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News from Haskayne | 4-8
Student News | 9
Research Update | 9-11
Late Breaking News | 11
from Haskayne
An Enrepreneur to the Core | 12-14
Alumni Profile | 14
International Alumni Profile | 15
Get Involved | 16
Alumni Expertise | 17
Your Donation at Work | 18-19
Regional Alumni Activities | 20
Alumni Events | 21-23
Alumni News | 23
Alumni Connections
Alumni Connections is published twice
a year by the Alumni Chapter of the
Haskayne School of Business.
Alumni ChApter president:
Glen Wickerson (BComm ’71)
editor:
Rita Egizii (BComm ’96)
Art direCtion And design:
Christina Waldner
Writers:
Alison Azer
Nicole Pringle
Kristy Swift
Rita Egizii
ContACt Alumni ConneCtions:
Phone: 403.220.2699
Fax: 403.282.0095
E-mail: alumni@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
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Message from the Interim dean
ScurfIeld Hall
has bright new
signage out front
and the Haskayne
School of Business
continues to bustle
with activity follow-
ing a very busy fall
semester.
A Dean’s Search
Committee was
established in April
with representa-
tion from Haskayne faculty and staff,
General Faculties Council, the U of C
Faculty Association, the Alumni Asso-
ciation, and the student body. A short
list of candidates is expected to be
completed by the end of January 2007.
In the meantime, the role of interim
dean remains an interesting one. It
certainly has provided me with a fresh
vantage point from which to report to
you about the various activities hap-
pening at Haskayne.
A quick snapshot of the past year
would include the exceptionally good
performance of Haskayne student
case competition teams. Our legend-
ary ICBC teams broke their existing
record of five first place awards in the
competition finals by taking home
six firsts this year. Haskayne students
also placed third in the Marshall
International Case Competition—the
first time we have been invited to
participate in this prestigious contest.
Months of hard work and preparation
also paid off for students competing in
Excalibur, another prominent nation-
wide human resources (HR) case
competition. A team of three business
students were each awarded a $3,000
scholarship for their first place finish.
Also this year, KPMG invited third
and fourth-year BComm students to
participate in an essay competition
about corporate social responsibility.
Haskayne’s team placed first, walk-
ing away with $6000 in scholarships
between them.
For the third consecutive year, the
Financial Times ranked the Alberta /
Haskayne Executive MBA among the
top in the world—46 worldwide and
fourth in Canada. The university’s
application to government Future
Fund Access funding has been
approved, as has the concept for an
energy specialization at the BComm,
MBA and PhD levels. Through our
association with the Institute for
Sustainable Energy, Environment
and Economy’s (ISEEE) initiative,
there will be an increase in students
accepted into the MBA and BComm
programs. In research, Haskayne was
ranked among the top 100 schools in
North America for publication in top
journals, in a study conducted by the
University of Texas (Dallas), placing
seventh overall among Canadian busi-
ness schools.
As we move into 2007 we cross an
important milestone for the Haskayne
School of Business—our 40th Birthday.
I invite each of you to take some time
out of your busy careers to stop in and
visit your alma mater. Take a moment
to reminisce about your own time here
and feel the new energy that has start-
ed to flow throughout the building.

letter to the editor
Dear Editor:
received a letter from you about
I alumni relations a little while
back and it brought back some
memories of when I was at the
U of C. I always enjoyed it when
people came into the class from
the business world and made pre-
sentations or even talked to stu-
dents about what to expect. I have
recently moved back to Alberta
and would very much like to get
more involved. What can I do?
Sincerely,
Grant (BComm ’95)
One of the things that make Haskayne
alumni stand out from the rest is their
willingness to give back to the school
and improve the student experience
and overall success of future alumni.
Guest lecturing or speaking at student
events are great ways to share your
knowledge and experiences with
current business students. There are
also many other ways that you can
get involved with the school, and we
would encourage you to make an
appointment with the Alumni Office
to find something that fits with your
specific goals and interests. Some of
the things you might want to consider
are: Volunteering at events, recruiting
Haskayne students, donating dollars,
or sitting on a board or committee. For
details on how you can contribute your
time or talent, visit our website at:
www.haskayne.ucalgary.ca/alumni/
alumni_giving_back.html
Rita Egizii
Editor
The haSkayne aluMnI offIce is where
all the administration, planning, implementation and
follow-up of the business school’s alumni program takes
place. We are here to keep you connected to your alma
mater, and to each other.
The Haskayne alumni office was started in 2000
and has worked tirelessly over the past six years to
develop a strong alumni program that meets the needs
of its over 16,000 alumni. We often get asked what this
means. What keeps an alumni office busy?
It all starts with the student experience. We work
closely with student leaders from 22 business clubs
housed in the school—connecting students with alumni
who are interested in mentoring, sponsoring and/or
participating in student events, sitting on student club
advisory boards, conducting mock interviews, and
taking in summer or co-op students.
We also plan and host numerous social, networking
and educational seminars as well as reunion receptions.
We work with Haskayne alumni chapter networks in
Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, New York, Houston
and Beijing to provide similar opportunities.
A key mandate is to distribute timely, value-added
information that might be of interest to our alumni.
This often includes updates on Haskayne programs but
also includes selected conferences, seminars and events
hosted by third-party organizations which have an
appropriate business focus.
Recognizing and celebrating alumni success is
also of great importance to us. To that end, we take
great pride in preparing and submitting nominations
for worthy candidates—community and industry
recognition for leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship
& philanthropy, Haskayne awards such as the
Management Alumni Excellence (MAX) Award and
The Distinguished Business Leader Award (DBLA) and
the University of Calgary Arch awards including the
Distinguished Alumni Award (DAA) and the Graduate
of the Last Decade (GOLD).
We respond daily to requests from alumni all over
the world looking to re-connect with former classmates,
professors or colleagues or those in career transition,
needing to connect with possible recruiters or asking for
help in opening a door.
Message From Your Alumni Office
What is the haskayne alumni office?
What does it do exactly?
We work with other departments
within the business school to search
out and strengthen opportunities for
alumni – the Career Center, Executive
Education and the Business Library.
We also work closely with the central
University of Calgary alumni office to
organize joints events which include
alumni represented across all faculties.
And, we work diligently to provide
communication tools which keep you
updated and informed. These include
the biannual publication of Alumni
Connections, the quarterly Alumni E-
News, the annual design and produc-
tion of our award-winning Alumni
calendar, biannual welcome letters to
new grads following each Convoca-
tion, regular updating of each alumni
data record and maintenance of the
alumni website—www.haskayne.
ucalgary.ca/alumni.
To contact the Haskayne
Alumni Office:
rita egizii (Bcomm ’96)
Manager alumni relations
rita.egizii@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
403.220.2699
kristy Swift (BSc ’05)
coordinator alumni relations
kristy.swift@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
403.220.3175
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News from Haskayne
Ipsos Reid Conducts Branding and Positioning Research for the
Haskayne School of Business
WITH THE INCREASING LEVEL of competitiveness
among today’s business schools, the Haskayne School of
Business is continuously working to improve awareness
and earn a place among the top rated business schools
in Canada. In order to determine how to rise above the
competition, the school recently commissioned Ipsos Reid,
one of the world’s leading survey-based marketing research
firms to conduct Branding and Positioning Research.
This project focused on key target audiences—students,
alumni, and prospective students (working professionals)
from three major centres across Canada: Alberta, Vancouver,
and Toronto. Over 1700 individuals completed an online
survey to reveal the strengths of the school’s relation-
ship with key stakeholders and how it can build on those
strengths to become even more successful.
The main objectives of the research were to explore
awareness of the Haskayne School of Business, identify
the perceived quality of the school, examine defining
characteristics of the Haskayne “brand”, and determine how
Haskayne measures up to other Canadian business schools.
The research revealed a number of encouraging conclusions
regarding the comparatively young Haskayne School of
Business and also presented some opportunities for the
future advancement of the school.
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Not surprisingly, Haskayne was rated high in awareness and familiarity among
students and alumni. Working professionals however, were considerably less
aware and less familiar with the school, and both awareness and familiarity
depended largely on geographic region. Awareness of the school was markedly
higher among professionals in Alberta, but interestingly, the school was rated as
more familiar to those in Vancouver than Alberta.
On ratings of quality, almost half of all stakeholders surveyed gave Haskayne a
rating of high or very high. The top three factors that the school rated highly on
were overall quality, reputation with employers
and overall reputation. The majority of students
surveyed rated a Haskayne education as an
asset and the majority of students, alumni, and
professionals said they would recommend the
school. In addition, the majority of individuals
surveyed said they would likely enrol in the
Haskayne School of Business at some point in
their career.
When investigating the Haskayne brand, it
was largely determined that the school has no
clearly defined image among any of the three
groups of stakeholders. Four key characteris-
tics of Haskayne’s image that emerged from a
word-pair exercise were: focussed programs,
top quality, innovative and going places. It is
important to note that although there was little
evidence for a strong Haskayne image, very few
stakeholders drew a decidedly negative picture
of the school. In addition, the location of the
Haskayne School of Business in the city of Calgary was seen as a key asset.
