JDC West 2010 is now complete!!

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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

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.