The Toronto-based Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) has announced that it will award Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medals to individuals who have made a lifetime contribution to the Canadian securities industry. In total, there will be 38 medals awarded, which will be bestowed in recognition of the Queen’s 60th anniversary on the throne. Entries close on June 8; the IIAC’s medal selection panel will review the entries and select the winners by July 30. The IIAC then will bestow the medals on the winners at its annual conference in September.

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