Special thanks is owed to the following for accepting the responsibility of judging the CSR awards. It was a responsibility they took very seriously, bestowing winner and honourable mention status to only the most worthy candidates. In other words, it took a lot to impress these judges, which makes inclusion on the list all the more impressive.

Dr. Sheila Brown is executive director of the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Public Affairs and a former president and vice-chancellor of Mount Saint Vincent University. She served two terms on the board of Nova Scotia Business Inc. and is currently a member of the board of the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

Dr. Peggy Cunningham was named dean of the Faculty of Management at Dalhousie University on April 2010. Her goal is to help the faculty more fully realize its mission of educating future leaders who manage with integrity, focus on sustainability, and have exceptional functional and managerial skills rooted in practice.

 
 
 
 
 
Robbie Shaw is a graduate of Queen’s University and Dalhousie Law School. Over the last 44 years, he has held senior executive positions in a number of Atlantic Canadian corporations and public sector organizations and been a director for eight Canadian firms, including TSX and NYSE companies. Named one of the Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada for the past three years, he currently serves as executive advisor to the Dalhousie University Faculty of Management.