News in 2022

Congratulations to the following recipients of a Special Call for Strategic Plan Aligned Research Grants. The intent of the funding is to build research capacity and demonstrate our relevance in the province of Saskatchewan and beyond.

• Dr. Erica Carleton for her project “Gender Differences between Entitlement and Backlash towards Women Leader”
• Dr. Yu (Jade) Han for her project “Career adaptability and career resilience of business students: A Longitudinal study of antecedents and consequences”
• Dr. Sanobar Saddiqui for her project “Integration of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals in the Business School Curriculum”
• Dr. Chris Street for his project “The effect of information modes on driver effectiveness in semi-autonomous vehicles.”
• Dr. Grant Wilson for his project “Understanding open Innovation: Benefits and limitations”

Dr. Sean Tucker was recognized as the recipient of the President’s Safety Leadership Award.

Thanks to Sean for his institutional, provincial and national safety leadership. We are fortunate to have someone with his expertise and commitment here at the Hill and Levene Schools.

Dr. Chris Street and Dr. Justin Feeney won the best paper award for the year in the Journal of Behavioural and Applied Management (JBAM) with their paper “Turnover and Recommendation Intentions in the Post-Implementation Period of Radical Decentralization”.

The Hill School has a new agreement with North West College to enable students completing their Business Certificate or Business Management Diploma with North West College to transfer into our BBA degree.

All transfer credits are assessed on a per course basis upon admission.

Learn more about all of our Hill School transfer credit agreements here.

Congratulations to our Hill ICBC teams who have advanced to the Final Round of Competition which will be held at Queen’s University in Kingston January 13 through 15:

• Accounting: Courtney Hungle and Rob Zatulsky coached by Nola Joorisity
• Business Strategy: Rebecca Adimula, Serra Al-Katib and Renee Legrand coached by Bruce Anderson
• Digital Strategy: Anyka Faucher and Peyton Gent coached by Dr. Bill Bonner
• Human Resources: Jessica Bereti and Jaya Mallu coached by Dr. Andrew Stevens and Loretta Gerlach

As a result of having four teams advance to the Final Round we placed in the top six Universities overall, allowing us to send a debate team. Our Debate team will consist of Jasmine Bal and Joshua Cherian who are coached by Tina Beaudry-Mellor.

Congratulations to all of the students involved.

Special shout out to Nola Joorisity for serving as faculty advisor and for her leadership, coordination, team spirit, and collaboration in putting together teams and coaches and for developing programming for these students as part of their learning.

Thanks also to Lee Elliot, Dr. Tatiana Levit, Sara Smit, and Dr. Arturo Rubalcava who have also given considerable time over the past three months working as coaches with students in these and other teams.

Dr. Sean Tucker was recognized as the recipient of the President’s Safety Leadership Award.

Thanks to Sean for his institutional, provincial and national safety leadership. We are fortunate to have someone with his expertise and commitment here at the Hill and Levene Schools.

The 2022 Hill | Levene Review was released in November. This year's issue focuses on the theme of experiential learning and highlights the opportunities available to our Hill and Levene students both in and out of the classroom.

You can find the 2022 publication (along with past editions) here.

Congratulations to the 100 students from the Hill School of Business and the 28 students from the Levene Graduate School of Business who convocated in Fall 2022.

Congratulations also to Hannah Tait who was the recipient of the Faculty of Business Administration Dean’s Medal and Joy Brailean who was the recipient of the University Prize in Business Administration.

Very special congratulations also to our very own BBA alumna, Rachel Mielke who was the Fall 2022 honorary degree recipient.

The 27th Accounting Fellowship Banquet on October 17 welcomed 11 new members into the Accounting Fellowship Program bringing the group to a total of 483 members. We also recognized and celebrated the 2020 and 2021 inductees at this year's banquet.

The Accounting Fellowship Program recognizes the academic accomplishments of accounting students. Membership in the Accounting Fellowship Program is recognized by the accounting community as a significant accomplishment achieved only by the best accounting students. Students in the program have achieved a grade point average of 80% or more.

Congratulations to the 11 students joining the Accounting Fellowship Program in 2022: Mahi Abrar, Sara Dell, Miranda Derkson, Kristyn Galloway, Courtney Hungle, Robert Lane, Colby Nistor, Xander Samson, Saad Shafiq, Kyla Thies and Rob Zatulsky.

Congratulations to Dr. Sanobar Siddiqui who is the recipient of two new grants:

• $6,000 SSHRC Explorer grant funding from the University of Regina for a project titled Trends in Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability Reporting ESG- A bibliometric analysis
• $15,000 Mitacs Business Strategy Internship (BSI) grant for a project titled Emmertech Research Project - Conexus Venture Capital Inc.

Dr. Paul Sinclair was been selected as one of three President's Teaching Scholars for a two-year term.

This achievement recognizes Paul as someone who demonstrates a strong commitment to teaching and learning as well as a willingness to promote teaching and learning excellence in our Faculty and across the institution.

The Hill and Levene Schools of Business, in partnership with the Prince’s Trust Charity hosted the Operation Entrepreneur (OE West) program again in August.

This is the 10th year that the Hill and Levene Schools have been part of Operation Entrepreneur - and it was wonderful to welcome the participants back to campus following two years of delivering the program remotely.

A huge shout out Dr. Grant Wilson, who served as the academic/faculty lead, Bruce Anderson, co-lead for support, Nola Joorisity, Lee Elliott, Randy Linton, and Dr. Chris Street for their work in making the program happen again this year.

