Faculty of
Fictional faculty profiles, leadership and academic expertise.
People
Meet the fictional scholars, teachers and academic leaders responsible for making the faculty sound considerably more organized than it is.
PhD, Management, Western University
Fraser researches organizational strategy, leadership language and why every transformation initiative eventually needs a steering committee. He spent a decade in public-sector consulting before returning to academia.
“Ideas are easy. Implementation is a process.”
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PhD, Economics, Queen’s University
Karim studies regional economics, labour markets and public finance. She has a particular interest in remote economies and the price elasticity of coffee near deadlines.
“Incentives matter, especially when nobody admits they do.”
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PhD, Public Policy, Carleton University
March researches administrative burden, program design and public trust. His students maintain that his flowcharts have flowcharts.
“Good policy should make sense before page 47.”
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PhD, Industrial Relations, University of Toronto
Avery studies organizational culture, employee voice and the performance-management systems people learn to route around.
“Culture eats strategy for breakfast and meetings for lunch.”
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PhD, Entrepreneurship, University of Glasgow
Doyle studies new ventures, rural entrepreneurship and technology adoption. He teaches students to test assumptions before printing hoodies.
“A business model is not a vibe.”
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PhD, Public Administration, University of Ottawa
Nadeau studies forms, approval processes and administrative burden. Her research group maintains a museum-quality collection of obsolete PDFs still required by current policy.
“Every process has an owner. Finding them is the research.”
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