New innovative course on environmental sustainability and business will feature a slate of prominent speakers
For the upcoming Fall term, Carleton University’s Sprott School of Business has introduced an exciting new interactive and innovative course to teach students about the relationship between business and environmental sustainability.
“The course is aimed at creating a more experiential and systemic look at the issues of environmental sustainability,” said Ruth McKay, associate professor at Sprott and co-instructor for the course. “It will provide students, close to graduation, with practical work knowledge and solutions as it relates to environmental sustainability.”
Open to fourth-year undergraduate and MBA students, the course – Business and Environmental Sustainability II (BUSI 4901) – will include a number of high-profile speakers throughout the term, including:
- Rosa Galvez, a Canadian senator for Quebec and leading expert on pollution and its impact on health;
- Benjamin Little, senior vice-president of corporate affairs, HSS, and people at IAMGOLD;
- Yves Leclerc, director of global agronomy sustainability at McCain Foods; and,
- Gulipairi Maimaiti (BIB/20), operations specialist at the World Economic Forum.
“The guest speakers will speak from personal experience about sustainability challenges and opportunities within their organizations and in the sector more broadly,” said Gary Martin, co-instructor for the course. “And, overall, it will be a current, relevant and stimulating course.”
Through weekly discussions with knowledgeable and senior business leaders, this course will delve into the role of various business models in reducing harm and adapting to change in the search for solutions to pressing environmental issues.
Sprott Bachelor of Commerce students Taylor Morris and Noah Geens worked with Ruth and Gary through summer research internships to help design the course. They conducted research to gauge students’ understanding of, and interest in learning about, the challenges faced by businesses related to environmental sustainability. This helped determine where students need to enhance their learning about environmental sustainability to have the skills and knowledge necessary to shape business strategies as the next generation of responsible leaders.
Registration is open to enroll in Business Sustainability II (BUSI 4901) for the Fall term.
The prerequisites for this course of BUSI 3119 or BUSI 5108 have been waived for the term. If you are an undergraduate student and do not have BUSI 3119 please contact the undergraduate student advisors at Sprott at bcom@sprott.carleton.ca or bib@sprott.carleton.ca. If you are an MBA student and do not have BUSI 5108 please contact mbaadvising@sprott.carleton.ca.