About Christopher
As principal of Empower, Christopher draws on his nearly 20 years of strategic communications, media relations, and political campaign management experience in the private, public, and not-profit sectors.
A prominent community advocate, Christopher has served as a board member with a number of organizations including: the Boys and Girls Clubs of Toronto (including Chair), the Four Villages Community Health Centre, and as founding Chair of Green 13, a community environmental group. Christopher is also a frequent media commentator on public policy issues and has written several op-ed articles for major Canadian newspapers.
Concerned with reduced civility in the public discourse and its effects on civic participation, Christopher launched Civil Election in 2011. As part of this initiative, Christopher has led an effort to encourage election candidates to sign a “civility pledge”, and during the 2015 federal campaign, he produced a report based on a national survey of civil society organizations. The report, Poisoned Discourse, generated significant media coverage and public discussion, and resulted in an invitation for Christopher to meet with international election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Christopher has a BA in Political Science from the University of Toronto and was nominated for the Rodrigue-Pageau Scholarship for academic excellence and community involvement while attending the University of Ottawa.
As principal of Empower, Christopher draws on his nearly 20 years of strategic communications, media relations, and political campaign management experience in the private, public, and not-profit sectors.
A prominent community advocate, Christopher has served as a board member with a number of organizations including: the Boys and Girls Clubs of Toronto (including Chair), the Four Villages Community Health Centre, and as founding Chair of Green 13, a community environmental group. Christopher is also a frequent media commentator on public policy issues and has written several op-ed articles for major Canadian newspapers.
Concerned with reduced civility in the public discourse and its effects on civic participation, Christopher launched Civil Election in 2011. As part of this initiative, Christopher has led an effort to encourage election candidates to sign a “civility pledge”, and during the 2015 federal campaign, he produced a report based on a national survey of civil society organizations. The report, Poisoned Discourse, generated significant media coverage and public discussion, and resulted in an invitation for Christopher to meet with international election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Christopher has a BA in Political Science from the University of Toronto and was nominated for the Rodrigue-Pageau Scholarship for academic excellence and community involvement while attending the University of Ottawa.
