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The University of prides itself on the excellence of its teaching— Master in Management (MiM) and the Faculty of Business and Economics is no exception. The Faculty PROGRAMS Graduate Programs The MiM degree has a unique format, designed to enable individuals offers a range of undergraduate programs in the Department of Business to pursue a graduate degree while continuing to work on a full-time & Administration and the Department of Economics, as well as two basis. It combines intensive, two-week courses in August with online distinctive graduate programs. courses offered during the Fall, Winter and Spring terms. The curriculum focuses on the management of technology, innovation, and operations.

Business & Administration Economics MA in Environmental, Resource and Development Economics (ERDE)

BBA three-year degree BA three-year degree Our 2017-18 ERDE class was smaller than usual but the students There were two additions to our BBA four-year degree BA four-year degree performed very well academically. Two of the six students won academic programs this year with concentrations in: BA Honours prestigious scholarships: Joy Frederick ( Graduate Scholarship, in the Department of Business $15,000) and Eashita Dabas (Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee › Accounting & Administration: Economics and Finance Scholarship, $25,000). Eashita also presented two papers at the › Human Resource BBA EFin International Economic Modelling (EcoMod18) conference, ›The Master in Management Management and BA EFin hosted by the Department of Economics, Ca’ Foscari at the University (MiM) program was launched Organizational Behaviour of Venice. Another student, Chukwudi Ezeani, was awarded the top in August 2017 with an › International Business prize in the graduate category for his paper “ The Effect of Deregulation initial intake of 13 students. › Co-operative Enterprises on Price per Kilowatt Hour (kwh) of Electricity in the United States” › Marketing ›The four-year concentration in the 2018 Progressive Economics Forum (PEF) essay contest. in the Management of Chukwudi was accepted to the University Scholars Leadership Co-operative Enterprises Symposium at the United Nations in Bangkok, Thailand. was added to complement All six have secured employment or enrolled in further study the work of the Chair in upon graduation. Co-operative Enterprises

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The Faculty accounts for roughly 16% of majors in the University and 1. BUSINESS & ADMIN—1,159 2. ECONOMICS—62 10% of course registrations. The difference re ects our emphasis on Declared Majors Course Registrations › Bachelor of Arts › Bachelor of Arts teaching business and economics in a liberal arts setting, such that › Bachelor of Arts (4 Year) › Bachelor of Arts (4 Year) 2017–2018 students are required to take many of their courses in the Faculty of Arts. › Bachelor of Business & Admin › Bachelor of Arts Honours 1

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3 BUSINESS ECONOMICS

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3. ECONOMICS & FINANCE—89 4. JOINT PROGRAM WITH RRC—72

› Bachelor of Arts (4 Year) › Bachelor of Business & › Bachelor of Business & Administration Administration (4 Year) › Bachelor of Business & 1582 1405 1695 Administration (4 Year) 1605 1771 1520

4-Yr BBA by Concentration 4768 4856 4856 4219 4451 4472

81 243 241 71 44 116 2

EFIN ACCOUNTING GENERAL HR INTL BUS. MARKETING CO-OP 2012 / 2013 2013 / 2014 2014 / 2015 2015 / 2016 2016 / 2017 2017 / 2018

1,379 +46% 63% 16% COURSE 3,121.5 +8% 10% TOTAL DECLARED OVER THE LAST CONSISTS OF OF THE UWINNIPEG REGISTRATIONS FCE OVER 5 YEARS OF UWINNIPEG TOTAL MAJORS FIVE YEARS 4-YEAR DEGREES STUDENT BODY

