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June 21–27, 2011 Business in Vancouver
Heather Gratland (ARC), Linda Parsons (Davis LLP), Barb Ruff (Scotiabank), Emily Jubb (Vancouver Courier), Keri Adams (CTV), Lisa Ethans (Deloitte), Tamara Johnston (BC Business), Tamara Slobogean (News1130) and Joe Timlin (GrowthWorks)
a project manager at Hazen Research. Shoemaker was previously manager and vicepresident of Molycorp Inc. Molybdenum Group. Tom Ogryzlo has been appointed interim CEO of Aura Minerals Inc. He was previously vice-president, Latin America, of Ram Power Corp., founder and CEO of Polaris Energy Corp. and president of Kilborn Engineering and Kilborn SNCLavalin. Michael Hunter has been appointed president of Cardero Resource Corp. replacing Hendrik Van Alphen who will remain as CEO and director. Hunter was previously founder and president of Coalhunter. Wang Xiaoshen has joined International Lithium Corp. as non-executive director to the board. He is vice-chair and executive vice-president of Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium. Steven Green has been appointed president of Otterburn Ventures Inc. He was previously a manager at Fronteer Gold USA. Bruce Winfield and Richard Tschauder have joined Defiance Capital Corp. as president, CEO and director, and vice-president of exploration, respectively. Winfield was previously vice-president, exploration, for Greenstone Resources. Tschauder was previously an independent project manager. Conrad Swanson has joined the board of Swift Resources Inc. He is president and director of Gold Reach Resources
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Teri McIntyre, CIBC, and members of student company “B.EAST” from Britannia Secondary School
Ltd., International Samuel Exploration Corp. and Alya Ventures.
•Telecommunication
James Topham has been appointed to the board and been named chair of the audit committee at DDS Wireless International Inc. He is CFO of dpoint Technologies Inc. and was previously a technology partner at KPMG.
Companies on the Move • Name change
Meyers Norris Penny LLP has changed its name to MNP. United Mining Group, Inc. has changed its name to United Silver Corp. and will commence trading as TSX:USC.
Hats Off Business in Vancouver wel-
comes submissions from local small businesses and large corporations alike that demonstrate examples of corporate philanthropy and community involvement in the Vancouver area. High-resolution images are also welcome. The Big Sisters Spring Lunch raised $53,000, which will allow Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland to match at least 26 of the 180 girls on their wait list with a volunteer mentor. Scotiabank donated $50,000 to VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation in support of the spine outpatient program at VGH.
Barb McInnis, director, major gifts and planned giving, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation; Michelle Cobb, manager, community engagement, sponsorships and special projects, Scotiabank; Rob Wilkins, district vice-president, Scotiabank; and Ron Dumouchelle, president and CEO, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
G&F Financial Group raised $21,414.80 during its BC Children’s Hospital annual fundraising campaign.
of Self-Counsel Press, has been awarded a 2011 President’s Award by the Association of Canadian Publishers.
Peter Halsall, president and CEO of Halsall Associates, was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
Junior Achievement of British Columbia awarded “B.EAST” the 2011 CIBC Student Company of the Year Award. This after-school program was staffed by high school students from Britannia Secondary School in East Vancouver.
Diana Zitko, mortgage broker and owner of Dominion Lending Centres West Coast Mortgages, won the Mortgage Broker of the Year Award at the CMP Canadian Mortgage Awards. Diana Douglas, co-founder
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Keri Nelson, producer of the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon has been named the 2011 recipient of Variety - The Children’s Charity’s Heart Award, which is presented to a person who has devoted time, effort and rendered incredible service to the work of Variety over the years. Howard Blank, vice-president, media, entertainment and responsible gaming, with Great Canadian Casinos, won the 2011 Barker of the Year Award,
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which is presented to someone who has rendered outstanding service to Variety throughout the year. Catalyst Paper was named one of the top 20 overall best corporate citizens in Canada by Corporate Knights in its 2011 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list. Catalyst was also named to the 2011 Maclean’s/ Jantzi-Sustainalytics list of the 50 Most Socially Responsible Corporations in Canada. •
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