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• Retrospective: The Catalyst Canada Honours 2011
• Retrospective: The Catalyst Canada Honours 2010

The Catalyst Canada Honours celebrates champions of women in Canadian business.

Recognizing that what’s good for women is good for business, these exceptional individuals are personally and visibly committed to the advancement of women and serve as powerful role models for Canadian corporate leaders. The Catalyst Canada Honours recognizes one individual in each of three categories: Company/Firm Leader; Business Leader; and Human Resources/Diversity Leader.

Mark Your Calendar

Bill Downe, President and CEO, BMO Financial Group, will once again chair The Catalyst Canada Honours dinner on November 5, 2012, at The Fairmont Royal York. The Catalyst Canada Honours dinner is becoming known as a great evening of conversation, challenge, and motivation. Make sure you are part of it this year when Canada’s business community comes together to celebrate the 2012 champions of women in business. Plan to book your table early. 

What They’re Saying About The Catalyst Canada Honours

The Catalyst Canada Honours is an opportunity to talk about the importance of champions and sponsors in advancing women in business, and the importance of women in advancing business.

Read some of the media coverage of the 2011 dinner, and the role of champions:

• Celebrating the Men at the Table, Women of Influence Magazine
• Catalysts of Change, Canadian Business Magazine
• We Can Do Better Than 18 Per Cent, HR Reporter

Dinner Chair Bill Downe also emphasized the significance of champions:
 “Catalyst Canada has helped all of us in this room develop strategies for the advancement of women in the workplace. And none of those strategies is more powerful to my mind than the concept of being a champion.”

And the Chair of the Catalyst Canada Advisory Board, Rick Waugh, President and CEO, Scotiabank, focussed on the importance of leadership:
 “We have over 60 CEOs here. My message is clear. For those of you who didn’t have your CEO or leader here, you have to go back to the office tomorrow and tell them who was here, and ask them where were they?”