The Network is pleased to present its second Health and Wellbeing Webinar on March 10, 2022 from 11:30 am -1:00 pm. The webinar will focus on the importance of physical health and staying active during the pandemic. The event will look at the impact on our student athletes’ mental and physical health as well as the effect on our community and local businesses. The conversation will discuss how many athletes and businesses are coping with the many changes and transitions including finding innovative ways to stay active and maintain a healthy lifestyle or performance.

Please click the link to register: Health & Wellbeing Webinar

The Network is pleased to support The Commerce Society's 47th Annual Business 'Dinner'! Register Here

Part one of the event will take place virtually, on March 4, 2022 from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm AST. Featuring keynote speaker Sara Napier, President & CEO of United Way Halifax. There will also workshops that participants can select from, which will be administered by SMU alumni, community leaders, and business professionals. More information about the Dinner cane be found on the website.

The Network is pleased to present in partnership with the Office of Diversity Excellence a webinar about Micro-Credentials in the Future of Education on February 3, 2022 from 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm AST. Are you curious about emerging trends in continuous learning and education? Have you wondered about the direction and impact of online courses and certificates to your own professional development or your organization’s talent plan or your educational institution’s programming offerings? If so, join us for a discussion with our panel of experienced leaders who will share their perspectives about the development, potential, and access considerations of micro-credentials for the future of education.

Click here for the Link to Register for the Webinar: Micro-Credentials In The Future Of Education

The Network is pleased to present a special webinar presenting our first Co-Alumni-In-Residence, Co-Founders of Purple Cow Internet, Bradley Farquhar BComm ’08 and Joe Power BComm ’11. Join us on January 27, 2022 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm AST as we reflected on some of their experiences while being Saint Mary’s University and Sobey School of Business students, and how this education and experience helped chart their path to where they are today. This discussion will dive into conversation to help us learn how they decided to start their own business, and important steps they took in the development of Purple Cow. This conversation will also help us gain an insight into the entrepreneurial spirit that they both have and how we can all set big goals for ourselves and our peers as we work together to develop the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Link to register: Click to Register for the Alumni-In-Residence Showcase Webinar

The Network is pleased to present a special webinar presenting our first Executive-In-Residence, Ian D. Smith the Chief Executive Officer of Clearwater Seafoods Limited Partnership. Join us on January 13, 2022 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm AST as we explore Ian’s journey to being CEO of North America's largest vertically integrated harvester of wild caught shellfish and crustaceans with more than $600 million dollars in sales in over 55 countries and international harvesting, processing, and distribution operations as well as sales offices in 4 continents. We will also dive into his experience leading the organization through a transitional period of ownership and acquisition a year ago, which saw Mi’kmaq coalition together with Premium Brands Holdings Corporation acquired Clearwater in a 50/50 partnership. This transaction was historically significant in many ways and two above all, it was the single largest transaction in the history of Canada’s seafood industry and represents the single largest investment in the seafood industry by any Indigenous group in Canada. In addition, this conversation will provide us with an insight on what it’s like to manage and organize a company of this calibre, and what advice would he give our community as we work together to develop the next generation of entrepreneurs and business leaders.

Link to Register: Clink to Register for Executive-In-Residence Showcase Webinar

The Network is pleased to present in partnership with Sobey School of Business Graduate Career Services on January 11, 2022 at 11: 30 am to 1:00 pm AST the webinar From the Classroom to the Boardroom. The pandemic has caused a shift in the overall approach to securing employment in this rapidly evolving job market. We are left with questions: What are the challenges and opportunities for graduates to obtained employment? What skills and competencies are required in this new world order? Roles that graduates’ take after university can have a significant impact on their career paths and influence what doors open to them later on down the road. With these important decisions in mind, it is important to equip yourself with the right tools and resources, in order to achieve your career goals. In the post pandemic environment how, we connect, and network is different. It is our intention to facilitate meaningful discussion during this session in order to bridge the hiring gap in a post-pandemic period while highlighting strategies that help elevate connections between employers and our students.

Link to register: Click to Register for From the Classroom to the Boardroom

The Network is pleased to present a webinar on November 24, 2021 11:45 am - 1:00 pm ADT. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused some major changes and added many challenges to our everyday lives. These issues incorporated with the fear of contracting the virus make it vital that we are not only focusing and looking after our physical health, but our mental health as well. With many employers, employees and recent graduates navigating new onboarding experience and new workplace environments, we need to learn how, and find way to discuss to destigmatize our different environments. To make it safe to talk about the state of our mental health.

As a result of COVID, our inability to nurture ‘real connection’ can create many additional stresses and pressures. We need to be intentional about creating practical and healthy environments that allow opportunity for us to open up about our mental health. This event will look how we can help guide informal conversations surrounding mental health as well as ways to build trust with our students, peers, employees, and employers while mitigating mental health stigma. A competency that each of us must take responsibility for, so that we can create safe space to attract and support the people in our networks .

