AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Ivey students, staff and faculty have been acknowledged for their outreach activities in several ways

• Congratulations to Tima Bansal; Fei Zhu (PhD Candidate) & Rongdong Chen (PhD Candidate); and Rob Mitchell & Fei Zhu(PhD Candidate), for winning the Best Paper Awards in their respective divisions at the recent Academy of Management Conference, held in San Antonio, Texas!

• Branzei, O., Luginaah, I., Sharp, D., Babenko-Mould, Y., From poverty to resilience: Models of women-led community-based microenterprise. - Awarded $256,820 by The Association of University & Colleges Canada.

• The following faculty members were awarded SSHRC's standard research grants for their research achievements on the sustainability front:

  Fremeth, A., Holburn, G., “Regulatory Externalities and Corporate Environmental Performance” - Awarded: $68,100

  Johnson, A., Cotte, J.S., “The Paradox of Ethical Consumption: How Consumerism Reduces Pro-Social Behavior Both Within and Beyond Consumer Contexts” - Awarded: $69,735

  Klassen, R., Vachon, S., Schneider, T.E., “Building Credibility into Sustainable Supply Chains” - Awarded: $70,964

  Slawinski, N., Bansal, P., Organizational Time Orientation and Environmental Performance - Awarded: $65,958 

• The BSV Centre would like to announce three Fellows of the Centre for 2010/11: Oana Branzei, Allison Johnson, and Fredrik Odegaard. They will be awarded $2500 each to support their academic pursuits. Each has contributed substantially to raise the profile of the school: Oana Branzei for the PhD Sustainability Academy and Bootcamps; Allison Johnson for the Business Sustainability Awards with SAP, and Fredrik Odegaard for his support of Ivey Connects.

• Rob Klassen has been awarded the prestigious D. Wickham Skinner Teaching Achievement Award in 2009 for his teaching contributions to Sustainable Business Practices. The award announcement indicated that Rob is “a role model for the POM teaching community”.

• Robert Klassen received the 2008 Page Prize for Environmental Sustainability Curriculum. The award acknowledges efforts to introduce or upgrade environmental sustainability courses and course work into the curriculum at business schools. Specifically, his course "Managing for Sustainability Development" won in the International category.

• Tima Bansal was named 2008 Faculty Pioneer for Academic Leadership by Aspen Institute.  The award recognizes MBA faculty who have demonstrated leadership and risk-taking in integrating social and environment issues into academic research, education and practice.
• Canadian Blood Services, October 23, 2006. During its seventh annual national “Honouring our LifeBlood” event in Ottawa, the Richard Ivey School of Business was recognized as an outstanding corporate partner. The school has supported Canadian Blood services through its internship programs, consulting projects, and its blood donor clinics.
• World Resources Institute and Aspen Institute, Beyond Grey Pinstripes, 2005. Based on their biennial survey of MBA programs worldwide, these two institutes ranks the MBA programs that lead the way in integrating issues of social and environmental stewardship into business school curricula and research. The Richard Ivey School of Business ranked 14th in this survey.
• World Resources Institute and Aspen Institute, Faculty Pioneer, 2005. Professor Tima Bansal was a finalist for this award, which recognizes faculty that are leaders in integrating social and environmental issues into their research and teaching both on as well as off campus.