An investigation of the overall quality of Haskayne relative to other business
schools revealed that the school performs well within Alberta, but less so
nationally. In spite of lower ratings in popular rankings, alumni and working
professionals would consider enrolling in the Haskayne School of Business
over any other business school in Canada. This provides further evidence that
Haskayne is seen as a high quality regional school, rather than a prominent
international institution.
It is extremely encouraging to see a school that is just about to enter its
40th year perceived to have a place among the top business schools in Canada.
Although it isn’t seen to compete directly with top-tier institutions such as Ivey or
Queen’s, the school is definitely making progress towards increasing its reputation
and presence in Canadian post secondary education. One of the key strategies for
future advancement of the school will be to define a clear profile that can set it
apart from the competition in the minds of stakeholders nationwide.

haskayne Programs earn high Marks
in corporate knights rankings
2006 MarkS The ThIrd year for Corporate Knights
Magazine’s Knight School Guide to Sustainable Education
in Canada. This year’s survey rated 46 Canadian business
schools, 21 law programs and 36 engineering schools on
their dedication to incorporating social and environmental
impact management into their curricula.
Haskayne’s undergraduate program was ranked third over-
all, an increase of five places from 2005, and undergraduate
courses showed the most dramatic increase, moving up 24
places since 2005 to land a spot in the top 10. The Haskayne
MBA program moved into second place, up two from last
year, and the ranking for MBA courses has almost doubled
this year, moving Haskayne into second place in that cat-
egory as well.
Undergraduate
Program:
Institutional Scores 1 2
These results clearly illustrate that the Haskayne School of
Business is committed to solving our social and environmen-
tal problems before they spiral out of control. The future of
sustainable business practices and ultimate preservation of
our planet falls on the shoulders of our future professionals.
The Haskayne School of Business is helping to ensure that
the next generation of business graduates are adequately
prepared to meet this ever increasing challenge.
“
MBA
Student Initiatives 24 11
Courses 10 2
Overall 3 2
Delivering MBA and
undergraduate programs
that educate students about
sustainability and environmental
issues and preparing them to
incorporate these responsibilities
in their work is a strategic
priority for the Haskayne School
of Business.
”
– Vern Jones, Interim Dean
Program:
News from Haskayne
haskayne Professor Presented with lifetime
achievement award
congraTulaTIonS To derek haSSay, assistant professor of
marketing, recipient of the Direct
Sales Association of Canada (DSA),
Direct Selling Education Foundation
(DSEF) Circle of Distinction Award.
The award recognises individuals
who have devoted significant years of
service and have made considerable
contributions to the Foundation and
the direct selling industry.
Award recipients are judged
on criteria that include: years of
commitment, significant contributions
such as providing direction or
leadership, research, recognition by the industry and constructive input on
organizational structure.
“I have to spend the rest of my life earning it,” a light-hearted Hassay
comments. The award is presented as a lifetime achievement award—“it isn’t
something you win two of.”
Hassay joined the Haskayne School of Business in 2000, following five years
as a faculty member at Lakehead University and a sessional instructor at the
University of Manitoba. He holds a BBA from the University of New Brunswick,
an MBA from McMaster University and a PhD from the University of Manitoba.
His teaching interests include consumer behaviour, sales management
and marketing channels and he is currently teaching courses in marketing
management and consumer behaviour. His research interests include relationship
marketing, marketing channels and entrepreneurship. Hassay has also been the
recipient of teaching awards from both the Student’s Union, and the Commerce
Undergraduate Society and has presented his work at conferences worldwide.
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News from Haskayne
accounting Professor duncan green retires
afTer 17 yearS WITh The Haskayne School of Business, accounting
professor Duncan Green marked his retirement with a special farewell celebration.
A popular Haskayne faculty member, Duncan will be missed by many. He chose to
end his time at Haskayne by hosting
an open reception for all his current
and former accounting students,
held on April 19 in the Oak Room at
Scurfield Hall. The event was attended
by faculty, staff, students and alumni
who gathered to reminisce, share
stories and bid their adieus.
Duncan received his BSc (Econom-
ics & Accountancy) in 1971 from
the University of Southampton. He
became a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales
in 1974. His extensive public practice experience involved clients ranging from
multinational conglomerates to small local businesses. From 1984 to 1988 he
was director of Education with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta.
He joined the Haskayne School of Business in 1989 after completing an MSc
(Accounting) at the University of Saskatchewan.
He taught auditing, financial and managerial accounting in the undergraduate
program. Duncan was nominated for a Students’ Union Teaching Excellence
Award in 1994 and 1999. He also taught extensively in the CA education
programs.
2006 MaX Winner Icon in corporate Social responsibility
The haSkayne School
of Business is pleased to recognise
david Byler as the recipient of
the 2006 Management Alumni
Excellence (MAX) Award. David
is an extraordinary leader who has
committed himself to excellence in
support of the school, the Calgary
community, and the energy industry.
A past member of the business
school’s Management Advisory
Duncan was known on and off campus for his strong
advocacy around ethical accounting practice. His research
interests included auditing, corporate governance, and the
sociology of the profession. In 2004, he helped organize a
post-Enron think tank which brought together business and
academic leaders to debate the practice and theory of ethics
in business, the accounting profession and the classroom.
Most recently, he co-authored a book with Dean Neu enti-
tled Truth or Profit?: the Ethics and Business of Public Account-
ing. Both professors are associated with the Centre for Public
Interest Accounting at the Haskayne School of Business.
Well-liked by students, Duncan enjoyed supporting stu-
dent-driven charity events—right to the last minute. A week
before he retired, he volunteered in the Commerce Under-
graduate Society’s (CUS) “Pie-your-prof” fundraising event
which helped raise $4,000 to support the construction of
the Ronald McDonald House being built near the University
of Calgary campus.
Anyone wishing to stay in touch with Duncan is invited
to email him at duncangreen@shaw.ca.
Council, David helped lead the
Delivering Results fundraising
campaign to raise over $13M and
is a dedicated participant in the
MBA mentorship program. He has
contributed tirelessly to Suncor’s
vision of sustainable energy, is the
current chair of the CEO Task Group
on Climate Change, and a member
of the Clean Air Strategic Alliance
(CASA).
David was presented with the 2006
Management Alumni Excellence
(MAX) Award at a Gala Dinner
celebration on November 23, 2006 at
the Fairmont Palliser Hotel in Calgary.

new Materials and Services offered
by the Business library
The BuSIneSS lIBrary is a joint project between the
Haskayne School of Business and the University of Calgary
Library. It facilitates the teaching and research activities
of Haskayne alumni, students and faculty and also offers
services for the local corporate community and the general
public.
The library offers access to more than 40 full text
databases, with journal articles from 5,500 business
journals, company financials and reports, and international
newspapers, as well as a comprehensive collection of
circulating and reference books.
Alumni can take advantage of the services offered by the
business library and the main campus library by purchasing
a campus library card for $15 a year (versus $65 a year for
the general public). Call 403.220.5963 for details.
Also worth checking out is the business library’s Selected
Websites page at http://library.ucalgary.ca/businesslibrary/
selectedwebsites.php. This webpage is an excellent starting
point for web-based research and general information and
is conveniently indexed into useful categories such as:
Accounting, Company Information, International Business,
News Sources, and more.
A sampling of some of the New Circulating
Books:
Building Better Boards: A Blueprint for Effective Governance
By David A. Nadler, Beverly A. Behan, Mark B. Nadler,
editors
HD2745.B85 2006
Creative Marketing: An Extended Metaphor for Marketing in a
New Age
By Ian Fillis and Ruth Rentschler
HF5415.123.F56 2006
Managing Organizational Behaviour in Canada
By Pat R. Sniderman et. al.
HD58.7.M3626 2007
New Reference Book:
Corporate Social Responsibility: Balancing Tomorrow’s
Sustainability and Today’s Profitability
By David E. Hawkins
HD60.H3935 2006
News from Haskayne
Alberta/Haskayne Executive
MBA One of the Top 50
Programs in the World
for The ThIrd conSecuTIve year, the Financial Times (London)
has ranked the Alberta/Haskayne Executive MBA (EMBA) program among the top
in the world. The program finished first among Canadian business schools and
seventh worldwide in the category that measures graduates’ career progress since
taking the program. It also ranked first in Canada and ninth worldwide in the
category that measures the extent to which alumni satisfied their most important
goals or reasons for pursuing an EMBA.
The Alberta/Haskayne EMBA, jointly offered by the University of Calgary and
the University of Alberta achieved an overall ranking of 46 on the list of the top
85 programs, a significant increase from the 65th place ranking last year.
“This international recognition is a clear demonstration of the outstanding
quality of the Alberta/Haskayne EMBA program,” says Dr. Vernon Jones, interim
dean. “The extent to which our graduates are able to meet their goals is a
reflection of the calibre of our program and the practical learning experience we
provide.”
