Education
University of Toronto. Columbia University.
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Anne Golden
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She received her Bachelor in history from University College, University of Toronto in 1962. She received an Master of Arts from Columbia University and a Doctor of Philosophy in American history from the University of Toronto. She joined the United Way of Greater Toronto, Canada"s largest annual fundraising campaign and non-governmental distributor of funds to the social services, in 1982 and was its President from 1987 to 2001.
From 2001 until 2012, she was the President and Chief Executive Officer of The Conference Board of Canada.
In April 2012 she was named Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Special Advisor at Ryerson University
She was Chairman of the Greater Toronto Area Task Force for Ontario in 1996. In 1998, Mel Lastman, the Mayor of Toronto, appointed her chair of the Toronto Homelessness Action Task Force.
She was director of research for the Ontario Liberal Party and special advisor to the Leader of the Opposition. She taught at Newark College of Engineering, the University of Toronto, and York University.
She has received five honorary doctorates, from McMaster University (2011), the University of Calgary (2011), University of Toronto (2002), York University (2000) and Ryerson Polytechnic University (1997).
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Membership
In 2013, she was made a Member of the Order of Ontario.
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Member of the Order of Canada Order of Canada
The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.The Order of Canada is a Canadian national order, admission into which is the second highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada.