Summit: Canada’s magazine on public sector purchasing covers Canada’s $100 billion public sector procurement marketplace. Through news reports, feature articles and specialist columns, it addresses issues faced daily by purchasing decision makers. As the largest public procurement publication, Summit is individually addressed and delivered to 18,000 public procurement officials and senior managers responsible for purchasing a wide range of goods and services at all levels of government: federal, provincial/territorial, municipal as well as hospitals, school boards, universities and other public sector institutions. Summit is published 6 times annually.
In memory of David Thomas Swift
(1966-2010)
It is with enormous regret that we advise you of the sudden death of David Swift. Dave was one of the informal founders of Summit magazine and a strong supporter for the professionalism of the public procurement community, working at the federal level. David died Monday morning, January 4, 2010; he was 43 years old.
As the obituary says so well, “Dave was a man of integrity and honour, honesty and hard work. He knew how to respect others, and was respected in turn. He was an exceptionally caring and generous person.”
David was an inspiration to Summit magazine, serving on its editorial advisory board from its inception to just about 5 years ago. He continued to be a respected, even cherished, source of wise counsel to the magazine in the years since. He was always just at the end of the phone or an email to help. His friendship, his understanding and his willingness to share his expertise will be deeply missed by me and everyone he touched in his life.
View his obituary and funeral details (in Ottawa)
