Tuesday March 4, 2008

Radisson Hotel

5:00 pm

Reception, Cash Bar

5:50

Dinner and Program

 


Tickets

$40. Members

$45. Non-members

$320. Corporate table of 8

 

Ticket Deadline:

 February 26,  2008

 

 

Online ticket Purchase:https://www.picatic.com

/ticket/event91148

 

 

Special Thanks to our Friends of BPW for their support and Generous Contributions!

 

  • HEALTHSERV (Sask)

  • Radisson Hotel
  • The Star Phoenix

  • Picatic

  • The Canadian Federation of Business & Professional Women Clubs

  • Status of Women

  • Nosegay

  • BMG Business Management Group

  • Step Ahead Shoes

  • Calvin Heuster

  • Global Infobrokers

  • Jammeez

  • V J Kachru

 

International Women’s Day on March 8th is a day to reflect on issues of significance to women and bring these issues to the attention of others. It is a Day to appreciate the achievements that women have made in the pursuit of Equality.

Business and Professional Women Saskatoon Inc. presents the 8th Annual

International Women’s Day Celebration

Theme: Financing Gender Equity

 

Keynote Speaker: Betty-Ann Heggie

 

Ms. Heggie is a resident of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and a graduate from the University of Saskatchewan.  Ms. Heggie also attended the Columbia Business School in New York and completed the Senior Executive program in 1998.

 

After a 26-year career with Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan Inc. (“PotashCorp”), Ms. Heggie retired in January 2007. She joined PotashCorp in 1981, working in market development and, in 1989, became a member of the senior management team. In 1995 she was named Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations and an officer of the company.

 

Ms. Heggie has served on a number of boards and associations including serving as a director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce for four years, including terms as Chair of the International Strategic Advisory Committee, Treasurer, and Chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Heggie has also served as a director of the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority Inc., and an advisor to the College of Commerce Chair for Saskatchewan Enterprise. She is also a past director of the Canadian Wheat Board, where she chaired the Corporate Governance Committee, and she chaired the development of a provincial chapter of the Institute of Corporate Directors in 2005 and 2006.  Ms. Heggie is currently serving on the board of MITACS, a Network of Centres of Excellence for the mathematical sciences, as well as SPVC, a Capital Pool Company, trading on the TSX-Venture exchange. 

 

Ms. Heggie was named Canada’s Best Investor Relations Officer at the IR Magazine Awards in 2005, as selected by analysts and portfolio managers.  During Ms. Heggie's tenure as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Relations, PotashCorp’s corporate reporting program received the Award of Excellence from the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants in three consecutive years (2004-2006), as well as top CICA honours in sustainability reporting, electronic disclosure and financial reporting during the same period.

 

Ms. Heggie received the Canadian Investor Relations Institute’s Award for Excellence in Investor Relations (2002); the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal (2003); and was named as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network in 2006.  Very recently Ms. Heggie has been elected into the Hall of Fame of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women.

 

 


Additional Highlights:

 

To view or download the BPW Club Saskatoon Inc. International Women's Day Poster

 

To view Photos of International Women's Day Dinner, 2007.

 

International Women's Day Celebration 2008 is sponsored by BPW Canada .