De gauche à droite: Élise Marcotte, athlète en nage synchronisée et étudiante en administration et marketing à l’Université du Québec à Montréal; Marjolaine Deslauriers, chef du Complexe d’hospitalité John-Molson, ainsi que Pierre-Luc Laliberté, canoéiste et étudiant en actuariat à l’Université du Québec à Montréal.
Le jeudi 20 mai dernier, Molson Coors accueillait, tout comme les années passées, la Fondation Sport-Études qui remettait 31 bourses sport-études à des étudiants-athlètes pour s’être distingués par l’excellence de leurs études et de leurs performances sportives en 2010.
Voici donc sur la photo les deux lauréats Molson Coors ayant chacun reçu une bourse de 2,500$ visant à les encourager à persévérer dans les études et le sport.
Santé à la Fondation Sport-Études et bravo à tous les finalistes et récipiendaires de la cuvée 2010!
On the above: Daniel Rivest from Molson Coors Canada serving our new Molson M
Loblaws hosted yesterday their National kick off in Toronto. More than 250 vendors share their products, programs, promotions and customer-know-how with an influential group of more than 1,400 Loblaw colleagues.
The People’s Choice is awarded to the vendor who provides the most memorable experience and useful product knowledge to help our store managers and their teams better serve our customers. Molson presented Molson M, and won 3rd place, (Coke 1st, P&G 2nd)
The booth used was the one seen at the customer launch last November. Over 2000 people came to the booth inquiring about Molson M, some waited more than 15min just to sample Molson M. 1500 Molson M were served by the Molson M hostesses. Some information pamphlet about the product were also given to every visitors.
Proceeds of $1,500 donated to President Choice Foundation …
A big thanks to Philippe Dussault, Daniel Rivest and Prod K for making it a success!
Me (MolsonTonia) with 2009 Recipient, Mike Williscraft (Grimsby Lincoln News and Niagara this Week)
Nominations are now open for the 2010 Molson Community Award in Memory of Mary Knowles. This award was created by the charitable division of the Ontario Community Newspapers Foundation (OCNA) and is sponsored by Molson Coors Canada. Since 1996, we have been recognizing the personal contributions of individuals who are committed to the growth and development of their communities as well as the connection community newspapers have with their communities.
Mary Knowles was a dedicated newspaper person, and active community member who died from breast cancer in November of 1996.
Do you know someone deserving? Nominations are being accepted until Friday, February 26, 2010. This year’s recipient will be announced in March 2010, and the award will be presented on May 14 at OCNA’s Better Newspaper Awards Gala at the Sheraton Centre in downtown Toronto. (My blog post from last year’s event)
Thanks to Toronto Sales Rep Cam MacNeil for his great work on this event and writing about it! Cheers, @MolsonTonia
In December, I had the pleasure to attend the Queen’s Conference on the Business Environment Today, also known as Q’BET. Now in its 33rd year, it is the longest-running conference of its kind in Canada. Completely planned and run by Queen’s students, it gives university students from across the nation a chance to participate in events such as keynote speaker presentations, seminars, workshops, business simulation, and a unique charity challenge.
As a returning sponsor in 2009, Molson was actively involved in this year’s Charity Challenge, as well as a Canadian-themed Molson social at The Ale House. The Charity Challenge involved the local Kingston branch of Habitat for Humanity, and students were given a case study to solve a pressing issue for H4H Kingston. After a brainstorming session students were asked to present some creative ideas as a solution, including mock commercials, acting out skits, and other visuals for the crowd. The feedback from H4H Kingston was fantastic, with the CEO as an active judge in the finals. Later that evening, the winners were announced at the Molson Social, where the students showed off their “work hard, play hard” attitude from the weekend!
The Q’BET conference once again showed why it is the most prestigious of its kind in Canada; the students exemplified an amazing level of professionalism, creativity and engagement. As a former student and recent graduate from the school, it was a fantastic experience to return to my alma mater, this time from a completely different perspective as sponsor representative.
It takes great employees to make great-tasting beer. And guess what we do have both at Molson Coors! Our employees are some of the most engaged people on the planet. And that’s because we have a passion for communicating to employees, and involving them in the vision and goals of our enterprise.
I am the first one to support and recognize that employees are vital to our success, which is why when it came to energizing the bottom line with energy efficiency, we focused on engaging employees.
