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PhD.
Senior fellow
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (4531)
Cell: 613-697-9814
Home: 613-842-9814
E-mail: nipa.banerjee@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Home Telephone, Cell Telephone

Research information:

Foreign Aid; Aid Effectiveness; Development Issues-South and South East Asia; Development Issues in Post Conflict Countries and Peace Building Measures; Fragile & Conflict States; Development and Reconstruction in Afghanistan. More than 40 years of experience with CIDA, IDRC and NGOs. Lived and worked several years as a professional in several South and South East Asian Countries (Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar). Travelled widely and continues to make quarterly visits (especially Afghanistan, Bangladesh and India) and other developing countries for research purposes.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Afghanistan
• Asian history
• Democracy and democratization
• Development
• Economic development
• Food security
• Foreign aid
• Foreign aid
• Globalization
• India
• International development
• International development and globalization
• International political economy
• International political economy
• International projects
• International relations
• Operations/project management
• Performance measurement
• Performance measures
• Political economy
• Project management
• Rural development
• Social change
• Social policy
• Southeast Asia
• Sustainable development
• Women and development

Language preference:

English only, Bengali; Hindi; Urdu

Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Psychology

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (1855)
Home: 819-682-3349
E-mail: rflynn@uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

My research deals mainly with positive development and resilience, including school success, among young people in out-of-home care, such as foster care. I also do research on a new approach to youth prevention and promotion known as "Communities That Care" (CTC).

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Crime prevention
• Drugs
• Evaluation
• Performance measurement
• Population health
• Youth

Language preference:

English and French

PhD student
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

Contact information:

E-mail: agebr013@uottawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

• Community Health System Policy and Practice  
• Inequality in Maternal and Child Health 
• Global Health Dynamics  
• Development Measurement and Evaluation/ research  
• Integrated Knowledge Translation and Exchange 

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Development
• Economic policies
• Evaluation
• Globalization
• Health research
• International political economy
• International projects
• Knowledge management
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Operations research
• Performance measurement
• Performance measures
• Population health
• Poverty
• Sex/sexuality
• Sustainable development

Language preference:

English only, Amharic/Afan Oromo

University Research Chair
Full professor
Telfer School of Management

Contact information:

Cell: 5147967689
E-mail: peter.jas@uottawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

I research family businesses and business families. When studying business families, commy research analyzes effective intergenerational collaborations, succession, and next-generation development. When studying family businesses, I analyze effective governance structures, strategic decision-making processes, and drivers of organizational performance. In my teaching , advising, and executive education work, I support the development of responsible Next Gen owners, effective Next Gen teams, and smooth inter-generational transition plans.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Change management
• Collaboration
• Corporate governance
• Entrepreneurship
• Performance measurement

Language preference:

English only, German, Polish

Professor
Associate professor
Telfer School of Management

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (4914)
E-mail: lapierre@telfer.uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Dr. Lapierre’s research focuses mainly on two topics: Work-family conflict and leader-follower relationships. Work-family conflict refers to the incompatibility between one’s work and family obligations, which is related to a host of problems, such as reduced employee health, satisfaction at work and at home, and job performance, as well as increased absenteeism and intentions to quit their job. Dr. Lapierre’s research has revealed that the organization, the immediate manager, the employee, and the employee’s family can each play a significant role in reducing the employee’s work-family conflict. His work has outlined specific actions that each party can take to achieve this goal. In his work on leader-follower relationships, Dr. Lapierre’s gives particular attention to the influence that followers can have on their leaders. A leader cannot exist without at least one follower, implying that employees’ acts of followership would have some influence on the leadership displayed by their superiors. The critical question is: What is effective followership? Dr. Lapierre has begun working on identifying different followership styles among employees and how these styles could impact their managers’ leadership behaviors, such as being more versus less directive, participative, supportive, and inspirational. This research will guide current and future employees on the role they can play in gaining the leadership they need from their superiors. Dr. Lapierre’s research has been published in various journals, such as the Journal of Management, Personnel Psychology, the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, and the Journal of Vocational Behavior. He was made a Telfer Research Fellow in recognition of his scholarly contributions.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Human-resource management
• Management
• Motivation
• Organizational behaviour
• Performance measurement
• Stress

Language preference:

English only

Part-time professor
Telfer School of Management

Contact information:

Cell: 6138901581
E-mail: olivvarc@uottawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

Cell Telephone

Research information:

My research is on all kinds of nonprofit organizations and charities including food banks, shelters, community centres, refugee/immigrant integration service providers, and other community organizations. I also explore how Artificial Intelligence and Data Management technologies can be utilized in civil society.

