GLIN==> Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Summit June 20-22 in Windsor-Detroit

The Mowat Centre at the University of Toronto and the Brookings  
Institution Metropolitan Policy Program, joined with our partners in  
the Great Lakes- St. Lawrence region,  invite you to participate in  
the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence Region Summit June 21 and 22, 2011 in  
Windsor, Ontario. A June 20th reception will be held in Detroit for  
participants.

The summit will feature leaders from government, business, labor,  
non-profit, academic, environmental, and aboriginal communities from  
both Canada and the US and is designed to strengthen collaboration and  
advance strategies for economic growth and environmental  
sustainability across the bi-national Great Lakes region border.

See www.greatlakessummit.org for details, speakers, and to participate  
in the summit.

Hope you will join us to advance our work in the Great Lakes!


John Austin, President, Michigan State Board of Education
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Co-Director Great Lakes Economic Initiative
Visiting Faculty at University of Michigan
o(734)763-0071
jcaustin at umich.edu
www.brookings.edu/projects/great-lakes.aspx

and check out Brookings-New Republic blog "The Avenue"
www.tnr.com/blogs/the-avenue