For more information on the EMBA and other Haskayne MBA programs, visit
www.haskayne.ucalgary.ca/programs/graduate/
haskayne Student chosen as Junior ambassador
to china
haSkayne School of BuSIneSS student Emil Dulguerov was recently
chosen as one of 32 delegates to undertake an economic mission to Hong Kong
and mainland China to explore international business opportunities on behalf of
Canadian corporations. The international marketing student, who is also a mem-
ber of Junior Team Canada (JTC) was chosen from over 800 applicants across
Canada to embark upon this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
“I will represent my corporate sponsors to the fullest degree in order to
establish a network of important business contacts in Canada on their behalf,”
says an excited Dulguerov. He has recently attended a training session in Ottawa
where he had the opportunity to meet the director of Asian-economic relations for
Canada, the ambassador of China to Canada and other high-profile business and
political leaders.
Successful past missions have earned JTC recognition by the government of
Canada as an innovative way of promoting Canadian international business. This
assignment will see the team represent a diverse selection of Canadian organiza-
tions in an attempt to boost international interest in sectors such as agriculture
and agri-food products, building products and services, biotechnology, education,
environment, financial services, information and communications technologies,
natural resources, transportation, and tourism.
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News from Haskayne
new Partnership with uSfQ Provides opportunity
for Study in ecuador
The unIverSITy of Calgary and the Latin American Energy Organization
(OLADE), with support from the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA), developed the Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Development
Degree Program for students from Latin America and the Caribbean Region.
After 10 years of successful delivery, a new partnership was formed with the
Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ) to provide the students with an
environment that further enhances their learning experience. The Program is now
delivered at the USFQ campus and it is offered to all interested students as a joint
degree of the U of C and USFQ.
The Program continues to have the support from CIDA, OLADE and five
faculties of U of C: Engineering, Environmental Design, Graduate Studies, Law
and the Haskayne School of Business. It is designed to assist students to acquire
knowledge and develop the skills needed to effectively manage energy projects
and operations from a multidisciplinary point of view, in accordance with
sustainable energy development principles.
“We are very excited to offer all the benefits of this new partnership to
Haskayne alumni, including the opportunity to study in one of the world’s most
beautiful locations and having access to the USFQ Alumni Association.” says
Leda Sanchez, manager of the Centre for International Management at the U of
C. “Another valuable benefit is that, although the Program is taught in English,
students work and live in a Spanish immersion environment. Our Canadian
students are benefiting from the free language courses that we offer through this
partnership and their employers are looking forward to seeing them return not
only with a MSc. degree but also speaking a second language.”
Graduates from the program are employed in 14 different countries and work
at companies such as the Ministry of Mines and Energy, PetroBras, EnCana, GM
Pipeline Solutions and General Electric.
For more information, contact Leda Sanchez at 220.8991 or visit
www.ucalgary.ca/usfq.
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executive education announces
exciting new Programs coming
This Spring!
Mastering the Strategic Aspects of Complex
Sales
March 28, 29, 30, 2007
Whether you are selling a major project, service,
equipment, or contract, understanding the internal
dynamics of your potential client and knowing how to
use that knowledge to your advantage can mean the
difference between success and failure. This program
will help you master the strategic methods and tools
used by the most successful sales people and major
account managers.
Mastery in Leadership: An Integrated Systems
Approach
May 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 2007
This innovative new program helps you align the
leadership needs of both you and your business to
your organization’s strategic goals. It will take you
beyond understanding individual leadership dynamics
to understanding those of management teams and
entire organizations. By the end of the program,
you will have a concrete plan of action for both you
and your group to develop the leadership capacity
required to achieve organizational goals.
Note: A shortened version of this program—
Mastery in Leadership for Executive Teams—is
available for C-level and senior executives from a
specific company or on a consortium basis. This two-
day program analyzes your organization’s leadership
from a strategic perspective, including identification
of leadership gaps and developing a plan of action.
For more information, please visit
www.haskayne.ucalgary.ca/programs/execed/
or contact the Executive Education Office at
403.220-8581.

News from Haskayne
new faces at the Business School
New faculty at Haskayne—all of whom are
alumni of the school:
• Marc Boivin, Instructor, Marketing (BComm ’96)
• Brent Snider, Instructor, OPMA (MBA Thesis)
• Jenny krahn, Assistant Professor, OPMA (BComm
’98)
• James dewald, Assistant Professor, SGMA (PhD ’06)
New staff at Haskayne:
alumni office:
kristy Swift, Alumni Relations Coordinator
kristy.swift@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or 403.220.3175
MBa office:
0 Mariele calvo
Managing Director, MBA Programs
mariele.calvo@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or 403.220.8757
0 Michael Mckinlay
MBA Admissions Co-ordinator
michael.mckinlay@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or
403.220.3808
career center:
0 Bruce halliday has assumed the role of director
(replacing Voula Cocolakis).
Bruce assists alumni looking for career transition
advice.
bruce.halliday@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or 403.220.6743
0 Melissa dos ramos (BComm ’04), Programs &
Marketing Co-ordinator:
Melissa is interested in alumni wanting to get
involved as a mentor.
melissa.dosramos@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or
403.220.8649
0 Jocelyn Spurr, Career Consultant for Finance &
Marketing Students:
Jocelyn would like to hear from alumni interested
in taking on a co-op student or coming in to speak
to students about career opportunities in marketing
and finance.
jocelyn.spurr@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or 403.220.2153
executive education:
0 linda hulak, Business Development
Linda would like to hear from alumni interested
in developing custom development programs for
their organizations.
linda.hulak@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or 403.220.8823
Research Update
haskayne Places in Top 100 in north america
based on research contribution
The unIverSITy of TeXaS at Dallas (UTD) has created a database to
track publications in 24 leading business journals, which has in turn been used to
provide research-productivity based rankings of the top 100 business schools in
North America.
In the most recent ranking, covering the period from 2001-2005, the Haskayne
School of Business ranked 92 overall and seventh in Canada. The top ranked
Canadian business school was the University of Toronto (Joseph L. Rotman School
of Management) which placed 35 overall. The University of British Columbia
(Sauder School of Business) ranked second in Canada and 41 overall, and the
University of Alberta ranked fifth in Canada and 67 in North America.
While this is not a ranking that the School has particularly targeted, recognition
as one of the top 100 research producing business schools in North America
suggests that efforts at improving the quantity and quality of research at the
Haskayne School of Business are being measurably recognized.
haskayne Professor receives International film
award
haSkayne School of Busi-
ness Industrial Relations professor
Allen Ponak received the Silver Screen
Award at the International Film and
Video Festival in Los Angeles in the
College and Advanced Education cat-
egory for his film “Beyond Collision:
High Integrity Labour Relations”.
The documentary film depicts suc-
cessful labour-management practices
in four Canadian industries (railway,
medical lab, pulp and paper, and gov-
ernment department). “All you hear about in the media are the fights, disputes,
and mass strikes. We wanted to create a film that shone a spotlight on organiza-
tions that are doing things right,” says Ponak.
To receive a copy of the video, contact Modern Times Productions at gpainter@
telus.net, www.moderntimesworkplace.com.
After 24 years, Dr. Ponak recently retired as professor of Industrial Relations
and director of the university’s Industrial Relations Research Group (IRRG). He
retains his Professor Emeritus status and is pursuing his consulting work as an
experienced arbitrator and mediator as well as continuing his association with the
annual Labour Arbitration and Policy Conference held annually in Calgary.
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Research Update
PIerS STeel IS an associate
professor of Human Resources
and Organizational Dynamics. He
has been a consultant for several
management and assessment
groups. He has worked with a
wide range of companies in the
telecommunications, financial,
and marketing services sectors,
providing specialized statistical
expertise as well as assessment
and selection solutions. An expert
in selection knowledge, he has
recently assisted in several legal
cases involving wrongful dis-
missal.
His current research involves
the evaluation of several new
techniques for meta-analyses as
well as developing accompanying
software. He is also extending the
use of several psychological con-
cepts into traditional economic
realms, such as using national-
level personality traits to explain
and predict GNP per capita.
Finally, he is doing extensive
work on the topic of irrational
decisional-making, in particular
procrastination.
Dr. Steel was recently inter-
viewed by Alumni Connections
about his current work.
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haskayne Professor knows Who Is naughty and Who Is nice
Q: Can you explain Synthetic Validity?
How does it work?
A: We start with putting together
a matrix, which is essentially a
relationship between your outcome,
which is performance and your
predictors, which are the selection
tests. That’s what selection is, we have
a whole bunch of predictors, and
we are trying to predict—as best as
possible—future performance.
[Right now] we do selection
tests the way that old masons used
to build churches, shaping each
block of stone by hand and then
fitting them in individually. There’s
no standardization, and that is
essentially what we are trying to do
with synthetic validity, we’re trying to
introduce standardization.
So now, we
already have
the elements
that deal with
the predictors,
we know how
the predictors
relate to each
other, but how
individual
components
relate to job
performance is
different from
job to job. So consequently, what helps
predict an excellent artist is not going
to be the same thing that predicts an
excellent accountant.