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Artificial intelligence
• Business
• Corporate governance
• Decision analysis
• Development
• Entrepreneurship
• Human-resource management
• Immigration
• Immigration services
• Intercultural communication
• International business management
• International communication
• International development and globalization
• International human rights law
• Middle East
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Operations/project management
• Organizational communications
• Performance measurement
• Racism
• Sustainable development
• Youth

Language preference:

English only, Turkish

Associate professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of International Development and Global Studies

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (4534)
Cell: 613-878-5001
E-mail: lmunro@uOttawa.ca
Website

Preferred method s of contact:

E-mail, Cell Telephone

Research information:

1) Does aid to developing countries work? Why or why not? 2) How can governments in poor countries provide adequate health care and education to all their citizens, including the poorest and most vulnerable? 3) How should governments around the world cope with economic risk and uncertainty? 4) How can governments in poor countries provide social protection (health insurance, old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, drought relief)? 5) What role does science and technology play in development? What do appropriate science-for-development policies look like? 6) What does the future hold for Zimbabwe?

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Africa
• Economic development
• Economic policies
• Food security
• Foreign aid
• International development and globalization
• International health
• International organizations
• Performance measurement
• Public administration
• Social policy

Language preference:

English and French

Professor in Performance Management
Telfer School of Management

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 (2611)
Home: 613-837-8310
E-mail: richards@telfer.uOttawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

Office Telephone

Research information:

Other area of expertise: business intelligence

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Knowledge management
• Management
• Performance measurement
• Performance measures
• Public administration

Language preference:

English only

Part-time professor
Telfer School of Management

Contact information:

E-mail: shalabi@telfer.uottawa.ca

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Safety Engineering Occupational Health & Safety Risk Management

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Disaster impact on physical structures
• Organizational behaviour
• Other
• Performance measurement
• Project management
• Quality standards
• Reliability/safety of engineering systems

Language preference:

English only

Part-time professor
Telfer School of Management
Professional Training Service

Contact information:

Cell: 819-775-0991
E-mail: tasse@telfer.uottawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

Cell Telephone

Research information:

Mr. Tassé is a Chartered Professional Accountant - Chartered Accountant (CPA,CA) (Canada), a Forensic Certified Public Accountant (FCPA) (USA),anda Certified Internal Controls Auditor (CICA) (USA). He carries the designation Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) (USA)and holds both a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) and an Honours Bachelor of Commerce from the Telfer School on Management at the University of Ottawa.

He has pursued ongoing professional development as an Associate or Affiliate member with the Harvard Institute for Learning in Retirement, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Association of Certified Forensic Investigators of Canada, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Anti-Corruption Institute (holder of the CACM designation).

Mr. Tassé is a member or panel member of various groups including the Accountant-Lawyer Alliance, the Anti-Money Laundering Association, the Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption, the Rutgers Institute on Anti-Corruption Studies, the Canadian Centre for Ethics and Corporate Policy, the Institute for Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances, and the Business Development Bank of Canada ViewPoints. He is also a speaker for the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, and volunteers with the United Nations Online Volunteering Service.

Mr. Tassé is a past and current member of various advisory boards, risk management committees, audit committees, governance committees, and boards of trustees with fiduciary responsibilities. As a philanthropist, he supports non-governmental organizations that fight corruption, such as Transparency International and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

For over 20 years, Mr. Tassé has been teaching (100+ courses at the bachelor, MHA, MBA and     International MBA level)at one of Canada’s top business schools, the Telfer School of Management. He is also an instructor with the Canadian Centre of Excellence for Anti-Corruption, a recipient of a Teaching Excellence Award in the MBA program, and has taught at two other Canadian universities. 

As a respected and highly sought-after freelance contributor to various broadcast media, Mr. Tassé is frequently invited by reporters and journalists to speak on topics related to his areas of expertise:

• Fraud and money laundering prevention;
• Anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance;
• Financial crime risk management;
• Ethics and corporate social responsibility;
• International accounting and finance reporting; Business development and strategic alliances

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Accounting
• Business
• Change management
• Corporate governance
• Entrepreneurship
• Ethics
• Ethics in international affairs
• Finance
• International business
• International commerce
• International development and globalization
• International organizations
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Performance measurement
• Project performance
• Sustainable development

Language preference:

English and French

Assistant professor
Telfer School of Management

Contact information:

Office: 613-562-5800 Ext. 4928
Cell: 613-263-3810
Home: 819-827-6550
E-mail: weatherstone@telfer.uottawa.ca
Website

Preferred method of contact:

E-mail

Research information:

Financial Accounting, Financial and Credit Analysis, Financial Reporting, and Auditing (with specific emphasis on IT Auditing).

Area(s) of expertise:

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• Accounting
• Corporate governance
• Decision analysis
• Disclosure
• Management information systems
• Not-for-profit organizations
• Performance measurement

Language preference:

English and French