Renaissance College Speaker Series Event - Braving the Future Leadership and Systems Entrepreneurship-FR

Event date(s): November 15, 2023
Time(s): 05:30 PM - 07:00 PM
Category: Fredericton
Location: Fredericton

Renaissance College Leadership Speaker Series

Braving the Future: Leadership and Systems Entrepreneurship

Dr. Frances Westley

Nov. 15, 5:30-7 p.m.

Dr Frances Westley, an internationally acclaimed scholar in social innovation and social-ecological resilience, will talk about how leadership can help us find innovative solutions to complex problems characterized by uncertainty and disagreement among key stakeholders. Dr Westley will share insights from her career working at the interface between science, policy and practice.

Dr. Frances Westley is Professor and Director Emeritus at the Waterloo Institute on Social Innovation and Resilience at the University of Waterloo. She is a renowned scholar and consultant in the areas of social innovation, strategies for sustainable development, strategic change, visionary leadership and inter-organizational collaboration.

Dr. Westley  has served on numerous advisory boards including the Resilience Alliance Board of Science, World Conservation Union-Conservation Planning Specialist Group, the Stockholm Resilience Center, the SARAS Institute, Evergreen Canada, Engineers Without Borders and Musagetes Foundation. She has served on  editorial boards including Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and Ecology and Society. She is the recipient of awards including the Ulysses S. Seal award for innovation in conservation,the Corporate Knights Award, the World Economic Forum Thought Leader in Social Innovation Award and the Order of Canada

Frances Westley received her Ph.D. in Sociology from McGill University (1978), her M.A. Sociology from McGill University (1975), and her B.A. in English Literature from Middlebury College (1970). In 2019 she was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science by Stockholm University, Sweden.

HIL - Research Common Space

Light refreshments will be provided!

Registration link 

Building: Harriet Irving Library

Room Number: Research Common Space