The community mentors who donate their time and expertise in helping our students prepare for management careers are largely responsible for the continuing success of these programs. The Coop Program has been one of our success stories for a number of years. Students filled in excess of 160 coop placements in last year alone. The International Programs office, overseen by Andrea Amelinckx, coordinates a variety of international opportunities for our students. We have ten Faculty and student exchange agreements in eight countries including Mexico, Malaysia, Taiwan, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, Chile, and Belgium.
Plans are in place to add two new agreements in the next year.
The success of these programs is demonstrated by the success of our individual students. Only ten such awards were given across Canada. The vibrant, active research community within our Faculty is also a success story. This is an amazing accomplishment for a relatively young faculty as are the individual awards won for research by Bernie Williams, Bob Boudreau and Sajjad Zahir. We are proud of these accomplishments and, on behalf of our students and faculty, I'd like to thank you for participating in our success and for your support.