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Junior Achievement Announces Scholarships and Awards for 2013

LOCAL   |   Jan 04, 2013

  Vancouver, BC – January 2013- Junior Achievement of British Columbia (JABC) is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for our provincial and national scholarships and awards. The scholarships and awards are available to high-school students in BC who have completed JA programs in the past two years and are meant to provide funding and...

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HEAD OF BC’S CGA ASSOCIATION, CINDY CHOI, JOINS JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS

LOCAL   |   Nov 28, 2012

  Vancouver, BC –  November 28, 2012 - Junior Achievement of British Columbia (JABC) is pleased to announce the appointment of its newest Board member, Cindy Choi, FCGA. As a partner in Chan Choi & Company, Cindy is a well-known Victoria business leader with more than 17 years of accounting, consulting and tax planning experience. Ms. Choi is also currently...

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TELUS CONTRIBUTES MORE THAN $53,000 TO JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF B.C. TO SUPPORT BUSINESS EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH

LOCAL   |   Nov 14, 2012

  Vancouver, BC –  November 14, 2012 - Junior Achievement of British Columbia (JABC) is pleased to announce that TELUS is contributing more than $53,000 to support Junior Achievement’s business education programs for youth across the province. The funds were raised through a special campaign thatsaw $50 for every TELUS small business bundle sold given to...

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JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF BC AND BUSINESS LAUREATES OF BC HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCE TWO INDIVIDUALS AND ONE GROUP AS LAUREATE INDUCTEES FOR 2013

LOCAL   |   Nov 09, 2012

  Vancouver, British Columbia – Junior Achievement of British Columbia (JABC) announces two individual business leaders and one group to be inducted into the Business Laureates of BC Hall of Fame for 2013: Dr. Norman B. Keevil, Hassan Khosrowshahi and the four co-founders of Phillips, Hager & North (Dick Bradshaw, Bob Hager, Dr. Rudy North and Art Phillips). The...

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BC Cancer Foundation and Junior Achievement congratulate Colliers International for Corporate Responsibility Award

LOCAL   |   Nov 08, 2012

 VICTORIA, B.C. – The BC Cancer Foundation and Junior Achievement of British Columbia (JABC) congratulate Colliers International on receiving the Corporate Responsibility Award for National Philanthropy Day in Victoria, organized by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. The BC Cancer Foundation and JABC jointly nominated Colliers International for their...

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