The IR Magazine Canada Awards is being held next week at the Royal York downtown Toronto.  You can read more about the event here: http://bit.ly/wHEWtu.
Every year, we, at Q4 look forward to networking and the amazing show put on by @irmagazine.
We’d like to take this opportunity to congratulate our clients who have been nominated:
Grand prix for best overall investor relations – large cap (C$10 bn and over)
Goldcorp
Best investor relations officer – large cap
Goldcorp
Best IR by a CEO – large-cap
Goldcorp
Best IR by a CEO – mid-cap
Intact Financial
Best financial reporting
Goldcorp
Best investment community …

Some of the Q4 team attended the CICA corporate reporting awards (CRA) last night at the Arcadian Court downtown Toronto. We were well represented with a handful of us making it out including: Catherine Crofton our VP Sales & Marketing, who has been a judge in the electronic disclosure category for the past ten years, Darrell Heaps our CEO who has also been a long-time judge with seven years under his belt. As well as myself who has served as a judge for the annual awards for the past four …

We’re pleased to announce that our long-term client, Agnico-Eagle Mines, has been awarded first prize in the electronic disclosure category of the 2011 Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Corporate Reporting Awards (CRA) for their investor website: agnico-eagle.com.
This is the second year in a row, that Agnico-Eagle has been recognized at the CRA for their best practice IR website, securing an Honorable Mention in the electronic disclosure category in 2010 – with first place awarded to Potash Corp., a winner in the electronic disclosure category multiple times.
Companies eligible for the …

This is the second part of an interview I conducted with PotashCorp.  If you missed part 1, you can read it by clicking here.
C: Often I hold your site up as a best practice example for other companies but the response I get from some IROs is, “We don’t have the same size team as a company like Potash – we don’t have that kind of budget.” What’s your response to that?
T: People think we have a much bigger team than we actually do. We have only just recently hired …

Through my involvement over the past 10 years as a panel judge in the ‘Electronic Disclosure’ category of the Canadian Institute of Charted Accountants (CICA) Corporate Reporting Awards, I have become very familiar with the PotashCorp website (www.potashcorp.com). In my work with Q4, I often refer to it as an exemplary model of best practices.
Recently I interviewed Tim Herrod, Director, Treasury (C.A.) and former Manager, Investor Relations with PotashCorp, who was instrumental in helping to plan both the award-winning former site and current redesign, which was launched in January of …

We are pleased to announce that Ryder System, a client of Q4 was presented with three major awards for Best Overall, Best First Impression and Best Innovative Idea or Concept in the IR Website category on June 30 at the NIRI Orange County 2011 Investor Relations Achievement Awards Program.
The Orange County NIRI Chapter awards program is in its 17th year and is recognized as one of the oldest and most renowned annual report and IR competitions in the United States. You can read more here: http://bit.ly/nXAIVt
Ryder System is one …

The Q4 team attended the CICA corporate reporting awards (CRA) earlier today at the Carlu in College Park in downtown Toronto.  In attendance were myself who has served as a judge for the annual awards in the electronic disclosure category for the past three years, Catherine Crofton our VP Sales & Marketing who has also participated as a judge in the electronic disclosure category for the past seven years and Karen Adams our Client Relations Director.
The CRA is in its 58th year and presents awards for excellence in financial reporting, …

Q4 was recently named as one of Canada’s Emerging Growth Companies by PROFIT Magazine, as part of the 10th annual PROFIT HOT 50 ranking and awards program.
Canada’s Emerging Growth Companies are a tiny elite. Most of the tens of thousands of businesses launched each year in this country fail within a few years. Even among the survivors, only a precious few expand at anything close to the blistering pace of the PROFIT HOT 50, whose revenue growth averaged 1,007% over the past two years.
In spite of sectoral downturns, qualified worker …

Last week our CEO, Darrell Heaps, and I presented to a study group formed through an initiative of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) Research Studies Department. Comprised primarily of volunteers, this panel of experienced professionals research and provide guidance for comprehensive and integrated corporate reporting in order to promote effective communication.
By reading their reports and following their guidance, any IRO in North America can improve the standards of their company’s stakeholder communications.
To familiarize you more with their work, I have provided an overview of their most recent study, …

Congratulations to all of the IR Magazine Canada Awards winners – well done in a particularly challenging year! The awards dinner was held at the Fairmont Royal York on Thursday, February 5th, 2009. It was great to see so many familiar faces and we look forward to seeing everyone at the 22 nd annual CIRI conference in Victoria, B.C.
Best investor relations by sector Winners
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