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› Algeria › › Philippines › Argentina › Indonesia › Poland STUDENTS AND › Australia › Iran, Islamic Republic of › Russian Federation EXPERIENTIAL › Austria › Israel › Rwanda › Bahamas › Jamaica › Saudi Arabia LEARNING › Bangladesh › Japan › Senegal › Barbados › Jordan › Seychelles › Belgium › Kazakhstan › Sierra Leone › Brazil › Kenya › Singapore We take pride in the high › Burundi › Korea, Democratic › Somalia quality of our students and › Cameroon People’s Rep › Sri Lanka in their rich and diverse › China › Korea, Republic of › Suriname ba ckgrounds. In 2017/ 18, › Colombia › Lebanon › Sweden we had 297 international › Congo › Lithuania › Switzerland students from 48 di er ent › Congo, The Democratic › Malawi › Taiwan, countries take courses Republic › Malaysia Province of China in the Fa culty of › Cote D’Ivoire › Mexico › Tanzania, Business & Economics. › Dominican Republic › Moldova, Republic United Republic › Ecuador › Mongolia › Trinidad and Tobago › Egypt › Morocco › Turkey › El Salvador › Nepal › Uganda › Ethiopia › Niger › Ukraine › France › Nigeria › United Kingdom › Gambia › Norway › United States › Germany › Pakistan › Uzbekistan › Ghana › Palestinian Territory, › Viet Nam › Haiti Occ. › Zambia › Hong Kong › Peru › Zimbabwe FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS, 47% 6% 17% DECLARED MAJORS WOMEN INDIGENOUS INTERNATIONAL 14 | Faculty of Business and Economics 2017 / 2018 Annual Report | 15

Always up for an intellectual challenge but seeking solutions to real world At the end of the 2018 Winter term, 423 students completed a problems, studying economics was a natural t for Kiernan Gange. questionnaire designed to elicit their opinions on various aspects Student Survey of their educational experience. The large majority expressed a high Kiernan was drawn to the Department of Economics in part because of level of satisfaction with their overall experience in the Faculty, an appreciation for his professors’ abilities to explain dif cult concepts— and particularly with the academic experience particularly when it came to his second-year microeconomics class. “ (It) was the hardest course I had ever taken,” he said. “Having such Academic Experience in the FBE (Overall quality of instruction) a great and supportive prof in a class that I found so dif cult made it possible for me to do well in the class and made me feel proud of myself in a way that I had never experienced.” Other key ndings were: Kiernan pushed himself to improve his writing and mathematical abilities. Kiernan Gange › Students desired a greater 51% “ I am forever thankful for the faculty at (UWinnipeg) who encouraged BA Honours ‘18 variety and availability of me to challenge myself and take dif cult courses instead of settling for courses, particularly in light of mediocrity or doing the bare minimum to get by.” the waitlists often encountered His experience in the economics department helped him to get a because of courses being summer job with Western Economic Diversi cation and has inspired oversubscribed. him to pursue graduate work in economics. He is entering the MA › 81% of respondents indicated 22% class at UBC in Fall 2018. 21% an interest in participating One of Kiernan’s goals is to contribute to research on economic in a work experience or co-op conditions in Indigenous communities in , particularly in regards education program. to poverty and economic outcome gaps. “I want to play my part in the › 85% of respondents indicated reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities,” he said. 5% that given their experience to date, they would re-select the 1% Faculty if they were to start their post-secondary education again.

› 93% of respondents said that they would recommend studying Very Somewhat Neutral Somewhat Very in the Faculty to a friend. Dissatis ed Dissatis ed Satis ed Satis ed

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The 2017-18 JDC West Team included 50 students with assistance from Co-operative education combines in-class learning with faculty, alumni, and community mentors. The students met throughout the opportunity for students in the Departments of Business & Competitions Co-op Education the Fall term to prepare for the annual January competition that brings Administration, Economics, and Applied Computer Science to gain together 12 western-Canadian business programs. Over the course Program valuable, paid employment in their chosen eld. Students complete of a weekend, teams compete across 10 academic disciplines as well a non-credit course in pre-employment skills and are assisted in nding as in debate, athletics, team spirit, and community involvement. At this a co-op work term from positions posted by prospective employers. year’s event, held in Calgary, the debate team earned the UWinnipeg This year, we had ~50 students enrolled in the co-op program team its rst, rst-place nish since we began competing in JDC and of those, 23 completed a work term with one of our co-op West ve years ago. education partners. 2017-18 CFA Research Competition: The Faculty also had a team of four students compete in the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Research competition, an annual, global event that provides university students with hands-on mentoring and intensive training in nancial analysis. Students work in teams to research and analyze a publicly traded company and The Faculty has a Student Experiential Learning and Travel Fund then write and present their research report and recommendations. Student Travel to which any declared major in the Faculty is able to apply. This year, the fund offered nancial support to students unable to afford the & Experiential delegate fee for JDC West; assisted a group of 14 students travelling Learning Fund to China on a tour where they learned about business and economics The Dean’s Of ce coordinates the CPA on-campus recruitment in an emerging market; provided funding to a student travelling to the CPA On-Campus process. Students are provided with training on networking, résumé University of Bamberg in Germany on an exchange; and supported in writing, and interview skills in preparation for the annual accounting Recruitment part four students attending a student leadership conference. rms’ post-secondary hiring blitz. In late September, students apply for either full-time, summer, or co-op work placements. The rms then conduct interviews on both the UWinnipeg and U of M campuses. This is a highly competitive process and of the 43 students who submitted applications in 2017, 10 were placed. 22 | Faculty of Business and Economics 2017 / 2018 Annual Report | 23

