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PRESIDENT’SMESSAGE
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he 2010-2011 year has been a successful one for AIESEC Canada. We achieved the highest number of exchanges realized in our history, a record that has stood strong since the 1986-1987 term. A total of 365 exchanges were delivered, representing the start of a new mindset: Everyday a life is changed through AIESEC Canada’s exchange program.
This year AIESEC Canada dared to achieve significant growth and impact. The number of members in our organization increased by almost 50%. Over 1,800 members from 28 universities across the country lived a life-changing experience, by being part of a global learning environment. They sought on-the-job training for soft skills and hard skills, while managing the local AIESEC offices and operations, and joined several conferences across Canada and other parts of the world. Through the effort to become better leaders, managers, change agents or simply better people, our members’ work generated 20% growth in exchanges compared to previous years and led to a remarkable year for our organization. For over 50 years AIESEC Canada’s work has contributed to Canadian society via exchange projects, creating a healthy environment for the development of our future generation of leaders and by connecting Youth and Business. We look to soar to new heights in the coming years. On behalf of AIESEC Canada, thank you for supporting our membership and the national organization.
Vitor de Avelar, President 2010-2011 AIESEC Canada Inc.
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TA B L E O F CONTENTS
President’s Message. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 02 Chairman’s Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 03 Summary of Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04 Canadian Youth Abroad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 05 Global Youth in Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .06 Youth to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .07 Alumni and Year End Awards. . . . . . . . . . . . 08 National Partner Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09 Financial Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Staff, Board, and Champions . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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CHAIRMAN’SMESSAGE
iscal 2010-11 saw AIESEC Canada experience healthy growth in its core programs. Overall results for the Global Internship Program grew 20% over the previous year, reflecting both a continuation of the focus on expanding the delivery of this program to the Canadian student marketplace and renewed vigor in selling and delivering this program to Canadian businesses. In fiscal 2010, we directly and indirectly impacted the lives of 1800 young Canadians through our various programs including the Global Internship Program, the Executive Board and Leadership Program and our Annual Skills Development and Awareness Conference Program. The outgoing exchange program saw 20% growth over the prior year as more members sought experiences abroad, while the number of partners participating in the incoming exchange program grew by 9% over the prior year and is well on its way towards a healthy recovery as Canadian organizations re-invest in their operations. In addition, the Skills Development and Awareness Conference Program delivered five successful conferences and provided direct training to over 900 members. Finally, Executive Board and Leadership participation grew by 60% across our national network of 28 universities reflecting a renewed interest by student members in gaining practical personal and professional skills through the management of local chapter operations. As we look forward to next year we remain focused on our core programs, continued responsible fiscal management and are committed to ensuring AIESEC Canada continues to develop socially responsible leaders who have the skills, abilities and aptitudes necessary to succeed in an interconnected world. On behalf of AIESEC Canada, thank you for supporting the organization and our membership across Canada
Barry Jarvis, Chairman AIESEC Canada Inc.
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OURPROFILE AIESEC is the world’s largest non-profit, student-run organization. Active in over 107 countries and territories with over 60,000 members, AIESEC takes an innovative approach to engage and develop today’s youth. Students involved in AIESEC gain skills and competencies through challenging leadership experiences, international internships, and interaction with an extensive global network. In partnership with business, government, and institutions of higher education, AIESEC has over 60 years of experience in developing high-potential students into globally minded responsible leaders.
OURVALUES
The values we uphold guide our decisions and support the achievement of our organizational goals. Activating Leadership Demonstrating Integrity Living Diversity Enjoying Participation Striving for Excellence Acting Sustainably
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Founded in 1958 Active in 28 top Canadian universities 1,800 members nationally 456 leadership opportunities for Canadian youth 17 national partner organizations Over 5,500 alumni nationally
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Young Professionals
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AIESEC in Canada continues to provide career development opportunities to Canadian Youth. A total of 13% of our 318 Canadian interns this year received a placement with our global partners such as DHL, UBC, Alcatel Lucent, Vale, Electrolux, and Microsoft to name a few. The remaining 89 management interns worked for small-medium sized enterprises (SME) where they had the opportunity to exercise their entrepreneurial skills. Our management internships continue to offer a rich professional experience for students in an international environment where they have the opportunity to explore a new business culture and hone practical skills that are transferable to their future endeavours.
