Above: MPP Michael Chan, MPP Indira Naidoo Harris, 91亚色 President Mamdouh Shoukri, Schulich School of Business Dean Dezs枚 J. Horv谩th at the Schulich campus in Hyderabad

91亚色 President and Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri was part of a group of government officials, business and postsecondary education leaders from the Province of Ontario participating in a trade mission to India, Jan. 31 to Feb. 5.

The trip saw delegates visit four major cities 鈥� New Delhi, Chandigarh, Hyderabad and Mumbai and provided opportunities for Shoukri to meet with government officials, industry and postsecondary education leaders and researchers.

Above: From left, 91亚色 honorary degree recipient, Ratan Tata with President Shoukri

The six-day mission, led by Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, was organized to attract new investment, grow the provincial economy and create jobs. This mission also overlapped with a ten-day City of Markham Business delegation to India, in which Sushanta Mitra, associate vice-president research, represented 91亚色. Also participating in outreach efforts in India were Schulich School of Business Dean听Dezs枚 J. Horv谩th 听and Ananya Mukherjee-Reed, dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies.

Highlights of the Markham Business mission were many, but most notable were tours of the University鈥檚 new Schulich School of Business campus in Hyderabad and a roundtable on global health in Mumbai.

Delegates tour the new Schulich School of Business campus in Hyderabad, India

鈥�91亚色 was proud to participate in this highly successful India mission, particularly given that India is a strategic partner for us. This was an important opportunity for us to build on our already strong relationships with Indian institutions, as well as with our local and provincial partners,鈥� said Shoukri. 鈥淥ne of the highlights of the trip was a global health roundtable hosted by the City of Markham, Seneca College, and Markham Stouffville Hospital, which Professor Mitra and I participated in. We were also delighted to welcome Minister Michael Chan, Mayor Frank Scarpitti, Markham councilors and other delegates for a tour of our impressive new Schulich School of Business campus in Hyderabad.鈥�

Above: From left, City of Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti, 91亚色 President Mamdouh Shoukri and Schulich Dean Dezs枚 J. Horv谩th

The roundtable 鈥淭he Role of Educational Institutions as Partners in Global Health Equity鈥� focused on the global health challenges related to the increase in human migration between India and Canada. It brought together stakeholders from education, government and hospitals to discuss the challenges in global health. Specifically, the roundtable explored the role of educational institutions as partners and innovators in the health care and how this could enhance the global health care industry and provide meaningful solutions to address the needs of diverse populations, including cultural and spiritual preferences embedded in the care provided to the patients. The roundtable provided an interactive venue in which participants probed innovative solutions and training programs that could be of mutual benefit for both India and Canada in the health care sector.

Above: The participants in the global healthcare roundtable

In addition to Shoukri and Mitra, the roundtable included City of Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti, May Chang, executive vice-president of the Markham Stouffville Hospital, and David Agnew, president of Seneca College.

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This is the sixth year that the Schulich School of Business has been eligible to participate in the Financial Times ranking and the sixth straight year that the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program has been ranked number one in Canada.

鈥淲e鈥檙e pleased to have been rated the number one EMBA program in Canada for the sixth straight year by the Financial Times of London and among the top EMBA programs globally,鈥� said Schulich Dean Dezs枚 J. Horv谩th.听听

Dezs枚 J. Horv谩th

The Kellogg-Schulich EMBA program placed 27th globally in the 2012 Financial Times ranking, finishing ahead of the Stern School of Business at New 91亚色, Michigan, Columbia, Cornell and UCLA, and behind Kellogg and IMD. Among EMBA programs based in North America or involving North American schools, the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA ranked seventh overall. Among programs based outside of North American or involving schools outside North America, the Kellogg-Schulich EMBA placed 15th. And among consortia programs (EMBAs delivered by two or more schools), Schulich was 10th in the world. Among the top 10 consortia EMBAs, three belong to the Kellogg network of EMBA partner schools: Kellogg-Schulich, Kellogg-WHU Beisheim (based in Germany) and Kellogg-Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (which ranked number one in the world for the third straight year).

