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2006 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Winners
Women's Executive Network
Your Guide to Small Business: Canada
Public Sector: awarded to women who occupy the most senior positions in a government department, Ministry or University, Municipality, Hospitcal or regional Health Authority, in descending order of operating budget.
- Dr. Penny Ballem | Former Deputy Minister Ministry of Health | Province of British Columbia
- Lynda Cranston | President & CEO | Provincial Health Services Authority
- Ida Goodreau | President & CEO | Vancouver Coastal Health
Dr. Lorna Marsden | President & Vice Chancellor | York University
- Jessica McDonald | Deputy Minister to the Premier & Cabinet Secretary | Government of BC
- Patricia Meade | Deputy Minister | Alberta Health and Wellness
- Dr. Martha Piper | Former President & Vice Chancellor | The University of British Columbia
- Judy Rogers | City Manager | City of Vancouver
- Indira Samarasekera | President & Vice Chancellor | The University of Alberta
- Judy Samuelson | Cabinet Secretary and Clerk of the Executive Council | Government of Saskatchewan
- Sheila Weatherill | President & CEO | Capital Health Edmonton
Corporate: awarded to women who hold the most senior positions in Canada's largest publicly-traded and privately-owned companies, in descending order of sales revenue, provided that their positions are at or higher than senior vicepresident or report directly to the President. For women employed by the banks, positions must be at or higher than Executive Vice-President.
- Stacey Allerton Firth | Vice President Human Resources | Ford Motor Company of Canada
- Diane Bean | Executive Vice President Corporate Affairs & Human Resources | Manulife Financial Corporation
- Elisabetta Bigsby | Group Head Implementation Officer & HR | RBC Financial Group
- Cynthia Carroll | President & CEO | Alcan Primary Metal Group, Alcan
- Alberta Cefis | Executive Vice President and Group Head, Global Transaction Banking | Scotiabank
- Sylvia Chrominska | Executive Vice President Human Resources & Public Corporate & Government Affairs | Scotiabank
- Sherry Cooper | Executive Vice President & Global Economic Strategist BMO Financial Group; Chief Economist, BMO Nesbitt Burns & Global Economic Strategist, Harris Bank & Chief Economist, Harris Nesbitt | BMO Financial Group
- Isabelle Courville | Former President | Enterprise Group Bell Canada
- Patricia Curadeau-Grou | Chief Risk Officer and Chair of the Credit Committee | National Bank of Canada
- Teri Currie Executive | Vice President, Human Resources | TD Bank Financial Group
- Elizabeth Del Bianco | Senior Vice President Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary | Celestica
- Gisèle Desrochers | Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Operations | National Bank of Canada
- Bonnie DuPont Group | Vice President, Corporate Resources | Enbridge Inc.
- Lise Fournel Senior Vice President, E-Commerce & Chief Information Officer | Destina and Air Canada
- Janice R. Fukakusa | Chief Financial Officer | RBC Financial Group Royal Bank of Canada
- Marianne Harrison | Executive Vice President & Controller | Manulife Financial
- Betty-Ann Heggie | Senior Vice President Corporate Relations | PotashCorp
- Colleen Johnston | Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | TD Bank Financial Group
- Louise Lacchin | Senior Vice President Finance | George Weston Limited
- Sue Lee | Senior Vice President, Human Resources & Communications | Suncor Energy Inc.
- Cathy MacDonald | Senior Vice President, Information Technology | Rogers Communications Inc.
- Karen E. Maidment | Chief Financial & Administrative Officer | BMO Financial Group
- Beverley Margolian | Executive Vice President & Chief Risk Officer | Manulife Financial Corporation
- Karin McCaskill | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary | Sobeys Inc.
- Kimberlee McKenzie | Executive Vice President, Information Technology & Solutions | Scotiabank
- Rose Patten | Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources | BMO Financial Group
- Karen Radford | Executive Vice President & President TELUS Quebec & TELUS Partner Solutions | TELUS
- Sarah Raiss | Executive Vice President Corporate Services | TransCanada Pipeline Limited
- Katherine Rethy | Former Senior Vice President Global Services | Falconbridge
- Kathleen Sendall Senior Vice President, North American Natural Gas | Petro–Canada
- Jacqueline Sheppard | Executive Vice President, Corporate & Legal Talisman | Energy Inc.
- Karen Sheriff | President – Small Medium Business | Bell Canada
- Judy Shuttleworth | Executive Vice President, Human Resources | TELUS
- Franca Smith Senior | Vice President, Financial Control | Loblaw Companies
- Barbara Stymiest | Chief Operating Officer | Royal Bank of Canada
- Martine Turcotte | Chief Legal Officer | BCE & Bell Canada
- Cathy Williams | Chief Financial Officer | Shell Canada
- Janice Wismer | Global Vice President, Human Resources | McCain Foods Ltd.
- Janet Yale | Executive Vice President| TELUS Communications Company
Entrepreneurs: awarded to women who own and operate Canada’s largest businesses by region, based on population, in descending order of sales revenue and regional population. Each woman must be a founder of the company; actively manage the
daily affairs of the company as the top executive; and, own at least 40% of the shares of a private company or own at least 5% of the shares of a publicly-traded company.
