Alexandra Pett has varied teaching experience in colleges and
universities from coast to coast in Canada, and recent expertise
in book production. An administrator at the level of associate
dean and department chair, she has leadership training and enjoys
working with business students.
Ann Rogers
Ann has been a copy editor at the China Daily in Beijing and
was deputy editor of Jane’s Intelligence Review and as a
freelance security analyst has written on North American,
Caribbean and North Asian security matters, security sector
reform, and transnational crime, especially illegal drugs and
small arms proliferation. She received her Ph.D. from Lancaster
University in 1983.
Bruce Rutley
Bio coming soon...
Carla Higgins
Carla has been working in the field of public relations for
18 years and is currently the Senior Manager, Communications
& Recognition for the Victoria Hospitals Foundation. Her
original degree was in Psychology, which has turned out to be a
fascinating complement to her passion for the communications
field. My work experience has taken me from communications
departments in a membership driven organization with the Victoria
Real Estate Board, to a provincial Crown Corporation with BC
Assessment, municipal politics with the City of Victoria and now
a healthcare fundraising organization with the Victoria Hospitals
Foundation. Each of these sectors — along with years of volunteer
work — has exposed her to the multitude of different
methodologies that all fall within the very broad field we know
as communications and public relations.
Daniel Reeve
Bio coming soon...
David Pearce
Bio coming soon...
Elsie Chan
Bio coming soon...
Erik Korolenko
Erik received his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the Russian
Academy of Sciences. His main research and teaching interests are
in applied mathematics, statistics and physics.
Isobel Pearsall
Isobel received her B.Sc. Hons in Pure and Applied Biology
from Oxford University, England, a M.Sc. from Dalhousie
University, Halifax, and a Ph.D. from the University of British
Columbia. Both her M.Sc. and Ph.D. were in the field of Insect
Ecology. Her main research interests are in the areas of insect
ecology, integrated pest management, and biodiversity
monitoring. Her research focuses on the utility of invertebrates,
particularly carabid beetles, as ecological indicators for
adaptive management of forest resources.
Jean Marcus
Jean has a broad and diverse background in ecology, with a
particular emphasis on marine biology. She has studied many
different marine realms, from deep sea hydrothermal vents off the
coast of BC, to coral reefs in the Philippines, and seagrass beds
in Portugal. Her areas of expertise are community ecology and
marine conservation, and for the past 3 years she has worked with
Project Seahorse, an international marine conservation
organization based in Vancouver.
John Roth
Bio coming soon...
John Hill
John was born and raised in Sheffield, England. He has a BA
in Combined Humanities from The University of Ulster and and an
MA and a PhD in English from Lancaster University. He has taught
at Lancaster University, The Foreign Affairs College in Beijing,
The University of Sts Kyril and Metodij in Skopje, Macedonia, and
at Malaspina University College in Nanaimo, as well as at
University Canada West. He spent five years as a journalist (2001
- 2006) writing for the London-based Jane's Information Group,
where he was the ChinaWatch editor for Jane's Intellgence Review.
As well as writing on China, he covered a wide range of stories
and travelled from Nepal to Barbados to Slovakia and Japan, among
other places. John also wrote some stories on Canadian Naval
issues after moving to Vancouver Island. He now teaches more or
less full-time and, as a recent (2005) immigrant to Canada, and
lives in Ladysmith, BC.
Kristine Votova
Bio coming soon...
Laura Funk
Bio coming soon...
Laurie Jackson
Laurie Jackson has more than 20 years experience in marketing
and communications and is the former Director of Public Affairs
of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Laurie Jackson
has also held the position of Director of Communications for the
Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations. Laurie once taught
at the University of Victoria’s School of Public Administration
and ran a resource management program in New Zealand for eight
years. She has a B.Sc, M.Ed (Admin), and a PhD in Geography
(Resource Management).
Marcelo Marchado
Marcelo is an expert in knowledge, technology, and innovation
management, experienced in hi-tech business (e.g., Sharp and
Xerox) in a wide variety of functions from business strategy to
project management, with an excellent record of leading and
executing innovation initiatives. Currently, Marcelo is an
associate consultant with Helix Commerce, a boutique consulting
firm specializing in innovation and growth. Academically, Marcelo
has a Ph.D. from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (JAIST), founded and first headed by Ikujiro Nonaka, a
world’s leading researcher on innovation. During his studies, he
focused on innovative Japanese companies such as Fuji-Xerox and
Canon. Marcelo is an active contributor to international
journals, books, and conferences. He has made major contributions
to the Journal of Knowledge Management, and recently received a
“mention of honor for the wealth” of his research, during the
World Congress on Intellectual Capital and Innovation at McMaster
University. Marcelo earned a Master’s Degree in Production
Engineering and Systems at the University of Santa Catarina in
Brazil. His thesis researched technological innovation and
business strategy of Brazilian manufacturers. He also has a
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering majoring on electronic
engineering and telecommunications.
Mark Muldoon
Bio coming soon...
Michael Lanthier
Bio coming soon...
Monika Nygaard
Bio coming soon...
Nevin Harper
Bio coming soon...
Patrick Dunae
Patrick enjoys Canadian history and hopes his enthusiasm for
it will be evident to students! He has taught Canadian history
at the University of Alberta, Vancouver Island University (in
Nanaimo, British Columbia) and the University of Victoria and at
University Canada West since 2006. Patrick is interested in
social history, especially the history of immigration and the
history of education and childhood in Canada. He is also
interested in the use of computers and historical research, and
has published several history-related CDs and created many
history-based web sites.
