Appointments and Honours
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Walid Ben Amar has been appointed Executive Director of the CGA Accounting and Governance Research Centre. An Associate Professor of accounting at the Telfer School of Management, Professor Ben Amar will lead a dynamic team of scholars dedicated to producing leading-edge research in accounting and related fields.
Through the generous financial support of CGA-Canada, which was recently extended for 3 years, the Centre makes highly relevant research contributions that shape the accounting profession and corporate governance practices in Canada. It has developed into a true community of professional learning and academic leadership through publication of studies in top peer-reviewed academic journals that further enhance the Telfer School’s research profile; through research symposia and a distinguished speakers’ series that explores emerging issues in accounting and governance, and through the development of productive new academic partnerships.
Professor Ben Amar succeeds Daniel Zéghal, Ph.D. (uLaval), C.G.A., F.C.G.A., who for more than two decades established the excellent reputation of the CGA-AGRC and helped put the Telfer School of Management at the forefront of accounting research in Canada. Daniel recognized and seized the opportunity that presented itself to the School in the early 1990’s to establish a new research centre focused on the accounting field. He put the Telfer School early on the path of excellence in this important and rapidly growing discipline, contributing a wealth of creativity and a tireless dedication to make that vision a concrete reality. During his tenure, he also became a sought-after expert on a great number of subjects related to the production, communication and use of accounting and financial information. Daniel’s long-time contributions to the centre will be honoured at the Telfer School’s awards ceremony on February 13.
Guiding CGA-AGRC into a new era, professor Ben Amar will focus his energies on developing a dynamic international research program and on fostering and supporting research-based graduate programs in accounting and governance. The research projects supported by the Centre make influential contributions in terms of: a better definition of the role of accounting; an enhanced understanding of accounting issues and challenges, solutions to problems facing the profession and the discipline; and the expansion and clarification of the theoretical, conceptual and practical foundations of accounting.
Walid Ben Amar’s research interests include corporate governance, ownership structures, mergers and acquisitions and corporate disclosure strategies. A certified general accountant (CGA), professor Ben Amar holds a Master's degree in accounting from Université du Québec à Montréal and a Ph.D. in business administration from HEC Montréal. He teaches financial accounting courses at the undergraduate and MBA levels.
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Professor Catherine Elliott will research Entrepreneurial Leadership Attributes: Developing a Gender-Neutral Vocabulary using a “Women in Work Incubator Grant” from the Centre for Research and Education on Women and Work at the Eric Sprott School of Business, Carleton University.
Professor Elliott researches and teaches in the areas of human resources management and organizational behaviour. Her numerous publications include the article “Entrepreneurial Feminists: Perspectives About Opportunity Recognition and Governance,” published in 2013 in the Journal of Business Ethics. Professor Elliott also recently examined the challenges and best practices of mentoring for diversity in the Canadian workplace using a grant from SSHRC with professor Joanne Leck.
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Dean Francois Julien and Doug Dempster, Executive Director of the Telfer Centre for Executive Leadership, are pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Clayman as an Executive-in-Residence.
The Centre for Executive Leadership is part of the Telfer School of Management and is focused on realizing the enormous potential of executive talent in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in the National Capital Region and across the country. The Centre offers open enrolment and custom educational experiences for its clients and is the preferred partner in meeting the specific leadership development needs of organizations in the region.
In his new role, Richard will be responsible for supporting the Centre’s expanding portfolio of offerings in the private and not-for-profit sectors as well as several strategic initiatives related to leadership development. Richard brings a depth of business experience following a 30-year award winning career with Manulife Financial. At Manulife, Richard held increasingly senior leadership roles culminating as a Regional Vice-President whose responsibilities centred on multi-billion dollar financial services distribution and customer / brokerage support regions spanning Northern, Central and Eastern Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. His business leadership has been recognized for excellence in such areas as management team and senior talent development, strategic planning, governance, and change management.
Throughout his career, Richard has been active in many civic and community development roles including Chair of the Board of Directors of the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce and member of several other Boards such as the Ottawa Regional Cancer Foundation, the Kiwanis Medical Foundation and the Manulife Field Executive Advisory Council.