The event will be moderated by Stephanie Howatt (MBA ‘21) and will feature Karn Nichols the Executive Director of the Canadian Mental Health Association of Nova Scotia Division (MBA ‘11), Michael DeVenney, President of WorkInsights and Founder of The Mindset Project and Mandi Nicholson, Co-Founder of UR Enough and Life Coach.

Please Register for the event Via the Link: Register for the Network’s Mental Health Event

The Network is pleased to present a webinar on November 3, 2021 11:45 am - 1:00 pm ADT that will focus on business risks, with a special emphasis on the alcohol beverage industry in Nova Scotia. Many businesses were inadequacy prepared to weather the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially SME’s. SMEs generally do not consider managing for risks outside the general scope of their day-to-day activities that could negatively affect their businesses such as IT and infrastructural problems and prolong closures. As well many organizations do not have plans to mitigate issues with unexpected or disruptive events that can significantly impact their organizations, until after the event occurs. The shock of the pandemic has presented a need for support for risk and crisis management for all organizations moving forward and has and will continue to reshape our working environments, health and safety requirements of our workplaces and need for contingency planning.

This discussion will shine a light on some of Nova Scotia’s Wine and Beverage best and brightest and gain an inside look at some of their lessons learned, emerging industry trends from the pandemic, and best path forward to be better prepared and manage for risks in the future.

The expert panel will be moderated by Stephanie Howatt (MBA ’21), and will showcase industry leaders including Matt Rogers, President of Bishop’s Cellar, Steve Haysom (BSc’94), owner, founder and CEO of The Church Brewing Co. and SMU CN professor of Safety Culture, Mark Fleming.

PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE EVENT VIA THE LINK: REGISTER FOR THE NETWORK’S BUSINESS RISK EVENT

To help the discussion on Women in Business and lead up to the Sobey Women in Business Symposium: Women in Entrepreneurship: Leading Change on October 15, 2021, The Network will be hosting a pre-event on October 7, 2021 from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm focusing on creating an impact through mentorship. The Mentor-Mentee relationship is a vital connection that can provide support and resources for new and emerging women leaders, both personally and professionally. Developing and building this relationship can help achieve goals, develop expectations, build skills and obtain opportunities.

The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed and affected people in many ways. It has also changed the networking game, often making it harder to meet face-to-face. Emerging from the pandemic will require us to re-evaluate how we can prioritize goals and remain productive in difficult times. With these added challenges and stresses, how can we leverage mentoring to help the next generation of women business leaders successfully navigate the future.

Please register for the event via the link: Register for the Network's Mentorship Event

Join us for Checkmate: How Social Distancing Has Changed the Social Media and the Business Support Game on September 28, 2021, from 11:45 am–1:00 pm ADT. This is to lead the discussion in advance of Davide Sobey Centre’s Omnichannel Retailing Event on October 1, 2021 at 10:00 am ADT.

Social media connections and marketing have grown over the years, and recent lockdowns have limited in-person contact and driven consumers to social media to connect. Social media provides an easy way to stay up-to-date on current events, find entertainment and stay in touch. It can also influence and provide support to consumers, allowing for more streamlined experiences that have helped many organizations weather the COVID-19 storm. The pandemic has forced many consumers and businesses to adopt safer and more convenient shopping experiences and use multiple channels. With slow signs of recovery, many of these behaviours and integrations will continue to be entrenched in our shopping experiences.

PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE EVENT VIA THE LINK: REGISTER FOR THE NETWORK’S EVENT

The Network is pleased to present in continuation from our April 20, 2020, webinar on 25 Years and Beyond our second Black Business Initiative series webinar, Access to Capital Markets: Overcoming Barriers for Black Businesses on September 21, 2021, from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm ADT. Financing is an essential part of operating any business. Without adequate access to financing, the staying power of the business and its potential for growth is jeopardized. Despite this conventional wisdom, studies show that, all else equal, Black Businesses are facing systematic barriers in accessing capital compared to other ethnic groups.

PLEASE REGISTER FOR THE EVENT VIA THE LINK: REGISTER FOR THE NETWORK’S EVENT

Halifax Riding Debate:The Sobey School of Business Community Revitalization & Prosperity Network, in partnership with Dalhousie University, Saint Mary’s University Students’ Association (SMUSA), and Dalhousie Student Union (DSU), will be hosting a live streamed debate for the upcoming Federal Election for the candidates from the Halifax Riding on Monday, September 13, 2021, from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm ADT. This event will highlight political parties’ responses to important issues being faced by our students.

