Lucien Bouchard is a French Canadian lawyer,diplomat and retired politician.
HEC Montréal is a bilingual public business school located in Montreal,Quebec,Canada. Founded in 1907,HEC Montréal is the graduate business school of the Universitéde Montréal and is known as the first established school of management in Canada.
Irwin Cotler is a retired Canadian politician who was Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015. He served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal government of Paul Martin lost power following the 2006 federal election. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election in November 1999,winning 92% of votes cast.
The Desjardins Group is a Canadian financial service cooperative and the largest federation of credit unions in North America. It was founded in 1900 in Lévis,Quebec by Alphonse Desjardins. While its legal headquarters remains in Lévis,most of the executive management,including the CEO,is based in Montreal.
Phil Gold is a Canadian physician,scientist,professor and author.
"Faubourg" is an ancient French term historically equivalent to "fore-town". The earliest form is forsbourg,derived from Latin forīs,'out of',and Vulgar Latin burgum,'town' or 'fortress'. Traditionally,this name was given to an agglomeration forming around a throughway leading outwards from a city gate,and usually took the name of the same thoroughfare within the city. As cities were often located atop hills,their outlying communities were frequently lower down. Many faubourgs were located outside the city walls,and "suburbs" were further away from this location.
Monique Vézina,is a former Canadian politician. She now works with a Non-governmental organization in the field of international development.
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is an institutional investor that manages several public and parapublic pension plans and insurance programs in Quebec. It was established in 1965 by an act of the National Assembly,under the government of Jean Lesage,as part of the Quiet Revolution,a period of social and political change in Quebec. It is the second-largest pension fund in Canada,after the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. It was created to manage the funds of the newly created Quebec Pension Plan,a public pension plan that aimed to provide financial security for Quebecers in retirement. The CDPQ’s mandate was to invest the funds prudently and profitably,while also contributing to Quebec’s economic development. As of December 31,2023,CDPQ managed assets of C$434 billion,invested in Canada and elsewhere. CDPQ is headquartered in Quebec City at the Price building and has its main business office in Montreal at Édifice Jacques-Parizeau.
Claude Jodoin was a Canadian trade unionist and politician. He served as the first president of the Canadian Labour Congress from 1956 to 1966.
Ukrainian World Congress is a non-profit organization,nonpartisan association,international coordination assembly of all Ukrainian public organizations in diaspora. Originally founded in 1967 as the World Congress of Free Ukrainians,the organization was renamed in 1993 to its current name.
Jean-Claude Scraire is a Québécois lawyer,separatist,nationalist and former Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDP). Since his dismissal in 2002,he has been working as a consultant on matters of development with various organizations and enterprises in Asia,Europe,and Quebec.
Cyrille Vaillancourt CBE was a journalist,civil servant,businessman and political figure in Quebec. Vaillancourt played an important role in the development of the caisses populaires in Quebec. He represented La Durantaye division in the Legislative Council of Quebec from 1943 to 1944 and sat for Kennebec division in the Senate of Canada from 1944 to 1969 as a Liberal.
Daniel Fournier is a Canadian businessman in the province of Quebec. He was chairman and chief executive officer of IvanhoéCambridge,a real estate subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec,from June 2010 to October 2019. He has also run for the Canadian House of Commons and written on Canadian federalism.
The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is a nonprofit umbrella organization of Ukrainian-Canadian political,cultural,and religious organizations founded in 1940.
Paul M. Grod or simply known as Paul Grod,is a Canadian businessman and lawyer of Ukrainian descent who was elected as the president of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) in 2018,and president and CEO of Rodan Energy Solutions. He was previously the UWC's Vice President for ten years. Notably,Vladimir Putin has sanctioned 13 Canadians,the only ones who are not government officials include Grod,and they are not allowed to enter Russia.
Desjardins General Insurance (DGI) is the P&C insurance subsidiary of Desjardins General Insurance Group,itself a subsidiary of Desjardins Group. The brand is sister with Desjardins Financial Security,and both of them regroup under the banner of Desjardins Insurance.They now serve customers in three provinces of Canada:Quebec,Alberta and Ontario. DGI is one of the property and casualty leaders in Canada,and in 2014,Desjardins General Insurance ranked third for customer satisfaction in Quebec.
Monique F. Leroux CM OQ is a Canadian businesswoman. From 2008 to 2016,she was chair of the board and chief executive officer of Desjardins Group.
Erast R. Huculak,was a Canadian businessman,public figure and philanthropist of Ukrainian descent. President of Medical Pharmacies Group. He was the founder of the Canadian Children of Chornobyl Foundation and head of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress in Oshawa. In 1993 he served as an adviser to the Prime Minister of Ukraine. From 2004 to 2013 he was the Honorary Consul of Ukraine in Canada.
Askold S. Lozynskyj is an American author and attorney of Ukrainian descent who was the elected president of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) from 1998 to 2008,the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) from 1992 to 2000,and the Ukrainian Student Organization from 1973 to 1975.
Dmytro Cipywnyk or sometimes spelled Tsipyvnyk,was a Canadian physician and academic of Ukrainian descent who was elected as the president of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) from 1993 to 1998,and Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) from 1986 to 1991.