The way we overcome this, is we
break down jobs into standardized
components, each of which has a
stable relationship with a predictor.
You can think of this in terms of
something generic like running. If
part of the job is to run 100 m, what
is going to predict how fast you can
run here in Canada, is likely the same thing that is going to
predict how fast someone can run in Alabama or Jakarta, or
anywhere. It’s the same task, no matter where you go. So if
we can break down jobs into these generic elements, each
of which that has a stable relationship with the predictors,
then we don’t have to recreate the wheel each time. We
just say this job has these components, for example filing,
teamwork, leadership, etc. With all these job elements, we
can then recreate overall performance mathematically. All
you really need now to select somebody for the job is a
good, accurate description of the work.
Q: What inspired you to develop this model?
A: Essentially, the state of selection today is horrible,
it’s really buyer beware. It is complicated and incredibly
difficult for the average HR practitioner to negotiate their
way through this field. Consequently, you have people who
are selling substandard work and as Dr. Phil says “it’s selling
you outhouses and telling you that it’s the Taj Mahal”.
Imagine if everyone had to build their own TV sets, there
would be maybe 12 good working TV sets in all of Canada.
So what we
have now is
standardized,
somebody else
does all the
work for you
and you just
have to choose
the model of
TV that you
want. We are
trying to do
the same thing
with synthetic
validity. This is the only way that this entire field will
really advance, because right now, 99 per cent of it is just
reinventing the wheel. With synthetic validity, we should
be eventually able to do select people in 1/1000 the present
time and cost.
Q: Besides the obvious labour market applications, is there
anything else that it can be used for?
A: It can be reversed. This is one of the beautiful elements
of it. Instead of selecting a person for the job, you select
the job for the person. For example, what is your type
of personality, what are your interests, where do you like

to work, etc. and then you actually
determine with mathematical
precision better than anything else
now available, what types of jobs
you would likely perform best in. So
we can calculate with mathematical
precision—what type of job would
be best for you. Not only in terms of
performance but also enjoyment—
both at the same time.
Q: What are your thoughts on Alberta’s
current labour shortage?
A: As it applies to this, even if you
have a labour shortage, you can still
assess people to determine how much
they are worth to you as an employer,
there is still going to be competition
to get the best employees, even if there
aren’t really enough of them. Selection
really doesn’t ever go away.
Q: What remains your greatest
challenge?
A: At this point, it’s data collection.
We have made it as win-win as
possible. We need the data, so we’re
willing to sell selection services at
lower costs than is really enough to
cover our own costs. So companies
get a first rate selection system and we
get the data. Eventually, once we have
enough data, this will lead to synthetic
validity.
Q: Is there anything else you want to
add?
Well, it’s kind of obvious, like a late
night want ad:
“Do you need good employees for your
company?
Do you want to make sure that they
are the very best?
Call Piers Steel for Synthetic Validity.
We’ll make sure those you hire, are
those worthy”.
dIck and loIS haSkayne’S 2002 donation of real
estate to the University of Calgary has been sold to the City
of Calgary. The 219-acre parcel of land, valued at $8.7M,
has grown to a $20M endowment. The land will be used to
create a recre-
ation and wild-
life park, the
Haskayne Park,
on the banks of
the Bow River
west of the city.
With the
increased value
of the land alone,
the legacy of
Mr. Haskayne’s
original gift has
grown to more
than $27M—a
legacy that
will have a significant and enduring impact on the busi-
ness school. All of the proceeds of the sale will go to the
Haskayne School of Business and the Haskayne Endowment
for Achieving Excellence to be used for recruitment and
retention of top professors, student financial aid and tech-
nology.
“The original donation is doing what
it was intended to do—to be sold
and invested. I’m very happy with
the sale and the impact it will have
on the faculty,” said Haskayne.
“Dick Haskayne’s outstanding support for the University
of Calgary goes back long before his 2002 donation, and
incredible commitment of an individual to support the work
of the university and, through that, the community,” added
Dr. Harvey Weingarten, President and Vice-Chancellor
of the University of Calgary. “It also shows the enduring
impact of endowments to the university.”
Late-breaking News from Haskayne
Haskayne endowment yields $20M,
Bow River wildlife park expansion
“The realization of Mr. Haskayne’s
gift will allow the business school to
achieve a new level of excellence and
further enhance the student experi-
Ken Bendiktson
ence,” said
Haskayne’s
interim dean, Dr.
Vern Jones. “Mr.
Haskayne regu-
larly visits our
school, speaks
to our students
on the impor-
tance of ethics
and personal
responsibility,
and provides
an outstanding
role model for
our entire com-
munity. We are all very proud to have
him as our sponsor and benefactor.”
“It wasn’t hard to negotiate with me
on land,” said Haskayne. “I fully sup-
port the wildlife park and pathways
system. It’s a good long-range plan
and it’s critical to the city.”
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Feature
An Entrepreneur
To The Core
By Alison Azer
If there’s such a thing as an entrepreneur’s glow, Cara
Ripley (BComm ‘97, MBA ’05) has it in spades. And
no wonder. Ripley’s got the entrepreneurial equivalent
of a hat trick: an uncanny instinct for identifying oppor-
tunity, a higher than average tolerance for risk, and the
courage to dream big and do big. With an impressive list
of achievements and awards to her name, Ripley is no
stranger to success. But, as stunning as her successes
are, the real story is in the struggle, courage, and deter-
mination that it took to get her where she’s at and where
she’s going.
Ripley’s entrepreneurial spirit owes something to
nature, something to nurture. “I come from a family of
entrepreneurs and we’ve made and lost a lot of money
in our family history,” says Ripley. “Surviving the tough
times really taught me the value of a dollar.” Such knowl-
edge, combined with natural leadership abilities, served
as an entrepreneurial prep school of sorts. She won her
first leadership award at age five and the awards have
kept coming. “I guess I cut my teeth early,” laughs Ripley.
Most recently, Ripley’s acumen for new product
development caught the attention of the Travel Industry
Association of Canada, which named her as a finalist in
the 2006 Air Miles Reward Program Innovator of the Year
Award. She designed a wellness walk linking a transfor-
mational spa experience with the history and ecology of
Ripley Ridge Retreat & Spa, the company that she co-
founded and grew from a small bed and breakfast into a
full-scale urban retreat centre. “As an entrepreneur, I’m
hard-wired towards innovation and change. It’s much
harder for me to accept the status quo than it is to cre-
ate new ways of doing business. That’s what excites me,”
says Ripley.
Ripley also received top provincial honours for her
strategic communications plan, winning the 2005 Alberta
Tourism Award in the category of Marketing Excellence
(budget under $25,000). In fact, Ripley only needed
$10,000 to redesign the Ridge’s marketing materials
for several high profile strategic partnerships with com-
panies like Shopper’s Drug Mart, CIBC, and Disney, and
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Whatever you can do or dream
you can, begin it. Boldness has
genius, power, and magic in it.
–Goethe
Marnie Burkhart

attract significant national and inter-
national media recognition. No sur-
prise then that she’s also a finalist
for this year’s award.
Ripley’s tale—while not exactly
rags to riches—is a testament to
her ingenuity and perseverance. And
about her ability to leverage a dollar.
“I started off as a waitress—my tips
paid for my tuition at travel school,”
Ripley recalls. Upon graduation, she
landed a job with American Express
as a junior travel consultant and
then used her salary to finance
a BComm in Marketing at the
Haskayne School of Business.
She worked, studied, and made
the Dean’s List—all while being pro-
moted twice during an era of corpo-
rate downsizing and being selected
for American Express’ Leadership
Development Program. Recognized
for her leadership abilities, Ripley
was given the opportunity to assist
with the development of American
Express’ VIP leisure department.
Then, as the marketing manager,
she further honed her entrepre-
neurial skills by launching a new
Uniglobe travel agency.
“If we did all the things we
are really capable of doing,
we would literally astound
ourselves.”
– Thomas Edison
Resting on her laurels was never
an option for Ripley. By the time
she graduated in 1997, she was
married, thinking of starting a family
(she now has two children), run-
ning a web design company called
WebSavvy Multimedia, and get-
ting more involved in Ripley Ridge.
These were stimulating times for
us,” says Ripley. “We worked unbe-
lievably hard to get our businesses
going and yet decided not to draw salaries so that we
could invest in growth and expansion.”
And like most people who’ve struggled to make ends
meet, Ripley has many fond memories of those leaner
times. “One year, before our kids were born, my husband
and I wanted to go to the Calgary Stampede. Our wallets
were pretty empty so we found a two-for-one admission
coupon and cashed in our bottles to pay for the rest.”
They entered the gates with five dollars which Ripley, ever
the entrepreneur, took to the casino. Within the hour, the
five dollars had turned into a hundred and the couple
spent a full day on rides, games, and the chuck wagon
races.
“Change is the law of life. And those who
look only to the past or the present are
certain to miss the future.”
– John F. Kennedy
As Ripley and her partners began to realize just how
much potential lay in the Ridge property, they explored
options for transforming the small enterprise into an
urban retreat centre of choice. Their plans called for the
acquisition of some new skills. Keen to contribute more
on the finance side of the business, Ripley decided to do
an MBA. She chose Haskayne and entered the part-time
program in the fall of 2001.
