"If youth are to fully participate as engaged and valued members of civil society then we must commit ourselves to their sustained education and awareness of global issues. This is why the Global Youth Forum online community is an essential tool that maximizes the learning potential for students."

— Sarah Loewen , International Supervisor, Kitchener-Waterloo YMCA

"The Manufacturing Innovation Network powered by the IGLOO technology is an opportunity that is certainly going to help our manufacturing members, not only in this community, but the larger manufacturing community in Ontario, and eventually in the rest of Canada."

— Al Diggins, President and General Manager of Excellence in Manufacturing (ECM)

"As the original independent public-policy research organization, the Brookings Institution is always looking for ways to connect with scholars and partner-institutions around the world. IGLOO is an excellent means of doing so. It provides a centralized neighborhood in cyberspace where far-flung participants can gather, interact, and collaborate. IGLOO is not just user-friendly but layman-friendly. We welcome the chance to join IGLOO on the leading edge of the technology revolution."

— Strobe Talbott , President, The Brookings Institution

"With exchange of information that is expressed in words, I think we see a whole new way of linking people and linking ideas... [IGLOO] permits us to take the light of Jefferson's candle and magnify it many, many times around the world."

— David Johnston
President, University of Waterloo

"An international community that's connected can get the information it needs, can work quickly together, can respond either to short term crises or to a discussion that takes a longer time to just unfold."

— John Siebert
Executive Director, Project Ploughshares

"IGLOO is going to allow synergies in cooperation among think tanks, among academics, among practitioners that were not possible before."

— Paul Heinbecker
CIGI Distinguished Fellow
The Director of the Centre for Global Relations, Governance, and Policy at Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo

"We live in a global world and so many of the threats we face, such as air pollution or terrorism, don't respect borders. The project (IGLOO) we are investing in today has the potential to help governments work with each other, and with experts and other organizations, to find global solutions to global problems."

— Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario

"IGLOO provides a universally accessible online community which facilitates and strengthens global connections between people, processes and information to further advance research on many topics of global importance."

— John English , Executive Director, CIGI

"IGLOO is a leading edge educational tool that allows my students to access a larger network of scholars, practitioners and peers working on issues of international governance and conflict management. As a network, its value is incremental but also extensive. It gives students global reach, extending learning beyond the traditional classroom walls to a virtual classroom where they can advance their studies and deepen their education. "

— Alan Alexandroff, Director of Research at the Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, L.L.B., Ph.D., and Senior Fellow at CIGI