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internship with Vale in Brazil was a great experience for me to expand my horizons, learn a new culture and language, and develop my professional career. It was my first time being in South America, and I was fascinated by the Brazilian culture. Throughout my internship, I developed my Portuguese, thanks to the lessons provided by Vale and the support offered by my colleagues. I worked as a Business Partner in IT, and I got the chance to interact with internal clients from different businesses. With the training provided by Vale, I was able to develop fundamental knowledge in the mining industry, which will help my future career a lot. I believe this experience has made a huge impact not just to my career, but to my life.
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Micro-Finance Initiatives The Birks Foundation sponsored 3 Canadian interns to work in microfinancing institutions in Senegal and India. Money was lent to the under-privileged to start their individual businesses, in order to promote poverty alleviation. Upon their return, the interns will provide and share the knowledge received with their peers and grow awareness of the micro-finance industry in Canada.
Canadian students are sent annually to explore the 107 countries in the AIESEC network, grouped in 6 geographical regions. The growth in youth sent to the Latin American and Asian Pacific region is due to interest in visiting Brazil, India and China.
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Exchange Partnerships This year AIESEC Canada had specific partnerships with AIESEC in Brazil, China, India, Turkey, Ukraine, Uganda and Kenya. These AIESEC countries reserved 118 specific internships for our Canadian exchange partcipants, and helped to increase our exchange performance. Students had the opportunity to match to internships in the following fields: Business, Information Technology, Social Issues, & Micro-finance.
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AIESEC’s development and educational internships abroad increase the ability of Canadian youth to provide assistance to marginalized communities. Every year we are seeing growth in interest for our development internships,14% over last year, that focus on diverse social issues such as environmental sustainability, HIV/AIDS awareness, cultural understanding and women’s rights.
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While the economic crisis slowed our growth in incoming exchange for the past 3 years, AIESEC Canada focused on strengthening the position of the Global Internship Program and how it can assist Canadian organisations in sourcing top talent. The appetite for our Global Internship Program has been increasing; paving the way for growth in the coming year.
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Global Internship Program is a great platform for young people to develop their skills and gain experience an in International environment. During my internship I learned that you will have more options in the future if you’re taking advantage of all the opportunities that pop up around you, both from work and from your social life. Building a social network that is spans around the entire globe is something amazing that you will benefit from for the rest of your life.
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Most of the organizations taping into our global network of interns do not have a preference for hiring from any specific part of the world. That being said, the best fits have been indentified this year with youth coming from Western Europe and North America.
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AIESEC’s Global Internship Program is a great customized hiring process for industries experiencing human resource shortages, and want to develop a competitive advantage. As a result, the Information Technology sector has had the largest demand for skillful and competent youth through AIESEC’s program.
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Duration of Internships
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AIESEC’s Global Internship Program offers companies the flexibility of hosting an internship from 6 weeks to 18 months. This year, there was a clear trend in having global talent fill year long positions.
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through AIESEC and every one has been an asset to our teams. These are young, energetic, intelligent individuals who come to us with an excellent work ethic and already developed skills. In all situations they integrated with our teams and demonstrated their value quickly. We are hopeful that their experiences with us have been as rewarding as our experiences with them! Our interactions with the AIESEC organization have been equally beneficial. The individuals in this organization are professional and very helpful to both the interns and their employers.
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Gayleen Gray Manager, Information Technology Services Computing and Communications Services (CCS) Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) University of Guelph 519-824-4120 ext. 54699
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CENOVUS CASE COMPETITION
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AIESEC Canada’s Youth to Business Forum, is the premier platform for companies to connect with the next generation of Canadian leaders. This unique event brings together over 300 young leaders from 28 universities to discuss global challenges and opportunities with representatives from the public, private and non-profit sectors across Canada. AIESEC Canada’s inaugural Youth to Business forum took place on May 4, 2011 at the National Leadership Development Conference in Ottawa. The event, hosted at Algonquin College by AIESEC Ottawa, saw panel discussions, interactive workshops and an open dialogue around “The Impact of Youth Leadership on Canadian and International Organizations across sectors.” Workshopspecific topics ranged from personal growth & leadership development to sales training & other sector-specific sessions.
