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JDC West 2010 is now complete!!

 

JDC West 2010 Final Results    
       
  First Second Third
       
School of the Year: Sauder Regina Alberta
Participation Saskatchewan Regina Sauder
Accounting UBCO Alberta Sauder
Business Strategy UNBC Regina Sauder
Entrepreneurship UBCO UNBC SFU
Finance Sauder Saskatchewan SFU
Human Resources SFU Sauder UNBC
International Business Alberta Regina Tie - UBCO/Sask
Marketing Sauder Regina Lethbridge
MIS Sauder Manitoba Uvic
Tax SFU Regina Alberta
Debate Sauder Alberta UBCO
Sport Lethbridge Regina SFU
Social Manitoba Alberta Saskatchewan
Not-for-Profit Tie - Alberta/UNBC Saskatchewan
Executive of the Year Lethbridge - Jill Kobialko & Stacey Fujikawa
Faculty of the Year Saskatchewan - Glen Kobussen
Charity:      
Saskatchewan $42,437    
Lethbridge $38,286    
Regina $21,390    

 

Check out a video of the Awards Ceremony here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/jdc-west
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What is JDC West?

JDC West is the largest student run business competition in Western Canada and is a three day event that showcases academic competitions, athletic challenges, a social competition and a charity initiative. Over 500 students from 10 of Western Canada’s top Universities unite annually to compete in this competition that is solely organized by and for business students.

JDC West seeks to assemble the best business students that Western Canadian universities have to offer. The competition provides students an opportunity to compete with each other in all facets of business, while developing networking, critical thinking, and leadership skills as they prepare to begin their careers in the business world.

 

Host City: Prince George, BC

Prince George, with a population of 80,000, is the largest city in Northern British Columbia and is known as "BC's Northern Capital". Situated in the near geographical centre of British Columbia, the city acts as a hub for the many surrounding communities.
 
University of Northern British Columbia
The University of Northern British Columbia is one of Canada's best small universities. With a core campus in Prince George and regional campuses throughout northern BC, UNBC recognizes the importance of quality teaching, personal attention, ground-breaking research, and being relevant to the North. UNBC aspires to be Canada’s premier small, research-intensive university, with internationally recognized academic and research programs that prepare its graduates in select areas of high relevance to our region, province, and beyond.
 
Spectator passes will be available at the information booth set-up in the Wintergarden, which opens at 8:00am on Saturday January 16th or can be arranged for pick-up prior to the competition.

2010 Theme: Humanitarian Leadership

Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony Guest Speakers

In conjunction with this year's JDC West theme the following speaker has been secured to speak at the gala dinner.

Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire (Ret)

 


Biography

(from http://www.romeodallaire.com/biography.html)

Lieutenant-General The Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire, O.C., C.M.M., G.O.C, M.S.C., C.D., (Retired), Senator

LGen The Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire, (Ret'd), Senator, has had a distinguished career in the Canadian military, achieving the rank of Lieutenant-General and becoming Assistant Deputy Minister (Human Resources) in the Department of National Defence in 1998. In 1994, General Dallaire commanded the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR).

His book on his experiences in Rwanda, entitled Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, was awarded the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction in 2004.




General Dallaire accepts Sir Joseph Rotblat's Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the Pugwash Peace Exchange as part of the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the founding of the organization, 2007

It has garnered numerous international literary awards, and is the basis of a full-length feature film released in September 2007.

Since his retirement from the military, Senator Dallaire has worked to bring an understanding of post-traumatic stress disorder to the general public. He has also been a visiting lecturer at several Canadian and American universities, and has written several articles and chapters in publications on conflict resolution, humanitarian assistance and human rights. While a Fellow of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, he pursued research on conflict resolution and the use of child soldiers.

Major-General John Attipoe, Commandant of the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre, Accra, Ghana invites General Dallaire to plant a tree at the Centre, 2007
  Senator Dallaire has received numerous honours and awards, including Officer of the Order of Canada in 2002, Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec in 2005, and the Aegis Award for Genocide Prevention from the Aegis Trust (United Kingdom).

He has also been named a Fellow of the Ryerson Polytechnic University, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and has received honorary doctorates from a large number of Canadian and American universities.
As a champion of human rights his activities include:

* Advocacy for the Canadian Forces mission to Afghanistan;
* Speaking engagements on issues relating to human rights and genocide
* prevention;
* A Senior Fellowship at Concordia University's Montreal Institute of Genocide
* Studies;
* Membership in the United Nations Secretary General's Advisory Committee on
* Genocide Prevention;
* Leadership in a project to develop a conceptual base for the elimination of the
* use of child soldiers;
* Leadership in activities aimed at the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons.
* Senator Dallaire is currently researching and writing a book on the subject of
* child soldiers.