Paul MacRae
In his 40-year journalistic career, Paul MacRae has been an
editor, reporter, feature writer, editorial writer and/or
columnist for the Canadian Press, Toronto Star, Bangkok Post,
Globe and Mail, and Victoria Times Colonist. In 2002 he left his
job as an editorial writer, assistant editorial page editor and
weekly columnist at the Times Colonist to take an MA in English
at the University of Victoria. He now teaches media and
professional writing at the University of Victoria and University
Canada West.
Richard Little
Rich received his B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics from
the University of Western Ontario, his M.A. in Interdisciplinary
Studies (Mathematics, Computer Science and Linguistics) from the
University of Northern British Columbia, and is currently working
on his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Victoria.
His main research interests are in Abstract Algebra, Formal
Logic, Formal Grammar and Natural Language Processing.
Rolf Hopkinson
Rolf worked for 25 years as an Environmental Scientist in the
Alberta Oilsands and, prior to taking early retirement in 2006,
was Manager of Environmental Affairs with Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Since moving to Victoria in 2006 Rolf has been a project manager
with Levelton Consultants Ltd. Rolf Hopkinson has a B.Sc. (Hons)
degree in Geography from Memorial University of Newfoundland and
a M.Sc. in Geography specializing in Meteorology from the
University of Alberta.
Roswitha Marx
Rossi received degrees in biology and mathematics from
Germany, an M.Sc. from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,
and a Ph.D. from the University of Victoria. Her main research
interests are in the area of neurobiology, specifically the
development and evolution of nervous systems, neural circuitry
underlying behaviours, and comparative neurobiology. Her
research focuses on invertebrates, including coelenterates,
annelids, and crustaceans.
Sebastian Normandin
Sebastian Normandin has a background in the history of
science, medicine and technology and has a Ph.D. in the history
of medicine from McGill University. Sebastian has taught in a
number of different university settings and designed and taught
the University Canada West course entitled Major Scientific and
Technical Discoveries, which has been modified with the intent of
being an interactive on-line learning experience, complete with
dynamic evaluation methods.
Shawn Ireland
Bio coming soon...
Sid Tafler
Sid Tafler is a journalist, media consultant and educator. He
has edited books, magazine and journals and written
professionally for newspapers, magazines and Websites and
authored drama, memoir and fiction. Sid served as Editor of
Monday Magazine for six years, as a writer for major magazines in
Canada and the U.S., as a columnist for the Globe and Mail and a
commentator on CBC Radio. He is the author of Us and Them and has
edited and contributed to several other books. Sid holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in English and Sociology
from Concordia University. He has served as an instructor at the
University of Victoria, Camosun College, Mount Royal College and
the Western Academy of Photography. He has won numerous writing
awards, including a Western Magazine Award (2001) for an article
on the first peoples to arrive in North America; a Citation for
Outstanding Canadian Reporting from the Centre for Investigative
Journalism and two finalists at the National Magazine Awards.
Steven Brown
Bio coming soon...
Susan Cawley
Bio coming soon...
William Shannon
Bill graduated BA(Hons) in Geography from Liverpool
University back in 1965. He spent his first five years in the
commercial world in Market Research, before moving on to product
management and various other marketing and related roles for the
next twenty-five years. From 1996 until his retirement in 2002,
he was Corporate Affairs Director for a large enterprise with
interests in retailing, farming, and financial services. In that
capacity he reported to the CEO, heading up a range of functions
including Public Relations, Public Affairs (Government
Relations), Employee and Customer Communications. He had three
ambitions on his retirement: to get an MA, to become a City
Councillor, and to walk Hadrian’s Wall. He achieved the latter
two in 2003, the MA took another year. The MA was in Local and
Regional History, at Lancaster University, the dissertation
focusing on Enclosure in the Early Modern Period (1500-1700). He
has since gone on to research this in more depth - and is
currently three years into a part-time PhD, having just starting
writing-up the thesis “Enclosure and Improvement in the Early
Modern Period: Conclusions from the Lowland Wastes of
Lancashire”. He has had several articles published or accepted
for publication in peer-reviewed journals, on aspects of
cartographic history, which are unlikely to be of interest to
anybody apart from the author. He is membership secretary of the
quaintly named Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and
Archaeological Society, and is Treasurer of the Lancashire
Archaeological Society. He has been semi-active in local politics
since the 1980s, but could never afford the time to become a
Councillor until he retired. He is now Deputy Leader of the
ten-strong Liberal Democrat Group on Preston City Council, the
rest of the Council being split 24 Labour, 20 Conservative, 3
“others”. He is also a Director of a Social Housing Association
which operates 6500 houses in Preston, and is a Trustee of
several charities.
Bachelor of Commerce
Alexandra Pett
Alexandra Pett has varied teaching experience in colleges and
universities from coast to coast in Canada, and recent expertise
in book production. An administrator at the level of associate
dean and department chair, she has leadership training and enjoys
working with business students.
Ann Rogers
Ann has been a copy editor at the China Daily in Beijing and
was deputy editor of Jane’s Intelligence Review and as a
freelance security analyst has written on North American,
Caribbean and North Asian security matters, security sector
reform, and transnational crime, especially illegal drugs and
small arms proliferation. She received her Ph.D. from Lancaster
University in 1983.
