| 2010 Gil Bennett Gold Standard Award John Ryan (centre), President and Acting CEO of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants, received the 2010 Gil Bennett Gold Standard Award at The Directors College graduation ceremony on Tuesday, February 23, 2010. Presented by Christopher K. Bart (right), Principal and Lead Professor, The Directors College, and Ron Stokes (left), Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, the Gold Standard Award is given to a graduate of The Directors College who has demonstrated dedication to raising the bar for professional standards in corporate governance. | |  Education and Business Summit of Puerto Rico Glen Hodgson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist of The Conference Board of Canada, discussed globalization, education, and innovation during his presentation at the Education and Business Summit of Puerto Rico on January 20, 2010. Organized by the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce, the summit brought together more than 300 people from business, government, unions, and universities. |
|  CIBC Scholar-in-Residence Book Launch Conference Board of Canada President and CEO Anne Golden and David A. Wolfe, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto at Mississauga, launched the third book in the CIBC Scholar-in-Residence Program on Wednesday, December 2, at the University of Toronto’s Munk Centre. | |  CIBC Scholar-in-Residence Book Launch 21st Century Cities in Canada: The Geography of Innovation, authored by Professor David A. Wolfe, summarizes the results of a five-year national study of urban industrial clusters. |