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Other Survey Highlights

The Kellogg-Schulich EMBA ranked among the top 20 in the world in the following categories:

• 15th in the world in the 鈥淩esearch鈥� category, which measures the number of articles published by the entire Faculty in leading academic and business practitioner journals.
• 17th in the world in the 鈥淚nternational Students鈥� category, which measures international diversity and experience in the classroom.
• 17th in the world in the 鈥淲ork Experience鈥� category, which measures the seniority and international experience of the EMBA program鈥檚 students.
• 17th in the world in the 鈥淚nternational Course Experience鈥� category, which measures the percentage of classroom teaching hours that are carried out in countries outside of the country where the program is located.

Monday's Financial Times survey marks the third straight ranking in which one of Schulich's MBA or EMBA programs has been rated number one in Canada. Earlier this month, Schulich's MBA program was ranked number one in Canada by The Economist magazine and 16th in the world; and in September, Schulich's MBA program was ranked number one in Canada by Corporate Knights magazine.

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Dean Dezs枚 Horv谩th, the Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management, James Gillies, dean emeritus, and Kelly Parke, an adjunct faculty member in Schulich鈥檚 MBA program who was previously honoured at a Royal Canadian Institute ceremony, were presented with medals by David Onley, lieutenant governor of Ontario, June 18 at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto.

Dezs枚 Horv谩th

Horvath and Gillies received the medal as members of the Order of Canada. The medals were created to mark the听60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the Throne.

James Gillies

Horv谩th was made a Companion of the Order of Canada in 2008. In 2004, he was named Dean of the Year by the Academy of International Business (AIB), the world鈥檚 leading association of scholars in the field of international business. The听AIB听award is given in recognition of outstanding leadership in various aspects of internationalization, including programs, research and curriculum development, and outreach.

Gillies, who was made a member of the Order of Canada in 1996, was dean of Schulich from 1965 to 1972. He is the author of Boardroom Renaissance: Power, Morality and Performance in the Modern Corporation (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1992) and editor of Success: Canadian Leaders Prepare for the Next Century (Key Porter Books, 1996). His interests lie in the areas of business and government relations, public policy, industrial strategy, governance of corporations and board of directors.

Kelly Parke

Parke and his colleagues at 91亚色鈥檚 Learning Technology Services, Bob McKenzie, assistant manager of media services, Robert Denault, a digital media support specialist, and David Gibson, digital media support specialist, were honoured for their work webcasting the Royal Canadian Institute鈥檚 lectures to make them more accessible to viewers around the world.

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In what Milevsky calls a 鈥渧ery different book than what I usually write,鈥� The 7 Most Important Equations for Your Retirement: The Fascinating People and Ideas Behind Planning Your Retirement Income () not only looks at financial equations, but those responsible for coming up with them.

The seven people profiled in this book are responsible for shaping modern retirement calculations. Although they are now all dead, having been born as early as 1170 and as late as 1915, they made it possible to calculate things like how long your retirement income will last and how much you can spend every year.

And, although it is a little different from the usual financial how-to guides Milevsky writes, this recently published book has already created some buzz.

calls Milevsky 鈥渁 rock star on the adviser lecture circuit,鈥� for his approach, making him, 鈥渙ne of the most important educators on retirement finance today.鈥澨�AdvisorOne published several excerpts from the book.

The 7 Most Important Equations for Your Retirement straddles different genres 鈥� financial mathematics, actuarial science, retirement planning听and biography, says Milevsky. But as 鈥渋t鈥檚 not really enjoyable to think about finances or to talk about them,鈥� he鈥檚 hoping this book will change that by spurring interest in the people who first developed the equations and calculations. 鈥淗opefully,听reading about the great scholars in this field听will get people thinking about their own financial听life.鈥� The financial part, they will 鈥渁bsorb almost by osmosis.鈥�

Who would know they鈥檙e learning about financial planning when they鈥檙e reading about a 鈥渃omet-chasing astronomer following his father鈥檚 suspicious death and a plot to kill the King of England?鈥�

That was Edmond Halley, the King of England鈥檚 personal astronomer, as well as a geophysicist, military engineer, physical geographer and surveyor. He catalogued stars and mapped the Earth鈥檚 magnetic fields. Halley's Comet was named after him. He was also publisher and editor of Sir Isaac Newton鈥檚 principles. Halley came up with an equation to figure out pension annuities in 17th century England, at a time when many听London residents had been promised lifetime pensions. No one knew how much money would be needed to fulfil the promise, and Halley's work provided the first formal model.