She took classes with assignments—like feasibility
studies and business plans—that complemented the
needs of the Ridge. “I would return home from my eve-
ning classes with a rush of energy because I had learned
something new that would relate directly to the Ridge.”
She would sit at her ‘office’—a cozy space tucked
between her kitchen and living room—and work until the
wee hours of the morning. Graduating in the fall of 2005,
Ripley became the first student at Haskayne to complete
a double specialization in Finance and Entrepreneurship.
Ripley is generous with her praise for her professors,
classmates and benefactors at Haskayne. “I’ll always be
grateful to Professor Leo Donlevy of the Entrepreneurship
and Innovation area—his support meant a great deal to
me. Donlevy encouraged Ripley to apply for the School’s
Scholarship for Entrepreneurship sponsored by Smith
Mack Lamarsh. The award, which she won, helped to off-
set the cost of Ripley’s tuition. “The scholarship helped
us financially and boosted my resolve to see it through.”
There is only one way to make a great deal of money
and that is in a business of your own. J. Paul Getty
As fate would have it, Ripley completed her MBA just
Feature
as an irresistible offer was made
on the Ridge. “We had big plans to
build-out the property, to take the
Ridge to a new level. But the offer
surpassed our own financial projec-
tions and we couldn’t resist.” While
the details are still being negotiated,
it looks like the Ridge will change
hands in early 2007 leaving the
Ripley family with more time and
resources on their hands and in
their pockets than they ever thought
possible.
Never one to slow down, Ripley
has recently begun consulting for
large corporations such as EnCana
Corporation, providing new insights
and solutions for existing challenges.
“I’m also working with other entrepre-
neurs—offering my business skills
to help them write new venture busi-
ness plans and marketing plans for
product development, explore growth
strategies, and design process
improvements,” says Ripley. “It’s
rewarding to help other entrepre-
neurs actualize their dreams.”
“As long as you’re going to
be thinking anyway, think
big.”
– Donald Trump
Soon, Ripley intends to be actual-
izing her own dreams again. “I’m
in the market to acquire a new
business venture and am currently
reviewing some prospects.” Once
an entrepreneur, always an entrepre-
neur it seems.
Ripley manages to find the time
to volunteer—sharing her experi-
ences and knowledge with SAIT’s
Strategic Entrepreneur Advisory
Committee and the Alberta Chapter
of the Travel Media Association
of Canada. She is also a frequent
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guest lecturer on such topics
as marketing, entrepreneurship,
and tourism.
As Ripley faces the prospects
of turning ‘one day dreams’
into ‘today’s reality,’ she’s con-
fident that it won’t change who
she is or what she believes in.
And there’s something about
her that makes one believe
she’s right.
For Ripley is someone with
an unwavering devotion to fam-
ily, a passion for nature and
community, and a commitment
to values of hard-work, honesty,
and loyalty. Her success as an
entrepreneur comes at least in
part from her belief that money
should not be made at all
costs. “We must leave a legacy
for our children—depleting the
planet of its resources solely
in the pursuit of economic gain
is pure folly,” she says. “If you
can’t be profitable without act-
ingresponsibly—environmen- tally and socially—perhaps you
shouldn’t be in business at all.”
“I define joy as a
sustained sense of
well-being and internal
peace—a connection to
what matters.”
– Oprah Winfrey
As big life transitions loom,
Ripley remains grounded in
the present and grateful for
the opportunities and bless-
ings that life has to offer. She
knows what it’s like to beat
the odds, to succeed where
others have failed, and to trust
her instincts. It must be that
entrepreneur’s glow.
Connections—1
Alumni Profile
Sticky Situation racks up Big Profits
By Nicole Pringle
When haSkayne School
of Business alumnus Chris Jones
(BComm ’98) came up with an idea
for a great football glove, it really
stuck. Literally! While he was playing
football for the Calgary Colts in 1995,
he decided to experiment with a
sticky plastic glass worker’s glove to
see if it would help improve his grip
on the football. One year, and a few
modifications and prototypes later,
he took his idea to the market. The
now 33 year-old entrepreneur and
founder of Entrix Sports is poised to
be a millionaire by the time he reaches
40. And it all began with a sticky little
plastic glove.
“I was catching everything that
came my way”, said Jones. “So I
basically found that over the course
of the season, the grip lasted much
longer than traditional leather
gloves.” With the encouragement of
his team mates, he decided to look
for a manufacturer to produce the
glove. He couldn’t find a Canadian
company with the experience and
expertise needed. In 2000, he went
into a huddle with the U.S. based
Cutters Performance Gloves and
Grips. Together they came up with a
game plan and the result was a major
touchdown. Three years after making the deal with Cutters,
his sales grew 2000%.
He said another big turning point was when the Calgary
Chamber of Commerce awarded him the Emerging
Enterprise Award in 2002. The exposure attracted the
attention of the big banks. Jones said the banks were most
impressed with his business plan and projections, more
thorough than those of businesses ten times his size. “They
were wondering who did this for me. I told them ‘I did.’
Then they asked, ‘well where did you learn that,’ and I
said: ‘Why do you think I went to school?’” In 2005 he was
named to Calgary Inc’s ‘Top 40 Under 40.’
Besides teaching him how to build a business plan that
big banks have found irresistible, Jones credits his education
with the Haskayne School of Business with allowing him to
make his learning intensely practical. “I started the business
while I was still in school…As you’re sitting there in class
you’re now applying all the stuff that they’re telling you
directly to your own business.”
Not one to let the Astroturf grow under his feet, Jones
recently picked up the sole Canadian distribution rights of
Douglas Protective Equipment, an American company that
produces high-end football shoulder pads, built exactly to
a player’s specifications, taking into account such factors
as the player’s size, shape, position and injury protection
requirements.
Previously reserved for footballs’ elite CFL teams and
top university programs, Jones wanted to make the pads
available to a broader market. “There are people at all levels
that want the best in protection and are willing to pay for
top quality. It was a natural fit with our company’s high end,
high-performance focus. It has been a great strategic move
for us.”
That may be an understatement. According to Jones,
Entrix Sports has seen sales of the Douglas football pad
skyrocket with sales to the CFL alone climbing 480% from
2004. University, junior and high school programs across
Canada are tackling retailers across the country for a chance
to sport the football fashion of champions.
He has recently moved from his basement to a 3500
square foot warehouse in Calgary. The hiring of two extra
staff has meant more quality time for his family. His three-
year-old son enjoys tossing and catching the old pigskin
with his dad; of course with the help of a tiny, sticky little
glove.

Asian Roots Beckons Alumnus Home
By Alison Azer
When David Wong (MBA ‘86)
began his career representing
the Alberta government’s commer-
cial and cultural interests in Beijing,
he never expected to learn about
Canadian history from the Chinese.
“I first travelled to China in the mid-
1980s on behalf of Alberta’s Depart-
ment of Agriculture,” he recalls.
“Whenever the Chinese learned we
were from Canada, they offered trib-
utes to the memory of Dr. Norman
Bethune.” Like most Canadians,
Wong had heard of Bethune but it
would be up to his Chinese counter-
parts to provide the full story of his
surgical feats on the battlefields of
the Sino-Japanese War.
Of both Chinese and Canadian
ancestry, Wong’s first trip to China
marked a home coming of sorts.
“It was a rite of passage. Being
immersed in Chinese culture allowed
me to discover as much who I am
as who I am not,” says Wong. “It
was a fascinating time to be in
China—it was the post-Mao era and
there were profound socio-political
changes afoot. “ In fact, Wong was
in Beijing during the pro-democ-
racy protests of 1989 and drove
by Tiananmen Square just as the
iconic ‘statue of freedom’ was being
raised.
Since then, Wong has travelled
between Alberta and China dozens
of times. Some years, Alberta has
been home other years China has
been (insert Mandarin word for
home). In July of 2000, Wong was
appointed Managing Director of
the Alberta China Office (ACO) and
settled in Beijing a few months later.
The ACO helps promote trade and
investment opportunities between
Alberta and China by offering consultative services to
Alberta companies seeking entry to the Chinese market
and to Chinese firms looking to invest in Alberta. And
business is strong—between 2003 and 2005, Alberta’s
sales to China has jumped from under $1.0 billion to
over $1.4 billion.
Wong says that Alberta companies have a reputation
as honest and trustworthy, albeit less given to the art of
negotiation and price-wrangling than their Chinese coun-
terparts. While he’s seen many successful deals struck,
he’s also witnessed some disappointments. “Early on,
I’d meet Albertans who came to China certain that with
1 billion consumers there must be opportunities for the
picking. They were long on optimism but a little short
on the facts. I always say that it’s harder to secure one
percent of the Chinese market than it is to secure five
percent anywhere else.”