The CPA Teaching Innovation Award was established to recognize and celebrate the adoption of innovative strategies to achieve excellence in teaching at the Hill and Levene Schools of Business.
Congratulations to Dr. Jacqui Gagnon and Dr. Peter Moroz who were both recognized in 2022 as CPA Teaching Innovation Award recipients.

Jacqui brings an innovative approach to her teaching and has a strong commitment to our students. Her dedication to making course materials accessible as open-source is admirable. One committee member estimated that because of her innovation and investment of time, she has saved our students thousands of dollars collectively every year. That is an example of someone living a student-centric approach to business education.

Peter has made a range of contributions towards teaching. His YouTube challenge project in his classes, the important contributions in the development of the ICE Certificate, new courses for the program, and authoring eleven business cases to fill curriculum needs for ICE courses demonstrate his commitment to our students and his ability to create an engaging and enriching learning environment. Peter brings creativity, unique style, and the ability to create a culture of critical and divergent thinking to generate innovative ideas.

The CPA Research Impact Award was established to recognize and celebrate research excellence at the Hill and Levene Schools of Business, specifically research that makes a positive impact on our community, as well as the body of knowledge in the respective area of research.

Congratulations to Dr. Sean Tucker who is the recipient of the 2022 CPA Research Impact Award.

Sean has an impressive research record and is very deserving of this award. His research impact goes well beyond traditional academic outlets and forums with an extensive range of media interviews and community presentations. His reputation in the area of occupational health and safety is national in scope and the related reports are used (and posted publicly) on a number of provincial association websites. His research makes a difference and saves lives across this country!

Our Levene MHRM program is now accredited with CPHR Saskatchewan.

We will be the only graduate program in the province to be CPHR accredited and one of very few across the country.

The agreement allows our students to waive the national competency exam in their pursuit of the CPHR designation. We are pleased to be able to offer this opportunity to our MHRM students.

Learn more here .

Congratulations to Thomas Tse who was awarded the Hill and Levene Going Above and Beyond Staff Appreciation Award for 2022.

This award was created to recognize and celebrate a Hill | Levene CUPE/APT/out-of-scope staff member who goes above and beyond to make a meaningful contribution to and advance the mission of the Schools. The individual who receives this award is viewed as someone who lives our values and mission on a daily basis.

Thomas is very deserving of this award and the nomination and support letters all speak to his incredible responsiveness, exceptional expertise, and overall kindness. Students, faculty and staff alike are fortunate to have him as part of Hill and Levene.

Congratulations to Dr. Gordon Pennycook who has been selected as a Rising Star of the Association for Psychological Science.

Congratulations to Dr. Chris Street who received a $60,000 Mitacs Business Strategy Internship research grant for a project entitled: “Expanding Marketing and Digital Dissemination of On Cue Performance Hub Productions” with Ian Campbell and On Cue Performance Hub.

Congratulations to Dr. Gordon Pennycook who has been awarded the International Social Cognition Network (ISCON) early career award.

Congratulations to the following faculty members who received Dean's Research Grants this year:

Dr. Arturo Rubalacava for his research project "Market effects of private equity placements: Evidence from Canadian cross-listed vs non-cross-listed firms"

Dr. Saqib Khan and Dr. Shelagh Campbell for their research project "The impact of Islamic Work Ethic on employee behaviour in the banking sector"

Dr. Jean-Marie Nkongolo-Bakenda for his research project "Strategic management of cultural organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo"

Dr. Chris Street for his research project "The effect of information modes on decision accuracy in operating motor vehicles"

Dr. Erica Carleton for her research project "Backlash towards women managers receiving promotion"

Dr. Sanobar Siddiqui for her research project "Thematic Analysis of the Scholarship of Teaching and learning in Accounting Education Literature"

The Hill School of Business has received accreditation with the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources (CPHR) Saskatchewan. This accreditation will make it easier for students graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with a major in Human Resource Management to receive their CPHR designation.

Learn more here.

Congratulations to our Hill JDC West team, led by co-captains Jacob Nelson and Jessica Goebel, who took home 3rd place for School of the Year at the virtual JDC West competition this past weekend!

The Hill team's placements included:

• 1st place in Debate - Emily Claude, Jeffrey Muma, Steven McCarville, Nazar Kostyukov
• 1st place in volunteer hours with a total of 3,625 hours
• 2nd place in Accounting - Tyler Fiorante, Kyle Bye, Ben Murray
• 2nd place in Athletics - Tobi Omoyefa, Jordan Schmuland, Matthew Shewchuk, Michele Parisone, Briar Mills, Brooke Willock, Julia Graham, Bailey Adolph
• 3rd place in Marketing - Lex Tatlow, Rachel Kellsey, Luke Siman
• 3rd place in Not for Profit - Kira Mazur, Jenna Meili, Tamara Smiljic
• 3rd place in Charity led by Erin Joorisity with $47,611 raised for Hope's Homes
• 3rd place in Challenge - Lauryn Schindel, Josh Haczkewicz, Hayleigh Prier, Kole MacDonald
• 3rd place in Participation

Many thanks to the faculty and business community coaches Bruce Anderson, Nadine Milne, MHRM, Lee Elliott, and Dr. Abiodun Sherifah Isiaka and Faculty Advisor Randy Linton for all the support they have given to our students.

Shout out also to Hill alumnus Mason Gardiner who won the Legacy Award!

Congratulations to our Hill ICBC Ethics team of Nhi (Jessica) Tran and Julie Watson who placed third in the virtual Final Round of the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition!

Special thanks to the coaches Dr. Tatiana Levit and Lee Elliott and Faculty Advisor Nola Joorisity for their dedication to our students.