Moshe Milevsky. Photo by Finn O'Hara Photography

The goal is to get people talking, says Milevsky. 鈥淎t a basic level, this book is really about seven different conversations.鈥澨� Conversations people should be having when doing retirement income planning. They are important because most of those heading into retirement 鈥渁re not saving enough money to maintain their current standard of living,鈥� but also 鈥渕any are financially illiterate,鈥� he writes.

For instance, 鈥淵ou can鈥檛 have an intelligent financial plan about retirement income without a conversation about your legacy,鈥� he says. Life insurance becomes part of that discussion. That鈥檚 where Solomon S. Huebner comes in with his concept of human life value or human capital value 鈥� the present value of all the wages, salary and income a person will earn over their working life. He believed that human life value should be insured like property.

What will draw people in are the interesting people Milevsky brings to life as he shows that the retirement field as a science has solid foundations and an illustrious history. And although there are equations in the book, they are presented as art pieces at the beginning of each chapter.

Another of those people was Leonardo Fibonacci, who created present value analysis to calculate how long capital will last at a certain interest rate and given certain withdrawals. He devised this calculation in 13th century Pisa, Italy, well before calculators were invented.听His technique is听still taught to first-year听business school听students with only听slight modifications 800 years later, says Milevsky. So if you have $300,000 in savings for retirement 鈥� how long will it last?

Benjamin Gompertz achieved scientific immortality. An Englishman who wasn't allowed to attend university because he was Jewish, Gompertz developed the most famous mathematical model of human mortality, answering the question, "How long does the money have to last or how long will a person live?" He studied the odds of living until any given age听and came up with the Gompertz law of mortality.

Beyond the financial aspects, Milevsky is interested in fostering the adoption of these seven as heroes of the retirement field. 鈥淭here鈥檚 enormous literature on these people already, but they鈥檙e not widely known outside their own narrow听areas.

鈥淭hese are seven key figures in the history of ideas. Anyone who believes themselves an intellectual, or at the very least would like to retire someday, should know about these people,鈥� says Milevsky. 鈥淥ne thing is for certain. Every one of them is fascinating.鈥�

Milevsky has won two National Magazine Awards for his popular writing. He is also the author of Your Money Milestones (FT Press, 2010), Are You a Stock or a Bond? (FT Press, 2009) and The Calculus of Retirement Income (2006). He is a fellow of the Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences and executive director of its . He received a lifetime achievement award in 2009 from the Retirement Income Industry Association in the United States.

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That was the consensus of leading thinkers,听academics, engineers and students听who gathered at 91亚色's Keele campus on April 21 for "Envisioning the Renaissance Engineer", a day-long workshop to outline the academic promise听for the University's听expanded听School of Engineering.

鈥淭his shall be a school of unique and new design,鈥� said Janusz Kozinski, dean of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science & Engineering and host of the workshop. "Once completed," he said, "the听School of Engineering will have an enormous impact on the field of engineering in Canada and beyond.

Janusz Kozinski

鈥淗ow do we see engineering in the future?鈥� said 91亚色鈥檚 President & Vice-Chancellor Mamdouh Shoukri, in his welcoming remarks. 鈥淥ur vision is the creation of problem solvers who are broadly educated and socially responsible. We want to build a faculty that is inclusive in every respect.鈥�

Underpinning this vision for the听School of Engineering will be academic partnerships with Osgoode Hall Law School and the Schulich School of Business and 91亚色's other faculties.

For philanthropist Pierre Lassonde, chair of the Franco Nevada Corporation,听whose generous donation of听$25 million to 91亚色 has made听possible the expansion of the听engineering school,听attending the听event one day after celebrating his birthday, along with the anticipated听discussion of the听concept of the renaissance engineer,听were gifts听worthy of 65 candles.

