About The Donor: Stephen Jarislowsky
Stephen Jarislowsky is one of Canada’s most successful mutual fund managers and is the chairman and CEO of the investment firm Jarislowsky, Fraser Limited. As the co-founder of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, he has been a champion for good governance and management in Canada. Public service management is understandably an important topic to him since the public sector occupies such a large role in Canadian society. A graduate of Harvard, Cornell, and the University of Chicago, Dr. Jarislowsky’s accolades include the Order of Canada and National Order of Quebec. He has also received honorary law degrees from many Canadian Universities, including Queen’s, Concordia, and McMaster. Notably, Dr. Jarislowsky is also an accomplished writer having recently published, The Investment Zoo, Taming the Bulls and the Bears that was a best seller across Canada in 2005. The University of Ottawa is not the only recipient of Dr. Jarislowsky’s generosity. Nine other Canadian universities are also home to a research chair that bears the Jarislowsky name. For example, he has also contributed to the establishment of the Stephen A. Jarislowsky Dance Studio in Vancouver, The Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions, the Jarislowsky Chair in Technology and International Competitiveness and the Canada Research Chair in Corporate Governance and Financial Reporting.
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