PRME Regional Meeting Agenda

Lunch at certified B-Corp restaurant Miijidaa in downtown Guelph with presentation by:

• Court Desautels, CEO, Neighbourhood Group of Companies

Welcoming remarks

• Julia Christensen Hughes, Dean, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph 
• Mark Meaney, Chair North America Chapter of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME) initiative; Executive Director, Center for Education on Social Responsibility, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Jonas Haertle, Head, Principles for Responsible Management Education, UN Global Compact Office, United Nations

Plenary Panel: Sustainability Movement: Sustainability Centres Advancing SDGs 

Moderated by Dr. Deborah de Lange,  BASC, CMA, MBA, PHD, Assistant Professor
Global Management Studies, Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, Toronto

• Mark Meaney, Chair North America Chapter of the UN PRME initiative;
  Executive Director, Center for Education on Social Responsibility, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado  
• Charles Cho, Professor of Accounting; Erivan K. Haub Chair in Business & Sustainability,
  Schulich School of Business, York University 
• Pam Laughland, Director, Strategic Partnerships at the Network for Business Sustainability

Plenary Panel: Making it Count: Business to Business Schools 

Moderated by Dr. Jamie Gruman, Associate Professor, Leadership and Organizational Management, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph

• Gordon Beal, Vice-President, Research, Guidance and Support, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
• Sarah Cobourn, Director, Corporate Responsibility, Deloitte Canada
• Paul Greven, Chief Counsel for Canada, JLL
• Adam Gordon, Engagement Manager, Global Compact Network USA

Lunch and Keynote Address

Sebastian Teunissen: Managing Director, Solidaridad North America, "The SDGs and Management Education: A View from the Field"

Introduced by Dean Julia Christensen Hughes

PRME Chapter North America Project Updates 

Moderated by Mark Meaney.

• Update on PRME’s Strategic Review 
  • ​Jonas Haertle, Head, Principles for Responsible Management Education
  • Mark Meaney, Chair North America Chapter of the UN PRME initiative; Executive Director, Center for Education on Social Responsibility, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder
• PRME Sharing Information on Progress (SIP) reports and AACSB and EQUIS Accreditation: A Template
  • ​Heather Ranson, Associate Director and Education Chair, Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation, Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria
• The Intersection Between PRME and Catholic Institutions in Relation to Refugee Issue
  • ​Elizabeth Collier, Secretary of the North America Chapter UN PRME Initiative, Professor of and Christopher Chair in Business Ethics, Dominican University
• Exploring the relation of PRME to Indigenous Peoples Issues
  • ​Amy Verbos, Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Director, Ethics Board at Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
• PRME Gender Equality Working Group
  • ​Maureen Kilgour, Associate Professor, Business and Administration, University of Winnipeg

Plenary Presentation: Greyston Bakery and Open Hiring 

• Jonathan Halperin, Founder and President of Designing Sustainability and Head of External Affairs at Greyston Social Enterprise

Followed by Conversation on Implications of Open Hiring for Business Models

• Moderated by Mark Meaney, Chair North America Chapter of the UN PRME initiative; Executive Director, Center for Education on Social Responsibility, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado with Anthony Buono, Professor of Management and Sociology, Bentley University and Jonathan Halperin

Plenary Panel: "The Cooperative Movement and Innovations in “Integrated” Sustainability Reporting – Implications for the SDGs”

Moderated by Julia Christensen Hughes, Dean, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph

• Barbara Turley-McIntyre, Vice President, Sustainability & Citizenship, The Co-operators Group Ltd.
• Peter Cameron, Acting Executive Director, Ontario Co-operative Association (On Co-op™)

Plenary Panel: "Model for PRME Signatories: How B-schools can assist with the integration refugees and immigrants into local economies"

Moderated by professor Rumina Dhalla, Associate Professor, Department of Management, University of Guelph

• Cheri Young, Associate Professor, Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, University of Denver
• Anthony Cherwinski, Program Manager, Ready for American Hospitality, Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management
• Jim Estill, President and CEO, Danby Appliances

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent Session A: Realizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through Education

Left Wing, Peter Clark Hall

Session chair: Kathleen Rodenburg

Experiential Learning

• Heather Ranson, Associate Director and Education Chair, Centre for Social and Sustainable Innovation, Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria 
• Janet Hale, Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance and Economics, Texas State University

Student Future Time Perspective and Teaching CSR

• Ruben Burga & Joshua Leblanc, PhD Management Candidates, University of Guelph

SDG 12: The Great Ethical Dilemma

• Kathleen Rodenburg, Assistant Professor, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph

Concurrent Session B: Realizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through Partnership

Peter Clark Hall, Main Room

Session chair: Rumina Dhalla

PRME SDG Dashboard

• David S. Steingard, Associate Professor, Associate Director, Pedro Arrupe Center for Business Ethics, Saint Joseph’s University 

Benchmarking Co-operative Social and Environmental Performance

• Daphne Rixon, Associate Professor, Accounting and Executive Director, Centre of Excellence in Accounting and Reporting for Co-operatives, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University
• Fiona Duguid, Centre of Excellence on Accounting and Reporting of Co-operatives, Saint Mary’s University (SMU); Instructor, SMU Co-operative Business Management program; President of the Canadian Association for the Study of Co-operation (CASC)

Concurrent Session C: Realizing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals through Research

Peter Clark Hall, Right Wing

Session chair: Amelia Clarke

An Overview of Indigenous Aspirations and Rights: The Case for Responsible Business and Management

• Amy Verbos,  Assistant Professor of Business Law, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater; Director, Ethics Board at Pokagon Band of Potawatomi

CSR and the Development Deficit: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?

• Nonita T. Yap, Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph

Large Cross-Sector Partnerships (SDG #17) for Achieving Sustainable Communities and Cities (SDG #11)

• Amelia Clarke, Associate Professor & Director of the Master of Environment and Business (MEB) Program, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo
• Eduardo Ordonez-Ponce, PhD Candidate, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo
• Odeeth Lara Morales, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development, University of Waterloo

Greetings from Lloyd Longfield, Member of Parliament for Guelph

Lunch and Closing Plenary Panel:
The Role of Aim2Flourish in Advancing the SDGs: The Lucky Iron Fish Story

• Claire Sommer, Director, Aim2Flourish 
• Gavin Armstrong, President and CEO, Lucky Iron Fish
• Dan Gilmour, Student, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph (TBC)

Closing remarks

• Julia Christensen Hughes, Dean, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph 
• Mark Meaney, Chair North America Chapter of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (UN PRME) initiative; Executive Director, Center for Education on Social Responsibility, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Jonas Haertle, Head, Principles for Responsible Management Education, UN Global Compact Office, United Nations