In his welcome to the workshop participants,听Lassonde described his vision听for the engineer of the future. The renaissance engineer, he said,听must听be like Michelangelo, the Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, poet and engineer. Renaissance engineers would be听able to create their own masterpieces, dream and design innovative technical solutions to problems, be entrepreneurial in business and understand the romance of lifelong learning.

Pierre Lassonde

鈥淚t听is听a momentous time. I find myself looking forward and backward,鈥� he said. 鈥淥ur engineers, our graduates must be fully equipped, fully ready for any situation they encounter. Builders, creative people, developers of solutions 鈥� they must not be harnessed by the stiffness of earlier generations. In the future, new approaches, new fixes, flexible men and women are what will be required.鈥�

The workshop began听with a keynote address by Diane Freeman, an engineering consultant, Waterloo city councillor and the past president of the Professional Engineers of Ontario. The day continued with morning and afternoon听discussions.听Technical presentations on entrepreneurship and project-based learning听rounded out the day.

Diane Freeman

鈥淭he word 鈥榬enaissance鈥� speaks of revival and of rebirth,鈥澨鼺reeman said. 鈥淎ptly, it refers to seasons of transition and to change makers. This is what engineers are, not just automobile designers.鈥�

She spoke about the need for creative solutions听by engineers to solve deeply rooted problems.听Freeman called for engineers to become involved in public policy and stressed the need for collaboration between engineers, citizens and public policy makers.

Highlights of the day's panel discussions

The Future Engineers听Session that followed featured Marisa Sterling of the Professional Engineers of Ontario; Tom Lee, chief education officer, Quanser Inc.; and Sal Alajeck, global engineering team lead, Engineers Without Borders.

Sterling said three characteristics should be encouraged in the engineers of the future听鈥� flexibility, strategic thinking and entrepreneurial spirit. 鈥淓ngineers would need to continually evolve, adopt a strategic mindset and look for future gaps, opportunities and cycles.鈥�

In addition to current trends in engineering, Freeman highlighted that听there would be a need for new kinds of engineers in areas such as seismic engineering and entrepreneurial engineering.

Lee said that future engineers should be equipped to handle global challenges and听issues such as climate change and renewable energy.听He noted听that elementary students are making robots and engineering fundamentals are now being taught in听some听Ontario high schools,听something he said was听not being recognized by universities.

Alajeck suggested engineering programs consider the big picture, including听teaching engineers to be better communicators听and听offering interdisciplinary studies听in creative problem solving and听system thinking. "Can they be a loving engineer with the ability to transcend relationships and build communities? Can they change the givens? Would the approach to the renaissance engineer be additive or holistic?"听asked Alajeck. "Can 91亚色's School of Engineering challenge the existing framework of engineering education or go against the will of industry?"

From left, Sal Alajeck, Tom Lee and Marisa Sterling

The听afternoon Renaissance Engineer听Session featured听91亚色 natural science Professors Richard Jarrell and Edward Jones-Imhotep speaking about trends听that they think听would affect the renaissance engineer.听

Jarrell said he was worried about the text听and e-mail听heavy world听of non-present communications, which听he called socially bleak.

"We need to be citizens first. Citizens have adaptability and are present in the world. They are taught to move about and seek a broader education," he said."Flexibility, adaptability and听broad-based education are important. There is a need to be nimble听and move into a variety of careers because the broader the education, the more useful the engineer, and the听better the citizen, the better the communicator and the more visionary the human being."

"Renaissance has an element of rebirth, but also of听recovering what has been lost," said Jones-Imhotep. He cited听Galileo Galilei听and other renaissance scientists of the 1600s. Many,听he noted,听were in essence听"renaissance engineers". They were also musicians and they听actively explored听and embraced other domains, including听art,听music and languages.

Following the discussion, engineering Professor John Orr of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, in Worcester, Mass., explored project-based learning.

Orr's presentation was听followed by a panel discussion featuring听Troy d'Ambrosio, director of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Center at the University of Utah, and Gabriel Chan of the peer-to-peer learning platform NoteWagon.