Beth Page
In her career as an author, coach and consultant, Beth Page
is dedicated to reintroducing people to their greatness. Her
compassionate approach helps clients understand themselves better
and strengthen bottom line results through employee engagement.
As the author of Done Deal: Your Guide to Merger and Acquisition
Integration and is also a contributing expert author to Awakening
the Workplace. Beth has a Master of Science in Organization
Development from Pepperdine University, a Master of Science in
College Student Personnel from Western Illinois University, and
an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Carleton University,
Ottawa.
Betty Weber
Bio coming soon...
Bonita Russell
Dr. Bonita Russell holds faculty appointments at University
Canada West and Malaspina University College and is a Senior
Business Consultant with TRI –Technology Resource Inc. She has
public sector experience in government and education and private
sector experience in the insurance, mining, and environmental
consulting industries. Dr. Russell received her B.A. from
Carleton University, her M.Ed. from the University of Toronto,
her MBA from Laurier University, and her Ph.D. from Simon Fraser
University.
Brad Atchison
Brad Atchison started out as a Biologist, with an Honours
B.Sc. in Biological Sciences with Academic Distinction from Sir
George Williams University in Montrealand a M.Sc. in Zoology from
the Cancer Research Centre at UBC. His Masters thesis was The
Aging of Mammalian Cells in vitro. He specialized in embryology,
cell biology, molecular genetics, and environmental
carcinogenesis. He has taught at both Sir George Williams
University and Vanier College. During this time , he earned
teaching accreditation from McGill University, aimed at CEGEP
students. As a long-standing biologist with a keen interest in
sustainability, Brad designed, developed, and taught
post-secondary credit courses in "The Biological Revolution" and
"Environmental Biology: Man in the Environment" in Montreal in
the mid-1970s. Brad spent 28 years in business as both a
Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and an entrepreneur. He is
now completing an MBA from the Edinburgh Business
School/Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Brad is a Certified
Management Consultant (CMC) and the President of ATCHISON
McTAVISH Management Consultants Ltd., and has 30 years in
management consulting, particularly in planning facilitation,
management/organizational/operational reviews, and operational
troubleshooting. Brad has founded, owned/owns, and managed a
number of companies over his business career: an executive
development/training company, two management consulting firms, a
construction management company (including an interior design
division and mill work shop), and two outdoor adventure travel
and guiding/skills instruction businesses. He also has a number
of high level outdoor guiding accreditations, including Advanced
Wilderness First Aid, British Canoe Union 4-Star Certification in
Ocean Kayaking and National Coaching Certification in Whitewater
Kayaking, and guides when he has the time. Brad is a member/past
member of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of
British Columbia, Canadian Association of Management
Consultants/CMC-Canada, Vancouver Island Advanced Technology
Centre, B.C. Biotechnology Alliance, Project Management
Institute, Canadian Evaluation Society, Capital City Executive
Club, Victoria Gyro Club, and Greater Victoria Chamber of
Commerce.
Bruce Rutley
Bio coming soon...
Chris Jaeger
Bio coming soon...
Daniel Reeve
Bio coming soon...
David Pearce
Bio coming soon...
Elsie Chan
Bio coming soon...
Erik Korolenko
Erik received his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from the Russian
Academy of Sciences. His main research and teaching interests are
in applied mathematics, statistics and physics.
Isobel Pearsall
Isobel received her B.Sc. Hons in Pure and Applied Biology
from Oxford University, England, a M.Sc. from Dalhousie
University, Halifax, and a Ph.D. from the University of British
Columbia. Both her M.Sc. and Ph.D. were in the field of Insect
Ecology. Her main research interests are in the areas of insect
ecology, integrated pest management, and biodiversity
monitoring. Her research focuses on the utility of invertebrates,
particularly carabid beetles, as ecological indicators for
adaptive management of forest resources.
Jane Sterk
Jane has a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from the University
of Alberta. Her career includes time as a public school teacher,
as a psychologist with a large public health authority
specializing in team building and family counseling, and as an
entrepreneur. Her business experience includes 11 years co-owning
a small, profitable retail business that went from 2 to 60
employees during her involvement. In that organization, she
specialized in sales to corporate clients of business products,
service time and technical expertise. Jane ran for the Green
Party of Canada in 2004, the Green Party of BC in 2005, and won a
seat on Esquimalt municipal council in November 2005. Jane was
elected the leader of the B.C. Green Party in October 2007.
Jane’s business, public service and political background provides
a broad based perspective on the business environment and
business ethics, as well as a solid understanding of the dynamics
between private business and government.
Jean Marcus
Jean has a broad and diverse background in ecology, with a
particular emphasis on marine biology. She has studied many
different marine realms, from deep sea hydrothermal vents off the
coast of BC, to coral reefs in the Philippines, and seagrass beds
in Portugal. Her areas of expertise are community ecology and
marine conservation, and for the past 3 years she has worked with
Project Seahorse, an international marine conservation
organization based in Vancouver.
John Ryan
John’s business experience encompasses 30 years of senior
management with several well-known multi-national corporations.
His last assignment was as Director of International Operations
for Lenscraters USA. He spent four year as a senior tutor at the
Schulich School of Business where his emphasis was on teaching
Management Skills to first year MBA students. He also engaged in
senior administrative roles in the Faculty of Environmental
Studies. John received his BA from the University of Montreal,
and his Masters of Environmental Science from York University.
His main research interests are in the area of non-traditional
approaches to organizational change and organizational
transformation.
John Roth
Bio coming soon...
