The University of Saskatchewan won three out of the top five awards presented at the Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) National Awards Banquet held at the Toronto Hilton May 16, 2006.

Over 2000 student leaders, 50 faculty members, and 300 business judges gathered to showcase financial literacy projects, entrepreneurial ventures and to compete for awards of business excellence.

Michael Scissons, a 2006 Arts & Science graduate now with General Entertainment Corporation, received a cash prize of $10,000 and was named the recipient of the 2006 National CIBC Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He will represent Canada at the Global Student Entrepreneurs Awards (GSEA) competition-presented by Mercedes Benz financial, to be held in Chicago, Illinois in November.

Dean Kennedy, a 3rd year Commerce student at the U of S and ACE Saskatchewan President was selected from over 2000 student leaders across the nation as the inaugural recipient of the Gwyn Morgan Scholarship for Principled Leadership. Funded by EnCana Corporation, this scholarship of $2500 is presented in honour of their former CEO, Gwyn Morgan paying tribute to his character, tenacity and leadership; his instrumental role in the creation of EnCana.

Ayten Archer, ACE John Dobson Fellow and ACE Saskatchewan Faculty Advisor was selected from over 50 faculty members and named John Dobson ACE Fellow of the Year.

ACE Saskatchewan team members Dean Kennedy, Brad Vermeersch, Paul Magnuson, Ainsley Robertson, Nicole Martini, Curtis Mann, Casey Stuart, Dawn Predinchuk, Kate Matthews, Marla Boyer, Jodi Matsalla, Mindy Loverin, and Laith Anton were named finalists in the National Exposition beating 46 Canadian university and college teams.

For more information, visit: The ACE Website