Troy d'Ambrosio

They discussed how entrepreneurial engineers听develop听solutions to everyday problems. Both d'Ambrosio and Chan highlighted the听importance of universities in听encouraging and incubating business and engineering start ups. They highlighted that听business planning is a fundamental and integral skill for renaissance engineers. d'Ambrosio described the听experience of the University of Utah and its engineering school's effort to marry business with engineering, which resulted in creation of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Center at the University of Utah.

The day ended with a thoughtful听observation听from Lassonde. "Aspire to inspire, before you expire."

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Director of executive programs at the Schulich Executive Education Centre, Middleton has been praised as one of Canada鈥檚 most respected and influential thought-leaders in the field of marketing communications.

"I was totally surprised and delighted with the news of this award 鈥� especially as it means joining such luminaries as John Cassaday, Sunni Boot, Claude Lessard and Frank Palmer," said Middleton. "Hopefully, this signals not only my personal efforts, but the efforts of all those engaged in progressing the discipline of marketing."

Alan Middleton

Middleton's career spans the client side, including international oil and gas sector, agencies, such as J. Walter Thompson in England, Canada and Japan, and academia. He is co-author of Advertising Works II and Ikonica 鈥� A Fieldguide to Canada鈥檚 Brandscape, and he has authored better-practices reports for the ACA on payment-by-results, client-agency relationships and marketing dashboards.

"Alan Middleton personifies the exceptional qualities that constitute the ACA Gold Medal Award. At every level of endeavor, he has served the marketing communications industry with passion, commitment and distinction," said Ron Lund, president and CEO of the ACA. "As an educator, Alan has mentored a generation of successful Canadian marketers and advertising practitioners. As an author, he has been hugely influential in elevating our practice of effective advertising. And as a marketing authority, he has long been the media鈥檚 go-to source of expert commentary."

Middleton sits on the board of ABC Life Literacy Canada, is an Honorary Trustee of the Royal Ontario Museum, co-founder of the annual CASSIES Awards and an inductee into the Canadian Marketing Hall of Legends.

First presented in 1941, the ACA Gold Medal Award will be presented at this year's Marketing Awards gala June 8 at The Carlu in Toronto.

About the ACA Gold Medal Award

• It is open to all individuals in activities that have an impact on marketing communications in Canada (client marketers, agencies, media, researchers, academics, associations, etc.)
• Awarded for a single achievement, or for accomplishments over time
• Awarded to a candidate whose contribution represents a measurable, distinctive advancement in the practice of marketing communications in Canada

Since its inception, the ACA Gold Medal Award has been presented to a distinguished vanguard of industry leaders and visionaries. A full list of past honorees is posted on the 's website.

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The gala dinner will take place Thursday, April 26, from 6 to 9:30pm, at the MaRS Discovery District, 101 College Street, Toronto. Gala tickets cost $250.

Twenty-five scientists will host a table, including three from 91亚色. They are physics Professor Scott Menary, Professor Marshall McCall, chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and Professor Brenda Zimmerman, director of health industry management at the Schulich School of Business. In addition, 91亚色 honorary degree recipient Calvin Stiller will also host a table.

Guests have the opportunity to choose which table they wish to be seated at, as long as it鈥檚 not already sold out. Each scientist will provide a brief overview of their subject and/or current work and guests are then free to ask any questions or suggest topics they would like the host to discuss. Scientists are chosen from various disciplines from academic institutions and other sectors across southern Ontario.

Scott Menary

Menary鈥檚 present main research thrust is the ALPHA experiment at the antiproton decelerator at CERN, the European Centre for Particle Physics located in Geneva, Switzerland.听ALPHA aims to produce, "trap", and spectrally analyze a sample of antihydrogen atoms. Comparison of the properties of antihydrogen to those of hydrogen, the most precisely understood system that exists, promises to be a stringent test of our present description of the interactions of the fundamental objects in our universe.

Before coming to 91亚色, Menary was a scientific associate of CERN, a research associate with the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a staff scientist with the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) located near Chicago.听He has performed research at CERN (specifically at LEP 鈥� the Large Electron Positron collider), Fermilab where he helped design a neutrino beam, as well as HERA, the large electron-proton collider at the DESY laboratory in Hamburg, and the CLEO experiment at the CESR electron-positron collider located on the Cornell University campus.

