Alice de Koning is the Academic Director for Entrepreneurial Thinking at the University of Calgary, Canada. Her expertise is in strategy and entrepreneurship, and she teaches a range of undergraduate and graduate courses that use experiential learning and applied research pedagogies. As part of an international partnership at the University of Calgary, she develops and assesses innovative pedagogies in the entrepreneurship field. In addition, she researches socio-cognitive issues in entrepreneurship, including studies of entrepreneurial context through the lens of public discourse and regulatory change. This research includes research on the use of metaphors in public discourse to examine the underlying societal assumptions about entrepreneurship, contextualized with cross-national comparisons. She also studies of how opportunities are recognized through justificatory discourse (with Reiner Schaeffer, doctoral candidate), and how social enterprises manage the challenges of impact and financial sustainability outside the traditional philanthropy model (with Kanwal Bohkari, doctoral candidate). In more exploratory work in cooperation with colleagues in the Faculty of Arts, she is part of a research working group that looks at business through the lens of performance theory. She has published several articles and has frequently presented her research at international conferences. Alice holds a PhD from INSEAD (France), and an MBA from Ivey Business School (Western University, Canada). During a career at four different universities in three countries, she has held a number of administrative leadership roles as department/area chair and as director of entrepreneurship centers.
John McArdle is an Associate Professor at Salem State University in Massachusetts, and is a Sessional Instructor at the University of Calgary. He is the founding faculty director of Salem State’s Center for Entrepreneurship and is a member of the honors faculty. John teaches a variety of experiential business courses, and has received a number of awards related to his teaching and research practice. He publishes work on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and in incorporating the humanities into business education. His research also explores how regulatory environments impact entrepreneurship, particularly in emerging markets, and he researches issues of compliance and firm behavior in the higher education and nonprofit sectors. John holds a J.D. from Seton Hall Law School, an LL.M. from Temple University, and masters’ and doctoral degrees in government (M.G.A.) and education (M.S.Ed., Ed.D). from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to becoming an academic, John had a career as an entrepreneur, worked in public interest law, and was a government official. He regularly presents research at international conferences in North America and Europe, and has been appointed as a Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. Department of State.
Maya Anderson is a Graduate Student at the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. Her focus is on supporting student mental health and the incorporation of digital technology in learning. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology specializing in Deviance and Social Control as well as a Bachelor of Education in Social Studies and Design Thinking from the University of Calgary. Prior to becoming a graduate student, Maya worked in post-secondary administration at Mount Royal University. In her role as a Program Coordinator she was responsible for the administrative leadership and program development of a portfolio of eight programs within Community and Health Studies, including Supportive Counselling Skills, Police Studies, Children’s Mental Health, Parenting after Separation, and the Children and Youth Programs Area. She was also instrumental in developing some of the first distance programs in the faculty of Continuing Education at MRU. Maya’s experience in distance learning as well as curriculum development and learning design served her well throughout this project and allowed her to develop high-quality, experiential lesson plans and materials in both face to face and distance learning formats.
Genevieve Johner is a recent alumnus of the University of Calgary. She graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences, as well as a Bachelor of Education in Secondary Education. During her undergraduate studies, Genevieve served as the Vice President of Professional Development with the Education Students’ Association, where she built the strongest professional development program of any University in the province of Alberta. Genevieve also has extensive experience in service and community-based learning through her work in the Humane Education department of the Calgary Humane Society, where she has worked as a Youth Program Leader and Summer Camp Assistant. During this time, her role involved educating and inspiring youth on the importance of the humane treatment of animals, humans, and the care of the environment. Through these experiences, Genevieve was able to use her passion for community based learning to create high quality rubrics and visual lesson plans, with careful integration of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit principles throughout the project.
Melanie King Rosario is a Doctor of Education student at the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary, Canada. Melanie is a registered nurse with an undergraduate degree in science from Dalhousie University and a masters degree in nursing from University of Calgary. Melanie has a wealth of field-based clinical practice experience in northern Indigenous communities, teaching and clinical experience in the Gambia and Kenya, and completed her masters thesis on pregnancy-related anxiety in Tanzania. In her doctoral work she is exploring the learning strategies and conditions required to support successful adoption of advanced technologies in healthcare and research.
John McArdle is an Associate Professor at Salem State University in Massachusetts, and is a Sessional Instructor at the University of Calgary. He is the founding faculty director of Salem State’s Center for Entrepreneurship and is a member of the honors faculty. John teaches a variety of experiential business courses, and has received a number of awards related to his teaching and research practice. He publishes work on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, and in incorporating the humanities into business education. His research also explores how regulatory environments impact entrepreneurship, particularly in emerging markets, and he researches issues of compliance and firm behavior in the higher education and nonprofit sectors. John holds a J.D. from Seton Hall Law School, an LL.M. from Temple University, and masters’ and doctoral degrees in government (M.G.A.) and education (M.S.Ed., Ed.D). from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to becoming an academic, John had a career as an entrepreneur, worked in public interest law, and was a government official. He regularly presents research at international conferences in North America and Europe, and has been appointed as a Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. Department of State.
Maya Anderson is a Graduate Student at the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary. Her focus is on supporting student mental health and the incorporation of digital technology in learning. She also has a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology specializing in Deviance and Social Control as well as a Bachelor of Education in Social Studies and Design Thinking from the University of Calgary. Prior to becoming a graduate student, Maya worked in post-secondary administration at Mount Royal University. In her role as a Program Coordinator she was responsible for the administrative leadership and program development of a portfolio of eight programs within Community and Health Studies, including Supportive Counselling Skills, Police Studies, Children’s Mental Health, Parenting after Separation, and the Children and Youth Programs Area. She was also instrumental in developing some of the first distance programs in the faculty of Continuing Education at MRU. Maya’s experience in distance learning as well as curriculum development and learning design served her well throughout this project and allowed her to develop high-quality, experiential lesson plans and materials in both face to face and distance learning formats.
Genevieve Johner is a recent alumnus of the University of Calgary. She graduated in 2020 with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Sciences, as well as a Bachelor of Education in Secondary Education. During her undergraduate studies, Genevieve served as the Vice President of Professional Development with the Education Students’ Association, where she built the strongest professional development program of any University in the province of Alberta. Genevieve also has extensive experience in service and community-based learning through her work in the Humane Education department of the Calgary Humane Society, where she has worked as a Youth Program Leader and Summer Camp Assistant. During this time, her role involved educating and inspiring youth on the importance of the humane treatment of animals, humans, and the care of the environment. Through these experiences, Genevieve was able to use her passion for community based learning to create high quality rubrics and visual lesson plans, with careful integration of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit principles throughout the project.
Melanie King Rosario is a Doctor of Education student at the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary, Canada. Melanie is a registered nurse with an undergraduate degree in science from Dalhousie University and a masters degree in nursing from University of Calgary. Melanie has a wealth of field-based clinical practice experience in northern Indigenous communities, teaching and clinical experience in the Gambia and Kenya, and completed her masters thesis on pregnancy-related anxiety in Tanzania. In her doctoral work she is exploring the learning strategies and conditions required to support successful adoption of advanced technologies in healthcare and research.