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University of Calgary
Governance Structure
The objective of the CDE@ is high quality research on policy issues associated with the digital economy, with a focus on Canadian issues. The allocation of research funding, graduate student support, and the projects undertaken by the research associates will be determined in consultation with the Centre’s Advisory Board.
The advisory board will consist of three types of representatives. Every financial donor will have a representative (sponsoring representative). In addition, representatives from international organizations, Canadian academics, and Industry Canada who do not contribute financially, but provide valuable expertise and perspective, may be asked to join the advisory board (non- sponsoring representatives). The number of representatives from the financial donors will not be less than the number of non-sponsoring representatives. In addition, the Dean of Haskayne, the Head of the Department of Economics, and the Academic Director will be members of the advisory board.
The day to day operations of the Centre will be overseen by the Management Committee (MC). The MC will be responsible for oversight of the academic, outreach and financial performance of CDE@. The MC will report biannually to the advisory board. The Management Committee will consist of the Dean of the Haskayne School of Business or designate, the Department Head of Economics or designate, the Academic Director of the CDE@, and two representatives of the Advisory Group.
The Advisory Board:
- Gary Kovacs, CEO of Mozilla Firefox Corporation, Mountain View, California and HSB Alumnus
- Professor Eli Noam, Director Columbia Center for Tele-Information, Columbia University Business School, New York
- David Krause, Director, Economics Analysis, Bell Canada
- Ken Engelhart, Senior Vice President, Regulatory, Rogers Communications.
- Jean Brazeau, Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Shaw Communications Inc.
- Michael Hennessy, Senior Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, TELUS
Directors of the Centre:
- Dr. Leonard Waverman, Dean, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary
- Professor Jeffrey Church, Department of Economics, University of Calgary
Funding Donors
Bell Canada
Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and business with solutions to all their communications needs: Bell Mobility wireless, high-speed Bell Internet, Bell Satellite TV and Bell Fibe TV, Bell Home Phone local and long distance, and Bell Business Markets IP-broadband and information and communications technology (ICT) services. Bell Media is Canada’s premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio and digital media, including CTV, Canada’s #1 television network, and the country’s most-watched specialty channels. Bell is wholly owned by BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE). For Bell products and services, please visit Bell.ca. For BCE corporate information, please visit BCE.ca.
Rogers Communications Inc.
About Rogers Communications Inc. Rogers Communications is a diversified Canadian communications and media company. We are Canada's largest provider of wireless voice and data communications services and one of Canada's leading providers of cable television, high speed internet and telephony services. Through Rogers Media we are engaged in radio and television broadcasting, televised shopping, magazines and trade publications, sports entertainment, and digital media. We are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For further information about the Rogers group of companies, please visit rogers.com.
Shaw Communications Inc.
About Shaw Communications Inc. Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified communications and media company, providing consumers with broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Home Phone, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business), satellite direct-to-home services (through Shaw Direct) and engaging programming content (through Shaw Media). Shaw serves 3.4 million customers, through a reliable and extensive fibre network. Shaw Media operates one of the largest conventional television networks in Canada, Global Television, and 18 specialty networks including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, History Television and Showcase. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX – SJR.B, NYSE – SJR).
For more information about Shaw, please visit shaw.ca.
TELUS
About TELUS. TELUS (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in Canada, with $10.3 billion of annual revenue and 12.6 million customer connections including 7.2 million wireless subscribers, 3.6 million wireline network access lines, 1.3 million Internet subscribers and more than 450,000 TELUS TV customers. Led since 2000 by President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, entertainment and video.
In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed $245 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered 4.1 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Eleven TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead TELUS’ local philanthropic initiatives. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.
For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.