Ida Albo

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Ida Albo is a Canadian businesswoman and the owner and managing partner of the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, Manitoba. [1] [2]

Albo has served as co-president of the CentreVenture Development Corporation. [3] She is on the board of directors of the University of Winnipeg Foundation, and was BA (Hons.), Class of '81. [4] She is the vice chair of the board of directors at the Pan Am Clinic Foundation. [5] In February 2012, Albo opened Yoga Public, a 20,000 square foot yoga facility, in Winnipeg. She is the chair of the Guardian Angel Benefit Committee for the Cancer Care Manitoba Foundation. She has also served as a board member of the Tourism Association of Winnipeg, the Canadian Tourism Commission, the Health Sciences Centre Research Foundation, Citizens Against Impaired Driving, and the Pan Am Clinic Foundation. [6]

She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015 for "unwavering commitment to the well-being of her community." [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fort Garry Hotel ascends". Winnipeg Free Press. 30 July 2020. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Appearance no trick, but treat". Rock Hill Herald. 9 September 1995. p. 41.
  3. ↑ Kives, Bartley (30 January 2007). "CentreVenture plans diplomatic offensive". Winnipeg Free Press.
  4. ↑ "Meet the Board". University of Winnipeg Foundation. Archived from the original on 2010-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Pan Am Clinic: Foundation". Pan Am Clinic. Archived from the original on 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2010-02-01.
  6. ↑ "Ida Albo | Alumni | The University of Winnipeg". www.uwinnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  7. ↑ General, Office of the Secretary to the Governor. "Ms. Ida Albo". The Governor General of Canada. Retrieved 2021-03-26.


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