Richard had been associated with Telfer for a number of years as a member of its Career Centre Advisory Council and as a highly acclaimed professor in our MBA program. Richard continues to annually moderate a panel on leadership as part of the Telfer School’s MBA Conferences series, and most recently is both creator and host of the new Rogers-TV series entitled “Unlocking the Leadership Door”.
Richard holds an MBA degree from Dalhousie University. Additionally, he is a Fellow, Life Insurance Management Institute and a Fellow, Institute of Canadian Bankers.
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Professor Cheryl S. McWatters, the Father Edgar Thivierge Chair in Business History at the University of Ottawa/ Telfer School has been appointed editor of Accounting History Review, the leading journal in the history of accounting. Professor McWatters is a long-time member of the journal's editorial board. She becomes the first woman editor as well as the first non-U.K.-based editor at Accounting History Review since the journal's inception.
Accounting History Review is an international forum to investigate and explore the history of accounting across space and time, including the interface of accounting with other management technologies. The journal is cross-disciplinary in nature, encouraging submissions by scholars from a wide variety of subject areas, theoretical persuasions, and methodological traditions. The journal’s editorial board reflects this disciplinary and geographic scope and includes top scholars and journal editors from accounting and cognate disciplines.
Cheryl McWatters, CMA, Ph.D. is active in a number of international research organizations in accounting, management and economic history, as well as serving as ad hoc reviewer for a wide variety of journals and conferences in these areas. She is an associate editor of Accounting Perspectives and a member of the editorial boards of Journal of Operations Management and Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal. She previously was the associate editor and Interfaces editor of the Accounting Historians Journal and remains a member of its editorial board.
An official announcement by the publisher, Routledge, is posted online here.
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Professor François-Éric Racicot was appointed to the advisory board of the prestigious finance journal Aestimatio, published by the Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles in Madrid, Spain. He is the only Canadian member of the six-member group which includes two Nobel winners in economics. An associate professor of finance at the Telfer School of Management, he was also recently named to the editorial board of the Journal of Derivatives and Hedge Funds.
Professor Racicot has published numerous studies in peer-reviewed journals. He is the author of several graduate-level texts in quantitative finance and financial econometrics. He teaches courses in business valuation, options and futures and international financial management, among other areas.
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Professor François Chiocchio has been appointed Affiliated Researcher at the Institut de Recherche de l'Hôpital Montfort (IRHM) until 2016. Research at the IRHM centres on mental health, primary health care, nutrition and metabolism, and family health. Professor Chiocchio’s role at the Institute will be to study interdisciplinary collaboration in health teams and how service improvement projects are managed.
Chiocchio is an associate professor in organizational behaviour and human resource management at the Telfer School. His research focuses on teamwork and collaboration has been funded by the Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC), the Project Management Institute's Research program, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
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Gurprit Kindra, professor of marketing at the Telfer School, served as an expert witness in a recent case decided by the Federal Court of Canada. The dispute involved Corporation Habanos, the makers of Cohiba cigars, and Tequila Cuervo of Mexico. Corporation Habanos sought protection under Canada’s Trade-marks Act when Tequila Cuervo sought to market a rum in Canada called “Lazaro Cohiba” rum.
Normally, under such circumstances, the applicant has to prove in Court the fame of the brand in question in the marketplace, an expensive and time consuming process. As expert witness, Professor Kindra used the novel idea of using pop culture as a proxy for establishing a brand’s reputation. The Cohiba brand had been widely referenced in film, television, music and other media and Corporation Habanos, on the strength of that evidence, was able to demonstrate that Cohiba trademarks are widely known across Canada. In its decision, the Court prohibited Tequila Cuervo from using the Lazaro Cohiba name in Canada.
The decision (2013 FC 1010) is being appealed by Tequila Cuervo.
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The Innovation Advisory Board was formed in 2012 to assist the City of Ottawa in attaining its goals of service delivery excellence in a manner representative of current trends and technology.
The mandate of the IAB is to
- Identify industry trends and innovation in the area of business transformation and service delivery suitable for consideration in pursuit of ServiceOttawa business imperatives; and
- Advise on the planning and on-going leadership of ServiceOttawa’s cultural change to service excellence, its IM/IT investment and the City’s shift to enterprise client centric services.
The Telfer School wishes to congratulate Mr. Langill on this new role.