Full-Time Academic Staff Contract Academic Staff Full-Time Academic Staff Zhan Li (PhD, Arizona) FACULTY AND Rosalie Harms (MBA, CPA), Dennis Bishop Department Manish Pandey, (PhD, Western) Dennis Ng (PhD, Manitoba) Department Chair Nicholas Borodenko Of Economics Department Chair and Acting Melanie O’Gorman (PhD, RESEARCH Vice-President of Research Toronto), Graduate Program Sylvie Albert Stephen Chapman (DBA, Ft Lauderdale), and Innovation Co-ordinator Dean (2012-17) Marty Donkervoort Soham Baksi (PhD, McGill), Hai Ta (PhD, McGill) Drew Evans Katherine Breward Acting Chair James Townsend (PhD, UBC) (PhD, Western) Brent Gibson Wenbiao Cai (PhD, Iowa)

Michael Breward John Harrison Amrita Ray Chaudhuri Contract Academic Staff Department of (PhD, Western, CPA) Alexandra McMullen (PhD, Western) Business & Sana Amjad Gary Brownstone (MBA) David Newman Luc Clair (PhD, McMaster) Administration and Research Associate, St, Gabi Dragan Olya Bullard (PhD, Manitoba) Sara Penner Boniface Hospital Foundation Christi-Anna Durodola Fabrizio DiMuro (PhD, Western) Pavel Platonov Phil Cyrenne (PhD, Carleton) Kerry-Ann Spencer-Williams Kamel Fantasy (PhD, Carleton) Brian Wood Stefan Dodds (PhD, Queen’s) Kevin Freedman (MSc, Walden) Xiao-yuan Dong (PhD, Alberta) Department Assistant Karen Harlos (PhD, UBC) Department Assistant Hugh Grant (PhD, Toronto), Maureen Kilgour (PhD, Essex) Ashley Moore Carlene Osborne Acting Dean Peter Moreira (MBA, CPA), Graduate Program Co-ordinator Debbie Mortimer (MBA, CPA) Grace O’Farrell Jessica Adkin, Co-op Education Co-ordinator (on leave) (ABD, Western, CPA) Dean’s Of ce Staff Holly Bochurka, Co-op Education Co-ordinator Satyendra Singh Carter Cousineau, Director of Business Development & Operations (PhD, Nottingham Trent) Christy Campbell, Administrative Assistant, Budgets & Operations Hanuv Mann (PhD, Carleton) Rachel Hammerback, Executive Assistant to the Dean Maryam Memar Zadeh (PhD, Western) Simon Berge (PhD, Guelph) David Duval (PhD, York)

