2021 Keynote Speakers
Dr. Linda Duxbury – Tuesday October 26
Keynote Address: The Workplace in the Post-Pandemic World: A Cautionary Tale
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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we do many things including the way we work. As we emerge from the pandemic, organizations have redesigned work models, offering increased remote, flexible and hybrid work options to employees. What does this change mean for organizations, employees, managers? What implications are there for organizational culture? Dr. Linda Duxbury will share the findings of her research on the impact of the new “way of working” on the employee experience and highlight the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.
Biography – Dr. Linda Duxbury
Human Resources | Work–Life Balance
With Canadian corporations losing over $4 billion a year to absenteeism, the satisfaction and well-being of employees cannot be overlooked. Dr. Linda Duxbury is Canada’s most accomplished researcher, writer, and speaker on work–life balance. She has contributed to numerous comprehensive national studies on work–life balance and the bottom-line effect on business. An enlightening and popular speaker, Dr. Duxbury’s ideas and research are invaluable to major corporations and government agencies around the world.
Dr. Duxbury has written hundreds of papers, articles for journals, and books, and she is the co-author of a series of Health Canada reports about work–life balance within the country. She has been published widely in both the academic and practitioner literatures, in the areas of work–family conflict; change management; supportive work environments; stress; telework; the use and impact of office technology; and managing the new workforce.
Recognized for her engaging, enthusiastic communication skills and teaching practices, Dr. Duxbury has received the “Canadian Pension and Benefits National Speaker Award,” the “Carleton University Students’ Association Teaching Excellence Award,” the “Faculty Graduate Mentoring Award,” also from Carleton and the “Sprott MBA Student Society Best Teacher Award.” She has also been awarded the “Toastmasters International Communication and Leadership Award,” and was recognized as one of Deloitte’s “Women of Influence.” In 2014-15, Dr. Duxbury received the Carleton University Research Award as one of the ten best researchers at the university.
Dr. Duxbury is a professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University. She holds a Ph.D. in Management Sciences from the University of Waterloo.
Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd & Panel Discussion – Wednesday, October 27
In collaboration with E21 Symposium on “The Future of Education”
Keynote Address Topic “A Test of our Foresight: Possible Futures for Higher Education”.
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Significant developments have occurred during the COVID period which helps us reimagine and rethink higher education – the growth of global players, new approaches to teaching and learning, the rapid expansion of micro-credentials. In this presentation, Stephen Murgatroyd will explore five key developments and suggest four potential actions which colleges and universities may take to better position themselves for the post-pandemic future. Building on the idea that “the future is not a straight line from the past”, he will also suggest three pitfalls to avoid as we seek to “build back better”.
Biography – Stephen Murgatroyd, Ph.D.
Chief Innovation Officer for Contact North | Contact Nord.
A former Dean of the Faculty of Business at Athabasca University and now an Adjunct Professor at both the University of Toronto and the University of Alberta, Stephen teaches and writes about the futures of education and other futures focused topics. He is a frequent keynote presenter, consultant, and writer.