John Hill
John was born and raised in Sheffield, England. He has a BA
in Combined Humanities from The University of Ulster and and an
MA and a PhD in English from Lancaster University. He has taught
at Lancaster University, The Foreign Affairs College in Beijing,
The University of Sts Kyril and Metodij in Skopje, Macedonia, and
at Malaspina University College in Nanaimo, as well as at
University Canada West. He spent five years as a journalist (2001
- 2006) writing for the London-based Jane's Information Group,
where he was the ChinaWatch editor for Jane's Intellgence Review.
As well as writing on China, he covered a wide range of stories
and travelled from Nepal to Barbados to Slovakia and Japan, among
other places. John also wrote some stories on Canadian Naval
issues after moving to Vancouver Island. He now teaches more or
less full-time and, as a recent (2005) immigrant to Canada, and
lives in Ladysmith, BC.
Justin Williams
Bio coming soon...
Kathie Ross
Kathie Ross has extensive experience working for the
departments of both the federal and provincial governments as
well as gaining experience in industry and accounting public
practice. She has been involved in financial statement
preparation and audits for many years and has a wealth of
experience and knowledge to draw from. Kathie has spent the last
two decades teaching everything from typing to f international
tax auditing. She has is a CGA with an MBA and is currently
pursing a Master of Distance Education.
Ken Sekhon
Ken has a Baccalaureate of Science from the University of
British Columbia, a Master's in Engineering from the University
of Ottawa, Ontario, and a Master's in Business Administration
from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. Ken has held
various senior technical and management positions in the public
and private sector with such responsibilities as: the development
and software support of Canadian Airlines airline reservation
systems and the development and software support for packet
switching software for networks; managing high availability
operational systems; data resource management, systems
performance and capacity planning; and Information Systems
planning. In addition, he has been a member of the scientific
staff in the telecommunications industry (Bell-Northern
Research). He has served a number of years with the Canadian
Forces in a reserve capacity. He enjoys keeping up with
applications of Information Technology in the “real world”, and
likes to share and stimulate class discussions with that focus.
Ken has over fifteen years of teaching experience in various
Canadian post-secondary institutions. He has been responsible for
the development and delivery of Business Information Systems and
e-Business courses for applied degrees, and diploma programs.
Ken Blawatt
Bio coming soon...
Kristine Votova
Bio coming soon...
Laura Funk
Bio coming soon...
Laurie Jackson
Laurie Jackson has more than 20 years experience in marketing
and communications and is the former Director of Public Affairs
of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Laurie Jackson
has also held the position of Director of Communications for the
Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations. Laurie once taught
at the University of Victoria’s School of Public Administration
and ran a resource management program in New Zealand for eight
years. She has a B.Sc, M.Ed (Admin), and a PhD in Geography
(Resource Management).
Marcelo Marchado
Marcelo is an expert in knowledge, technology, and innovation
management, experienced in hi-tech business (e.g., Sharp and
Xerox) in a wide variety of functions from business strategy to
project management, with an excellent record of leading and
executing innovation initiatives. Currently, Marcelo is an
associate consultant with Helix Commerce, a boutique consulting
firm specializing in innovation and growth. Academically, Marcelo
has a Ph.D. from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (JAIST), founded and first headed by Ikujiro Nonaka, a
world’s leading researcher on innovation. During his studies, he
focused on innovative Japanese companies such as Fuji-Xerox and
Canon. Marcelo is an active contributor to international
journals, books, and conferences. He has made major contributions
to the Journal of Knowledge Management, and recently received a
“mention of honor for the wealth” of his research, during the
World Congress on Intellectual Capital and Innovation at McMaster
University. Marcelo earned a Master’s Degree in Production
Engineering and Systems at the University of Santa Catarina in
Brazil. His thesis researched technological innovation and
business strategy of Brazilian manufacturers. He also has a
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering majoring on electronic
engineering and telecommunications.
Mark Muldoon
Bio coming soon...
Michael Lanthier
Bio coming soon...
Michele Vicenti
Michele has 20-plus years of experience in the financial
sector. He has worked as a financial advisor in Canada for the
last 10 years and previously in Italy where he was born. Michele
also held management positions in the same industry. Michele is
an instructor in different International Universities teaching
the following courses: Quantitative Analysis, Economics,
Leadership, Research Methodology, Consulting Skills, and
Corporate Finance. He obtained several designations including the
Certified Investment Manager (CIM), Fellow of the Canadian
Securities Institute (FCSI), and he is an instructor with several
International Universities. He is enrolled in his Ph.D. studies
in Human Development Systems with Fielding University, Santa
Barbara, California, USA.
Michelle Clement
Michelle Clement has more than 15 years of marketing
experience in the service sectors of both business and
government. During her 13 years at Proctor & Gamble, Michelle
completed an MBA at the University of Victoria, specializing in
marketing. She has worked in the non-profit sector with clients
such as the Cohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) and
the Osteoporosis Society of Canada (OSC) and has been teaching
for more than seven years.
