Leadership

GATINEAU, QC,–The Honourable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced the reappointment of Isha Khan as Director and CEO of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) for a five-year term, beginning August 17, 2025. Ms. Khan, a Winnipeg native, was first appointed as Director and CEO of the CMHR …

MONTREAL, QC–Quebec’s four statutory museums and two major artists’ associations are thrilled to announce the ratification of the first major collective agreement for the benefit of artists. This historic agreement was ratified this morning during an official signing ceremony held at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal at Place Ville …

TORONTO, ON–Fidelity Canada was ranked on the 2024 LinkedIn Top Companies in Canada list, a ranking of 25 of the best workplaces to grow a career according to their data-driven methodology. This award builds on Fidelity’s strong track record of employer recognitions. “Our people are what make Fidelity such a …

TORONTO, ON–CIBC Mellon Richard Anton has appointed Richard Anton as Chief Client Officer and Catherine Thrasher has been appointed Chief Operations Officer. Anton assumes overall responsibility for the company’s relationship management, strategic client solutions, product development, corporate communications and marketing functions. Thrasher assumes responsibility for CIBC Mellon’s operations, including custody …

TORONTO, ON–Environics Analytics (EA) announced Anil Arora, the Chief Statistician of Canada at Statistics Canada, as the recipient of its 2023 Special Innovator of the Year award. Anil (left) has been a trailblazer in developing new data approaches and statistical methodologies in Canada for decades. He pioneered moving big data …

Brainstorming can be a great way to drive innovation in your business if you prepare for it properly. A session that falls flat can be a frustrating waste of time. Brainstorming often gets a bad reputation because sessions sometimes generate humdrum ideas and tend to be dominated by higher-ranking or …

By Richard Schenker In recent years, we have witnessed a proliferation of brand partnerships in different incarnations across just about every business sector. Some have been wildly successful collaborations and others not as effective. Companies tend to form partnerships with other brands in order to acquire and retain customers and …

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives provide clear benefits, but marketing profession still lacks representation at the senior leadership level TORONTO, ON–New research by the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) shows that marketing organizations and departments with well-diversified senior leadership teams, are less likely to see their employees join the mass …

Maple Diversity Communications announces key leadership appointments MISSISSAUGA, ON–Leading multicultural marketing agency, Maple Diversity Communications Inc., recently announced the appointment of four key roles to its senior leadership team. The new hires that have joined the Maple Diversity team are as follows: Gabe Mederos has joined the agency as the …

CMA announces executive leadership changes TORONTO, ON–The Board of Directors of the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) announced that John Wiltshire has decided to retire from his role as President and CEO effective May 2, 2022. “John has made an outstanding contribution to the CMA over the past five years,” says …