Shannon Bowen-Smed | President & CEO | Bowen Workforce Solutions
Teresa Cascioli | Chair & Chief Executive Officer | Lakeport Brewing Income Fund
Arlene Dickinson | President and Owner | Venture Communications
Janis Grantham | President & COO | Eagle Professional Resources Inc.
Rebecca MacDonald | Executive Chair | Energy Savings Income Fund
Rossana Di Zio Magnotta | President & Co-Founder | Magnotta Winery Corporation
Elaine Minacs | CEO | Minacs Worldwide
Susan Niczowski | CEO & Owner | Summerfresh Salads Incorporated
Madeleine Paquin | President & CEO | Logistec Corporation
Manishi Sagar | President & CEO | The Kinderville Group
Marilyn Sheftel | Dealer Principal | Silverhill Acura
Cora Tsouflidou | President | Franchises Cora Inc.
Sylvia Vogel | CEO | Canderm Pharma Inc.
Professionals: awarded to women professionals in practice who play a senior leadership role within their organizations. They
serve on their firm’s executive committee, have founded their own professional services firms, and/or who serve
their profession in a leadership role at a provincial or national level.
- Mary Brooks William A. Black | Chair of Commerce | Dalhousie University
- Kirby Chown | Ontario Regional Managing Partner | McCarthy Tétrault
- Lesley Conway | President | Hopewell Residential Communities
- Michelle DiEmanuele | Associate Secretary of the Ontario Cabinet/ Deputy Minister of Government Services/ Secretary to Management Board of Cabinet | Ontario Government / Ontario Public Service
- Mary Lou Maher | Chief Financial Officer | KPMG LLP
- Sarah Pepall | Madam Justice | Superior Court of Ontario
- Anne Stewart Q.C. | Partner | Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Trailblazers & Trendsetters: Recognizing women who are pioneers in their fields and who have made a great contribution to Canadian society
in any field of endeavour. Nominees are rated on impact in breaking new ground or traditional barriers in pursuit
of a goal; and, the impact of their contribution to Canadian society.
- Stacey Allaster | President | Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Inc.
- Lenna Bradburn | Executive Director, Municipal Licensing and Standards Division | City of Toronto
- Beverley Busson | Deputy Commissioner | RCMP E Division Headquarters
- Catherine Callbeck | Senator | The Senate of Canada
- M. Elizabeth Cannon | Dean, Schulich School of Engineering, Professor, Geometrics Engineering | University of Calgary
- Dr. Ruth Corbin | CEO & Managing Partner Corbin Partners, and Adjunct Professor | Osgoode Hall Law School
- Diane Finegood | Scientific Director | Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes
- Eileen Gillese | The Honourable Justice | Court of Appeal for Ontario
- Ruth M. Goldbloom | Chair | Pier 21 Foundation
- Isabelle Hudon | President & CEO | Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal
- Silken Laumann | President | Silken & Co. Productions Limited
- Lilo Ljubisic | Management Consultant & Motivational Speaker | Lilo Inspires
- Catherine (Trina) | McQueen Professor, Broadcaster, Journalist Schulich School of Business | York University
- Bonnie Patterson | President & Vice Chancellor | Trent University
- Bette Stephenson | M.D. Physician, former Cabinet Minister
Champions: Women who have made a distinct and describable difference to the advancement of women in the Canadian
workplace by either helping to achieve greater opportunities for women in traditional careers or acting as an
‘agent of change’ on a national level.
- Christina Anthony | Director and Portfolio Manager | Odlum Brown
- Nicole Beaudoin MBA, FCA, OQ | President and CEO | Quebec Business Women’s Network/ Women Entrepreneurial Center of Quebec
- Jennifer Flanagan | President and CEO | Actua
- Shari Graydon | Author, Educator, Consultant
- Elisabeth Ross | Executive Director | National Ovarian Cancer Association
Arts and Communications: In recognition of women who have shaped Canadian thinking and culture through the profound impact they have
made in the Arts or Communications arenas.
- Patricia Graham | Editor-in-Chief | The Vancouver Sun
- Lynda Powless | Turtle Island News | Publisher/ Editor
- Mavis Staines | Artistic Director | Canada’s National Ballet School
- Phyllis Yaffe | Chief Executive Officer | Alliance Atlantis Communications Inc.
Future Leaders: awarded to exceptional young women aged 30 or under who have distinguished themselves early in their careers, and who show tremendous potential to continue making theit mark in years to come.
- Dalal Al-Waheidi | Chief Operations Director | Free the Children
- Michelle Dagnino | Executive Director | Youth Action Network
- Margot Durling | Designer
- Samina Hashmi | Global Citizen | Engineers without Borders Canada
- Manjit Minhas | President & CEO | Minhas Creek Brewing Company
- Cheryl Perera | Founder & President | One Child Network & Support Systems Inc.
- Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko | Founding President | Canadian Association for Girls in Science
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