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Craig Kuziemsky is the recipient of the inaugural Telfer School of Management Young Researcher of the Year Award presented annually to a faculty member who has made exceptional contributions to research and the training of students within the first seven years as a full-time professor. The award comes with a research grant of $5,000; the winner becomes the Telfer School of Management’s nominee for the Young Researcher of the Year Award at the University of Ottawa.
A prolific researcher, Craig Kuziemsky is developing a novel methodological approach for integrating the diverse information flows and work processes of collaborative healthcare teams. This research will design information and communication technologies to integrate the different healthcare providers who make complex decisions based on different levels of knowledge while they work at different locations.
Associate Professor at the Telfer School, Craig is Director of the M.Sc. Health Systems Program. He teaches courses in the Master of Health Administration (MHA) and Master of Science Health Systems programs as well as at the undergraduate level. He joined the Telfer School of Management as Assistant Professor in June 2007 after completing his Ph.D. in Health Information Science from the University of Victoria in British Columbia.
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Professor Wojtek Michalowski was granted state professorship from the President of Poland upon the recommendation of the Polish Academy of Sciences and after a rigorous process. This is the highest academic title in Poland and it’s given for research accomplishments recognized internationally.
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Professors Barbara Orser and Catherine Elliott of the Telfer School and Sandi Findlay-Thompson of Mount Saint Vincent University wrote a paper in 2012 that was recognized as a “Highly Commended” Award Winner at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. Their study, “Women-focused small business programming: client motives and perspectives” was published in the International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship.
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About the KPMG Award
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Julia Koulik, student in the MHA program, was named among six of Canada’s top emerging health-care professionals and awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Award at the National Health Leadership Conference at a special ceremony hosted by the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) and the Canadian Healthcare Association (CHA). The award recognizes individual achievement and promising contributions in the field of health services management.
Since its inception in 1956, the award has been presented to more than 280 Canadian health-care professionals and is offered in partnership with six leading Canadian universities which offer a Masters program in Health Care Administration, including: the University of British Columbia, University of Alberta, University of Toronto, University of Ottawa, Université de Montréal, and Dalhousie University.
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Professor Muriel Mignerat won a best paper award for a study titled, «Using Telecare for Diabetic Patients: A Mixed Systematic Review», presented during eTELEMED 2013, the Fifth International Conference on eHealth, Telemedicine, and Social Medicine, held in Nice, France earlier this year. The study’s authors are Isabelle Vedel of the McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Muriel Mignerat of the Telfer School, and Anshuman Saksena and Liette Lapointe of McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management. The award was given by the Board of the International Academy, Research, and Industry Association (IARIA).
This systematic review examined the different telecare interventions implemented, the technologies used, as well as their associated outcomes. The results will be used to tailor policies with regards to the use of telecare interventions and the technologies implemented to care for patients with diabetes.
The full article is available online.
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On June 1, 2013 Brian Conheady was awarded 2nd Place in the Howard Teall Innovation in Accounting Education Award Competition by the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) at its Annual Conference. Brian's submission focused on three interactive web based learning activities that he developed to assist students and instructors dealing with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) mixed attribute measurement model. The learning activities are hosted on a dedicated server at the Telfer School of Management.
Brian presented these award-winning learning activities to the Learning Strategies Exchange session at the conference.
Brian was also awarded 2nd place in this competition in 2008.
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Professor Walid Ben Amar received an Emerald Literati award for research published in the International Journal of Managerial Finance. The paper investigated the link between ownership structure, earnings management preceding a merger and acquisition and the acquiring firm’s subsequent long-term market performance. It was named as one of three “highly commended” papers published in 2012. The study was co-authored with Claude Francoeur and Philémon Rakoto, Department of Accounting Studies, HEC Montréal.
The team took a closer look at dominant shareholders’ motivations to manage earnings in stock-financed M&A. From the abstract: “Large shareholders have strong incentives to manage earnings upward prior to stock-financed transactions to limit the dilution of their controlling position. Regulators can play an important role in preventing dominant shareholders from engaging in opportunistic earnings management in stock-financed M&A.”
Read more about Professor Ben Amar or about the study online.
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Professor Jonathan Linton was a panellist at the Mitacs Policy Forum 2013 held May 28 in Ottawa on how to effectively translate R&D into business innovation. The theme of the panel was the role of the academic community in producing skilled R&D managers. More information is available online.
