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Canadian academic
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. 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. She chairs the board of the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, and is on the board of Engineers Without Borders Canada.

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

Publications

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

  1. ^ "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.
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