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Western alumni make Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women list

Western alumni make Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women list

Eight Western alumni have been named among Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women in 2021. The women, leaders in the private, public and not-for profit sectors, are being recognized for empowering and championing others. The annual list is compiled by the W …

Brooks named Ivey Business Leader of the Year

Brooks named Ivey Business Leader of the Year

Bonnie Brooks, MBA’08, vice-chair Hudson’s Bay Company, has been named the winner of the Ivey Business Leader Award. Brooks, the first woman to receive award, will address Canada’s most prominent business leaders on Oct. 30 at a gala dinner in Toronto.

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten Western alumnae have been named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 list, presented by the National Post and the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). The theme for this year’s Top 100 Awards was What Glass Ceiling? The newspaper wrote of the honoured Western community members, in part:

McKay, MBA’92, named RBC president, CEO

McKay, MBA’92, named RBC president, CEO

Western alumnus Dave McKay, MBA’92, will assume the role of president and chief executive officer of Royal Bank following the retirement of current president and CEO Gord Nixon on Aug. 1, 2014, the bank announced today. Nixon served in the position for 13 years.

Three awarded Governor General’s Academic Medals

Three awarded Governor General’s Academic Medals

For more than 125 years, the Governor General’s Academic Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. Based solely on academic criteria, there is no monetary award associated with the medal. The Gold Medals were presented at Western’s Autumn Convocation ceremony for graduates of the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies on Friday, Nov. 1.

Alumna Chan named among global power elite

Forbes magazine has ranked World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan, BA’73, MD’77, DSc’99, among the World’s Most Powerful People. She is one of only nine women on the annual list.

‘Masked Men’ serve as painter’s muse

Who is that maked man? Michael Slotwinski may have asked himself that question many times over the course of this past summer, while adding to his Hockey’s Masked Men oil painting series, now in its ‘second period’ touring Ontario Hockey League (OHL) arenas, including Budweiser Gardens this New Year’s Eve.

Brooks named Ivey Business Leader of the Year

Brooks named Ivey Business Leader of the Year

Bonnie Brooks, MBA’08, vice-chair Hudson’s Bay Company, has been named the winner of the Ivey Business Leader Award. Brooks, the first woman to receive award, will address Canada’s most prominent business leaders on Oct. 30 at a gala dinner in Toronto.

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten Western alumnae have been named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 list, presented by the National Post and the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). The theme for this year’s Top 100 Awards was What Glass Ceiling? The newspaper wrote of the honoured Western community members, in part:

McKay, MBA’92, named RBC president, CEO

McKay, MBA’92, named RBC president, CEO

Western alumnus Dave McKay, MBA’92, will assume the role of president and chief executive officer of Royal Bank following the retirement of current president and CEO Gord Nixon on Aug. 1, 2014, the bank announced today. Nixon served in the position for 13 years.

Three awarded Governor General’s Academic Medals

Three awarded Governor General’s Academic Medals

For more than 125 years, the Governor General’s Academic Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. Based solely on academic criteria, there is no monetary award associated with the medal. The Gold Medals were presented at Western’s Autumn Convocation ceremony for graduates of the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies on Friday, Nov. 1.

Alumna Chan named among global power elite

Forbes magazine has ranked World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan, BA’73, MD’77, DSc’99, among the World’s Most Powerful People. She is one of only nine women on the annual list.

‘Masked Men’ serve as painter’s muse

Who is that maked man? Michael Slotwinski may have asked himself that question many times over the course of this past summer, while adding to his Hockey’s Masked Men oil painting series, now in its ‘second period’ touring Ontario Hockey League (OHL) arenas, including Budweiser Gardens this New Year’s Eve.