Thank You!
In the age of COVID-19, the world has shifted rapidly, with uncertainty and disruption across all aspects of Higher Education, including teaching and research. We have had to change how we provide learning and conduct research at an extraordinary pace and scale. At Smith, we thank all our supporters for their leadership in helping us continue to engage in teaching excellence and research.
Dr. Julian Barling
Borden Chair of Leadership, and Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Smith School of Business
Creating an Innovative Approach to Business Education
This has been an extraordinary and disruptive time, but the entire Smith School of Business team is focused on health and safety while keeping our operations, services and activities moving forward. We are working together to continue offering and delivering high-quality education and ensuring our students, faculty, and staff remain supported. Navigating this crisis has provided an opportunity for us to leverage our innovative approach to business education and lead in our distance learning endeavors.
Although there will be challenges still to come, we know and appreciate that this time has been no less disruptive for you, your colleagues, friends, and families – we really are in this together. The priorities are the health and safety of our community and ensuring high-quality education.
This a challenging time for all. We are grateful for the Smith Community and appreciative of your willingness to help.
Brenda Brouwer, PhD
Dean (Interim)
Exchange Support
During the 2019/2020 academic year our exchange program worked tirelessly to support the return of students from the geopolitical situation in Hong Kong in November and then again support the return of 370 students in March due to Covid-19. Given the urgency of these returns, our students faced tight timelines to leave and incurred unbelievable incremental costs. As you can imagine this is not something they anticipated or budgeted for.
Angela James
Director, Centre for International Management at Smith School of Business