For now, Wong is encouraging Alberta companies to
look beyond the 15 million people living in Beijing and
towards China’s many second-tier cities which have popu-
lations of between five and ten million. Take Edmonton
and Calgary’s sister cities —Edmonton is twinned with
Harbin, a city renowned for its culture and tradition, and
Calgary is twinned with Daquing, the oil capital. “There
have been some wonderful cultural exchanges between
the cities including visits by the Edmonton Philharmonic
Orchestra and the Shumka Dancers,” says Wong.
Wong’s term with the Alberta China Office will take him
at least into 2008—just in time for the Summer Olym-
pics in Beijing. “I can’t imagine leaving China just now,
I’m having too much fun promoting Alberta companies
International Alumni Profile
and attracting Chinese investment.
The country is in the midst of a
prolonged economic boom and the
energy is amazing.”
As the ranks of the upper class
swell, Wong wonders how a country
that officially espouses Communist
ideology will cope with growing socio-
economic disparity. “It used to be
very unusual to see a BMW or Mer-
cedes Benz—but now 50,000 new
cars are added to the streets of Bei-
jing each month and many are luxury
vehicles,” he says. “The nouveau
riche have some charming ways of
displaying their wealth like leaving
the brand name labels on suit jack-
ets and hanging price tags off Rolex
watches and Gucci sunglasses.”
When Wong comes back to
Alberta—something he does a
couple times a year—he can be
found soaking up the quintessential
clear blue skies and wide open
spaces. “I love coming back here
and reclaiming some of my Alberta
identity. I visit my favourite places,
connect with family and friends, and
indulge in food that I can’t get in
Beijing. And then just when I think
I’ll never miss the hustle and bustle
of Beijing, I do.”
As the University of Calgary alum-
ni representative in China, Wong is
eager to hear from Haskayne alumni
living there and can be reached at
david.wong@international.gc.ca.
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Movers and Shakers
lesley conway (MBA ’89)
President, Hopewell Residential
Communities was recently
recognised as one of Canada’s Top
100 Most Powerful Women by the
Women’s Executive Network.
Joan dunne (BComm ’79)
recently retired as Vice President
Finance and Chief Financial
Officer at True Energy Trust.
christine keshen (BComm ’02)
recently earned a Bronze Medal
in women’s curling at the 2006
Olympic Winter Games.
Brett Wilson (MBA ’85) founding
partner of FirstEnergy Capital
Corp was recognised for his
philanthropy and entrepreneurial
spirit at the 2006 Pinnacle Awards
at the Calgary Roundup Centre
on Feb 28.
appointments
annie chen (MBA ’95)
Investment Associate, BMO
Nesbitt Burns.
Walter deBoni (MBA ’80)
Director, Petrowest Energy
Services Trust
Philip dolan (BComm ’81) Vice
President, Finance and Chief
Financial Officer, Talisman Energy
Inc.
russell girling (BComm ’85,
MBA ’91) Pipeline President,
TransCanada Corporation.
chris haslam (BComm ’87)
Chairman & CEO, Peak Energy
Services Trust.
Matthew huber (BComm ’87)
Chief Financial Officer, Peak
Energy Services Trust.
kim hubick (BComm ’75)
Executive Vice President Finance
and Chief Financial Officer,
ENMAX Corporation.
Get Involved
30 Ways to Get Involved
conSIder:
0 Writing an article for Alumni Connections
0 Placing an ad in Alumni Connections
0 Speaking at the MBA Alumni Luncheon
Series
0 Attending a networking event
0 Organizing a social or networking event
0 Organizing your class reunion
0 Organizing a local alumni network
(outside of Calgary)
0 Organizing a local alumni network event
0 Sitting on the Haskayne Alumni Chapter
Board
0 Speaking at a student club event
(e.g. industry night, Business Day)
0 Attending a student club event
(e.g. Business Day Golf Tournament)
0 Speaking in the classroom
0 Mentoring a BComm student
0 Mentoring an MBA student
0 Hiring a summer student
0 Hiring a co-op student
0 Participating in a mock interview
0 Participating as a judge in student
competitions
0 Being a “Ticket Angel”—purchase tickets to
a Haskayne event and/or other high-profile
business event for use by students
0 Acting as an ambassador for MBA
recruitment
Top 40 under 40
0 Nominating a classmate for the Management
Alumni Excellence (MAX) Award
0 Nominating a classmate or colleague for the
Distinguished Business Leader Award
0 Nominating a classmate for a University of
Calgary Arch Award
0 Providing sponsorship:
0 Management Alumni Excellence
(MAX) Gala
0 Alumni Wall Calendar
0 Student Club Initiatives
(e.g. Business Day)
0 Contributing direct financial support:
0 Alumni Annual Fund
0 Scholarships & Bursaries
0 Professorship Chairs
0 Endowments
0 An undesignated gift
0 Participating in graduate student and faculty
research studies
0 Enrolling in Executive Education courses
and programs
0 Considering a graduate degree
(MBA, EMBA)
0 Responding to surveys
0 Helping us locate fellow classmates
We invite you to pick just one or two, and
then drop us a line or give us a call: alumni@
haskayne.ucalgary.ca or Rita at 220-2699.
calgary Inc. magazine recently recognised six Haskayne Alumni and one Haskayne EMBA
student in their Top 40 under 40 issue. Congratulations to:
0 Sarah Ditchburn, (MBA ’97) Project Manager, Business Advisory Group, Nexen Inc.
0 Dean Koeller, (BComm ’97) Vice President, Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation
0 Dawn Manning, (MBA ’04) Consultant, Western Management Consultants
0 Thomas Mawhinney, (EMBA ’01) President, WellPoint Systems Inc.
0 Gerrad Oishi, (MBA ’99) Alberta Partnership Manager, CBC
0 Greg Whyte, (MBA ’01) President, Cirrus Environmental Services Inc.
0 Jeffrey Wilson (EMBA Student) President, Global Field Mobility Inc.

finding Talent in calgary’s Scorching labour Market
By Daniel Stein (BComm ‘98)
IT’S offIcIal—Calgary is Canada’s hottest labour
market. More than 60% of companies in this booming
Western city are planning to hire in the next three months.
The oil and gas industries are fuelling the recruitment
frenzy but the economic growth these industries have
created means that everyone in the city from fast-food
restaurants to software companies are feeling the talent
pinch.
It’s not unusual for qualified employees to command a
25% salary premium plus tens of thousands of dollars in
incentives when they sign. Even Chicken on the Way is
offering $14/hr for counter staff!
This kind of frenetic labour market hasn’t been seen since
the dot.com heyday in Silicon Valley. All of this activity
has placed pressure on Calgary-based recruiting and HR
professionals to step up their game. The old tactics just don’t
cut it anymore.
If you’re finding it hard to attract and hire talent, it’s time
to move beyond the boundaries of traditional HR thinking
and tap into some of these recruiting innovations.
Cast a Net in New Markets
When a talent pool is being tapped out, you need to start
thinking in new directions. Look beyond the boundaries of
your city or even your province. Where else do the people
you need work? Can you recruit from Vancouver or Toronto
or Winnipeg? Don’t forget to look internationally as well.
The oil and gas companies, for example, are currently
reaching out to employees in Texas, Dubai, and other
resource-rich areas for the qualifications and experience they
need.
Hire a Contract Recruiter to Work On-Site
Right now you need recruiters who can respond to the
hiring challenges that you face. But will you need those
recruiters forever? Probably not. So don’t staff up your
HR department with permanent team members. Instead,
Alumni Expertise
consider bringing in contract
recruiters who can complete a specific
number of hires or help you through a
short-term crunch before moving on.
With on-site recruiters, you get the
full-time attention of a professional
but without bumping up payroll costs.
Plus the contract will cost you far less
– in many cases as much as 50% less
– than retaining a search firm to make
the hires for you.
Outsource Your Recruiting
Department
If contract recruiters don’t suit your
needs, think about outsourcing your
whole recruiting function. Like
contractors, an outsourced recruiting
team gives you the dedicated attention
of professionals at a fraction of
the cost of search firms. But those
recruiters work off-site so you
can save even further by avoiding
overhead and infrastructure costs. You
can hire one person or a full team for
just the amount of time it takes to
make the hires you need. No extra.
An outsourced team can also
provide support to your busy HR
department by creating workforce
plans and strategies, digging up
valuable market research, helping with
your Applicant Tracking System and
more.
Harness the Power of New
Internet Technologies
Recruiting on the Internet isn’t just
about job boards any more. It’s not
just about Google searches either.
In the last few years two important
trends have dramatically changed the
way recruiters and candidates interact:
blogs and online networking.
Continued on page 18
appointments
ryan kubick (BComm ’90)
Director, Canadian Southern
Petroleum
Josef loew (MBA ’90)
Senior Vice President, Scheduled
Service at ATA Airlines.
Paul Mcdougall (BComm ’96)
Vice President Finance, Centurion
Energy International Inc.
ross Mcnichol (BComm ’72)
Chair, The Calgary Foundation
Marlin Miller (BComm ’96) Client
Service Partner, Collins Barrow
LLP.
albert Monaco (MBA ’97)
President, Enbridge Gas
Distribution
robert nicolay (BComm ’80)
President and CEO, Canadian
Olympic Development Agency.
