Donations / Fundraising
- Category: Donations / Fundraising
We are proud to announce that the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa is the recipient of a principal gift of $1.5 million from alumnus Camille Villeneuve. His new support includes $350,000 towards the Camille Villeneuve Fund for Entrepreneurship, $150,000 towards the existing Camille Villeneuve Student Activity Fund and a one million dollar bequest that will be allocated to the Dean's Strategic Priorities Fund.
"We are profoundly thankful to Mr. Villeneuve for his generous gift," stated Allan Rock, President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ottawa. "This investment will help to enhance one of our strategic priorities - the student experience - by providing Telfer students with the means to make a difference in our community and beyond."
The Camille Villeneuve Fund for Entrepreneurship will grow existing and new programs, providing students with enterprise start-up support and linking them to entrepreneurs through competitions, workshops, speaker series and sharing of best practice.
The Camille Villeneuve Student Activity Fund offers financial support to student delegations representing the university as they attend or host events, including case-competition teams, academic conferences, seminars and workshops.
"These funds allow us to connect students with what matters to them while they learn alongside leaders, executives and entrepreneurs as brilliant as they are inspiring" said Dean François Julien. "We are delighted to name our multi-purpose event room (DMS 4101 in the Desmarais Building) the Camille Villeneuve Room in recognition of his loyal, lifelong giving to the Telfer School. His success as a local entrepreneur who is known for his integrity can serve as an inspiration to our students."
“I started university with a firm belief that I would succeed in business,” said Villeneuve, a 1967 uOttawa management graduate. “And as far as that goes, I can say without hesitation that the University of Ottawa gave me the theoretical knowledge needed to succeed, but that it also enabled me to build a network of contacts that was decisive throughout my more than 40 year career. That’s why it seemed completely natural for me to reaffirm my sense of belonging to the Telfer School of Management as a donor, in support of its pursuit of excellence.”
Mr. Villeneuve's donation will support the Telfer School's Entrepreneurship initiatives. "We are committed to helping students succeed" said Stephen Daze, the Dom Herrick Entrepreneur in Residence at the Telfer School. "For many, success will be starting a new venture or contributing to one as co-founder or team member. We provide the tools and resources students need to learn, network and build their innovation and entrepreneurship skills."
This new pledge brings Mr. Villeneuve's lifetime giving to the School to nearly $1.85 million. While he has given back to Telfer students through his philanthropic support as well as his membership on the Dean's Advisory Board from 2005-2011, his contributions extend beyond uOttawa. His leadership and commitment to the environment earned LEED platinum certification on a 2014 Multivesco construction project.
Alumni and friends who choose to make a planned gift in addition to giving during their lifetime can leave their legacy at the Telfer School by allowing it to respond to emerging needs today and tomorrow. University budgets are tightly restricted and gifts offer deans a degree of flexibility that would not otherwise be possible.
“Making a planned gift is a way to ensure that future students will succeed” adds Mr. Villeneuve.
Mr. Villeneuve is one of many alumni who continue to stay connected with and give back to the Telfer School of Management to support students and the overall objectives of the school.
About Camille Villeneuve (BCom 1967, DU 1996)
Camille Villeneuve, president of Multivesco, is a proud Telfer School of Management alumnus and an Outaouais entrepreneur whose success in the business world can serve as an inspiration to Telfer students. He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1967 and was award an honorary doctorate from the University of Ottawa in 1996.
Over more than 40 years, he has developed numerous real estate projects locally and in the U.S. His values of perseverance, patience, respect and integrity have driven his relationships with clients and employees alike.
- Category: Donations / Fundraising
On May 8, the Telfer School of Management and the Telfer School’s Alumni Association welcomed alumni and donors to its annual donor recognition event “Back to Telfer - Come Back. Give Back.” This event aims to unite alumni and donors to celebrate and encourage graduates to Come back and Give back to their alma mater, the Telfer School.
In addition to celebrating our alumni, we also presented the following awards:
Telfer Donor of the Year Award: Welch LLP
Welch LLP has supported the Telfer School and its students for a number of years now. They are a Platinum Sponsor of the Accounting Club and sponsor other key student events. Welch LLP also provides financial support and incentive to Telfer School of Management students with the Welch LLP Accounting Scholarship. They reward students who distinguish themselves through a well-rounded approach to life, involvement in the School or community at large and academic success.
Telfer Young Donor of the Year Award: Omar Hashem and Abdul-Aziz Garuba
As students, Aziz and Omar were very involved in the Telfer community, student clubs and associations. Aziz and Omar recently created the Garuba-Hashem Admission Scholarship to help us continue to attract the best and brightest students.
Telfer Loyal Donor of the Year Award: Louise Pagé-Valin
Louise Pagé-Valin has supported the Telfer School of Management and its students for the past 27 years. In 2004, Ms. Pagé-Valin created the Pagé-Valin Family Scholarship that honours the Pagé and Valin families, who have studied or worked at the University of Ottawa for the past several decades.
- Category: Donations / Fundraising
Dean François Julien and the entire Telfer community wish to express our sincere appreciation to Rob Ashe (BCom 1982, DU 2010) and Sandra Herrick (BCom 1984) for their generous gift of $375,000 which will provide funding for the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Telfer School of Management for five years. The position has been named in honour of Dom Herrick.