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Mayor Jim Watson and Alta Vista Ward Councillor Peter Hume have honoured Gilles LeVasseur with the Mayor’s City Builder Award, recognizing his many philanthropic contributions to the City of Ottawa including the work he has done for Ontario’s francophone community through his writings and volunteer work.
Gilles LeVasseur grew up in Ottawa’s Alta Vista area, a community with a significant number of francophone residents. As a francophone himself, he recognized the importance of defending, maintaining, and ensuring the quality of French language within our city.
Through his various professional and volunteer endeavours, LeVasseur has accumulated an impressive list of accomplishments. As a lawyer and university professor of law, management and economics, LeVasseur is actively involved in files related to constitutional language rights in Canada. He is a member of both the Ontario and Quebec Bar Associations and has numerous university degrees. He is president of the Conseil de la coopération de l’Ontario and of the Regroupement des organismes du patrimoine franco-ontarien. He has published eight books, of which three directly address the situation of francophones in Ontario and Canada. For over 25 years, he has been an active member of key organizations working to promote the French language in Ontario and Canada. He received the Lieutenant-Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for his contributions to the preservation of Franco-Ontarian heritage and the Queen’s Jubilee medal for his contributions to the Canadian Francophonie. He was also awarded the Séraphin Marion award for his outstanding contribution to the development of francophones outside Quebec.
Through his passion and dedication, Gilles LeVasseur has been instrumental, not only for the recognition of French language rights locally, but for his role provincially in safeguarding our Franco-Ontarian heritage.
The Mayor’s City Builder Award is a civic honour created by Mayor Watson to recognize an individual, group or organization that has, through outstanding volunteerism or exemplary action, demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to making our city a better place today and for the future. This may include lifelong service, outstanding acts of kindness, inspiring charitable work, community building or other exemplary achievements. Individuals, groups or organizations may be nominated by members of City Council or the public.
Read the complete article on the Ottawa Citizen's website. [This link is no longer available]
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Professor Umar Ruhi of the Telfer School and Sabbir Ahmed, a graduate student in the M.Sc. E-Business Technologies Program have been awarded Mitacs Accelerate funding which they will use to study BI (business intelligence) mashups.
BI mashups help knowledge workers – i.e., analysts, developers, and project managers – respond better to unpredictable events which create a need for just-in-time data management. These tools are a new kind of web based applications providing self-service and real-time BI. They unify disparate data and services to respond more effectively to analytical needs at the level of the individual and the business. In addition, they complement traditional BI tools, which often have a poor utilisation rate. Many industry experts believe that BI mashups can help reverse that trend in part because they encourage the engagement of end-users.
The researchers will review the current landscape of BI and market-vendor interactions. They will also formulate a utility framework that can help organizations understand the business process requirements that can be satisfied through the use of BI mashups.
Professor Ruhi and Mr. Ahmed have been awarded $15,000 for their research investigation from the Mitacs Accelerate Program. The program provides applied research internship opportunities to graduate student researchers. Mitacs is providing one-half of the funding towards Mr. Ahmed’s internship, with the balance being contributed from the project’s industry partner IBM Canada Ltd.
To learn more, visit the IBM Centre for Business Analytics and Performance online.
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Gilles LeVasseur, part-time professor at the Telfer School, was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his contribution to the francophone community’s vitality in Ontario and in Canada and because of his commitment towards underprivileged groups including senior citizens, patients receiving palliative care and physically or mentally handicapped people.
Click here [This link is no longer available] to read more on Mr. LeVasseur’s contribution to the Franco-Ontarian society (available in French only).
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Sophia Leong recently joined key members of Canada’s business and enterprise sectors in Startup Canada’s leadership team as it prepares to launch its national strategy to support entrepreneurship in Canada.
Click here to read Startup Canada’s complete press release.
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Lavagnon Ika of the Telfer School has received a prestigious prize from the International Project Management Association (IPMA) recognizing his research program on the supervision, management and critical success factors of international development projects funded by the World Bank. Professor Ika’s work opens up promising opportunities for reciprocal contributions between the fields of project management and international development while laying the ground for new insights on best practices.
