indigenous programmes. She is a founding member of the Rideau Hall Foundation. She co-chairs the Smart Prosperity Initiative, which is mapping out a course to a stronger, cleaner economy for Canada. Author Verschuren recently wrote a business book "Bet On Me", leading and succeeding in business and in life, published by Harper Collins. The book was a Finalist for the National Business Book Award in 2017. Education Annette Verschuren has received fourteen Honourary Doctorates from Canadian universities including her alma mater, St. Francis Xavier University. Personal life Annette Verschuren and her husband, Stan Shibinsky, often return to her home province of Nova Scotia and her family home. References Living people Canadian women chief executives Canadian university and college chancellors Officers of the Order of Canada St. Francis Xavier University alumni People from North Sydney, Nova Scotia Canadian women academics Women academic administrators Canadian academic administrators Year of birth missing (living people)