Bryson Quigley (BComm ’92)
Director, Marketing and
Communications, Alberta College
of Art and Design
Mark reynolds (BComm ’00)
Research Analyst, Oil and Gas at
Westwind Partners Calgary.
Jeremy roberge (BComm ’94)
Vice President, Capital Markets at
Inter Pipeline Fund.
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Your Donation at Work
finding Talent
Continued from page 17
A blog is essentially an online journal where a person can
post his thoughts and opinions for others to read. These
days almost everyone from Bill Gates to your niece has a
blog, and these millions of journals make great hunting
grounds for candidates.
Often there will be an About Me page with the blog that
gives you an author profile. This might provide details such
as degrees, work experience or other credentials. Scanning
blogs for candidates can help you identify people who are
at the top of their game and sharing their knowledge with
others.
You might also start your own blog as a way to find and
talk with job seekers. Keep it up to date with interesting
news, musings and insights. As people find you online, they
will often come back regularly to see your latest posting.
Herein lies the start of a great candidate relationship.
Online networking is also a great way to interact with
prospective hires. Check out sites such as Ryze.com or
Ecademy.com where you can make business connections
with people all over the world. You can grow your network
faster and more easily online than you can through
traditional face-to-face events, and you can schedule
networking activities whenever it’s convenient for you,
whether that’s 6 in the morning or 3 in the afternoon.
With the unprecedented competition for talent that we’re
seeing in the Calgary market, companies cannot afford to be
stuck in the past. Many of the tactics currently in use by HR
departments were invented in more sedate times. To keep
up, you’ll need to break out. Try something new, and watch
your success increase.
Daniel Stein is the managing partner of Head2Head
Alberta, a private company specializing in the placement
of on-site recruiters. Recently H2H has launched sister
companies Head2Head HR, Head2Head Purchasing
and RecruitSmart to handle a wide variety of recruiting
requirements for many of Canada’s Fortune 100 companies.
Daniel can be reached at daniel@head2head.ca or phone
403.667.HEAD (4323).
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The 2006 annual fund campaign is underway!
you MIghT have noTIced that you did not receive an Annual Fund
letter in your mailbox this past August. This is because, in response to requests
from our alumni, we have reduced the number of appeals from three to two. The
first letter was sent out in October and a second letter will be mailed in the spring.
In addition to this change in mailing frequency, we are also including more
designation choices so you can align your gift with the area closest to your heart.
The Annual Fund is an integral part of the business school’s overall fundraising
efforts. With its shared goals of encouraging alumni participation and increasing
annual giving, the Annual Fund draws upon an ever-growing pool of alumni to
provide the Haskayne School of Business with a solid base of financial support.
Participating in the Annual Fund gives you, an alumnus of the Haskayne School
of Business, an opportunity to stay connected while having a positive impact on
the student experience.
In 2005, Haskayne alumni giving through the Annual Fund showed an increase
of 68% over previous years, and our alumni lead the way in terms of total funds
raised for the University. With your continued support, the Annual Fund will
remain a steadfast resource for many years to come.
This year you have the unique ability to leverage your gift as the University
of Calgary intends to match endowed contributions to the Haskayne School of
Business with anticipated dollars from the province’s Access to the Future Fund,
as they become available and according to provincial guidelines. It is an ideal time
to take advantage of our momentum and elevate the business school to a new
level of excellence.
Your gift to the Annual Fund is an investment in:
0 The student experience: through support for student clubs, co-op programs,
case teams, student travel, exchange programs, career centre, library
acquisitions, scholarships and bursaries, and new and improved student
space for studying, interacting and teamwork.
0 Teaching: funding for fellowships, professorships and chairs to ensure we are
able to recruit the best and brightest.
0 Research: with financial support for centres and projects that investigate
real-world issues such as public interest accounting, financial research,
informatics, tourism, international development and new venture
development.
0 Real-world technology: with support for the latest in financial databases,
computer and lab upgrades.
Thank you!
The involvement of our alumni as mentors, volunteers, guest lecturers,
recruiters, and donors has a lifelong impact on the lives of the many students who
attend the Haskayne School of Business. You give us many reasons to be proud
that you are one of us.

haskayne Student awarded canada Post
Scholarship
lauren SMelTzer, a Haskayne School of Business student pursuing
a degree in Finance, is one of five students in the Prairie region to receive a
scholarship from Canada Post.
Each year, Canada Post awards
42 new scholarships to children of
employees who are entering first-year
studies at an accredited Canadian
University or College.
Individuals attending University are
awarded $2,000 and College students
are awarded $1,000. Scholarship
recipients may have their scholarships
renewed up to two times to cover a
total of three years of full-time study.
Lauren graduated from Father
Lacombe High School with honours
as an International Baccalaureate
Student.
The International Baccalaureate
Organization aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people
who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural
understanding and respect. To this end the IBO works with schools, governments
and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of
international education and rigorous assessment. These programmes encourage
students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners
who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
Under the University of Calgary’s IB Matters program, the IB Diploma
Programme graduates now receive a year’s worth of academic credits upon entry.
That means they can take more advanced courses in their first year of university,
and potentially, graduate sooner. IB graduates also have access to the advice and
guidance of faculty, so they can make the most of their undergraduate years.
The Haskayne School of Business congratulates Lauren on receiving the Canada
Post Scholarship and thanks Canada Post for making this award available to
students.
Your Donation at Work
libin family establishes Scholarship
for father’s Birthday
In our currenT consumer culture it is becoming
more and more challenging to give meaningful gifts to the
people we care about. Add to that the complexity of match-
ing an individual’s values and personal philosophy to the
right gift and you are faced with a seemingly impossible
task.
Or, an opportunity to do something remarkable.
In August of this year, Philip Libin’s family came up with
a gift idea that was truly unique; in celebration of his birth-
day they established a scholarship in his name at the Has-
kayne School of Business.
“We (Harriet Libin, Sheryl and Howard Ackman,
Toby and Stuart Libin and families) were motivated to
establish the Phil Libin Graduate Scholarship in Business
Administration because we felt it reflected Phil’s own
philanthropic nature and his work ethic and reputation in
the community in which he lives.” said Philip’s son Stuart
Libin.
This scholarship was established in perpetuity and
will be awarded to students in Haskayne’s MBA program.
Scholarships help attract high quality students and eliminate
financial barriers so that they can focus on their studies. The
scholarship created by the Libin Familiy provides valuable
support and will benefit many for years to come.
The Haskayne School of Business is honored to have been
chosen as the beneficiary of this special gift by the Libin
family.
If you are interested in finding out more about unique
ways to get involved with the business school please contact
Pam Fawcett, director, development & alumni relations at
403.220.2048 or pam.fawcett@haskayne.ucalgary.ca.
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Regional Alumni Activities
MBa alumni luncheon Series
The 2006-2007 luncheon SerIeS is underway, and attendance at this
popular alumni networking event continues to grow. The luncheon series was
developed to provide Haskayne alumni with valuable networking opportunities
in a relaxed and informative atmosphere. Speakers include graduates of the MBA
program, business and community leaders, as well as topic experts and Haskayne
faculty.
The luncheons are held on the second Friday of every month, at the Delta Bow
Valley, 209 – 4 Ave S.E. from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Cost for each luncheon is $25.
Save the Date:
December 6: Bernard Schilles, founder & President, corvalis.
“The Major Account Sales Process: How to Get the Most Out of It”
This is an evening workshop running from 5 – 8 p.m.
Ticket cost remains at $25.00 and includes a light dinner
(subsidized by the Haskayne School of Business Executive
Education Office)
January 12: Iqbal ali (MBa ’91)
“Performance Matters!: Success at Work, Home & Play”
February 9: kariann aarup and erin Bishop (MBa student)
Community Experience Initiative (CEI).
“Corporate Social Responsibility and the Non-Profit Sector”
February 13: annual MBa networking reception evening event
5 – 8 p.m.
Ranchman’s Club
March 9: craig elias (MBa ’01)
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Inner Sell
“Do You Have a Million Dollar Business Idea?”
April 13: guillermo Salazar (Bcomm ’98)
Arcus Consulting Inc.
The Consulting “Career”
May 11: anastasia Bulloch (MBa ’85)
Strategic Tax & Business Solutions Inc.
“Estate Planning”
June 8: daniel Stein (Bcomm ’98).
Managing Partner, Head2Head Alberta
“Calgary’s Scorching Labour Market”
For more details on alumni events, watch the events page at:
www.haskayne.ucalgary.ca/alumni/alumni_act_events.html
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u of c opens edmonton office
The unIverSITy of calgary, SAIT Polytechnic
and the Calgary Health Region have joined forces to
open CALGARY Connection – a new office located in
Edmonton that is fully accessible to U of C faculty and staff.
Conveniently situated in the downtown core, the office is
right across the street from the new U of A campus building,
and is minutes away from the Legislature building and city
hall.