“Project practitioners in any industry can draw valuable lessons from other sectors and also learn a great deal from failure. All too frequently, projects fail because of mismanagement,” says Professor Ika, who taught project management for twelve years at the Université du Québec en Outaouais in Gatineau before joining the faculty at Telfer last August. “International development projects in particular can be instructive, given their complexity as multisectorial, social, technical, and political undertakings.”
IPMA presented Dr. Ika with a 2012 Young Researcher Award for his outstanding doctoral work and related scholarly output. Among his research contributions, Ika recently published “Critical success factors for World Bank projects: An empirical investigation,” in the International Journal of Project Management, and he is the guest editor of a special issue at the Journal of African Business entitled: “Why do projects fail in Africa?”
Professor Ika received his award, presented his findings, and contributed to a panel of award winners on the practice insights emerging from the research at the 26th IPMA World Congress, October 29-31 on the Greek island of Crete.
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Prof. Rhaman keeps his entire class fully engaged by fostering a true discussion of ideas and by injecting a good sense of humour. He is held in high esteem by all of his students as shown by his being named the best teacher by the MBA Student association for over 10 years. Dr. Rahman further develops his students’ appreciation of the subject matter he teaches by organizing a professional development day each year. This professional development day includes a series of lectures from Dr. Rahman and industry experts relating to economics and finance.
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In accordance with its “Linked with Leadership” statement, the Telfer School is welcoming five CEO in residence for the Fall 2012 semester. Each CEO is scheduled to share their experiences and interact with first year students.
Dan Moorcroft
CEO / Founder, QMR Consulting & Professional Staffing
Chairman of the Board, Ottawa Chamber of Commerce (2009)
Bernie Ashe
CEO, Kott group
Jean-Pierre Kingsley
Past President and CEO, The International Foundation for Electoral Systems
Jean Laurin
President and CEO, The Schinnerer Group
Pat McFadden
Principal, Quelmec Loss Adjusters
Click here, to see a list of CEO in residence from previous years.
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Mark Freel has recently been appointed as the Telfer School’s RBC Financial Group Professor in the Commercialization of Innovation for a 5-year period.
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Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced on June 25, 2012 the appointment of Bruce La Rochelle to the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal (CART).
“I am pleased Mr. La Rochelle has agreed to join the Tribunal,” said Minister Ritz. “Mr. La Rochelle’s knowledge of law, regulatory processes and business should serve him well in this position.”
CART is an independent, quasi-judicial body established by Parliament pursuant to section 4.1 of the Canada Agricultural Products Act. Its primary role is to provide independent oversight, through the exercise of its review jurisdiction, of federal agencies' use of administrative monetary penalties in relation to agriculture and agri-food.
CART reports to Parliament through the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food.
To learn more about CART, please visit http://cart-crac.gc.ca.
About Bruce La Rochelle
Mr. La Rochelle is a lawyer, presently practising in association with Langevin Morris Smith LLP, while also teaching part-time with the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa and a graduate in law (magna cum laude) from the University of Ottawa (1976).
Mr. La Rochelle is also a member of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and is a voting member of the JUNO Awards. Mr. La Rochelle currently lives in Ottawa.
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Professor Magda Donia and lead researcher Alexandra-Joëlle Panaccio of Concordia University’s John Molson School of Business will study servant leadership in diverse cultural contexts through a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC).
Servant leadership theory proposes that leaders who engage in altruistic or selfless behaviours help nurture positive employee behaviours, but little is known about the mechanisms that underlie that relationship. The researchers will therefore examine the mediating role of employee attitudes, and the moderating role of cultural context in the manifestations and impact of servant leadership behaviours. They will also look into how servant leadership may, over time, influence followers to themselves engage in organizational citizenship behaviours for altruistic motives.
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Monique F. Leroux has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Desjardins Group, the largest cooperative financial group in Canada, since 2008.
Prior to joining Desjardins in 2001, she held senior positions with Quebecor Inc., the large multimedia group, and the Royal Bank, as well as with the international accounting firm Ernst &
Young. She also holds positions on many national and international boards, including the European Association of Co-operative Banks and the International Confederation of Popular Banks, and serves as President of the Sherbrooke 2013 Canada Games executive committee.
She is a former president of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec. In 2010, Monique F. Leroux was named one of 25 Transformational Canadians by the Globe and Mail, CTV and La Presse.
She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate at the Telfer School's Convocation.