Brenda Zimmerman

Zimmerman will discuss hospital-acquired infections, such as Clostridium difficile, which are typically antibiotic-resistant organisms and often nicknamed 鈥渟uperbugs鈥�, and whether or not a different approach can provide the solution.听Patients and staff in hospitals are at risk of becoming infected and of infecting others.听Positive deviance is a change-management approach that has been used in six Canadian hospitals to address this challenge.听The hallmark of positive deviance is locally created and implemented solutions in contrast to dictated guidelines or rules.听How can the lessons learned from these hospitals be used to broadly spread the ideas without destroying the very essence of the PD approach?

Zimmerman鈥榮 primary research applies complexity science to organizations, especially health-care organizations.听 She was a member of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences chronic disease expert panel, is a member of the Health Foundation鈥檚 Improvement Science Network (UK), advises the Canadian Public Health Agency and is the chair of Patient Safety and Quality Committee for Mount Sinai Hospital.

Marshall McCall

"How We Got Here: The Milky Way and Beyond" is the title of McCall鈥檚 discussion. He鈥檒l talk about our understanding of the Milky Way and how our place within it is inextricably tied to thinking about galaxies.听Our own bodies bear the imprint of galactic evolution.听 How did we get here mentally?听 How did we get here physically?听 How special are we?

McCall is an astronomer who has spent most of his research life studying the structure, evolution and formation of galaxies and galaxy aggregates.听He has spent two years observing southern skies at Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories in Australia.听His primary research adversary is interstellar dust, and he has spent a good deal of time uncovering what lies behind it, including two hitherto unknown galaxies in the backyard of the Milky Way.

Stiller will talk about the translation of university discoveries to world markets. As the role of universities is the pursuit of truth, their societal responsibility is to translate those findings where possible into goods and services that serve the community.听Canada has lagged behind in this translation of discoveries to the community and many programs are seeking ways to improve this performance.

Calvin Stiller

Stiller, who started his career in organ transplantation and immunology research, and leading the major transplant program in Canada, has been involved with promoting translation of research both locally and nationally. He was a co-founder of MaRS and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and led the formation of venture capital to fill the gap that exists in Canada in early translation.

Following the dinner, there will be a general question-and-answer period, at which time any of the participants are free to direct a question to any of the scientists present.

The RCI for the Advancement of Science is a not-for-profit organization founded in Toronto in 1849 by a small group of civil engineers, architects and surveyors, and听led by Sir Sandford Fleming (1827-1915) who established the concept of time zones.

For more information, visit the 听website or contact 91亚色 biology Professor Ron Pearlman, a member of the RCI council and the gala organizing committee,听at ronp@yorku.ca.

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The mission, led by听the Governor General of Canada听David Johnston, is the largest of its kind in Canadian history, with more than two dozen Canadian university presidents making stops in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Campinas and Brasilia. It is organized by the Association of Canadian Colleges & Universities (AUCC).

Canadian university presidents will be visiting Rio de Janeiro as part of their tour of Brazil

In the next five years, Brazil is expected to become the fifth-largest economy in the world; the delegates听will work听to establish partnerships that will address the research interests of both countries and foster long-term prosperity.

As part of the mission, 91亚色 will announce two undergraduate entrance scholarships for Brazilian students, along with a pair of scholarships to study English through the 91亚色 English Language Institute (YUELI).

Shoukri will also be a signatory on a Memorandum of Understanding between 91亚色, Simon Fraser University, Ryerson University, Concordia University and the State of S茫o Paulo research foundation, (FAPESP). The memorandum encourages collaboration between researchers at SFU, Concordia, 91亚色 and Ryerson and those working in public or private research or teaching institutions in the State of S茫o Paulo, Brazil.