The office offers one large board room, one meeting
room, six office spaces, three open space meeting tables and
six docking stations. It is equipped with wireless internet
access, a fax machine, scanner, copier and printer as well as
a kitchen.
CALGARY Connection will provide an excellent venue for
meetings with Edmonton-based counterparts and alumni,
and will also be used to recruit new students. In addition,
the facility will serve as an Edmonton-based office for walk
in inquiries from alumni and prospective students looking
to connect with the U of C.
For more information about CALGARY Connection,
contact Victoria Hutchinson at vhutchin@calgaryconnection.
org or call 780.408.4821.
Toronto Alumni Play
u of c president
Harvey Weingarten
was in Toronto on July
19 to host more than
150 Toronto based
alumni and throw the
opening pitch at a Blue
Jays game.
Prior to the game,
alumni had the
opportunity to meet
Blue Jays pitcher
Shaun Marcum and
to connect with
other University of
Calgary alumni living and working in the Calgary area.
For Avil Beckford, BComm ’91 and president of Ambeck
Enterprise, “it was a beautiful experience, and there was

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great camaraderie among the group.” She also added that “it was nice to put faces
to names from the university’s administration.”
The festive evening was part of a year long series of events to celebrate the
University’s 40th anniversary in 2006 – 2007.
The Haskayne Toronto Alumni Network is eager to hear from alumni living in
the GTA. If you would like to connect with other alumni from the business school
and the U of C, please contact Dominic Chow at chowsiukei@gmail.com.
a Pause to reflect
Alumni Events
a grouP of aluMnI, highly established in their
careers, got together to visit their old university lec-
turer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about
stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the
lecturer went to the kitchen and returned with a large
pot of coffee and an assortment of cups: porcelain,
plastic, glass, some plain-looking and some expensive
and exquisite, telling them to help themselves to hot
coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand,
the lecturer said: “If you noticed, all the nice-looking,
expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain
and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want
only the best for yourselves, that is not the source of
your problems and stress. What all of you really want-
ed was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went
for the better cups and are eyeing each other’s cups.”
“Now, if Life is coffee, then the jobs, money and
position in society are the cups. They are just tools to
hold and contain Life, but the quality of Life doesn’t
change. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup,
we fail to enjoy the coffee in it.”
So, don’t let the cups drive you.
Enjoy the coffee instead.

Alumni Events
KICKOFF Scores Big with Haskayne Alumni
The haSkayne School of BuSIneSS joined
forces with the rest of the U of C community on September
9, 2006 to celebrate KICKOFF, a once-
in-four-decades, all-day birthday bash
featuring a tailgate party, battle of
Alberta football game and three band
rock concert.
The festivities started at 10 a.m.
with a free pancake breakfast and
tailgate party including tents and
tables from every U of C faculty. The
Haskayne School of Business teamed
up with Investors Group to provide
grab bags, prize draws and a scavenger
hunt game for faculty, staff, students
and alumni.
Winners of the Haskayne Scavenger
Hunt draws included Robert Sallows,
a first year BComm student who won
a $100 gift certificate to the U of C
bookstore and brunch for four at the
Delta Bow Valley, Bonnie Walter, a
former OPMA staff member who won dinner for two, one
night’s accommodation and brunch for two at the Delta
Bow Valley and Arnie Brownlees, a BComm ’86 alumnus
who took home a Haskayne leather jacket worth over
$300. Alumni Relations Coordinator Kristy Swift won the
volunteer draw and took home a $100 shopping spree at
Market Mall.
STAMPEdE BREAKFAST: Kickoff participants and volunteers were
able to chow down at this Calgary tradition.
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Following the tailgate party, over 7000 fans piled into McMahon Stadium to
watch the U of C Dinos’ season home opener against their provincial archrivals
THE BATTLE OF ALBERTA: The University of Calgary Dino’s vs.
the University of Alberta Golden Bears.
the U of A Golden Bears. Although the
Dinos lost 17-15 in the last seconds of
the game, the triple band rock concert
that followed made up for it with a
crowd pleasing performance. Classic
’70s rock band The Stampeders took
the stage during the half time show
and following the game, Spirit of the
West and Bedouin Soundclash rocked
the stadium.
KICKOFF was also highlighted
by an inter-faculty challenge,
which awarded a $500 bursary to
Environmental Design, the faculty
with the greatest turnout of alumni.
A free tuition draw also saw one
new and one returning student each
take home a semester’s worth of free
tuition.
“It was a fantastic way to celebrate
40 years and kick off the school year,” said U of C president Harvey Weingarten.
“KICKOFF was a great opportunity to sit back, reflect on what the university has
accomplished, have some fun and look to the future.”
SPIRIT OF THE WEST: The crowd was entertained by three bands including this West Coast
favourite.
This event is also a significant milestone for Haskayne, as it looks towards
its own 40th birthday in 2007. Keep your eye on the Haskayne web-site (www.
haskayne.ucalgary.ca) for many other exciting ways to celebrate the past 40 years
at the business school and look forward to many more.

UOFC ALUMnI came out in full force and made great use of
their faculty-colour thundersticks to cheer on the Dinos.
HASKAYnE ALUMnI joined over 7000 fans to cheer, sing and
enjoy the sunshine.
The Haskayne School of Business Alumni
Office would like to extend a big thank
you to everyone who attended KICKOFF,
all of our volunteers and our sponsors:
Investors Group and the Delta Bow Valley.
Two-Minute Survey results
In The SPrIng 2006 ISSue of Alumni Connections, we asked you to tell
us what you thought about the new look of the newsletter, the contents of the
different sections and your opinions about advertising in the magazine. Here is
what you said:
On a scale of 1 – 5, with 5 being very satisfied, how much do you like the new look
of Alumni Connections?
You would like to see more:
0 Alumni News
0 Research News
0 Haskayne News
0 Alumni Events
You would like to see less:
0 Student News
What you had to say about advertising in Alumni Connections:
Almost 90% of you said a limited amount of advertising would be okay with you,
and 70% said that advertising should be opened up to the broader business com-
munity, rather than being limited to alumni businesses. Seventy six per cent of
respondents said that they (or their organization) would be interested in advertis-
ing in the magazine, and the majority of responses indicated that you prefer small-
er ads to larger ones. You also said you would be willing to pay $50 for a business
card sized ad up to $250 for a full page ad.
“Advertising should be limited to alumni
and companies they work for. Depending
on interest, companies should not be able
to advertise more than once a year in the
magazine”
Thank you to everyone who completed the survey, and congratulations to
Guillermo Salazar (BComm ’98) who won a cool package of Haskayne swag worth
over $100!
Alumni News
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Introducing the Haskayne “Signature” Teddy Bull!
aS a SPecIal celeBraTIon
of our 40th birthday in 2007, the
Haskayne School of Business is
introducing the Haskayne “Signature”
Teddy Bull.
The bull was created by Martin
Herrington (BComm ’89) who was
profiled in the Summer 2005 issue of
Alumni Connections. Martin is the
did You Know?
ThaT uPdaTIng your contact info keeps you plugged into one of the
best networking opportunities available to you as a business professional?
0 State-of-the-art database allows direct on-line updates
0 Free lifelong e-mail (with forwarding options)
0 You choose what you want to receive and not receive from the
University of Calgary and the Haskayne School of Business
0 Allows us to connect you with specific peers & class-mates worldwide
(upon your request)
0 Allows us to introduce you to Haskayne alumni living in cities you may
be visiting or moving to
0 Coming soon: on-line community which allows you to search for and
communicate with other registered alumni users.
Stay connected.
www.ucalgary.ca/alumni/updateinfo/index/
founder and CFO of The Herrington
Teddy Bear Company, operating out of
Irvine, California.
An accountant by training, Martin
found his true passion more than 15
years ago when he began designing
distinctive, high-quality teddy bears
for select clients. Since then, Her-
rington Teddy Bears has designed
and produced Signature Teddy Bears
for respected, high profile companies
around the world including, Hard
Rock Cafe & Hotels, The Cheesecake
Factory, Giorgio Beverly Hills, Cartier,
Mercedes-Benz, Tavern on the Green
in New York City, Notre Dame Univer-
sity, the Donald Trump Organization
and many others.
To see some of Martin’s creations,
visit www.herringtonteddybears.com.
The Haskayne School of Business
is very proud to unveil its very own
custom-designed, limited edition
Herrington Signature collectible—
designed to profile the current Alberta bull market, embody
the pioneering spirit of Calgary, and uphold the University
of Calgary crest, this charming fellow is accessorized from
hoof to horn (including pin-striped business suit, white tie,
buckle belt, eyeglasses, red silk tie and boxer shorts). He is
fully pose able with four movable joints.
Sure to become a favourite among alumni, students,
friends and supporters, he is available for a limited time.
Herrington limited edition teddy bears sell worldwide for
upwards of $100.00.
To order yours: e-mail alumni@haskayne.ucalgary.ca or
call 403.220.3175.
$15 (incl. gST, shipping and handling.)
Business Sticks
If you would like to submit your own ideas for
Business Sticks cartoons, please e-mail alumni@
haskayne.ucalgary.ca.