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{{Short description|Canadian not-for profit leader and former politician}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Timothy O. E. Lang
| image              = File:Timothy O.E Lang.jpg
| caption            = Timothy O. E. Lang, CEO & President of [[Youth Employment Services (Canada)]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1966|01|11}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.durhamregion.com/life/moffatt-loses-out-on-bid-to-represent-liberals/article_251db9be-0080-59be-9285-f58885d36315.html |title=Moffatt loses out on bid to represent Liberals |date=10 March 2004 }}</ref>
| birth_place        = [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]], Canada
| education          = St. Paul's High School
| alma_mater         = [[St. Francis Xavier University]], B.A.,  [[University of Manitoba]], Master's, [[Harvard University]] (Executive)
| occupation         = President & Chief Executive Officer, [[Youth Employment Services (Canada)]]
| spouse             = Sandra Nunes
| children           = Matthew, Jacqueline
| mother             = Adrian Macdonald
| father             = [[Otto Lang]]
| relatives          = [[Amanda Lang]] (sister), [[Anthony Merchant]] (uncle), [[Sally Merchant]] (grandmother), Captain Evatt Francis Merchant, KIA WWII (Grandfather), [[Vincent Reynolds Smith]] (great-grandfather), [[Pana Merchant]] (aunt)
}}
'''Timothy O.E. Lang''' (born 1966), is a Canadian not-for profit leader and former politician.  Since 2015, he has been the president and chief executive officer of [[Youth Employment Services (Canada)|Youth Employment Services, (Canada)]], known as YES, based in Toronto, Canada.
== Career ==
Since 2015, Lang has held the position of President & CEO<ref>{{Cite web |title=YES appoints Timothy Lang as new President & CEO |date=9 June 2015 |url=https://www.yes.on.ca/yes-appoints-timothy-lang-as-new-president-ceo/}}</ref> at [[Youth Employment Services (Canada)]] – YES, which serves hundreds of thousands of at risk youth and works with service providers across Canada and the world.  Lang authors papers and speaks regularly to media and at events regarding employment and trends.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=The Youth Employment Solution: From Universal Healthcare to Universal Employment |date=2017 |doi=10.60082/2817-5069.3186 |url=https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol54/iss4/8/ |last1=Lang |first1=Timothy |journal=Osgoode Hall Law Journal |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=1123–1132 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Knight |first=Randy Thanthong |title=Cheap Foreign Labor Soars in Canada as Young Workers Are Left Jobless |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-12/cheap-foreign-labor-soars-in-canada-as-young-workers-are-left-jobless?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcyMzQ3MjkwMCwiZXhwIjoxNzI0MDc3NzAwLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTRlFSRTdUMVVNMFowMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiI4Q0ZGMTBDMjFGQkY0OEJFQTFGRjBDNzc1Qjg3RUJGOSJ9.vwhMxxxiv66bl4sbyHi9urRAO-sXGk272Zip2roavAM |work=Bloomberg}}</ref>
Previously Lang held executive and senior management positions at [[St. Francis Xavier University]],  [[Energy Savings Income Fund]], [[Bell Canada]] and [[Xerox]]. At StFX University Lang worked closely with former Prime Minister [[Brian Mulroney]] on the $100 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=List of confirmed candidates for the 38th General Election |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=ele&document=ontario&dir=pas/38e/loc/lis&lang=e}}</ref> Mulroney Institute.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Moffatt loses out on bid to represent Liberals |url=https://www.durhamregion.com/life/moffatt-loses-out-on-bid-to-represent-liberals/article_251db9be-0080-59be-9285-f58885d36315.html}}</ref>  Lang was the Liberal candidate in the 2004 federal election in the riding of Clarington-Scugog-Uxbridge – (now [[Durham (federal electoral district)|Durham]]), and was defeated narrowly by [[Bev Oda]].  
== Early life ==
Timothy Lang was born in [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]] and was raised in [[Ottawa]] while his father, [[Otto Lang]], served in the Cabinet of [[Prime minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]]. Lang's stepfather, [[Donald Stovel Macdonald]], was also a federal Liberal Cabinet member.  Lang lived in Winnipeg before attending [[St. Francis Xavier University]] (B.A.) and [[University of Manitoba]] (Master's Degree).  Lang is one of six siblings including sister, [[Amanda Lang]], who is a leading Canadian television personality, journalist and author.
== Publications ==
- The Youth Employment Solution: From Universal Healthcare to Universal Employment,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lang |first=Timothy |date=2017-10-13 |title=The Youth Employment Solution: From Universal Healthcare to Universal Employment |url=https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ohlj/vol54/iss4/8/ |journal=Osgoode Hall Law Journal |volume=54 |issue=4 |pages=1123–1132 |doi=10.60082/2817-5069.3186 |issn=2817-5069|doi-access=free }}</ref> Osgood Hall Law Journal
- Liberal In Manitoa: provincial decline and resurgence:<ref>{{Cite web |title=MSpace Angular :: Search |url=https://mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca/search?query=timothy%20o.e.%20lang |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=mspace.lib.umanitoba.ca}}</ref>  University of Manitoba
== Political ==
Timothy Lang ran as candidate for the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] in the 2004 Federal Election under Prime Minister [[Paul Martin]] and lost narrowly to [[Bev Oda]] in the riding of Clarington-Scugog-Uxbridge ([[Durham (federal electoral district)|Durham]])
== Election Results ==
Clarington—Scugog—Uxbridge, 2003–2004 {{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|5=Percentage}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|[[Bev Oda]]|20,813|40.74}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|[[Timothy O. E. Lang]]|19,548|38.26}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|[[Bruce Rogers (broadcaster)|Bruce Rogers]]|7,721|15.11}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Virginia Ervin|2,085|4.08}}
{{CANelec|CA|Christian Heritage|Durk Bruinsma|915|1.79}}
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== Activities ==
Lang sits on several Boards, including the HRPA<ref>{{Cite web |title=HRPA 2023 Board of Directors |url=https://www.hrpa.ca/about-hrpa/governance/hrpa-2023-board-of-directors/}}</ref> (Human Resources Professionals Association) and Rotary Club of Toronto<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rotary Club of Toronto Governance Committee |url=https://rotarytoronto.com/committee/toronto/governance-committee}}</ref>.
Lang was an Ontario Government Order in Council Appointee<ref>{{Cite web |title=Appointee Biographies, Human Resources Professionals Association |url=https://www.pas.gov.on.ca/Home/AgencyBios/353?appointmentId=9770}}</ref> to the HRPA.
Lang received the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012) |url=https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/126-250481}}</ref> in 2012 for outstanding contributions to the community.
Lang was Captain of the University of Manitoba Bison's Football team and played for the St. Francis Xavier X-Men football team<ref>{{Cite web |title=University of Manitoba Bisons Walkway of Honour |url=https://gobisons.ca/sports/2021/5/5/bisons-walkway-of-honour.aspx#FTB}}</ref>.
Lang played for team Canada at the [[Canada national bandy team|world bandy championships]].
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[[Category:Candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election]]
[[Category:Ontario candidates for Member of Parliament]]
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons]]