Lunch Keynote: Signi Schneider, CSR Chief Advisor, EDC Panellists: Colin Baril (Moderator) – Director of Operations, The Natural Step Canada Julie McDowell – CEO, ClearlySo Canada Dennis Deters – Senior Vice-President Member Relations & Corporate Services The Co-operators Chad Park – Senior Sustainability Advisor, The Natural Step Canada
Tackling one of the most heated of topics in Canadian business, Cenovus Energy hosted a case competition for AIESEC students to engage with and analyze the Oil & Gas industry. The case they were presented with asked them to brainstorm CSR and awareness activities for Cenovus to engage in, as well as create new social initiatives tied to community investment. Leor Rotchild, an alumnus of AIESEC and Corporate Responsibility Advisor for Cenovus Energy opened the competition.
STRONGER COMMUNITIES TOGETHER
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Leadership Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Strategic Thinking Planning Skills Strategic Thinking Planning Skills Creativity Creativity Budgeting Budgeting Project Management Project TimeManagement Management Time Management Innovative Thinking Innovative Thinking Communication Skills Communication Skills Sales Skills Sales Skills Team Work Skills Team Work Skills Networking Skills Networking Skills None of the Above None of the above Other Other
>>Year End Awards
Ted Kouri Co-Founder of Incite Marketing AIESEC Edmonton Alumnus University of Alberta
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PROFILE
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Every year at National Congress, AIESEC Canada recognizes the best efforts of the year with an awards banquet. This year both members and alumni came together to congratulate the following:
Local Committee Awards:
AGF Management LC Growth Award – AIESEC Carleton Local Committee of the Year – AIESEC Toronto
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Alumni Awards:
AIESEC was the best decision I have ever made. I can’t say enough good things about the impact my AIESEC experience has had on my life. My spouse, my business partners, and many of my close friends are all connections that I formed as a result of AIESEC, and the skills and experiences I’ve gained from AIESEC continue to play a role in my decision making and personal values.
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From young entrepreneurs to CEOs, each experience in AIESEC is as unique and diverse as the individuals themselves. AIESEC Canada has conducted an Alumni Impact Study to determine the impact of leadership and exchange on students who have completed their experience in AIESEC and are now Alumni. Questions were posed to alumni in order to quantify the impact of AIESEC on different aspects of their lives. In total, 234 alumni participated in the evaluation. The Alumni Impact Study proved that AIESEC is an organization that positively impacts its members’ lives both personally and professionally. The AIESEC Experience has many programs that contribute to the growth of high potential students and recent graduates, and helps these young professionals develop skills, positive attitudes and behaviours.
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On a scale of 1 to 10, please describe the Impact of AIESEC had on your Professional Life
The Lewis Perinbaum Award for Excellence in Mentorship – Trevor Bennet (AIESEC Windsor) The Miville Menard Award for Leadership – Tom Koep (AIESEC Edmonton)
Portfolio Awards:
Excellence in Alumni Relations – AIESEC Edmonton Communication Excellence – AIESEC SFU Customer Service Excellence – AIESEC Guelph Financial Sustainability – AIESEC Saskatoon International Exposure – AIESEC Laval Human Resource Excellence – AIESEC Ottawa
Who we work with >> National Partner Group Platinum Partners
Gold Partners
Silver Partners
Communication Partners
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FINANCIALSTATEMENTS
FINANCIAL
AIESEC Canada - Head Office Balance Sheet as of May 31, 2011
SUMMARY
All figures in CAD
This year, AIESEC Canada placed emphasis on connecting finances to the core work and aligning the National Association and local branches’ finances. As result of that over 48% of the internal debt from the local branches was paid off and that reflected on the overall performance and the organization’s net income. This year AIESEC Canada received the AIESEC Global Financial Management award fron PriceWaterhouseCoopers, representing the best Financial Management in the network.
