Anne Golden (born 1941) is a Canadian public policy analyst and organizational executive. She received her BA in history from

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, in 1962. She received her MA in American history from

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and her

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in American history from the

. She joined the United Way of Greater Toronto, Canada's largest annual fundraising campaign and non-governmental distributor of funds to the social services, in 1982, serving as President from 1987 to 2001. From 2001 until 2012, she was the President and CEO of

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. In April 2012 she was named Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Special Advisor at

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She gained national recognition for her work as Chair of the Greater Toronto Area Task Force for Ontario (1996), Chair of the Toronto Homelessness Action Task Force (1999), and Premier Kathleen Wynne's Transit Investment Strategy Advisory Panel (2013).She taught at Newark College of Engineering, the University of Toronto, and York University. In 2003, she was made a Member of the

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. In 2013, she was made a Member of the

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. She has received eight honorary doctorates:

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(1997); York University (2000); University of Toronto (2002); Royal Roads University (2005); Loyalist College (2005); University of Western Ontario (2008); McMaster University (2011), the

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(2011). Noteworthy awards include: The Negev Dinner Honoree, Jewish National Fund (1991); The Canadian Urban Institute's Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award, and The Conference Board of Canada's 2012 Honorary Associate award.Conference Board of Canada, Honorary Associate
. Retrieved on 2012-11-6. In 1993, Dr. Golden was named "one of the eight best people in Metropolitan Toronto" by Toronto Life. One of Golden's sisters is ''

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'' columnist Barbara Kay.

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