Jun 22, 2023 | Learn, See things differently
by Pedram Pourasgari, PhD student. Photos submitted. The stories I recently heard at the Community Resilience Workshop held at the Gustavson School of Business on May 25-28, 2023 were captivating. These stories were about communities displaying resilience, not...
Jun 1, 2023 | Learn, See things differently
by Ashley Campbell. Photo credit: Rose Creative (Pictured (L-R): Katie Gamble, Linda Biggs, Andrew Hall and Eve Olynyk). Originally published in the Spring/Summer 2023 issue of Business Class magazine. Starting a company is no easy feat, but something even more...
Jun 1, 2023 | Learn, See things differently
by Francesca van Soest, MBA ’23. Photo credit: Zoë Law. Originally published in the Spring/Summer 2023 issue of Business Class magazine. I first met Kresse Wesling in the spring of 2022 on my international experience to the UK as part of my MBA in Sustainable...
Nov 29, 2022 | Lead, Learn, See things differently
By Jon Chabun. Photo credit: UVic Photo Services Aloysius Newenham-Kahindi sees Africa as presenting many puzzles that challenge conventional management wisdom. There are things happening there business-wise that aren’t easy to explain. The Gustavson associate...
Aug 4, 2022 | Learn, See things differently
by Kathryn Wu. Photo by UVic Photo Services. Originally published in the Spring/Summer 2022 issue of Business Class magazine. Dr. Natalie Slawinski is the director of Gustavson’s Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation (CSSI). Having joined Gustavson from...
Jul 14, 2022 | Learn, See things differently
By Jon Chabun. Photo by UVic Photo Services It was unusual for an academic professor to come up with the first FDA emergency use authorized COVID-19 therapeutic. It was also unusual for the same professor to launch a company with a $15 billion initial public...