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Three other pr ojects received Recently announced was funding for three external grant applications: The Faculty of Business & Economics plays an important role funding from the UWinnipeg in connecting the University with the external community be it › Olya Bullard, “For the Bene t of Others: How Consumption Activities COMMUNITY Resea rch O ce: though the co-op education program, activities of student groups, that Bene t Others Relates to Consumer goals,” SSHRC Insight Grant, relationships with professional accreditation associations, Two major research grants 2018-21, $83,445. membership in the Chamber of Commerce, the co-operative (Olya Bullard and Hanuv Mann) › Luc Clair, “Estimating the Relationship Between Cardiovascular Health enterprises program, or several other collaborations. and one SSHRC 4A Insight and the Use of Neurodegenerative Pharmaceuticals,” Manitoba Development Grant (Olya Bullard). Medical Service Foundation, $30,000. The Faculty also has an internal research fund that provided $9,900 › James Townsend and Wenbiao Cai, ““Gambling Among Immigrants to The India Centre for Academic, Business & Community Excellence this year to support nine travel Canada: A Quantitative Investigation Using the Canadian Community is the outcome of a partnership between The India Association of grant applications. Health Survey”, 2018-19, $39240 India Centre Manitoba and The University of Winnipeg. Housed in our Faculty, it provides a platform where “ the community meets the academy” The Department of Economics Seminar Series hosted four guest speakers: and where together we undertake meaningful work that is re ective of Seminars › Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph), “Emission Taxes and Damage Canada’s diversity and multicultural outlook. The Centre’s premier event Thresholds in the Presence of Pre-Existing Regulations”; each year is its Awards Dinner. This year, we honoured the work of Dr. Terry Papneja, the President and Founder of the Toronto Chapter of AIM › Umut Oguzoglu (), “Like Father, Like Daughter for SEVA. The 2017 dinner raised over $24,000 and had ~300 attendees. (Unless There is a Son): Sibling Sex Composition and Women’s Stem The Centre also received an additional private donation of $20,000 in Major Choice in College”; support of our efforts. The funds raised support an endowment fund that, since 2015, has grown to $80,000. Revenue generated from the fund › Shao Lin (Bank of Canada), “Aggregate Fluctuations and the Role of Trade Credit”; will be used to support student experience, programming, and bursaries. › Tanika Chakraborty (IIT Kanpur, India), “Beyond the average: parental peer heterogeneity and intergenerational transmission of education.”

Both departments continue to be very active in research, combining for 30 journal papers, six book chapters and one edited book during Publications the academic year. As a re ection of this high level of scholarship, the Department of Economics continues to rank in the top 25 per cent of all Canadian university research units according to RePEc (the international data base on research in economics). 30 | Faculty of Business and Economics 2017 / 2018 Annual Report | 31

In October, the Faculty (on behalf of the University) co-hosted with The University of Winnipeg identi ed ve strategic priorities for its future the City of Winnipeg and ITEMS International the Global Forum on development —Academic Excellence and Renewal; Student Experience Global Forum Digitalization. We received 200 executives and experts on digitalization FUTURE and Success; Indigenization; Research Excellence, Knowledge Conference on from 16 countries, garnering international media attention. Usually in DIRECTIONS Mobilization and Impact; and Financial and Institutional Resilience. Digitalization Europe, this was the rst time in 25 years that the conference had We look forward to contributing to these institutional objectives. been held in Canada. Two initiatives are particularly pressing:

Indigenization

The Faculty lags behind the University in terms of Indigenous The Community Entrepreneur Link (CEL) is a campus hub to support representation among faculty and students. We will be reviewing the entrepreneurship, social innovation and, social enterprise. The CEL Community possibility of introducing more Indigenous content of existing courses builds upon a pilot project undertaken with Marshall Ring and Ab Freig and developing new courses to address Indigenous concerns. In 2016 Entrepreneur Link of the Manitoba Technology Accelerator. A successful launch event was we took the initial steps of establishing an Indigenous advisory council held for the CEL on the rst oor of the Buhler Centre in November at and, in concert with Indigenous organizations, we shall seek to design which we welcomed nearly 100 attendees from across campus and diploma and degree programs that meet the needs for greater from the entrepreneurship and social innovation sectors. The CEL Indigenous self-governance. provides support and expertise for all students, faculty, alumni, and community interested in learning about entrepreneurship, Business Technology and Management social enterprise, and social innovation. Of growing interest is the overlap between Information and Partners Communications Technology (ICT) and management skills (from program › Entrepreneurship Manitoba › North Forge management to nancial accounting). We will be seeking to strengthen › Futurpreneur › World Trade Centre Winnipeg our inter-disciplinary programming with other departments in the University at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. › Manitoba Technology Accelerator

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