To view live stream, please use the following link: Live Streamed Debate

Upcoming FREE coaching sessions with our Faculty in Residence, Dr. Claudia De Fuentes

Tues, April 20, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM ADT

Black Business Community has been an integral part of Nova Scotia’s economic and social fabric for over 200 years. Despite enormous struggles and challenges over the years, many successful Black-owned businesses in the region only demonstrate the resilience and tenacity of Black Nova Scotians. Over the years, Saint Mary’s University and the Sobey School of Busines have contributed to the progress of the Black Community by graduating hundreds of Black students from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Black Nova Scotian community who went on to establish successful businesses. To strengthen this partnership and to celebrate the contribution of Black Businesses in Nova Scotia, the Sobey School of Business is launching a series of conversations with the Black Business Community, first, to highlight and celebrate the contribution of Black Businesses in our region’s economy and, second, to identify gaps, challenges, and opportunities to foster resiliency of Black Businesses in the post-COVID economic landscape.

The first in this series is a conversation joined by Dr. Rustum Southwell DCL’18, CEO of the Black Business Initiative (BBI), the premier business development organization supporting Black businesses in Nova Scotia, and Ms. Cynthia Dorrington, the President of Vale & Associates Human Resource Management and Consulting Inc. The conversation will focus on lessons learned from 25 years of Black Business advocacy, including many challenges inherent to Black Canadians that constitute an impediment to business startups and continued growth and scaling. Furthermore, the conversation will touch on how we can mobilize support programs and initiatives for Black Businesses so that the community can emerge stronger and more prosperous in the post-COVID environment.

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Wed, Feb 17, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AST

Join President Emeritus of Saint Mary’s University and current Sobey School faculty, Dr. Colin Dodds as he explores the future of higher education. Dr. Dodds is joined by International Recruitment Specialist and moderator, Lindsay Benoit.

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Tues, Feb 2, 2021 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM AST

Join Dr. Ethan Pancer of the Sobey School of Business as he discusses how organizations can integrate consumer behaviour into their marketing strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Pancer is joined by moderator John Sime BComm'08.

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Mon, Jan 25, 2021 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM AST

Join Adriana Dolnyckyj, EMBA’02 and moderator Pamela Scott Crace as they explore Design Thinking and how you and your organization can innovate through disruption.

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Thurs, Oct 8, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ADT

Join Wendy Brookhouse BComm’91 EMBA’02 and moderator Adriana Dolnyckyj EMBA’02, as they explore how you can Unleash Your Money Power!

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Thurs, Oct 1, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ADT

Join Catherine McCall, Executive Director for the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance (CCGG) as she explores environmental, social and corporate governance and the role of institutional investors.

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Mon, Sept 28, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ADT

Join Terry Cooke, President & CEO of Hamilton Community Foundation as he explores IMPACT INVESTING and the three R’s: Response, Recovery and Resilience.

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Thurs, Sept 17, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ADT

Join Eleanor Beaton, Leadership Mentor, as she explores marketing through adversity for your business.

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Wed, Sept 9, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ADT

Daniel Rogers, Director of Training & Development and Jonathan Sharpe, Director of Operations for Supplement King are joined by Breagh Matheson MBA'18, Project Manager for the Sobey Prosperity Network to discuss business continuity and the COVID-19 pandemic.

This webinar will be a roundtable discussion with Q&A from the audience. If you have a question to ask in advance, please submit here.

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NEW TIME: Wed, Sept 2, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ADT

Nowadays, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are dealing with big data using their limited resources. This webinar discusses the challenges and available IT solutions of big data for SME. It also presents guidelines for strategic use of data and technologies in SME.

Join Dr. Hai Wang as he explores business intelligence and big data analytics to revitalize SMEs during the global pandemic.

PLEASE NOTE: This webinar will take place on Zoom.

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Wed, Aug 26, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ADT

Join Dr. Wendy Carroll as she explores the future of work, and how AI & robotics are reshaping the world as we know.

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Thurs, Aug 20, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ADT

Join a panel of Sobey School of Business faculty, Dr. Patricia Bradshaw, Dr. Rahman Khokhar & Dr. Margaret Mckee, as they discuss nonprofit governance during COVID-19. They will focus on the top 10 questions that boards should be asking during this time. This talk will be moderated by Karn Nichols, Manager of Graduate Career Services.

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Wed, Aug 19, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ADT

Canadian household finances are being affected by COVID-19 pandemic. The presentation will be focusing on a particular aspect of household finance: retirement savings. Along with high volatility in the financial markets, household income prospects are likely to affect retirement savings of Canadian households. The impact will vary depending on the demographic and socioeconomic attributes of Canadians, savings vehicles they use, and government policies. Investment opportunities will also evolve in this environment. The presentation will provide a perspective on how the savings prospect may evolve in the post-pandemic period relative to the past, and keeping the recent developments in mind.

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Fri, Aug 7, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ADT

Join Dr. Yigit Aydede as he explores the post-pandemic labour market with machine learning.

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