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Paul Hession (MBA 1982), Director general - Client Engagement at Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC), is know for his proven leadership in technology and innovation
His contribution went far beyond his professional role, he also helped his community through a plethora of acts of volunteerism in support of good causes.
to highlight his commitment, Paul Hession was awarded the Pierre de Blois Award of Excellence by APEX
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Dean François Julien and Doug Dempster, Executive Director of the Telfer Centre for Executive Leadership, are pleased to announce the appointment of Glen Orsak as the Director of Executive Programs.
The Centre for Executive Leadership is part of the Telfer School of Management and is focused on realizing the enormous potential of executive talent in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors in the National Capital Region and across the country. The Centre offers open enrolment and custom educational experiences for its clients and is the preferred partner in meeting the specific leadership development needs of organizations and individuals to achieve business and career success in the business world and in our communities. In his new role, Glen will be responsible for the Telfer programs that provide training and insight to executives and senior managers from across a diverse range of industry sectors. Glen is replacing Mr. Glen Bailey who is retiring after 5 years.
Glen Orsak is a business leader and executive-level advisor with over 20 years of experience as a management consultant and, more recently, as a leadership development coach. Previously, Glen practiced as a management consultant at Deloitte Consulting for 20 years, during which he spent 10 years as a Partner and practice leader. Glen specializes in professional services practice development, business innovation and strategy execution, strategic change and business improvement initiatives, business and technology strategy, and leadership and team development. Most recently, Glen has provided career and leadership development coaching and business consulting services from his own practice. He brings extensive general management experience, with a passion for strategic leadership, personal development and building high performance organizations.
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Sylvain Durocher has been awarded a $10,000 grant from CGA-Canada and the Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA) to research “Comprehensive Income Information: A User’s Perspective.” Dr. Durocher, Logan Katz Fellow and Associate Professor at the Telfer School, focuses his research on accounting standard-setting, studying it from different theoretical perspectives.
His new project, with Anne Fortin of the Department of Accounting at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), will examine the use of comprehensive income information by financial statement users. It will also assess whether the reporting format can have an impact on their judgments and decisions. To date there is limited empirical evidence about the actual use of OCI by financial statement users in their financial analyses.
The researchers will add to the debate on comprehensive income, enrich the literature comparing professional and nonprofessional investors, provide valuable data on the impact of the two current reporting formats on users’ judgments and decisions, and contribute new insights on the impact of actuarial gains and losses – an important OCI item – on users’ judgments and decisions.
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Micheál Kelly, former Dean of the Telfer School of Management (2000-2010), has been named as Dean at Wilfrid Laurier University’s School of Business & Economics. His mandate will start in July. We wish him the best of luck in his new endeavour.
The Wilfrid Laurier University News Release follows below.
April 30, 2012 - WATERLOO – Micheál Kelly, a professor of Strategic and International Management and former dean at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa, has been named the dean of the Laurier School of Business & Economics (SBE).
Kelly, who will join Laurier in July, is a respected academic who helped transform the Telfer School into a leading centre for management education and research. He is also a highly sought-after consultant in the technology sector, and has extensive experience in government.
"Attracting a dean of the calibre befitting Laurier's excellent School of Business & Economics was no mean feat,” said Deborah MacLatchy, vice-president: academic and provost. “Micheál Kelly’s broad experience – in government, as an advisor to businesses, and as an academic leader – makes him an ideal fit for Laurier."
Kelly will be taking over from Professor William Banks, who has served as acting dean since Feb. 1, 2011.
“We are very grateful to Bill for stepping up when needed and serving as dean on an interim basis while the search for a full-time candidate was conducted,” said MacLatchy.
Laurier’s commitment to providing an outstanding educational experience for its students is just one of the many reasons that attracted Kelly to SBE, he said. In addition, he is impressed by Laurier’s efforts to become a leader in education and research.
“Laurier’s SBE has a great reputation among Canadian business schools for the quality of its students, faculty, programs, research and alumni,” said Kelly. “All of the ingredients are there to build an institution of global significance and prominence.”
Kelly served as dean at Telfer from 2000 to 2010. Under his leadership the school earned three major international accreditations, known as the “Triple Crown”. The accreditations indicate that every aspect of a business school – from its activities and programs to its mission and corporate governance – has been thoroughly evaluated and meets the highest standards of excellence. It was also during this time that Telfer received the largest naming endowment ever for a Canadian business school.
