Marcia Colquhoun

Date of Birth: 30th of July, 1967

Home Country: Canada

AIESEC RECORDS
:: Local Committee Executive Board (1987-1989)
:: Traineeship, National Procurement Agency, Ghana (1990-1991)
:: Executive Envoy, Côte d’Ivoire (1991)
:: Board of Advisors, LC Toronto (1992-1996)
:: Board of Directors, Canada (1998-2002)

ACHIEVEMENTS
In 1991 Ms. Marcia Colquhoun participated in an Executive Envoy to Côte d’Ivoire where she helped to reinitiate AIESEC in that country.
She is an active alumnus currently based in the Ottawa, Canada area and has been involved in AIESEC since her departure from the organization in 1991. She participates regularly in activities geared towards alumni and actively seeks out involvement opportunities at the LCs in her area. She is also helping her former LC (AIESEC Western) expand and develop their alumni network.

Ms. Colquhoun sat on AIESEC Canada’s Board of Directors (BoD) for 5 years (1998-2002) as both an alumni and partner (Canadian International Development Agency) representative. During her time on the board she was a member of both the program and LC development subcommittees where AIESEC Canada benefited directly from her expertise in project/conference management and her commitment to developing the local chapter membership in Canada.

Marcia played an integral role in the most recent renewal of AIESEC Canada’s partnership with the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). She also helped the CC team of IC secure CIDA funding for IC 2002 delegates.

Marcia is currently working for CIDA in Mozambique.

“Marcia is one of those very generous peers who is always approachable and offers unconditional help and encouragement to those around her. She stands out for the way she treats everyone with dignity and respect.
Most important to her Board service is the fact that she is a "take-charge" sort of talent with lots of management experience who will wade into any sort of challenge and generate real momentum and positive outcomes.
I am among her Raving Fans!”
Ruth Fothergill
Vice President Corporate Outreach, Export Development Canada
Member of AIESEC Canada Board of Directors

Marcia Colquhoun:
“I now work in development and in Africa. Since my traineeship and Executive Envoy (both in Africa), I returned to school to get a Masters in Development Studies. I subsequently worked with ACTIONAID in Kenya (where I was in touch with the NC and did some training – that was fun!) and am now working on the Mozambique Program at the CIDA. I am planning to accept a three-year posting in Mozambique starting in August 2003. I think that I would probably have ended up in development anyway, but I am not sure that I would have ended up in Africa, without my traineeship experience. Africa is now in my blood – both literally and metaphorically!”