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Grant advisory committee

A volunteer group of current and retired Canada Post employees review applications and make recommendations to the Board of Trustees.

Trustees

The independent Board of Trustees^* receive recommendations from employees. They provide final evaluation and decisions to ensure grants are awarded across the country.

Our trustees

Julia Deans

President and CEO, Habitat for Humanity Canada

With degrees from Queen’s, Columbia and Osgoode Hall Law School, Julia practised law with Torys LLP in Toronto and Hong Kong and built a legal recruitment business in Singapore before becoming a non-profit CEO with CivicAction, Futurpreneur Canada and the Canadian Children’s Literacy Foundation, Chair of Ontario's Expert Roundtable on Immigration and director of many non-profit and business organizations.

She’s been named one of WXN’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women, a YWCA Toronto Woman of Distinction and Woman of Influence’s Canadian Diversity Champion and received the Pearson Centre for Progressive Policy Leadership Award, the Goodman School of Business Distinguished Leader Award and the Prix RelèveON Prix Hommage du Club canadien de Toronto.

Julia is also on the boards of InvestEco Capital, George Brown College and the Canada Post Community Foundation, and on the Goodman School of Business Advisory Council.
Vikram Khurana

Vikram (Vik) Khurana is a Canadian entrepreneur, experienced in business consulting & IT outsourcing. Previously, Vikram worked with TD Bank. Since then, he has founded many India-centric businesses such as Prudential Consulting Inc., a healthcare BPO Service Provider, Leading System Consultants, a company engaged in India related advisory services, amongst others. Vikram has been an advisor, board member, investor, and consultant to a number of multinational companies and organizations in the field of Information Technology, Business Process Outsourcing and Information Technology Enabled Services. Vikram has also invested in a variety of start-ups as an Angel investor.

Vikram is currently the Chair of Toronto Business Development Centre (TBDC) – a leading business incubator that has been locally, nationally and internationally recognized for its efforts in nurturing the growth of new and emerging businesses in the Greater Toronto Area. He also serves as a Board member of Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) and Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC).

Vikram is an engineering graduate from India and also holds a Master’s in Business Administration, from St. Mary's University in Halifax. He is an active participant in a variety of fundraising activities for development-related causes such as schools for underprivileged children, and long-term aid initiatives for Haiti. In 2011, he co-chaired the first Diwali gala to raise funds for the Emergency Department at Toronto Western and Toronto General Hospital. Vikram has also received the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in recognition of his achievements and work in the community.
Jeffrey L. Orridge

CEO, TVO

An accomplished senior executive offering a track record of delivering results, Jeffrey has found success across industries in Canada and the United States. He possesses a rare blend of proven business acumen and global citizenship and leverages strategic, analytical, forward-thinking, creative, and problem-solving abilities to lead teams, to address complex business challenges, and manage transformations.

Currently CEO of TVO, Jeffrey has previously served as Commissioner of the Canadian Football League, Chair of Canadian eSports organization Tiidal Gaming Group, and in senior executive roles at Canadian Tire Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and global not-for-profit Right to Play. Jeffrey holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Harvard Law School and a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Amherst College. He and his wife Carly and their two sons live in North York.
Martha Durdin

President and CEO at Canadian Credit Union Association (CCUA)

Ms. Durdin is a seasoned executive with extensive experience in management, public affairs and advocacy. Previously, she was the Managing Principal of a leading national strategic public affairs firm and spent thirteen years as an executive at a large Canadian bank. Early in her career, Martha worked in the Prime Minister’s office on Parliament Hill.

Martha volunteers her time for a number of community organizations. Among them, she was the immediate past Chair of the Royal Ontario Museum Board of Trustees and she served three terms as the Chair of the Ontario Arts Council. Ms. Durdin is currently a Director of the Canadian Club Toronto, The Canada Post Community Foundation, Roots of Empathy and Dane Creek Capital Corp. Martha represents Canada’s credit unions on the boards of The World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) and Co-operatives & Mutuals Canada (CMC). Martha is a recipient of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal.

Ms. Durdin is bilingual; holds a BA (Hon) from Western University, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and an ICD.D from the Institute of Corporate Directors at the Rotman School of Management.
Doug Ettinger

President and CEO, Canada Post (ex officio)

As Chief Commercial Officer for Canada Post from 2016, until his appointment as CEO in 2019, Doug led growth strategies for Canada Post, oversaw all commercial functions, including Sales, Marketing, Retail, Digital, Business Development and Customer Service.

With its subsidiaries Purolator, SCI and Innovapost, Canada Post is a leader in providing innovative e-commerce, marketing and logistics solutions.

Doug is an accomplished senior executive with more than 30 years of broad experience in the consumer packaged goods industry.

Before joining Canada Post, he led established companies through complex business transformations. He was President and CEO of Scotsburn Dairy Group. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of Ganong Bros. Limited and held executive roles with Parmalat, Nestlé and Coca-Cola.

Doug chairs the board of Innovapost and is a Director of the Purolator Board.

Doug earned a Bachelor of Commerce degree and a Master’s in Business Administration from Dalhousie University.
Susan Margles

Chief People and Safety Officer, Canada Post

In this role, Susan leads all aspects of Human Resources while advancing safety as the company’s top priority. She is also responsible for supporting collaborative efforts with all of our bargaining agents across the company.

In her previous role as Senior Vice-President, Corporate Affairs, Susan was responsible for Government and Community Affairs, Compliance and for leading the shift to integrating Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) principles into our corporate priorities.

Susan has served as a key advisor to the CEO and Board of Directors, playing a critical role in setting the Corporation's strategic direction through development and approval of the five-year corporate plan, as well as successfully leading the company through several mandate reviews.

Susan joined Canada Post in 2005 from the federal government, where she worked in increasingly senior positions in several different departments, including the Department of Finance, Transport Canada, Industry Canada and Health Canada.

Throughout her career, Susan has established excellent relationships with multiple stakeholders, bringing together divergent interests on highly sensitive issues. She is known for her strong communication skills and ability to bring complex issues to ground.

Susan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Jewish Community Foundation, a trustee of the Canada Post Community Foundation and a mentor in the Women’s Executive Network. She is fluently bilingual and holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics and an MBA from McGill University. She is married and is the mother of two.
Jo-Anne Polak

Senior Vice-President, Corporate and Employee Communications, Canada Post

In this role, Jo-Anne is responsible for aligning and integrating internal and external communication strategies to enhance business results, corporate brand and other important company priorities, including safety and mental health.

Jo-Anne was Vice-President, Communications and Public Affairs at Canada Post from April 2011 to October 2019. She joined the company in April 2008 as General Manager, Communications Strategy. Prior to that, she spent 14 years as Senior Vice-President with Hill & Knowlton, one of the world’s leading public relations, public affairs and strategic communications agencies.

In December of 1988, at the age of 29, Jo-Anne was named General Manager of the Ottawa Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League. At the time, she was the first female General Manager of any professional sports franchise in North America. Following three seasons with the team, Jo-Anne spent two years as a morning show co-host on an Ottawa radio station before moving to Hill & Knowlton.