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ILLUSTRATION: TONIA COWAN; pAUL DUChART Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Vancouver This year's Women's Executive Network (WXN) awards luncheon recognized the power and potential of women who have faced professional and personal challenges Fairmont Waterfront hotel, Vancouver, January 26, 2018 1. Connie Evans, interprofessional education and simulation co-ordinator, School of health Sciences, BCIT; Sharmen Vigouret lee, dean, School of health Sciences, BCIT; Kathy Kinloch, president, BCIT; Jackie Jacob, executive director, BCIT Foundation; and leslie Courchesne, director, alumni relations, BCIT 2. Serge Biln, owner, pharmasave Kitsilano; and Top 100 award winner Norma Biln, CEO, Augurex Life Sciences Corp. 3. Walter Pela, regional managing partner, Kpmg LLp; gordon Esau, partner, Dentons Canada LLp, and chair, Creative BC; Rob Bromley, vice-chair and secretary treasurer, Creative BC; and Top 100 award winner Prem gill, CEO, Creative BC 4. Colette Rustad, CFO and EVp, Alio gold; Kathy o'Donoghue, consultant; Top 100 award winner Valerie Mann, partner, Lawson Lundell LLp; and lisa Coltart, SVp enterprise services, Vancouver City Savings Credit Union 5. 2017 hall of Fame inductee Shannon Rogers, president and chief legal officer, global Relay Communications Inc.; Top 100 award winner lois Nahirney, president and CEO, dnapower Inc. and Skin DNA Canada Inc.; Rita Mizzi-gago, Vp human resources, phaseNyne; and Top 100 award winner Renee Merrifield Wasylyk, partner and CEO, Troika management Corp. 6. Mike Boehm, Vp business development, Kpmg Enterprise; Top 100 award winner Emmie leung, founder and CEO, Emterra group Inc.; and Andrea VandenEnden, marketing director, Kpmg LLp • 1 2 3 4 5 6 AboUT ToWN WITH pAUl DUCHART Survey Says... Our unscientific poll of random partygoers at the bash T H i s M O n T H ' s Q u e s T i O n : Are you a business owner? 65% yes 35% no ApRIL 2018 BCBusiness 77