Milan Frankl
Milan earned his B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of
Belgrade, (former Yugoslavia), his MBA (Information Technology
Management) from Touro University International (Cypress, CA),
and his PhD from the University of Victoria (BC, Canada). He held
various technical, marketing, and management positions with IBM,
serving the finance industry. He later joined the Desjardins
Cooperative Credit Union Movement, with 1,500 branches and more
than five million members, taking over a major project of
integration of this institution (and all its federations) into
the Canadian Payment Association (CPA), ending as the Director of
Clearing Systems. While with Desjardins and through CIDA (the
Canadian International Development Agency), he spent some time in
Latin America, implementing a generalized financial
infrastructure project for the Latino-American Cooperative
Movement (COLAC) spanning 19 Latino-American countries. From
there he went to KPMG and thereafter to CGI, becoming a Director
of Consulting services and Partner. He has been an adjunct
professor at H.E.C. (the School of Business of Montreal
University) and an associate professor at the University of
Sherbrooke, where he developed and taught Computer Science and
Business Information Systems. After moving to Victoria in the
early ‘90s he became respectively CFO, President, and CEO of
several hi-tech businesses on Vancouver Island. He teaches
business, computer science, and health informatics courses at
University Canada West, University of Victoria, University of
Phoenix, and Camosun College. He has published several books and
course manuals on technology management.
Ming Wang
Bio coming soon...
Monika Nygaard
Bio coming soon...
Nevin Harper
Bio coming soon...
Patrick Dunae
Patrick enjoys Canadian history and hopes his enthusiasm for
it will be evident to students! He has taught Canadian history
at the University of Alberta, Vancouver Island University (in
Nanaimo, British Columbia) and the University of Victoria and at
University Canada West since 2006. Patrick is interested in
social history, especially the history of immigration and the
history of education and childhood in Canada. He is also
interested in the use of computers and historical research, and
has published several history-related CDs and created many
history-based web sites.
Paul MacRae
In his 40-year journalistic career, Paul MacRae has been an
editor, reporter, feature writer, editorial writer and/or
columnist for the Canadian Press, Toronto Star, Bangkok Post,
Globe and Mail, and Victoria Times Colonist. In 2002 he left his
job as an editorial writer, assistant editorial page editor and
weekly columnist at the Times Colonist to take an MA in English
at the University of Victoria. He now teaches media and
professional writing at the University of Victoria and University
Canada West.
Paul Rome
Bio coming soon...
Peter Kells
Dr. Peter Kells received is a Senior Associate at A.T.Malcolm
and Assoc. in Victoria, where he specializes in Labor- Management
Relations and Organizational Development. Prior to this he spent
25 years as a Professor of Business with Ontario's Colleges and
Universities. Previous business and professional experiences
include a Quality Control position in chemical industry and
operational management positions with the Canadian Armed Forces
as an Aircrew Officer. Dr. Kells has a M.Sc. from the University
of Calgary a PhD from York University (Toronto).
Richard Little
Rich received his B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics from
the University of Western Ontario, his M.A. in Interdisciplinary
Studies (Mathematics, Computer Science and Linguistics) from the
University of Northern British Columbia, and is currently working
on his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Victoria.
His main research interests are in Abstract Algebra, Formal
Logic, Formal Grammar and Natural Language Processing.
Rick Roskin
Rick Roskin was previously VP of Academic, and Acting Dean of
Business and Management at University Canada West. He is a former
Dean of Memorial University’s Faculty of Business Administration,
and past Director of the Management Programs Division at Royal
Roads University where he designed their MBA program. Rick has
worked as a researcher and consultant in North America, the UK,
New Zealand, and Australia. His focus has been on managerial
achievement through leadership. He is best known for his
executive development program call Mach One. He is a professor,
and member of the Board of Directors, at University Canada West.
He has been on various boards including the Seabright
Corporation, and the Centre for Management Development in Ottawa.
His BCom was completed at the University of British Columbia, his
M.B.A. at Queens University, and his PhD at the University of
Bradford in the UK.
Roger Charles
Roger has over 30 years experience in the international
sector ranging from being the Executive Assistant of the Chairman
of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and National Defence
in Ottawa to being a teacher in a village school in Africa. For
the past 15 years Roger has been heavily involved in the tourism
industry. He was the first Director General of the International
Student Travel Confederation, based in Copenhagen Denmark. More
recently he was the Deputy CEO and then CEO of the International
Youth Hostel Federation, based in London, UK. Roger Charles has a
BA in English from the University of British Columbia, an MA in
International Relations and a CBA from the University of Ottawa
and an MBA from Alliant University in the UK.
Rolf Hopkinson
Rolf worked for 25 years as an Environmental Scientist in the
Alberta Oilsands and, prior to taking early retirement in 2006,
was Manager of Environmental Affairs with Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Since moving to Victoria in 2006 Rolf has been a project manager
with Levelton Consultants Ltd. Rolf Hopkinson has a B.Sc. (Hons)
degree in Geography from Memorial University of Newfoundland and
a M.Sc. in Geography specializing in Meteorology from the
University of Alberta.
Roswitha Marx
Rossi received degrees in biology and mathematics from
Germany, an M.Sc. from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon,
and a Ph.D. from the University of Victoria. Her main research
interests are in the area of neurobiology, specifically the
development and evolution of nervous systems, neural circuitry
underlying behaviours, and comparative neurobiology. Her
research focuses on invertebrates, including coelenterates,
annelids, and crustaceans.
Sebastian Normandin
Sebastian Normandin has a background in the history of
science, medicine and technology and has a Ph.D. in the history
of medicine from McGill University. Sebastian has taught in a
number of different university settings and designed and taught
the University Canada West course entitled Major Scientific and
Technical Discoveries, which has been modified with the intent of
being an interactive on-line learning experience, complete with
dynamic evaluation methods.
Steven Brown
Bio coming soon...
