What happens when three Mexicans, twenty-one Americans, and fifteen Canadians meet with various experts for a week-long program on Canada? A surprising realization dawns: despite our varied cultural, political, and economic differences, we are all part of a greater North American entity. With our countries’ intertwined destinies, we must learn to collaborate, cooperate, and communicate

Every year the University of Ottawa Telfer School of Management invites twenty US MBAs to participate in their Canadian Leadership Orientation. I was fortunate enough to be selected for the 2008 program, held in early June in Ottawa and Montréal. Participants attend lectures by top business and government professionals, visit major Canadian companies, and experience

My experience participating in the week-long Canada-US economic partnership forum for American MBA students, hosted by the University of Ottawa, was truly phenomenal. Living so near the border in Seattle, Washington, as well as being married to a Canadian citizen, had given me a good foundation of knowledge of Canadian history, policies, and nuances. However,