Currently, Kelly is professor of Strategic and International Management at the Telfer School. His recent academic research focuses on the management of global innovation systems, research and development alliances, and the competitive strategies of technology-based firms. He advises technology companies around the world on foreign investment strategies, alliance management and financing international expansions.
Prior to joining the University of Ottawa in 1998, Kelly held senior positions with the Government of Canada in various departments including foreign affairs, international trade, industry, and science and technology.
Kelly has a Bachelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs and Economics from Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts; a Master of Science in Political Science-International Relations from the University of Ottawa; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science from Carleton University.
Professor McWatters asked to serve on the Board of Directors of French Institutes for Advanced Study
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Professor Cheryl McWatters was recently invited to serve on the Board of Directors of the French Institute for Advanced Studies (RFIEA [This link is no longer available]). This organization puts forward collaborative research initiatives in a context where academia is evolving faster than ever.
Through its four institutes (Collegium de Lyon, Marseille-IAS, Nantes-IAS, Paris-IAS), the organization comprises five research and higher learning centres, 22 universities and major public institutions of higher learning and over 1,000 researchers and lecturers.
This will be a new opportunity for Professor McWatters to get involved in international projects related to education. She definitely is fitted for the job with her multiple experiences teaching abroad and she will surely put forward her expertise in how businesses respond to changes in their environment.
The Telfer School wishes her continued success in this new endeavor and all forthcoming ones!
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Professor Caro was awarded the Carmen Poulin excellence award for his outstanding contribution to Co-op teaching within the University of Ottawa, more specifically at the Telfer School of Management.
Dr. Caro initiated the Management Information Systems and Accounting Co-op programs in the 1980’s, then launched all other Co-op programs at the Telfer School towards the end of the 1990’s.
More recently, he has been maintaining a strong relationship with Co-op teaching and continues to offer outstanding support to students. He takes great joy in sharing his students’ work experiences, personal growth and learning experiences. His passion and enthusiasm enable him to excel in his position as the Telfer Academic Co-op Coordinator and Full Professor.
Photo: Professor Denis Caro, Carmen Poulin and the Director of Co-op programs: Gaby St-Pierre
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Stephen Daze, the Founder of Agawa Entrepreneurship Development Corporation and the former Managing Director of Entrepreneurship and Talent activities at the Ottawa Centre for Regional Innovation, is joining the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa as an Entrepreneur in Residence.
Mr. Daze has been recognized for his volunteer work with organizations such as Junior Achievement, the University of Ottawa and the Chamber of Commerce. He is the past Chair of the Telfer School of Management’s Career Centre Advisory Board, the Ottawa Chair of the Manning Innovation Awards and was a long time Board Member with the Ottawa Chamber of Commerce (2006 - 2009). Stephen graduated from the University of Regina’s business school as well as Saint Francis Xavier’s Adult Education Certificate program.
“I’m excited to be working with the Telfer School to enhance their already strong brand by building capacity and coordinating support to student entrepreneurs who will then go on to have a positive impact on the economy in the National Capital Region” said Stephen Daze.
Stephen starting teaching entrepreneurship as a part-time professor at the Telfer School in 2001 and will continue to do so as part of his new mandate. He will also work on strategy and program planning to build entrepreneurship capacity and support, provide counsel to students and faculty on business planning and business start-up issues, and work with the community to bolster support for the school’s entrepreneurship activities.
“We have been engaged with Stephen Daze on a number of projects over the years and we are delighted that he joins us now as our Entrepreneur in Residence” said François Julien, Dean of the Telfer School of Management. “We look forward to working together to continue to develop entrepreneurship and innovation as a strategic area of development for the school.”
Stephen Daze replaces Bruce Firestone who had joined the Telfer School of Management in 2006 as its first Entrepreneur in Residence. With his mandate completed in 2012, Dr. Firestone will continue to act as an Entrepreneurship Ambassador for the Telfer School.
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Executives in Residence are successful professionals who either divide their time between their professional careers and their role at the Telfer School of Management or are on campus on a full time basis. The function of an Executive in Residence varies based on the individual, from teaching, and alumni relations to program management and speaking engagements.
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Following a dedicated 30 year career at the Telfer School of Management, Professor Swee Goh has decided to retire.