Stew Churlish
Stew Churlish completed his BA in Economics at the University
of Victoria and went on to complete his CGA designation. His
personal commitment to llife log learning led him to complete his
MBA at Royal Roads University in 2002. Stew spent his career in
the public service. The first 24 years were sent in British
Columbia with half of that time spent as the Director of Finance
in several departments, primarily in the area of social services.
He rounded out his career with the Ministry of the Attorney
General and the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Public
Safety.
Susan Cawley
Bio coming soon...
Sydney Scott
Sydney received her B.Sc and MBA from the University of
Alberta, and her D.Ed in Leadership and Change from Fielding
Graduate University. Her main research interests are in how
adults continue to develop with the possibility of incorporating
many ways of knowing - a characteristic of wisdom. Sydney is a
Certified Professional Coach and her approach to learning
reflects this. Sydney has over 20 years of experience in
teaching and administration within the post secondary system both
in Alberta and in British Columbia. Most recently Sydney was the
Dean of Business for British Columbia’s Open University.
Terry Power
Dr. Power is a professor of strategic and international
studies at Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada. He
previously held appointments with a number of leading national
and international universities. Professor Power is a Wharton
Fellow in the Wharton School of Business, University of
Pennsylvania. In 2008 Power join the Oxford Round Table, Harris
Manchester College, Oxford University. He frequently undertakes
consulting assignments for the public and private sectors and has
been the keynote speaker at several National conferences. Power
is an associate of the Round Table Group, an expert services firm
headquartered in Washington D.C. The consulting group has been
named on Inc. Magazine's prestigious list of the fastest growing
U.S. private companies four times. As a columnist, Power is a
regular contributor to a number of business publications and is
frequently identified as an authoritative media source. His most
recent texts (2008), “International Business: A Canadian
Perspective”, and “Power’s Student Case Study Analysis and
Writers’ Handbook” both published by Thompson – Nelson have been
well received. Power has just released a business CD-ROM,
“Strategic Thinking Concepts. His next book and CD-ROM,
“Strategic Thinking Concepts”, will be released the spring of
2009, and his “Strategic Management: A Strategist Perspective”
text will be released in early 2010.
Touss Sepehr
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William Shannon
Bill graduated BA(Hons) in Geography from Liverpool
University back in 1965. He spent his first five years in the
commercial world in Market Research, before moving on to product
management and various other marketing and related roles for the
next twenty-five years. From 1996 until his retirement in 2002,
he was Corporate Affairs Director for a large enterprise with
interests in retailing, farming, and financial services. In that
capacity he reported to the CEO, heading up a range of functions
including Public Relations, Public Affairs (Government
Relations), Employee and Customer Communications. He had three
ambitions on his retirement: to get an MA, to become a City
Councillor, and to walk Hadrian’s Wall. He achieved the latter
two in 2003, the MA took another year. The MA was in Local and
Regional History, at Lancaster University, the dissertation
focusing on Enclosure in the Early Modern Period (1500-1700). He
has since gone on to research this in more depth - and is
currently three years into a part-time PhD, having just starting
writing-up the thesis “Enclosure and Improvement in the Early
Modern Period: Conclusions from the Lowland Wastes of
Lancashire”. He has had several articles published or accepted
for publication in peer-reviewed journals, on aspects of
cartographic history, which are unlikely to be of interest to
anybody apart from the author. He is membership secretary of the
quaintly named Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and
Archaeological Society, and is Treasurer of the Lancashire
Archaeological Society. He has been semi-active in local politics
since the 1980s, but could never afford the time to become a
Councillor until he retired. He is now Deputy Leader of the
ten-strong Liberal Democrat Group on Preston City Council, the
rest of the Council being split 24 Labour, 20 Conservative, 3
“others”. He is also a Director of a Social Housing Association
which operates 6500 houses in Preston, and is a Trustee of
several charities.
Master of Business Administration
Alan Pasemko
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Amarjit Gill
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Barry Stevenson
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Betty Weber
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Brad Atchison
Brad Atchison started out as a Biologist, with an Honours
B.Sc. in Biological Sciences with Academic Distinction from Sir
George Williams University in Montrealand a M.Sc. in Zoology from
the Cancer Research Centre at UBC. His Masters thesis was The
Aging of Mammalian Cells in vitro. He specialized in embryology,
cell biology, molecular genetics, and environmental
carcinogenesis. He has taught at both Sir George Williams
University and Vanier College. During this time , he earned
teaching accreditation from McGill University, aimed at CEGEP
students. As a long-standing biologist with a keen interest in
sustainability, Brad designed, developed, and taught
post-secondary credit courses in "The Biological Revolution" and
"Environmental Biology: Man in the Environment" in Montreal in
the mid-1970s. Brad spent 28 years in business as both a
Certified Management Consultant (CMC) and an entrepreneur. He is
now completing an MBA from the Edinburgh Business
School/Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Brad is a Certified
Management Consultant (CMC) and the President of ATCHISON
McTAVISH Management Consultants Ltd., and has 30 years in
management consulting, particularly in planning facilitation,
management/organizational/operational reviews, and operational
troubleshooting. Brad has founded, owned/owns, and managed a
number of companies over his business career: an executive
development/training company, two management consulting firms, a
construction management company (including an interior design
division and mill work shop), and two outdoor adventure travel
and guiding/skills instruction businesses. He also has a number
of high level outdoor guiding accreditations, including Advanced
Wilderness First Aid, British Canoe Union 4-Star Certification in
Ocean Kayaking and National Coaching Certification in Whitewater
Kayaking, and guides when he has the time. Brad is a member/past
member of the Institute of Certified Management Consultants of
British Columbia, Canadian Association of Management
Consultants/CMC-Canada, Vancouver Island Advanced Technology
Centre, B.C. Biotechnology Alliance, Project Management
Institute, Canadian Evaluation Society, Capital City Executive
Club, Victoria Gyro Club, and Greater Victoria Chamber of
Commerce.
