Anne Golden, CM

Order of Canada

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 (born 1941) is a Canadian

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 administrator.

She received her BA

Bachelor of Arts

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 in history from University College, University of Toronto

University College, University of Toronto

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 in 1962. She received an MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 from Columbia University

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 and a Ph.D

Doctor of Philosophy

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 in American history from the University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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.

She joined the United Way of Greater Toronto

United Way of Canada

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, 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. In 2001, she became the President and CEO of The Conference Board of Canada.

She was Chairman of the Greater Toronto Area Task Force for Ontario in 1996. In 1998, Mel Lastman

Mel Lastman

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, the Mayor of Toronto, appointed her chair of the Toronto Homelessness Action Task Force.

She was director of research for the Ontario Liberal Party

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 and special advisor to the Leader of the Opposition. She taught at Newark College of Engineering, the University of Toronto, and York University.

In 2003, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada

Order of Canada

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. She has received four honorary doctorates, from McMaster University

McMaster University

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 (2011), the University of Calgary

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 (2011), University of Toronto

University of Toronto

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 (2002), York University

York University

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 (2000) and Ryerson Polytechnic University (1997).