TORONTO, October 7th, 2010 - Waterstone Human Capital, a leading executive search and professional recruitment firm, today announces the regional winners of the Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2010 program.

The winning organizations, in alphabetical order per region/category, are:

Regional Winners – Western Canada

Agrium Inc. (Calgary, AB)
Bayer CropScience Inc., Canada (Calgary, AB)
Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust (Calgary, AB)
Canadian Western Bank Group (Edmonton, AB)
EPCOR Utilities Inc. (Edmonton, AB)
Flight Centre (Vancouver, BC)
HSBC Bank Canada (Vancouver, BC)
Joey Restaurant Group (Vancouver, BC)
JV Driver (Leduc, AB)
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) (Richmond, BC)

Regional Winners – Central Canada

Coca-Cola Ltd. (Toronto, ON)
Discount Car and Truck Rentals (Toronto, ON)
GlaxoSmithKline Inc. (Mississauga, ON)
Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan - HOOPP (Toronto, ON)
Loblaw Companies Limited (Brampton, ON)
Maple Leaf Foods (Toronto, ON)
Molson Coors Canada (Toronto, ON)
Procter & Gamble Canada (Toronto, ON)
Rogers Communications Inc. (Toronto, ON)
The Home Depot Canada (Toronto, ON)

Regional Winners – Quebec & Atlantic Canada

Aeroplan (Montreal, QC)
Blinds To Go Inc. (Montreal, QC)
Desjardins Group (Lévis, QC)
Genetec (Saint-Laurent, QC)
McCain Foods (Canada) (Florenceville, NB)
National Bank Financial Group (Montreal, QC)
Pratt & Whitney Canada (Longueuil, QC)
RSM Richter Chamberland (Montreal, QC)
The Shaw Group Limited (Halifax, NS)
Transcontinental Inc. (Montreal, QC)

Special Category Regional Award – Broader Public Sector:

IWK Health Centre (Halifax, NS)
Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club (Regina, SK)
The Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation (Toronto, ON)

Special Category Regional Award – Best Emerging Organization:

Clearly Contacts and Coastal Contacts (Vancouver, BC)
Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services (Vancouver, BC)
Steam Whistle Brewing (Toronto, ON)

“This award recognizes the importance of great workplaces, but more importantly – great workplaces where culture impacts performance,” says Marty Parker, the president and CEO of Waterstone Human Capital; the founders and presenters of the program. “A strong corporate culture is the single greatest asset an organization can have and the really great organizations, like our regional winners, know this – they understand that culture provides a competitive advantage that sets them apart from their peers.”

This is the 6th year of the Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures program, and the first year the regional qualification element has been included.

“The competition was even tougher than in 2009, which in and of itself was a record-setting year for Canada’s 10 in terms of nominations and submissions,” says Parker. “Like our board of governors, we were thoroughly impressed with both the exceptional quality of the submissions and the level of engagement on the part of the nominated organizations for the 2010 program.”

Regional award events will be held across the country in October and November:

Central Canada:
Tuesday, October 19th, 2010, Toronto

Quebec & Atlantic Canada:
Monday, October 25th, 2010, Montreal

Western Canada:
Monday, November 1st, 2010, Calgary
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010, Vancouver

This year saw a 30 per cent increase over 2009, in terms of the number of organizations proceeding with a formal submission to the program. In-person interviews were held this past summer, across the country, between Waterstone Human Capital and senior executives from the submitting organizations. The program’s 24-member Board of Governors, consisting of top executives from many leading organizations from across Canada, voted on the submissions and chose the regional winners at the end of September.

Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures’ Board of Governors will reconvene and choose the national winners, as well as the two special category national winners, in early November. Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2010 will be celebrated at the 6th annual gala, to be held on February 7th, 2011, in Toronto.

Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures of 2010 Program Partners:

Founders and Presenters: Waterstone Human Capital
Rewards and Recognition Partner: I Love Rewards Inc.
Media Partner: The National Post
Travel Partner: WestJet
Western Canadian Partner: The Fairmont Pacific Rim

About Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™: Since 2005, the Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ program has recognized leading Canadian organizations for having a culture that has helped them enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage. This popular program begins in the spring of each year with the Canadian Corporate Culture Study™ and culminates in regional and national awards events. Canada’s 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures ™ is founded and presented by Waterstone Human Capital, a leading professional recruitment, executive search and human resource consulting services firm based in Toronto. www.canadasmostadmired.com