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Frances Westley

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Frances Westley
Westley (left)
Occupation(s)J.W. McConnell professor, University of Waterloo
Board member of
Academic background
EducationMcGill University
Academic work
DisciplineManagement
Sub-disciplinesocial innovation, resilience

Frances Westley CM is a Canadian academic. She is the J.W. McConnell professor of social innovation at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario.[1] She was previously the James McGill professor of strategy at McGill University, and, from 2005 to 2007, director of the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.[1] She chairs the board of the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University,[2] and is on the board of Engineers Without Borders Canada.[3]

Westley was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2021.[4]

Publications

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Wesley has co-edited two books:

  • with Michael Quinn Patton and Brenda Zimmerman: Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed. Toronto: Random House Canada, 2007. ISBN 9780679314448
  • with Katharine McGowan and Ola Tjörnbo: The Evolution of Social Innovation: Building Resilience Through Transitions. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2017. ISBN 9781786431158.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Staff Profile". University Waterloo. Retrieved 16 Oct 2018.
  2. ^ "Stockholm Resilience Centre Board". Stockholm Resilience Centre. Retrieved 16 Oct 2018.
  3. ^ "Engineers without borders - Canada Board". Engineers Without Borders - Canada. Retrieved 16 Oct 2018.
  4. ^ Canada, Governor General of. "Governor General Announces 61 New Appointments to the Order of Canada". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2021-01-01.