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Frank Peddle

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Frank Peddle

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Dr. Francis K. (“Frank”) Peddle is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Dominican University College; Secretary-Treasurer of the Henry George Foundation of Canada; Past-President of the Robert Schalkenbach Foundation; Co-editor/contributor of The Annotated Works of Henry George (six volumes); and advisor to Common Wealth Canada. He leads strategic partnership outreach for UBI Works / Common Wealth — particularly CLT (Community Land Trust) and Georgist academic/policy networks — and drives academic-outreach conference submissions. [Source: compiled from scrumban-frank-peddle-broken-city-review-email-14ba9ac7, Zoom meeting summary 2026-04-29]

Role

  • Advisor to Common Wealth Canada [Source: scrumban-frank-peddle-broken-city-review-email-14ba9ac7]
  • Secretary-Treasurer, Henry George Foundation of Canada [Source: scrumban-frank-peddle-broken-city-review-email-14ba9ac7]
  • Past-President, Robert Schalkenbach Foundation [Source: scrumban-frank-peddle-broken-city-review-email-14ba9ac7]
  • Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Dominican University College [Source: scrumban-frank-peddle-broken-city-review-email-14ba9ac7]
  • Strategic partnerships lead for UBI Works operations — CLT summit, Basic Earth Network Conference, GOS Network Summer Conference outreach [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]

Current Initiatives (as of 2026-04-29)

  • Exploring a $5,000 exhibitor package for the Ottawa Community Land Trust summit (Sept 28 – Oct 1, 2026). [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]
  • Running strategic-partnership calls with Carl (Grounded, Australian CLT) and Kent Mundell (Canadian professor visiting-scholaring in Hong Kong / McGill / possibly U of Calgary). [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]
  • Co-planning Basic Earth Network Conference (August) and GOS Network Summer Conference (Europe) submissions with Liam Wilkinson. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]

Timeline

  • 2026-01-05 | Authored Broken City (Patrick Condon) book review for Common Wealth; scrumban task initially created then cancelled. [Source: scrumban-frank-peddle-broken-city-review-email-14ba9ac7, 2026-01-05]
  • 2026-04-29 | Presented strategic partnership initiatives at UBI Works operations update — CLT summit scoping, Kent Mundell outreach, Ottawa exhibitor-table proposal. Follow-ups: meet CLT board member next week; ask Mike about late CLT submission; call Liam tomorrow. Referenced in 2026-04-29-ubi-works-operations-update. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-29]
  • 2026-04-30 | Referenced by Ken/Liam re: resurfacing a Victoria meetup follow-up doc for Dave Thompson questions (Frank or Martin Adams to draft final answers). Referenced in 2026-04-30-ken-liam-city-councillor-prep. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, 2026-04-30]
  • 2026-05-07 | Referenced in Ken-Liam meeting: holds bank details needed for donation Zap setup; received an amended T4 form requiring investigation into amended income tax return filing. Ken/Liam coordinating. Referenced in 2026-05-07-email-pipeline-t4-tax-ottawa-meetup. [Source: Zoom meeting summary, gmail_id 19e02fe3f16dced9, 2026-05-07]
  • 2026-05-12 | Attended Martin Adams Bhutan/GMC briefing. Referenced Singapore’s public-private land ownership model as a potential framework for GMC. Source: Zoom summary, 2026-05-12

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