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2013 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Nominations


Nominations open on March 8, 2013. The completed Nomination Package is due by 5:00 PM EST on May 31, 2013.

 

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Vancouver – January 30, 2014

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CIBC ENTREPRENEURS AWARD

Presented By

   
 

Zahra Al-Harazi, Founder and Creative Director, Foundry Communications

 

Lynne Fafard, President and Chief Executive Officer, Riverbend Group of Companies

 

Clara Angotti, President, Next Pathway Inc.

 

Samantha Kennedy, Creator and Chief Executive Officer, Booty Camp Fitness

 

Monica Channa, Executive Director, Operations, Akran Marketing

 

Margot Micallef, Founder and President, Oliver Capital Partners Inc.

   Eveline Charles, Founder, Eveline Charles Salons, Spas and Beauty   Gloria Rajkumar, President and Chief Executive Officer, SIMAC Canada Inc.
NORTON ROSE OR LLP PUBLIC SECTOR LEADERS AWARD

Presented by  

   
 

Rear Admiral Jennifer Bennett, Commander of the Naval Reserve, Canadian Navy

 

Marilyn McLaren, President and Chief Executive Officer, Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation

 

Karen Branscombe, Superintendent, School District 2, New Brunswick

 

Twyla Meredith, President and Chief Executive Officer, Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation

 

Janice Charette, Associate Secretary to the Cabinet and Deputy Minister Intergovernmental Affairs, Privy Council Office of Canada

 

Heather Munroe-Blum, Principal and Vice-Chancellor, McGill University

  Moya Greene, Chief Executive, Royal Mail  

Gail Stephens, City Manager, City of Victoria

 

Dana Hayden, Deputy Minister, Ministry of Jobs, Tourism and Innovation, Government of British Columbia

 

Jennifer Stoddart, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

 

The Honourable Marjory LeBreton, Leader of the Government in the Senate

 

Marian Zerr, Deputy Minister, Saskatchewan Ministry of Social Services

 

Dr. Lesley Lovett-Doust, President and Vice Chancellor, Nipissing University

   
TELUS FUTURE LEADERS AWARD

Presented by  

   
 

Shelby Austin, Founder, ATD Legal Services PC

 

Lesley Scorgie, Author, Rich by Thirty and Rich By Forty; Owner, Rich By Inc.

 

Ashley Hilkewich, Director, Partner Relations and International Operations, Free the Children

 

Rumeet Toor, President, Jobs in Education; Founder, The Toor Centre for Teacher Education; and PhD Candidate, The University of Toronto

XSTRATA NICKEL TRAILBLAZERS AND TRENDSETTERS AWARD

Presented by  

   
 

Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie, Senior Vice President, Information and Technology Management, Vancity;   Chief Executive Officer, Inventure Solutions, Vancity Credit Union

 

Patricia O'Malley, Chair, Accounting Standards Board

 

Col. Jennie Carignan, Acting Brigade Commander-5th Canadian Brigade- Group, Department of National Defense

 

Dr. Arlene Ponting, Chief Executive Officer, Science Alberta Foundation

 

Eva Carissimi, Sudbury Smelter Director, Xstrata Nickel

 

Vivian Prokop, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Canadian Youth Business Foundation

 

Dr. Fiona Costello, Associate Professor, Departments of Clinical Neurosciences and Surgery, Clinician Scientist, Hotchkiss Brain Institute

 

Poonam Puri, Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director, Hennick Centre for Business and Law, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

 

Susan Doniz, Former Director and Chief Information Officer Research and Development, Product Supply and Sales, Global Beauty and Grooming, Procter and Gamble; Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Aimia

 

Dr. Jacqueline Shan, Chief Scientific Officer, Afexa Life Sciences

 

Leslie Gales, President, Midland Group of Companies Inc.

 

Victoria Sopik, President, Kids & Company Ltd

 

Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras, Principal Investigator, Scientist, Mount Sinai Hospital

 

Constance Sugiyama, Partner, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Fraser Milner Casgrain Law

 

Frieda Granot, Senior Associate Dean, Strategic Development and External Relations, Sauder School Of Business, UBC

 

Ilse Treurnicht, Chief Executive Officer, MaRS Discovery District

 

Dr. Roberta Jamieson, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation

 

Brig. Gen. Christine Whitecross, Deputy for the Communication Directorate, International Security Assistance Force Headquarters, NATO

 

Connie Linder, Founder and President, Green Pages Directory Inc.; Co-Founder and Vice President Communications, Polymer Research Technologies

 

Dr. Wanda Wuttunee, Professor, Native Studies and Director, Aboriginal Business Education Partners, University of Manitoba

WXN FOUNDATION CHAMPIONS AWARD

Presented by    

   
 

Kay Blair, Executive Director, Community MicroSkills Development Centre

 

Fiona Macfarlane, Chief Inclusiveness Officer and Managing Partner, Western Canada, Ernst and Young LLP

 

Iris Almeida-CôtÃe, President and CEO, Canada World Youth

 

Cybele Negris, Co-Founder and President, WebNames.ca

SUN LIFE FINANCIAL ARTS AND COMMUNICATIONS AWARD

Presented by  

   
 

Nancy Chapelle, Managing Director, Content and Programming, TVO

 

Deepa Mehta, Director, Producer and Screenwriter

 

Margaret Atwood, Author

 

Mia Pearson, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, North Strategic

 

Christina Jennings, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Shaftesbury Films Inc.