Chris Jaeger
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Eli Sopow
Eli Sopow brings has nearly 40 years of experience analyzing,
researching and counselling organizations on their development,
leadership and management. He has served as an Associate Deputy
Minister with the British Columbia Premier's Office, as a Senior
Partner with an international consulting firm, and in his current
role as Director of Organization Development and Continuous
Improvement, Pacific Region, Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Previously, Eli served as Director of Research and Special
Advisor to the national Change Management Team. Throughout his
career he has conducted more than 100 employee, client and public
research studies, written three books on leadership and
management, and provided counsel to corporations in Indonesia,
South America, and throughout Canada. He has received one
international and three national awards for outstanding strategic
communications and issues management. Eli holds a PhD in Human
and Organizational Systems, masters degrees in both leadership
and in human development, and a Certificate in Peer Counselling.
Eli teaches both Change Management and Human Interfaces.
Gary Ford
Gary taught Organizational Behavior and Organization Theory
at the University of Alberta before taking a position as Program
Coordinator, Mental Health Division of the Edmonton Board of
Health. In that capacity, he worked with a team of consulting
psychologists providing counseling services to individuals,
couples and families, plus organizational consulting services to
health, education, and social service organizations in the city.
In 1983, along with Jane Sterk, Gary opened up a small business
that grew to employ over 160 people operating three CompuSmart
retail locations and Edmonton’s largest independent Internet
Service Provider. Gary sold his shares in the business in 2004
and joined University Canada West initially as an instructor and
is now the Dean of Business and Management. Gary obtained a B.Com
Degree and an MBA from the Faculty of Business at the University
of Alberta. He has a PhD in Educational Psychology in the Faculty
of Education at the University of Alberta
Jane Sterk
Jane has a Ph.D in Counseling Psychology from the University
of Alberta. Her career includes time as a public school teacher,
as a psychologist with a large public health authority
specializing in team building and family counseling, and as an
entrepreneur. Her business experience includes 11 years co-owning
a small, profitable retail business that went from 2 to 60
employees during her involvement. In that organization, she
specialized in sales to corporate clients of business products,
service time and technical expertise. Jane ran for the Green
Party of Canada in 2004, the Green Party of BC in 2005, and won a
seat on Esquimalt municipal council in November 2005. Jane was
elected the leader of the B.C. Green Party in October 2007.
Jane’s business, public service and political background provides
a broad based perspective on the business environment and
business ethics, as well as a solid understanding of the dynamics
between private business and government.
Kathie Ross
Kathie Ross has extensive experience working for the
departments of both the federal and provincial governments as
well as gaining experience in industry and accounting public
practice. She has been involved in financial statement
preparation and audits for many years and has a wealth of
experience and knowledge to draw from. Kathie has spent the last
two decades teaching everything from typing to f international
tax auditing. She has is a CGA with an MBA and is currently
pursing a Master of Distance Education.
Ken Sekhon
Ken has a Baccalaureate of Science from the University of
British Columbia, a Master's in Engineering from the University
of Ottawa, Ontario, and a Master's in Business Administration
from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. Ken has held
various senior technical and management positions in the public
and private sector with such responsibilities as: the development
and software support of Canadian Airlines airline reservation
systems and the development and software support for packet
switching software for networks; managing high availability
operational systems; data resource management, systems
performance and capacity planning; and Information Systems
planning. In addition, he has been a member of the scientific
staff in the telecommunications industry (Bell-Northern
Research). He has served a number of years with the Canadian
Forces in a reserve capacity. He enjoys keeping up with
applications of Information Technology in the “real world”, and
likes to share and stimulate class discussions with that focus.
Ken has over fifteen years of teaching experience in various
Canadian post-secondary institutions. He has been responsible for
the development and delivery of Business Information Systems and
e-Business courses for applied degrees, and diploma programs.
Laurie Jackson
Laurie Jackson has more than 20 years experience in marketing
and communications and is the former Director of Public Affairs
of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Laurie Jackson
has also held the position of Director of Communications for the
Ministry of Finance and Corporate Relations. Laurie once taught
at the University of Victoria’s School of Public Administration
and ran a resource management program in New Zealand for eight
years. She has a B.Sc, M.Ed (Admin), and a PhD in Geography
(Resource Management).
Lise Murphy
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Marcelo Marchado
Marcelo is an expert in knowledge, technology, and innovation
management, experienced in hi-tech business (e.g., Sharp and
Xerox) in a wide variety of functions from business strategy to
project management, with an excellent record of leading and
executing innovation initiatives. Currently, Marcelo is an
associate consultant with Helix Commerce, a boutique consulting
firm specializing in innovation and growth. Academically, Marcelo
has a Ph.D. from the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and
Technology (JAIST), founded and first headed by Ikujiro Nonaka, a
world’s leading researcher on innovation. During his studies, he
focused on innovative Japanese companies such as Fuji-Xerox and
Canon. Marcelo is an active contributor to international
journals, books, and conferences. He has made major contributions
to the Journal of Knowledge Management, and recently received a
“mention of honor for the wealth” of his research, during the
World Congress on Intellectual Capital and Innovation at McMaster
University. Marcelo earned a Master’s Degree in Production
Engineering and Systems at the University of Santa Catarina in
Brazil. His thesis researched technological innovation and
business strategy of Brazilian manufacturers. He also has a
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering majoring on electronic
engineering and telecommunications.
