November 4, 2005

TELUS sponsors innovative Impact conference for Canadian university and college students to promote entrepreneurship for tomorrow's business leaders

Toronto, Ont. – TELUS has signed on as a major sponsor of the Impact conference, Canada's innovative and largest student-run event promoting entrepreneurship and business leadership for Canada's post-secondary students.

This year's annual Impact conference will be held in Toronto on November 18 and 19, and brings together university and college students from across Canada with industry leaders and educational partners. The conference offers students unprecedented access to the brightest entrepreneurial minds, through panel discussions and speaker sessions with Canada's foremost business leaders.

“TELUS is extremely proud to support this one-of-a-kind initiative that facilitates innovative thinking and the professional business development of Canada's future entrepreneurs,” said Kevin Salvadori, executive vice president of Business Transformation and Chief Information Officer, TELUS. “TELUS has made a long-term commitment to fund innovative educational programs that will enable Canadian youth to excel in today's competitive environment, and our support of the Impact conference is an investment in the future of tomorrow's leaders.”

Salvadori also sits on the advisory board for Impact.

“Impact's mission is to foster future innovators, thinkers and economic movers who will ensure Canada stays competitive in a global economy,” said Kunal Gupta, president and student founder of Impact. “TELUS' sponsorship is key to helping Impact achieve these goals. The conference is a key motivator in sparking the interest of Canada's university and college students to explore and learn more about entrepreneurship. A conference highlight is a case study competition, which challenges student teams to come up with the best solution to a real-life entrepreneurship challenge.”

About Impact
Ambition. Passion. Determination.

Impact is focused on promoting an entrepreneurial spirit in tomorrow's leaders. Impact is involved in activities promoting entrepreneurship and business leadership, primarily at a post-secondary student-level. Impact's goal is to immerse each and every participant in a business environment and surround them with the entrepreneurs and industry leaders of today, to fuel their ambition, passion and determination for entrepreneurship.

Impact is a non-profit organization run by university and college student volunteers from across Canada. More information is available on-line at www.impactconference.ca.

About TELUS
TELUS (TSX: T, T.NV; NYSE: TU) is the largest telecommunications company in Western Canada and the second largest in the country, with $7.9 billion of annual revenue, 4.7 million network access lines and 4.1 million wireless customers. The company provides customers with a full range of telecommunications products and services including data, voice and wireless services across Canada, utilizing next generation Internet-based technologies.

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For more information, please contact:
Andrew Dilts
Media Relations, Impact
(519) 589-1641
andrew.dilts@impactconference.ca


Kathleen McWilliams
TELUS Media Relations
(403) 530-3270
Kathleen.McWilliams@telus.com