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UWinnipeg hosts annual leadership symposium with top Winnipeg executives


Event’s theme of business innovation coincides with launch of the school's Innovation Development certificate program


By Megan Benedictson


the value this event has for Winnipeg- based business leaders. "It wasn’t a presentation, they were just


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relaxed, talking to each other to everyone else’s benefit,” says Dr. Albert, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics and PACE (Professional, Applied and Continuing Education) at Te University of Winnipeg. Dr. Albert says the discussion that


took place between Mark Chipman of True North Sports & Entertainment and Paul Soubry of New Flyer Industries was quickly the talk of the town: “two top-level executives that were really frank about the issues they face. I thought, ‘Tis is what we were looking for.’” Te event returns this year with a new


theme, and the Fireside Chat is back, along with networking and professional development, and a local opportunity to hear the latest Te Conference Board of Canada has to say about an issue that’s always top of mind among leading CEOs: innovation. “It’s part of an ongoing debate that


needs to occur in every organization, how to build and sustain innovation going forward,” says Dr. Albert, adding that they chose a theme of “strategic importance across the country, with many solutions


Dr. Sylvie Albert, Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Winnipeg.


being put forward to strengthen public and private organizations.” She says the theme is also timely as PACE


just launched an Innovation Development certificate program, and UWinnipeg is working toward developing a related graduate program.


t was during the Fireside Chat at last year’s inaugural Leadership Symposi- um that Dr. Sylvie Albert fully realized


The 2014 Annual Leadership Sympo-


sium: Embracing Innovation takes place Nov.6 at Te Metropolitan Entertainment Centre, and will be hosted by Wab Kinew, UWinnipeg’s acting vice-president of In- digenous Affairs. As for this year’s Fireside Chat, organ-


izers expect to hear great insight from president of Western Glove Works, Bob Silver, and president & CEO of Mondetta Clothing Company, Ash Modha, who will share their own stories of success in in- novation and leadership. Leaders will also be able to glean valu-


able insight from Bruce Good, executive director of the Centre for Business In- novation within Te Conference Board of Canada. Good’s presentation will challenge


some of the myths surrounding the status of business innovation in Canada, and cover key factors for improved perfor- mance. Albert says the Leadership Symposium


is unique because Manitoba-based CEOs often have to travel to Toronto or Vancou- ver for leadership events targeted to top- level executives, meaning the local picture is absent from the discussion. Tis event builds in opportunities for


exchanges so business leaders can share the challenges they face, and what solu- tions they’ve found that may be able to help others. To find out more about the event, visit uwinnipeg.ca/leadership-symposium.


Manitoba’s Tuition Fee Income Tax Rebate helps young people build futures at home


Manitoba Tuition Fee Income Tax Rebate helps young people pay for their education while they live and work in Manitoba. Live Here. Save Here.


B Students who graduated with a degree,


diploma or certificate from a post-second- ary institution recognized by the Canada Revenue Agency on or after January 1, 2007 and now work and pay taxes in Manitoba can benefit from the Manitoba Tuition Fee Income Tax Rebate. It doesn’t matter if their post-secondary


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University of Manitoba to launch first of its kind human rights program


The master in human rights program would be the only one like it in Canada


By UM Today T


he University of Manitoba is de- veloping a new master’s degree program that will help Winnipeg


take its place as the leading city for hu- man rights education and scholarship in Canada. Te envisioned new master of human


rights program will be a partnership between five faculties (Graduate Studies, Arts, Law, Education, and Social Work) and three centres (Centre for Human Rights Research, Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice, and the National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation). “It’s exciting and timely to see the


development of a new master’s degree program attract the participation of so many disciplines and faculties across the university,” notes University of Manitoba president and vice-chancellor, David Barnard. “Tis level of interdisciplinary co-operation and partnership yields outcomes with far-reaching impact. It is indeed an area that is important for all of our province’s educational institutions and will open doors to positive dialogue and collaboration.” Te University of Manitoba master of


human rights (MHR) program would be broadly interdisciplinary, branching into the social sciences, sciences and humani- ties, taking advantage of expertise in the university’s professional schools, includ- ing medicine, social work, education, nursing and law. The MHR program would prepare


students to be educators, practitioners, researchers, investigators, professionals and public intellectuals who integrate human rights perspectives in their ca- reers in the private and/or public sectors. Many Canadians now working interna- tionally in the human rights field studied overseas because of the lack of graduate programs in Canada. Drawing on existing expertise at the


University of Manitoba, where human rights is already an area of research strength, students could concentrate on Indigenous rights and natural resources; domestic and international law; human rights education; organizational manage- ment and human rights; environment, health and human rights; sexual and reproductive rights; human rights and science; genocide and crimes against humanity; global human rights or human migration, among many others. The MHR program would be well-


placed at the University of Manitoba with the opening of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights this fall and that of the National Research Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the U of M in 2015. It is anticipated that the MHR program


proposal will enter the university’s review and approval process in 2015. Visit the University of Manitoba’s news


site umtoday.ca for more program-related information.


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