The Certificate in CSR at the Univeresity of St. Michael’s College has been developed in collaboration with the Conference Board of Canada. Conference Board members have been well represented in the inaugural class which has included CSR officers from Nexen, Shell, Hydro One, IBM, Suncor, CIBC, and Refreshments Canada.

The Certificate offers opportunities for further reading, reflection and action on CSR issues. St. Michael’s faculty bring to these issues understandings gleaned not only from the perspective of business but also from a tradition that includes the study of literature, philosophy and ethics. The goal of the program is to engage participants in a process of weaving together the major components of CSR and to do so in a way that provides respite from customary corporate activity. The result, for some students, has already been transformational.

A new cycle of the program will begin in June of this year. The introductory three day session, June 9-11, 2003 will introduce our newest learning tool, a business simulation entitled “ExperienceCSR” designed specifically for this program.

A full description of the Certificate, which consists of three required modules and one elective, is available on our website, www.utoronto.ca/stmikes . To go directly to the certificate description, click on www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/cont_ed/certificate/csr/index.html

For more information, contact:

M.J. (Mimi) Marrocco, Ph.D. 416-926-1300 x 3324, fax: 416-926-7287