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May 29, 2013
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Gordon Keep (Fiore Management & Advisory Corp.)
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May 15, 2013
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Karen Thorne-Stone (Ontario Media Development Corporation)
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April 16, 2013
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Ed Hobbs (Toronto Business Development Center)
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April 16, 2013
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Matthew J. McGrath (Optimize Capital Markets)
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April 2, 2013
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Ross Gallinger (Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada)
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March 21, 2013
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Peter Swire
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March 11, 2013
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Stephen Litt (Madison Avenue Development Corporation)
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March 10, 2013
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Batholomew Huizinga (w5th Equity Management Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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Robert S. Murphy (Davies Ward Phillips & Vineburg LLP)
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March 8, 2013
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Andrea C. Johnson, Keith Inman & Steve London (Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP)
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March 8, 2013
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Joanna Perrin (Platinex Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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Clifton Foo (A2A Capital Management Inc)
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March 8, 2013
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Henry Tse
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March 8, 2013
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Phoebe Chan (Pinnacle Wealth Brokers)
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March 8, 2013
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Calvin Kan
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March 8, 2013
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Kenneth G. Ottenbreit (Stikeman Elliott LLP)
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March 8, 2013
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Don Cameron (Financial Value Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP
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March 8, 2013
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Stephanie McManus (Compliance Support Services)
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March 8, 2013
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James R. Trusler (Platinex Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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Robert L. Douglas (Golden Triangel Angelnet)
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March 8, 2013
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Jordan Nahmias
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March 8, 2013
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Katie Walmsley & Scott Mahaffy (Portfolio Management Association of Canada)
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March 8, 2013
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Neal Gledhil
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March 8, 2013
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Dr. Patricia Lorenz
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March 8, 2013
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Ottawa Community Loan Fund
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March 8, 2013
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Gail Fan
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March 8, 2013
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Paget Warner (Kingsmont Investment Management Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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David Agnew & Vijay Parmar (RBC Dominion Securities Inc. and RBC
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March 8, 2013
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Michelle Scarborough (National Angel Capital Organization)
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March 8, 2013
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Ilse Treurnicht (MaRS Discovery District)
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March 8, 2013
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Greg Pollock & Harley Lockhart (Advocis - The Financial Advisors Association of Canada)
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March 8, 2013
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Marcus Sargent
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March 8, 2013
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Brian Koscak, David Gilkes & Geoffrey Ritchie (Exempt Market Dealers Association of Canada)
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March 8, 2013
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Craig Skauge & Cora Pettipas (National Exempt Market Association)
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March 8, 2013
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Stephen Freedman (Sloane Capital Corp.)
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March 8, 2013
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Michael M. Lee (SkyLaw LLP)
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March 8, 2013
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Ronald Lee
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March 8, 2013
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Scott MacCannell (York Angel Investors Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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Lori Paradis (Platinex Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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Robert Orr (Centurion Apartment REIT)
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March 8, 2013
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Carol Lun
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March 8, 2013
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Elaine Mak
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March 8, 2013
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Michael D. Wellwood (Insight Exempt Market Research & Analysis Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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Chris Cheng
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March 8, 2013
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Darren Smits (Miller Thomson LLP)
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March 8, 2013
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Ermanno Pascutto (Canadian Foundation for Advancement of Investors Rights)
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March 8, 2013
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Ian Pember (Alternative Investment Management Association)
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March 8, 2013
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Charles Sidman (Crowdfunding Investment Angels)
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March 8, 2013
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Donald Henderson (Interactive Ontario)
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March 8, 2013
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Dr. Patricia Lorenz (National Angel Organization - Ontario)
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March 8, 2013
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William Friedman (Friedman & Associates)
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March 8, 2013
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Dan Pembleton (Accilent Capital Management Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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David E. Thring
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March 8, 2013
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Michael Cayley (Cdling Capital Service Inc.)
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March 8, 2013
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Ada Litvinov (Canadian Advocacy Council)
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March 8, 2013
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Angel One Network Inc.
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March 8, 2013
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Barbara J. Amsden (Investment Industry Association of Canada)
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March 7, 2013
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Craig Asano (NCFA Canada)
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March 7, 2013
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Andrew Rhee & Dave Santiago (Trinity Compliance Partners Inc.)
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March 7, 2013
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Peter Kemball (The Kemball Group)
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March 7, 2013
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Christopher Charlesworth & Asier Ania (HiveWire Inc.)
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March 7, 2013
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Mark McKenna (Walton Group of Companies)
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March 7, 2013
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Douglas J. Cerson (Pinnacle Wealth Brokers)
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March 7, 2013
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Nancy Bacon
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March 7, 2013
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James Hershaw
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March 7, 2013
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Norman Light (Enlightened Private Capital Inc.)
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March 7, 2013
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Jim Peterson (Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP)
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March 7, 2013
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J. S. Vickers
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March 7, 2013
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Peter Johannes (SecureCare Investments Inc.)
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March 7, 2013
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Parm Gill (Capital Angel Network)
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March 6, 2013
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John Reid & Dr. Cindy Gordon (CATA ALLIANCE Invest CrowdFund Canada)
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March 6, 2013
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Ungad Chadda & John McCoach (TMX Group Limited)
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March 6, 2013
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Ryan Hoult (Exempt Experts Inc.)
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March 6, 2013
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Paul R. DeMelo
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March 5, 2013
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Dave Antony
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March 5, 2013
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Irene Szabo
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March 4, 2013
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Linda Palin (Pangaea Asset Management Inc.)
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March 4, 2013
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Darrin Hopkins
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March 4, 2013
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Curtis Potyondi (Prestige Capital Inc.)
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March 4, 2013
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Michael Yhip (Garrison Hill Capital Management Inc.)
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March 1, 2013
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Eric Apps & Gordon Cassie (Wildeboer Dellelce LLP)
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February 28, 2013
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Kamal Hassan (VentureLynx)
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February 28, 2013
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Kamal Hassan (VentureLynx)
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February 26, 2013
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Ruth Taitinger (Pinnacle Wealth Brokers Inc.)
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February 26, 2013
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Jolin Aarssen (Sentry Group/Pinnacle Wealth Brokers)
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February 26, 2013
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Robert MacKenzie
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February 25, 2013
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Matt McManus
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February 22, 2013
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Ralf Hensel (The Investment Funds Institute of Canada)
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February 20, 2013
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Devashis Mitra
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February 17, 2013
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Richard E. Austin
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February 12, 2013
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Karen Powell (The Producers Roundtable of Ontario)
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February 12, 2013
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Rob Theriault (CNSX Markets Inc.)
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February 11, 2013
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The Kemball Group
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February 11, 2013
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Dr. Tom Corr (Ontario Centre of Excellence)
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February 11, 2013
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The Funding Portal Inc.
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February 10, 2013
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Kim Wales (Wales Capital)
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February 4, 2013
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Chad McMillan (Canada Gold Corporation, NewRock Market Advisors Inc.)
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February 4, 2013
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John C. Stirling
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February 1, 2013
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Teri Kirk (The Funding Portal Inc.)
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January 24, 2013
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Nelson Smith (Taddle Creek Capital)
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January 8, 2013
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Darvin Zurfluh & Rick Unrau (Pinnacle Wealth Brokers Inc.)
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January 7, 2013
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Brian Wolverton (Wolverton Securities Ltd.)
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January 3, 2013
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Samuel Singal (SECURE CAPITAL MIC INC.)
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