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CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association wishes you happiness and joy in the New Year!

Richard Ivey Business School, which runs CANSEE LEADER Project, alumnae named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women. Four alumnae have been named recipients of the 2018 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award by the Women’s Executive Network. The annual list celebrates strong and inspirational professional women across Canada and their accomplishments.

Delta Holding is awarded for the most socially responsible company in Serbia in 2018 by the Serbian Association of Managers (SAM). This is the second time in a row that our company has been declared the most responsible to the community, employees, partners, environment.

The Serbian Association of Managers (SAM) is the seventh year in a row, awarded the “SAM Annual Awards” to the best in Serbia at the already traditional SAM Sam Gala ceremony. Recognized inside and outside of the company as a person of integrity and reputation, and on the basis of achieved business results, the title of Manager of the year 2018 was Dejan Turk, CEO, Vip mobile & A1 Slovenija.

“Our village” is the name of the new Delta Holding’s project through which the company wants to start the development of agriculture in undeveloped areas and restructuring of villages in Serbia. For the beginning, the villages Dubočane and Mala Jasikova in Zaječar area were selected, and the decision was announced to the locals by the president of Delta Holding Miroslav Mišković and the mayor of Zaječar, Boško Ničić.

Bloomberg Businessweek ranked Ivey’s MBA Program the top program in Canada. This is Ivey’s fifth consecutive year in the top spot. Bloomberg’s rankings are based on surveys of recruiters, alumni, and students. Schools are ranked on four indexes: Compensation, Learning, Networking, and Entrepreneurship.

A diamond pegged to be the largest known gem-quality stone found in North America was discovered at a Northwest Territories mine in October, according to Dominion Diamond Mines. The 552-carat yellow diamond was found at Diavik Diamond Mine, according to a company news release.

On December 11, 2018. CANSEE Extraordinary General Assembly was held in Canadian Embassy’s Residence, during which new CANSEE Board of Directors was elected!

Ambassador of Canada H.E. Kati Csaba and CANSEE Canadian Serbian Business Association hosted 5th traditional CANSEE Christmas reception at the Canadian embassy’s residence on the December 11.

Canada hosted the Commonwealth Remembrance Day service in Belgrade on November 11, 2018, the one hundredth anniversary of the World War I armistice. Serbia and Canada fought as allies in a war which caused tremendous losses, including one quarter of Serbia’s population. The memory of these who gave their lives to national service is marked each year in Belgrade’s Commonwealth War Cemetery.