When Robert Brown was appointed president and chief executive officer of Bombardier Inc. in 1999, he was the third person to have held that role since the family-run company was founded by patriarch Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1942. Prior to his appointment, Brown headed Bombardier Aerospace where, for a decade, he oversaw the phenomenal growth of the aerospace division, building it into the most profitable of the company's core businesses. His earlier career was mainly spent in the federal p...
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James Arthur is regularly cited as perhaps the best and most immediately influential mathematician currently active in Canada. His work stands at the forefront of a bold initiative to unify the diverse branches of pure mathematics. Through more than three decades as a mathematician, Arthur charted a course for himself with way stations spanning the globe. He has been an instructor at Princeton University, an assistant professor at Yale University and a professor at Duke University. And he has ...
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Gordon Thiessen led Canada through seven of the most financially turbulent years in its history as governor of the Bank of Canada before retiring in January. Facing the lingering effects of the 1990-91 recession, high unemployment, the Mexican peso crisis, a dollar weakened by the Quebec referendum campaign and an economic crisis in Asia, Thiessen nevertheless succeeded in setting monetary policies that wrestled inflation to the ground and helped return the economy to robust health. Believing ...
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OTTAWA, Friday, July 13, 2001 — To mark the beginning of the IVth Games of La Francophonie, the University of Ottawa awarded an honorary doctorate to His Excellency Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie. The honorary degree was presented by University Chancellor Huguette Labelle. A diplomat, jurist, scholar and widely published author, Boutros-Ghali has led a long and respected career in international affairs. Born in Egypt in 1922, he r...
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Micheline Bouchard was building bridges with a Meccano set when she was six years old. By the age of 14, she knew she wanted to attend the then-male-dominated École Polytechnique in Montreal. That same determination has followed Bouchard throughout her brilliant career as scientist, engineer, administrator, business leader, member of the Order of Canada and, above all, a woman of vision, accomplishment and hope. Before she became corporate vice-president and general manager of Motorola Inc., B...
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Judge Jean-Louis Baudouin, an eminent lawyer and an inspiration to the legal profession, is one of the great humanists of contemporary law. In 1999, a journalist wrote that he was "a star in the sky of Quebec justice, an intellectual landmark invaluable in the face of an uncertain future." Justice Baudouin has never been afraid to face uncharted territory. He is eager to explore the latest and most controversial developments, for example, the commercialization of DNA and genetic manipulation. ...
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As the commissioner of official languages of Canada, Dyane Adam passionately promotes the linguistic duality and diverse culture of the country. From the time she took up the position, in her first annual report, she chastised the federal government for its lack of leadership with respect to language rights and called for the co-operation of federal institutions and minority groups to implement the principles of the Official Languages Act and Canada's Constitution. Even before taking up her du...
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