鈥淚t is important that 91亚色 participate in this mission,鈥� Shoukri says. 鈥淥ur aim is that our students become 鈥榗itizens of the world鈥�, by increasing their knowledge and skills through globally connected, internationalized programs, research and campuses. This new era of partnership with Brazil is an extension of 91亚色鈥檚 leadership in international education, international research and collaboration with international institutions.鈥�

The Funda莽茫o Dom Cabral - Campus

91亚色鈥檚 Schulich School of Business will also sign a Memorandum of Understanding with Brazil鈥檚 Funda莽茫o Dom Cabral, a centre for executive development, for collaboration in research and teaching. The institutions will share knowledge around sustainability and responsible business, and jointly provide executive education training and development programs with Brazilian companies. Schulich will also establish the Brookfield Brazil Internship Program, an opportunity for up to four of the school鈥檚 MBA/IMBA students to participate in a structured work term in the Brazilian operations of a globally oriented Canadian-based firm.

In keeping with strengthening ties between Schulich and Brazilian institutions, Schulich Dean Dezs枚听Horv谩th will give a special address to the Federation of the Industries of Sao Paulo (FIESP), with introductory remarks provided by Shoukri.

Stephen Toope, chair of AUCC and president of The University of British Columbia, says the delegation aims to strengthen existing partnerships with Brazil and create new opportunities.

鈥淭his is the largest international mission of university presidents in Canadian history, which speaks to the importance of building connections with this emerging economic powerhouse,鈥� says Toope. 鈥淥ur focus is on establishing and strengthening partnerships in research and innovation. We will also enhance opportunities for student mobility between our countries, providing experiences that will better prepare students in both countries for the new knowledge-driven economy.鈥�

Canada鈥檚 universities, including 91亚色, will welcome an estimated 12,000 Brazilian students between 2012 and 2016, through the Canadian component of Brazil鈥檚 ambitious Science Without Borders scholarship program. Through these scholarships, more than 100,000 Brazilians will study, undertake internships and conduct research in selected countries around the world over a four-year period.

The Brazil mission is being led by听the Governor General of Canada听David Johnston. AUCC is the national voice of Canada鈥檚 universities, representing 95 Canadian public and private not-for-profit universities. For more information, click .

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Janusz A. Kozi艅ski, dean, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Dezs枚 J. Horv谩th, dean, Schulich School of Business, and Eileen Mercier cordially invite you to the annual Ernest C. Mercier Lecture in Entrepreneurial Science on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

This event, titled "Me, Myself and My Network: The Importance of Collaboration to Entrepreneurship in a Capital-Limited Environment", will be presented by Dr. Michael May. In this lecture, Dr. May will make the case that collaborative network building should be a key component of the entrepreneur鈥檚 toolkit, particularly for entrepreneurs focused on advancing technologies and creating companies from the earliest stages of academic discovery.
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Dr. Michael May is the CEO of the Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine, a Canadian not-for-profit dedicated to supporting the development of foundational technologies that accelerate the commercialization of stem cell and biomaterials-based technologies. He completed his PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Toronto in 1998 as an NSERC scholar, and was awarded the Martin Walmsley Fellowship for Technological Entrepreneurship in recognition of the commercialization of academic discoveries.
Me, Myself and My Network: The Importance of Collaboration to Entrepreneurship in a Capital-Limited Environment
Life Sciences Building, 91亚色

Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Reception: 5:30pm. Refreshments served.
Lecture: 6:30pm
Q&A: 7:30pm

Don't delay. Limited seating available.

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For more information about the event, please call 416-650-8107.

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Members of Team ACE from 91亚色's Schulich School of Business: from left, Arnold Lai, Karen Tran, Latursia Kathiraveluppillai and Shelley Li

The other three victorious team members were Arnold Lai, Shelley Li and Karen Tran. In second place, Team Tryhard 听from Conestoga College in Waterloo, won $2,500. In all,听 100 students competed from 16 Ontario universities and colleges. This year's competition was held at McMaster University in Hamilton.

During the competition, students were invited to put their management leadership skills to the test. The teams used ExperiencePoint, a computer-based, decision-driven simulation, where they were challenged to strategically advise a fictional company's senior management on a change management plan given limited resources of time and money. ExperiencePoint offers a range of award-winning web-based simulations that are used in top business schools and executive programs around the world.

This year, the teams were challenged to take on the role of a senior adviser to the fictional Global Tech Inc., a manufacturer of global positioning systems (GPS). Students were challenged to diagnose the business issues and using change management principles, plan and implement a solution.

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