November 25-26, 2009 -
Penelope Simons, law professor at the
University of Ottawa, will be speaking with the HBA students and discussing the Governance Gap:
Business and Human Rights in Conflict Zones with
a particular focus on Talisman Energy in the
Sudan.
November 21, 2009 -
Social Innovation Advance: The Social
Innovation Advance, hosted by the BSV centre and
Ivey Connects, will bring together 30 HBA, MBA
and EMBA students interested in cutting edge
research and best practices in social value
creation with
social innovation leaders from the
London-Middlesex community.
October 22-27, 2009 -
PhD Sustainability Academy: The PhD
Sustainability Academy brings together 15 top
PhD students researching sustainability with
world-class academic and senior business
leaders. The goal is to offer an experientially
rich environment to help nurture and advance PhD
students’ academic thinking and teaching
capabilities.
October 8th, 2009 -
The BSV Centre, in partnership with the
Environment and Sustainability Program at UWO,
hosted an
Interdisciplinary Luncheon focusing on
"Society's Impact on the Natural Ecosystem".
Speakers from across departments at UWO shared
their knowledge and research with the audience.
October 6th, 2009 -
Ivey Idea Forum focusing on Organizational
Resilience: Surviving and Thriving through
Crises, held at the ING Leadership Centre
in Toronto and hosted by Tima Bansal, and
Valerie Chort from Deloitte.
October 1st, 2009 - The Centre for
Building Sustainable Value organized a track on
Energy and Environment at a SSHRC sponsored
event at HEC Montreal on Oct 1, 2009 titled:
Advancing Canada’s Competitive Advantage.
The purpose of the event was to help inform
SSHRC’s policy on the Management, Business and
Finance strategic grants, and discuss the state
of the art in knowledge and practice. Thanks to
Guy Holburn for being one of the panellists and
Rod White for moderating a panel.
August 24th, 2009 - A UWO research
team including Ivey's Guy Holburn, was successful in their $24M CFI application for a new 3D wind dome. This is a significant win for the university, as this dome will be the first of its kind, and follow the leadership role set by UWO’s Boundary Wind Tunnel. Ivey’s portion of the money will be used to fund wind energy research.
