Network
The Future Skills Research Network is an expanding and diverse group of scholars, experts, practitioners and other stakeholders actively engaged in research on future skills and the future of work. This national network is helping to inform and advance the Future Skills Centre’s research agenda by providing access to network members’ deep experience with skills development and their subject matter and methodological expertise. The Future Skills Research Network is also designed to help facilitate knowledge sharing and spark collaborations between members, both as a part of the Centre’s work as well as the wider future skills research agenda.
Dr. Hong Yu
Associate Professor, Retail Management; Associate Dean,
Graduate Programs
Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University
Dr. Hong Yu is an Associate Professor of Retail Management and currently serving as the Associate Dean, Graduate Programs in the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University. With backgrounds in engineering, design and business, Dr. Yu has a keen interest in investigating management...
Dr. Deepak Gupta
Associate Vice President, Research
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Dr. Deepak S. Gupta is the Associate Vice President for Research at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in metro Vancouver. Dr. Gupta has led research, innovation, productivity, and entrepreneurial initiatives over an impactful career across three countries. He has more than a dozen awards and honours...
Dr. Sarah Lubik
Director, Entrepreneurship; Executive Director
Simon Fraser University (SFU); Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship
Dr. Sarah Lubik is Simon Fraser University's first Director of Entrepreneurship and the Executive Director of the Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship, promoting the power of, and need for, interdisciplinary teams and commercialization of research to solve wicked problems. She is co-Champion of the...
Dr. Michael Roy
Professor, Economic Sociology and Social Policy
Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University
Dr. Michael Roy is Professor of Economic Sociology and Social Policy at the Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK. Dr. Roy has specific expertise in studying the health and well-being impacts of social enterprise-led activity, publishing...
Dr. Samina Saifuddin
Assistant Professor, Management
Department of Business Administration, Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University
Dr. Samina M. Saifuddin is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Department of Business Administration, Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management. Dr. Saifuddin received her doctoral degree in Management from Carleton University, Canada. She has received her MBA degree from Western...
Kory Wilson
Executive Director, Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Kory Wilson, BSc. JD, is the Executive Director of Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships for British Columbia Institute of Technology. She is Kwakwaka’wakw. Kory is Chair of the National Indigenous Education Committee of Colleges and Institutions Canada and she has over 20 years of experience...
Dr. Robert Anderson
Professor Emeritus, Entrepreneurship and Management Accounting
Hill/Levene School of Business, Faculty of Administration, University of Regina
Dr. Robert Anderson is Professor Emeritus of Entrepreneurship and Management Accounting at the Hill/Levene School of Business, Faculty of Administration, University of Regina. His areas of research interest include entrepreneurship and economic development, resource management and sustainable...
Dr. Howard Lin
Professor, Global Management Studies
Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University
Dr. Howard Lin received an MA in economics from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing and a PhD in marketing/international business from Oklahoma State University. He was a faculty member of Pennsylvania State University’s School of Graduate Professional Studies and University of...
Dr. Susan Trenholm
Director, Public Policy and Management
King’s College London
Dr. Susan Trenholm is Director of the Public Policy & Management programme at King’s College London, from where she received her PhD in Management in 2013. Prior to this she had a 20+ year career in both the private and public sectors. During this time she occupied various senior management and...
