanding of free enterprise and the advancement of public policies that encourage prosperity, innovation, and human fulfillment. The award is generously supported by Templeton Religion Trust and is presented live during Atlas Network’s Liberty Forum & Freedom Dinner. The winning organization receives a $100,000 grand prize and the runners-up each receive $20,000.

Through education and advocacy campaigns, The Macdonald-Laurier Institute for Public Policy (MLI), an Atlas Network partner based in Ottawa, is ensuring that the Indigenous populations of Canada are treated with individual respect and given a voice in legislative matters.

Australian businessman and free-market advocate Ron Manners, who was recently honored by Queen Elizabeth II as an Officer of the Order of Australia for his services to the mining industry and to young people via his extensive philanthropic contributions to education, will be the second recipient of Atlas Network’s annual Sir Antony Fisher Achievement Award.

Center for U.S. and Canada will create positive perceptions of the role of free enterprise and individual liberty in advancing a freer, more prosperous world for all.

A newly formed cohort of twenty think tank CEOs from North, Central, and South America gathered in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, and the oldest permanent city established by Europeans in the western hemisphere.

Some believe that students are being pushed into anti-liberal ideas by their peers and professors in universities across North America, and most students are simply too far gone for classical liberal organizations to make any meaningful impact. There even seems to be a crisis on campus led by anti-liberal groups whose only goal is to shut down speech, so what’s the point of trying?

Sometimes change starts with a story. For the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, that story came from an unlikely source: British Columbia.

Montreal Economic Institute (MEI)’s Season 4 of the Free Markets Series discusses and promotes classical liberal ideas through engaging talks and lessons from some of the best and brightest minds in the think tank industry. This series was made possible through support from the Smith Family Foundation.

The Lights, Camera, Liberty program is a grant and training opportunity that Atlas Network offers to U.S. and international partners, helping organizations transform the way they market their messages through online video. This year’s Lights, Camera, Liberty Film Festival Award winner will be announced at Liberty Forum & Freedom Dinner, November 7-8, 2018. The three finalists for 2018 are Becket, based in Washington D.C., United States; The Canadian Taxpayers Foundation, based in the Regina, Canada; and Libertad y Desarrollo, based in Santiago, Chile. Watch their videos bellow:

Mercatus Center at George Mason University has been named a finalist for Atlas Network’s 2018 Templeton Freedom Award.