Building Northern Capacity through Entrepreneurship
Research Team
Lee Swanson
Principle Investigator and Grant Applicant
(306) 966-2124
http://www.edwards.usask.ca/faculty/Lee%20Swanson/index.aspx
Lee Swanson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Marketing, Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan. His research interests are in the areas of entrepreneurship, leadership, and institutional-community engagement, particularly as these relate to Northern and Indigenous people. He has served on numerous economic, tourism, and arts boards and has been involved with economic and community economic development initiatives. Lee is an experienced academic leader having served for eight years as a Dean in the Alberta college system.
Ken Coates
Co-investigator and Grant Co-applicant
(306) 966-5136
ken.coates@usask.ca
http://www.schoolofpublicpolicy.sk.ca/
About_Us/Faculty_Directory_data/Ken_Coates.php
Ken Coates is a Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (University of Saskatchewan campus). He is a well-known historian specializing in the history of the Yukon and Northern Canada in general, who has written many books both for academic and trade audiences. Ken’s passion for higher education, and in particular the Arts disciplines, has taken him across Canada and around the world with posts at the University of Waterloo; University of Victoria; University of Northern British Columbia; University of Waikato, New Zealand; and the University of New Brunswick. Dr. Coates was the director of ICNGD from 2013-2016.
David Zhang
Grant Co-applicant
(306) 966-5920
Dr. Zhang joined the Department of Management and Marketing at Edwards School of Business as an Associate Professor in January 2007. His teaching and research interests include marketing strategy, international marketing, and entrepreneurship. He has published his research articles in Journal of Strategic Marketing, and International Journal of Knowledge Management.
In addition to academic research, Dr. Zhang has industry experience in both the public and private sectors. He was involved with the rural entrepreneurship projects sponsored by the Manitoba Department of Agriculture. He recently received a $35,000 grant from the Alliance for Food and Bioproduct Innovation to study marketing strategy for agri-businesses. He is also a member of the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development.
Greg Poelzer
Grant Co-applicant
(306) 966-1607
http://artsandscience.usask.ca/profile/GPoelzer
Greg Poelzer was the Founding Director of ICNGD, as well as a Professor in the School of Environment and Sustainability (University of Saskatchewan). He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Alberta (1996). Greg is a former Dean of Undergraduate Studies at the University of the Arctic (2003-2008), and currently leads the UArctic international Northern Governance Thematic Network—a research group consisting of 22 member organizations from seven Arctic states. Greg is a political scientist by training, and his research focuses on comparative politics and policy as it relates to northern circumpolar regions and to Aboriginal-state relations, and sustainable development in the north. His first book, Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North (2008), was awarded the Donner Prize for excellence and innovation in Canadian public policy writing. Off-campus, he can be found canoeing in the many lakes and rivers of Saskatchewan or hunting with his Large Munsterlander, Gus, for Saskatchewan’s finest game birds.
Vince Bruni-BossioDazawray Landrie-Parker
Project Manager
dazawray.parker@usask.ca
Dazawray Landrie-Parker (Métis) is the Director, Nuclear Sector at Creative Fire. She is also a PhD Candidate in Public Policy at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) and an instructor at Yukon University. She is also the former Director of Operations for the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan. In 2014, Dazawray was appointed as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commanding Officer’s Aboriginal Advisory Committee for “F” Division (RCMP COAAC), which builds on her extensive background working with Métis Nation-Saskatchewan (MNS) where she held several senior positions - including Director of Operations, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Senior Policy Analyst.
Dazawray’s Métis ancestry fueled her focus on Indigenous communities and inspired her undergraduate degree in Native Studies from the U of S. and her subsequent degree-Master of Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas offered jointly by University of Tromsø-The Arctic University of Norway and the U of S. As the culmination of her program, Dazawray researched and built a community engagement framework for nuclear energy engagement in northern communities and the Policy for Public Engagement for the City of Saskatoon.
Joelena Leader
Project Manager
Dr. Joelena Leader (PhD) is a Research Facilitator at the Edwards School of Business, University of Saskatchewan and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the department of Environment, Enterprise, and Development (SEED) at the University of Waterloo. Her research interests are in the areas of technology, culture and society, and community development exploring technology access, adoption, and use, particularly in rural, remote, and northern Indigenous communities. Her doctoral research explored community perceptions of telehealth technologies in Northern Saskatchewan. Her research blends user-centered design and community-based qualitative research approaches focused on building community capacity and examining the impacts of disruptive technologies on community well-being, development and the future of work. Joelena was previously a Research Associate at the International Centre for Northern Governance and Development and a former Project Manager for the Building Northern Capacity through Entrepreneurship project.
Research Assistants
- Olufemi Ajiboye
- J.D. Bell
- Natalie Bolen
- Jordan Bruce
- Courtney Carlberg
- Dana Carriere
- Czarina Catambing
- Shirina Evans
- Rhiannon Klein
- Mitch Langan
- Aasa Marshall
- Megan McDowell
- Brittany Michael
- Sean Molloy
- Alexander Mueller
- Dakota Norris
- Stephanie Pankiw
- Kole Paziuk
- Billy Rowluck
- Brenda Schurr
- Andrew Swift
- Connor Theoret
- Max Wallis
- Jacqueline Woods