 

Heather Shaw, Executive Chair, Corus Entertainment Inc.

 

Michèle Maheux, Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer, Toronto International Film Festival

 

 

KPMG PROFESSIONALS AWARD

Presented by    

KPMG    
 

Nora Anne Aufreiter, Director, McKinsey & Company Canada

 

Dale Ponder, Managing Partner and Chief Executive, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

 

Cindy Forbes, Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary, Manulife Financial

 

Margaret Ross, Partner, Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

 

Anne-Marie Hubert, Managing Partner, Advisory Services, Ernst and Young LLP

 

Godyne N.L. Sibay, Partner and member of the McCarthy Board of Partners, McCarthy TÃetrault LLP

 

Valerie Mann, Partner, Lawson Lundell LLP

 

Beth Wilson, Managing Partner, Toronto Office; Canadian Managing Partner, Community Leadership, KPMG

 

Rosemary McCarney, President and Chief Executive Officer, Plan Canada

 

 

Ava Yaskiel, Partner, Norton Rose OR LLP

SCOTIABANK   CORPORATE  EXECUTIVES AWARD

Presented by:

 

Elyse Allan,  President and Chief Executive Officer, GE Canada

 

Micheline Martin, Regional President, Quebec Headquarters, RBC

 

Joey Berdugo- Adler, Chief Executive Officer, Diesel Canada and Founder, ONEXONE

 

Ellen Moore, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Chubb Insurance Company of Canada

 

Bonnie Brooks, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hudson’s Bay Company

 

Stacey Mowbray, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Second Cup ltd

 

Marie-Claude Boisvert, Chief Operating Officer, Desjardins Venture Capital, Desjardins Group

 

Janice Odegaard, Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Suncor Energy Inc.

 

Lisa Colnett, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Services, Kinross Gold Corporation

 

Leslie O'Donoghue, Executive Vice President, Operations, Agrium Inc.

 

Sarah Davis, Chief Financial Officer, Loblaw Companies Limited

 

Susan Paish, Chief Executive Officer, Pharmasave Drugs Ltd.

 

Betty DeVita, President, MasterCard Canada

 

Nathalie Pilon, President, Thomas and Betts

 

Debra Hewson, President and Chief Executive Officer, Odlum Brown Limited

 

Susan Riddell Rose, President and Chief Executive Officer, Perpetual Energy

 

Zabeen Hirji, Chief Human Resources Officer, Royal Bank of Canada

 

Mandy Shapansky, President and Chief Executive Officer, Xerox Canada

 

Janet Holder, President, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc.

 

Launi Skinner, Chief Executive Officer, First West Credit Union

 

Lynn Jeanniot, Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Affairs, National Bank

 

Connie Stefankiewicz, President and Chief Executive Officer, BMO InvestorLine

 

Debra Kelly-Ennis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Diageo Canada Inc.

 

Kathleen Taylor, President and Chief Executive Officer, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

 

Cheryl Longo, Executive Vice President, Card Products and National Collections, CIBC

 

Nancy Tower, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Emera Inc.

 

Christine Magee, President, Sleep Country Canada

 

Janet Wood, Executive Vice President, Maintenance Go-To-Market, SAP

ACCENTURE CORPORATE DIRECTORS AWARD

Presented by

 

Dr. Gail Cook-Bennett, Chair of the Board, Manulife Financial

 

Mary Mogford, Corporate Director, PotashCorp

 

Carol Hansell, Senior Partner, Davies Ward Phillips and Vineberg LLP

 

Guylaine Saucier, Corporate Director, Bank of Montreal, Areva, Danone and Wendel

 

Catherine McLeod-Seltzer,   Chair, Bear Creek Mining and Pacific Rim Mining and Corporate Director, Kinross Gold Corp, Major Drilling, Troon Resources

 

Dr. Carol Stephenson, Dean, Richard Ivey School of Business

TOP 100 HALL OF FAME

Presented by    

   
 

Nancy Adamo, Owner, Hockley Valley Resort

 

Audrey Ho, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, TELUS

 

Lesley Conway, President, Hopewell Residential Communities

 

Karen Kinsley, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation

 

Michelle DiEmanuele, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Credit Valley Hospital

 

Tracy Redies, President and Chief Executive Officer, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union

 

Laura Formusa, President and Chief Executive Officer, Hydro One

 

Dr. Vianne Timmons, President and Vice Chancellor, University of Regina

 

Mary Jo Haddad, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Hospital for Sick Children

 

Tamara Vrooman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Vancity