Rob Ashe is the former CEO of Cognos and General Manager of Business Analytics for IBM. Serving as CEO of Cognos Inc, he helped grow the company into a $1Billion-plus business intelligence software giant. Following the acquisition of Cognos by IBM in 2008, Ashe led IBM’s growing Business Analytics division as General Manager, where he served until March of 2012. In his near 30 year tenure at Cognos, Ashe held several leadership positions across key departments including CFO, Senior Vice President of R&D, Senior Vice President of Services and Support, Chief Corporate Officer and President and COO. Rob has also been a strong supporter of the YMCA-YWCA National Capital Region, United Way, the Ottawa Food Bank, Royal Ottawa Campaign for Mental Health, the Ottawa Public Library, the Ottawa Hospital, the National Gallery of Canada and Ashbury College. Mr. Ashe was presented with the Trudeau Medal by the Telfer School of Management in 2000, in recognition of his leadership, initiative and contributions to the business world, the community and his alma mater.
Sandra is a Telfer graduate and a Chartered Accountant. Sandra worked within Ottawa's high technology community at Kinburn Capital and Mitel. After combining a consulting career with raising a family, she has spent the last many years as a financial advisor.
Dom Herrick, father and father-in-law respectively of Telfer alumni Sandra Herrick and Rob Ashe was a local businessman with a very keen interest in the development of the city's business community. He worked on the team at E.R. Fisher's in Ottawa for close to 30 years and dedicated countless hours to the Ottawa Executive Association (OXA). Dom developed an appreciation for the importance of Entrepreneurship in the local community. Dom closely watched the growth in the technology community in Ottawa - and Cognos specifically. Through this, he advocated for a greater entrepreneurial spirit in the local community. For this reason, Rob and Sandra have chosen to honor Dom with the Dom Herrick Entrepreneur in Residence position.
- Category: Donations / Fundraising
We would like to wholeheartedly thank André Giroux (Civil Law 1982 & BAdm 1979), President of Legico-CHP, for his generous donation of $30,000 for the creation of the Legico-CHP scholarship. The scholarship will be awarded to francophone students from Québec upon admission in the Telfer BCom program. Three scholarships of $2,000 will be available every year for five years.
Legico-CHP is the result of a merger between Legico, founded in 2000, and CHP, in business since 1992. Since their respective inceptions, the two organizations have been playing a vital role in important local and international construction projects.
- Category: Donations / Fundraising
Claude Des Rosiers, VP and General Manager of Boone Plumbing in Ottawa, while not a graduate of Telfer, has become one of our most recent very generous supporters.
In recent years, Claude worked with Telfer as the lead industry sponsor and partner for a new executive education program entitled Leadership for Growing Businesses which is geared to develop the next generation of executives in the construction and property management industry in Ottawa. Claude's son Sébastien completed the Leadership program and his brother Luc, also a Boone Plumbing executive, is a graduate of the Telfer Executive MBA program. With many colleagues and family using the Telfer facilities for training and development, it became evident to Claude that the chairs in the main classroom at the Telfer Centre for Executive Leadership needed to be replaced. With the generous financial support of Claude and the collaboration of Chris LeClair at Ottawa Business Interiors, we recently received 50 brand new Herman Miller chairs for this classroom. They are proving to be a very comfortable and attractive upgrade to our facilities.
The Telfer School and the Centre for Executive Leadership wish to extend our sincere thanks to Claude. As he said to us when we discussed this generous gift to the school, “you make a living by working hard, but you make a life by giving”.
- Category: Donations / Fundraising
The Telfer School of Management held its 18th Annual Golf Tournament on September 14, 2012 at the Meadows Golf and Country Club. Since the Telfer School launched its first golf tournament in 1995 to stimulate networking and raise money for scholarship funds, over $700,000 has been raised.
You can see the pictures from this event via Flickr or Facebook.
It is with great enthusiasm that we announce that our next tournament will take place on September 13, 2013.
Photo: Tony Trentadue, Mike Brown, Rob Mariani, Vince Arlotta
Sponsors | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
|
||||
|
|
|||
|
||||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Partners | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
||||
|
- Category: Donations / Fundraising
This year for the very first time, the Telfer School of Management awarded two new donor recognition awards at the 3rd Annual Donor Appreciation Event for the faculty’s donors.
Every day we strive to improve our relationships with donors, demonstrate our appreciation and create meaningful relationships with those in our community who choose us amongst a sea of giving opportunities. Both of our recipients are wonderful examples of the kind of donor the Telfer School of Management holds every year. Through their generosity and ongoing commitment to the School they have chosen to step out of their daily routine to make a difference in someone else’s life.
Our first new award is the Young Donor of the Year Award. We have worked hard to stay in touch with our younger graduates and to follow and celebrate their success, while encouraging their ongoing engagement with their alma mater. Giving can be an important part of demonstrating support.
This award recognizes a donor 30 years or younger who has demonstrated a commitment to the Telfer School through a long-time and ongoing gift. Most young graduates are thinking about their careers and simply being in their 20’s. Our recipient this evening is an exception, she starting giving just 3 years after graduating in 2005, and has been giving monthly ever since. She was an involved student, a scholarship recipient in her time, and she’s recently become an entrepreneur. This year, Melinda Cesario Assaf (BCom 2005).
The Telfer Donor of the Year Award is intended to recognize and honour a donor who has gone above and beyond helping others through a history of giving, an ongoing commitment to the School, and who has had significant impact on both the Telfer School and its students. This year’s honouree Jeffrey Smith completed a BAdm in 1978 and Bachelor’s of Management Science in 1979. Jeffrey is a valued donor with a history of giving to the Telfer School dating back 25 years. In 2007 he and his wife Elaine Wilson decided to create the Albert and Margery Smith Scholarship at the Telfer School to honour his hardworking and supportive parents. To date Jeffrey and his wife have donated over $50,000 supporting scholarships for students coming from non-urban centers to get their business degree at the Telfer School of Management. Jeffrey and Elaine epitomize generosity and humility and we are pleased to recognize their generosity with this award.
Top photo: Jeffrey Smith and Dean François Julien