Revenues:
AIESEC Canada secured Corporate Sponsorship of $134,374 in 20102011, despite the low amount of confirmed donations for this year. For the next 4 years, a total of $90,000 as been already secured, demonstrating a long-term thinking in this revenue stream. Overall the Exchange Program generated $161,803, which represents a 47% increase compared to last year. Our alumni contributed $8,843 to our organization through donations. 4%
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Salaries and Servicing the Local Chapters represented most of the expenditures, representing 42% and 17% respectively.
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Current Liabilities Payables Deferred Grants / Fees
884,690 106,287 185,404
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Fund Balances
592,999
Total Liabilities and Fund Balances
884,690
All financial data refers to the period from June 1st, 2010 to May 31, 2011
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476,089 Sponsorships and Donations 221,224 National Development 82,666 Program Revenues 161,953 Other 10,246 Expenses 464,713 Salaries and Benefits 206,138 Travel and Development 82,360 Communications 25,808 Office Rent and Expenses 46,013 AIESEC International 43,626 Other 60,768 Excess of Revenue Over Expenditures from Operations 11,376 Strategic Initiatives
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158,243 5,470 1,134
Revenues
Other Revenues
13% 5% 9%
Total Assets
719,843
All figures in CAD
Program
Expenditures:
Salaries and Benefits Travel & Development Communications Office Rent and Expenses AIESEC International Strategic Planning Other
642,568 30,604 43,378 3,293
AIESEC Canada - Head Office Income Statement for the Year Ended May 31, 2011
Fundraising
41%
Current Assets Cash Short-Term Investments Receivables Other Investments Fixed Assets Intangible Assets
21,520
Excess (Deficiency) of Revenue Over Expenditures
(10,144)
Head office audited financial statements are available upon request.
Mr. Vitor de Avelar President
Ms. Rochelle Eng Vice-President Exchange
Mr. Pier-Etienne Coulombe Vice-President Corporate Relations
Mr. Jérôme Gagnon-Voyer Vice-President Communications
Mr. Peter Gallivan Vice-President Corporate Relations
Mr. Rafael Pilliard Hellwig Vice-President Organizational Development
Atlantic
St. Mary’s University
Ontario
Carleton University McMaster University Queen’s University Ryerson University Trent University University of Guelph University of Ottawa University of Toronto University of Western Ontario University of Windsor Wilfrid Laurier University York University
Québec
Concordia University HEC Montréal ESG-UQAM McGill University Université Laval
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NATIONAL EXECUTIVE T E A M
West
Simon Fraser University University of Alberta University of British Columbia University of Calgary
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi Université de Sherbrooke
Kwantlen Polytechnic University University of Manitoba University of Saskatchewan University of Victoria
Board of Directors
National Champions Group
Mr. Barry Jarvis * Chair of the Board Diapason Group, Inc
Ms. Ruth Fothergill Head Corporate Responsibility Export Development Canada
Ms. Andrea Ross * Sanis Health inc.
Mr. Blake Goldring * President & CEO AGF Management
Ms. Anne Huang * TELUS Mr. Charles Marful Ernst and Young
Mr. Pierre Alary * Senior Vice-President & CFO Bombardier
Mr. Nick Rodrigue * White Ribbon Campaign
Mr. Ed Lumley Vice-Chairman BMO Nesbitt Burns
Ms. Janel Jaffray * Canadian Pacific Rail
Dr. Eric Newell, OC, LLD (Hon) Chancellor University of Alberta
Mr. Louis Roy EDC Mr. Colin Baril * The Natural Step Mr. Patrick Hounsell * Razorfish Mr. Shabir Ladha * Kouri Berezan Heinrichs Chartered Accountants Ms. Lily Ng The Co-operators Group Mr. Alan Middleton Schulich Executive Business Centre
Ms. Laura Dottori Global Head, Corporate Credit Products CIBC World Markets Mr. David Hughes * President & CEO Pathways to Education Canada Mr. Dennis Deters Senior Vice-President The Co-operators Mr. Claude Lessard Chairman of the Board, CEO Cossette Communications Mr. Charles Coffey, O.C. Former Senior Executive RBC Financial Group Dr. Lewis Perinbam **
OUR NATIONAL NETWORK
*AIESEC Canada Alumnus **In honour of the late Dr. Lewis Perinbam
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365 EXCHANGES EVERY DAY A LIFE WAS CHANGED
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