Laureates

Morris Belkin was the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Belkin Inc.  Middle child ...

Peter Armstrong is the Founder and CEO of Armstrong Group, owner and operator of ...

Richard Nelson was born in northern Norway to a family of fishermen and ...

Through his entrepreneurial spirit, business leadership skills, and commitment to community, David McLean ...

John McLernon is co-founder of Colliers Macaulay Nicolls Group of Companies (now  Colliers ...

Ross J. Beaty is a geologist and resource company entrepreneur with over 41 ...

A luminary in the business community, Charles Woodward promoted commercial interests while maintaining a reputation as the workingman’s friend. He opened the first Woodwards store at the corner of Main and Georgia Streets in 1892, just three months after arriving in Vancouver.

Milton Wong was an incredible visionary who sought out the impossible to make it possible. He had deeply rooted sense of social values and team player attitude in everything he did. He recognized that these steadfast, all-encompassing attitudes transcended every aspect of his life and positioned him as one of British Columbia's outstanding leaders in business, pioneers of social responsibility and generous philanthropists: a legacy established through the eyes of his many supporters and followers.

Jim Treliving has been a director of the Boston Pizza Foundation since its inception in 1990, helping raise and donate over $16 million to Canadian charities over that time. Jim has also served on a number of volunteer boards including the Hockey Canada Foundation, the David Foster Foundation and the Richmond Hospital Foundation.

Mr. Telfer has been Chairman of Goldcorp since 2006 and was Chief Executive Officer of Goldcorp and its predecessor Wheaton River Minerals from 2001 to 2006. Through a series of mergers and acquisitions, he transformed the company into one of the world’s premier senior gold producers. He also served as Chairman of the World Gold Council from 2009-2013.