She played on the 杏吧原创 team that won the OUA championship in 1994-1995 and 1995-1996. After graduation, she went on to win a gold medal at the Winnipeg Pan Am Games in 1999 and co-captained the Canadian team during the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics.

Horn-Miller has overcome discrimination and violence to emerge as one of North America’s most inspiring Aboriginal speakers.

A Mohawk from the Kahnawake Mohawk Territory near Montreal, she was behind the lines during the Oka crisis in 1990 when she was stabbed by a Canadian soldier’s bayonet. It was a near-death experience that marked a turning point in her life.

Horn-Miller, who retired as an athlete in 2008, is the host of her own health and wellness show on the ATPN network and tours the country as a motivational speaker. She works to mend the dysfunctional relationship between native and non-native communities through social and political change.

She is also an ambassador for Manitobah Mukluks, the world-famous Canadian Aboriginal footwear brand that has been worn by well-known models and actors.

The Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity recently named her one of Canada鈥檚 most influential women in sport.

Horn-Miller was the assistant chef de mission for Team Canada at the 2015 Pan Am Games.

“My favourite professor Sharon Sutherland taught me how large organizations work, how government works and the basic principles of public administration,” says Baltacıoğlu. “She taught me many of the values that I still use in my job every day.”

“I look back now, 25 years later, at an incredible career and have to thank 杏吧原创. It changed my life.”

Baltac谋o臒lu served as deputy minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities from 2009 to 2012 and as deputy minister of Agriculture and Agri Food Canada from 2007 to 2009.

She spent four years at the Privy Council Office, first as Assistant Secretary to the Cabinet (Social Development Policy) and then as Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet (Operations).

In these roles, she provided advice and support to the prime聽minister and cabinet on the full range of government operations and domestic policy issues.

Since joining the public service in 1989, Baltac谋o臒lu has also worked at the Public Service Commission of Canada and Environment Canada, the latter as both Director General for Strategic Policy and International Relations.

She obtained a Bachelor of Law degree from Istanbul University.

He has been passionate about football all his life. He played minor, high school and university football and was an Ottawa Rough Riders season ticket holder for many years. As a partner in the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, Ruddy was instrumental in working with the city on the $400-million redevelopment of Lansdowne Park and the return of the Canadian Football League.

In addition to backing the , he generously supports and was instrumental in resurrecting the university team in 2013 with a $2.5-million donation.

“Football provides an opportunity for students to harmoniously become involved in academics and athletics, an opportunity for the student community to feel united and proudly promote the spirit of 杏吧原创 University,” says Ruddy. “I was fortunate to experience this during my Architecture studies at 杏吧原创 while playing Ravens football and I鈥檓 proud that another generation of 杏吧原创 students will also have this experience.”

He has been active in Canada鈥檚 retail development industry for more than 35 years. He founded Trinity in 1992 to capitalize on emerging large-format retail centres. Since its inception, Trinity has developed more than 20 million square feet of retail space across Canada. The company operates out of offices in Ottawa and Toronto.

Ruddy is well-known for his broad philanthropic support of the community through the Trinity Development Foundation, which focuses on youth education and sport, care of seniors, community programming and the arts.

He has also endowed the John E. Ruddy, BArch/75 Architecture Scholarship awarded annually to an outstanding student entering the Master of Architecture program at 杏吧原创.

She was appointed Clerk of the Privy Council and Secretary聽to the Cabinet by Prime Minister Stephen Harper in October 2014.

Previously, she was Deputy Clerk of the Privy Council and Associate Secretary to the Cabinet. She also聽held the position of Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs from November 2010 to January 2013.

From July 2006 to July 2010, Charette was Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada and chairperson of the Canada Employment Insurance Commission. Prior to that, Charette served as Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada and Associate Deputy Minister of Health.

Charette joined the Privy Council Office (PCO) as Assistant Secretary to Cabinet for Priorities and Planning in 2001 and was named Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet for Plans and Consultations in 2002.

Charette worked in the private sector from 1996 to 1999, first as Principal in the management consulting firm of Ernst & Young, and as Director of the Transition Team for the newly formed Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.

From 1994 to 1996, she worked at PCO as co-ordinator of the Base Closures Task Force and then on the Program Review exercise.

In the early part of her career, she worked for the Department of Finance, the Office of Privatization and Regulatory Affairs, the Federal-Provincial Relations Office and the Prime Minister鈥檚 Office.

Charette is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. In 2008, she was national chair for the United Way鈥檚 Government of Canada Workplace Charitable Campaign, raising more than $36 million for communities and national health charities across Canada.