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GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE WINS FOUR AWARDS IN ITS FIRST
SIFE ACE COMPETITION

GBC only first-year team in the seven-year history of the competition to win four awards

Toronto, ON (May 31, 2007) - In the institution's first-ever Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) national entrepreneurship competition, the country's largest and most prestigious student entrepreneurship contest, Toronto's George Brown College took home four awards - a first for any school in the competition's seven-year history.

Armin Zohrabi, Christina Barron, Dwayne Grech, Rena John and Max Bondarenko represented George Brown's Centre for Business team and were coached by Mark Simpson, instructor and coordinator for the college's management studies and international business programs. For two days in May, the team presented their community-based social entrepreneurship projects at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto. The result for George Brown's inaugural performance was four major awards - Best Start-up of the Year; the Spirit of SIFE award; Rookie Faculty Advisor of the Year; and the John Dobson ACE Fellowship.

"I was extremely impressed by our team's performance and honoured to have been recognized by the competition's judges," said Simpson. "Add these accomplishments to our history-making third-place finish at the regionals, and you have the emergence of a Centre for Business that is ready to fight against the GTA's colleges and universities for centre stage.'

'To have challenged and defeated schools such as the University of Alberta, the University of Manitoba and U of T is truly a testament to the quality of students and faculty we have in our business programs," added Maureen Loweth, Dean, Faculty of Business and Creative Arts, George Brown College. "If this is what we can accomplish in our first year, I look forward to seeing what we can do in the years to come."

The SIFE competition, the largest and most prestigious of its kind in Canada, is operated by Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE), a national, not-for-profit organization that empowers students to create economic opportunity in their communities by teaching others about market economics, entrepreneurship, success skills, financial literacy and business ethics. ACE is also known in the academic and business community through their student entrepreneur program, which provides training, mentoring and networking opportunities to full-time college and university students who also run their own business. More information on ACE is available at www.acecanada.ca.

About George Brown College

Toronto’s George Brown College has established a reputation for equipping students with the skills, industry experience and credentials to pursue the careers of their choice. From its two main campuses located across the downtown core, George Brown offers 148 full-time and 1,600 continuing education programs across a wide variety of professions to a student body of approximately 63,000 (including those enrolled in full-time, part-time and continuing education programs). Students can earn diplomas, post-graduate certificates, industry accreditations, apprenticeships and four-year bachelor degrees.

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