Mary Leung
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Michele Vicenti
Michele has 20-plus years of experience in the financial
sector. He has worked as a financial advisor in Canada for the
last 10 years and previously in Italy where he was born. Michele
also held management positions in the same industry. Michele is
an instructor in different International Universities teaching
the following courses: Quantitative Analysis, Economics,
Leadership, Research Methodology, Consulting Skills, and
Corporate Finance. He obtained several designations including the
Certified Investment Manager (CIM), Fellow of the Canadian
Securities Institute (FCSI), and he is an instructor with several
International Universities. He is enrolled in his Ph.D. studies
in Human Development Systems with Fielding University, Santa
Barbara, California, USA.
Milan Frankl
Milan earned his B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of
Belgrade, (former Yugoslavia), his MBA (Information Technology
Management) from Touro University International (Cypress, CA),
and his PhD from the University of Victoria (BC, Canada). He held
various technical, marketing, and management positions with IBM,
serving the finance industry. He later joined the Desjardins
Cooperative Credit Union Movement, with 1,500 branches and more
than five million members, taking over a major project of
integration of this institution (and all its federations) into
the Canadian Payment Association (CPA), ending as the Director of
Clearing Systems. While with Desjardins and through CIDA (the
Canadian International Development Agency), he spent some time in
Latin America, implementing a generalized financial
infrastructure project for the Latino-American Cooperative
Movement (COLAC) spanning 19 Latino-American countries. From
there he went to KPMG and thereafter to CGI, becoming a Director
of Consulting services and Partner. He has been an adjunct
professor at H.E.C. (the School of Business of Montreal
University) and an associate professor at the University of
Sherbrooke, where he developed and taught Computer Science and
Business Information Systems. After moving to Victoria in the
early ‘90s he became respectively CFO, President, and CEO of
several hi-tech businesses on Vancouver Island. He teaches
business, computer science, and health informatics courses at
University Canada West, University of Victoria, University of
Phoenix, and Camosun College. He has published several books and
course manuals on technology management.
Ming Wang
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Murray Anderson
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Paul Mohapel
Paul Mohapel is a former medical researcher who has many
years of education and private consultation experience. Paul
facilitate courses, lectures and workshops in the areas of
leadership, organizational culture, emotional intelligence,
talent management and interpersonal communication and has
published more than thirty peer-reviewed academic articles and
four book chapters. Raised and educated in Ottawa, Paul completed
his Ph.D. in Victoria and spent nearly six years in Sweden doing
medical research.
Paul Rome
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Peter Kells
Dr. Peter Kells received is a Senior Associate at A.T.Malcolm
and Assoc. in Victoria, where he specializes in Labor- Management
Relations and Organizational Development. Prior to this he spent
25 years as a Professor of Business with Ontario's Colleges and
Universities. Previous business and professional experiences
include a Quality Control position in chemical industry and
operational management positions with the Canadian Armed Forces
as an Aircrew Officer. Dr. Kells has a M.Sc. from the University
of Calgary a PhD from York University (Toronto).
Richard Little
Rich received his B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics from
the University of Western Ontario, his M.A. in Interdisciplinary
Studies (Mathematics, Computer Science and Linguistics) from the
University of Northern British Columbia, and is currently working
on his Ph.D. in Computer Science at the University of Victoria.
His main research interests are in Abstract Algebra, Formal
Logic, Formal Grammar and Natural Language Processing.
Rick Roskin
Rick Roskin was previously VP of Academic, and Acting Dean of
Business and Management at University Canada West. He is a former
Dean of Memorial University’s Faculty of Business Administration,
and past Director of the Management Programs Division at Royal
Roads University where he designed their MBA program. Rick has
worked as a researcher and consultant in North America, the UK,
New Zealand, and Australia. His focus has been on managerial
achievement through leadership. He is best known for his
executive development program call Mach One. He is a professor,
and member of the Board of Directors, at University Canada West.
He has been on various boards including the Seabright
Corporation, and the Centre for Management Development in Ottawa.
His BCom was completed at the University of British Columbia, his
M.B.A. at Queens University, and his PhD at the University of
Bradford in the UK.
Simon Goland
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Stew Churlish
Stew Churlish completed his BA in Economics at the University
of Victoria and went on to complete his CGA designation. His
personal commitment to llife log learning led him to complete his
MBA at Royal Roads University in 2002. Stew spent his career in
the public service. The first 24 years were sent in British
Columbia with half of that time spent as the Director of Finance
in several departments, primarily in the area of social services.
He rounded out his career with the Ministry of the Attorney
General and the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Public
Safety.
Sydney Scott
Sydney received her B.Sc and MBA from the University of
Alberta, and her D.Ed in Leadership and Change from Fielding
Graduate University. Her main research interests are in how
adults continue to develop with the possibility of incorporating
many ways of knowing - a characteristic of wisdom. Sydney is a
Certified Professional Coach and her approach to learning
reflects this. Sydney has over 20 years of experience in
teaching and administration within the post secondary system both
in Alberta and in British Columbia. Most recently Sydney was the
Dean of Business for British Columbia’s Open University.