After receiving the BC Hydro Power Smart Leader designation in May, our team’s engagement and passion has been recognized once again last week byThe Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation (CIPEC), a program of the Canadian Ministry of Natural Resources, which presented the Vancouver brewery with a Leadership Award in the category of “Employee awareness and training.”
What is CIPEC?
A program of Natural Resources Canada, CIPEC stands for Canadian Industry Program for Energy Conservation. To become CIPEC Leaders, organizations must agree to implement and report on energy conservation measures such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Why did we win? Communicate often—and then some
It was results that clinched the deal. Our communications worked. The Vancouver brewery successfully engaged employees to participate in energy conservation initiatives—supporting our overall goal to reduce energy consumption in all our breweries by at least 5 per cent annually.
This drive is lead by all in Vancouver (and at all our other breweries for that matter) but particular recognition is due to Daniel Pelland, our Chief Brewing Officer – (cool job title isn’t it?), Daniel was, and still is a strong supporter of engaging employees, and he took the decision to invest $$ to fund and support a comprehensive employee communication and awareness campaign “The Power to make a difference” and it paid off, on many many fronts since its launch. Also, kudos goes to Rene Holt, Brewery Manager and Scott Gordon, Chief Engineer, Certified Energy Manager, at the Vancouver brewery for spreading the gospel of energy conservation and driving ongoing initiatives related to energy and water conservation. It takes a lot of effort, resources and planning to reach out to employees. But as Scott said, “it works, people are not only helping us reach energy conservation initiatives while they’re on the job, they’re also thinking about how to conserve energy at home. That’s the real sign that employees are committed.”
Don’t take my word for it—see for yourself. Watch the Streeter Video (produced by Molson Coors Canada in partnership with BC Hydro and see our employees in action.
Hier soir, j’ai eu le plaisir de représenter Molson Coors ainsi que la Famille Molson et sa fondation, pour la remise de bourses annuelles de la Fondation d’athlète d’excellence du Québec lors de son gala annuel qui s’est tenu à l’Hôtel Mortagne de Boucherville.
Cette fondation soutient financièrement et appuie les étudiants-athlètes dans leur poursuite de l’excellence et contribue à la promotion de modèles dans la société québécoise … des modèles, il y en avait plusieurs sur place hier soir, accompagnés d’anciens boursiers(ères) de la fondation dont la présence a été soulignée.
Au nom de la Fondation Molson, j’ai donc remis une bourse dans la catégorie “Excellence académique“, laquelle est offerte à l’étudiant-athlète universitaire ayant obtenu des résultats acacémiques et sportifs remarquables en 2008-2009, avec une pondération de 60% pour les notes et 40% pour la performance sportive.
La lauréate est Paméla Filiatrault-Veilleux qui étudie en psychologie, tout en compétitionnant en natation pour le Rouge et Or de l’Université Laval. Elle aura obtenu 33 crédits et une moyenne académique impressionnante de 4,14 sur 4,3, tout en remportant une Médaille d’Or aux 100m et 200m papillon au Championnat universitaire canadien, en plus de 6 Médailles d’Or au Championnat universitaire québécois. Une reconnaissance pleinement méritée!
Bravo Paméla – voilà ce que j’appelle un “modèle” pour nos jeunes d’aujourd’hui et de demain!
Félicitations à Pierre Dubé, directeur général de la Fondation d’athlète d’excellence du Québec, et à toute son équipe pour cette très belle soirée qui encourage nos jeunes étudiants-athètes à poursuivre leur engagement!
Paméla en compagnie de Monique Dépatie de Molson Coors
Récemment, Héma-Québec a rendu hommage à Molson Coors pour ses 35 années de travail bénévole. Je veux féliciter Marjolaine Deslauriers qui est l’organisatrice de cette collecte ainsi que bénévoles de Molson Coors qui travaillent à assister le personnel de Héma-Québec. Également, je voudrais saluer tous les employés de Molson Coors qui font un don de sang, votre générosité est extrêmement appréciée.
Je vous invite à venir faire un don de sang lors de la prochaine collecte prévue le vendredi 23 avril 2010.
Salutations,
Simonne
Marjolaine Deslauriers et Dr Francine Décary, présidente et chef de la direction de Héma-Québec
