Media releases

• Ontario Auditor General named Goodman School of Business Distinguished Leader

  Friday, October 02, 2020 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 2 October 2020 – R0146

  The Goodman School of Business at Brock University has announced its 2020 Distinguished Leader.

  Bonnie Lysyk, 13th Auditor General of Ontario, will be honoured Monday, Oct. 19 at 2:30 p.m. during a virtual presentation and fireside chat with Goodman Dean Andrew Gaudes. The event is open to everyone, but please register in advance.

  “We are delighted to recognize Bonnie Lysyk’s accomplishments as an exceptional and prominent business leader,” Gaudes said. “Although we are unable to meet with her in person, we are encouraged that the virtual delivery of her address will enable us to invite alumni and friends of the Goodman community from around the world.”

  Lysyk has extensive audit, finance, risk management and governance experience, having held senior positions in both the private and public sectors during a 25-year career spent in three provinces.

  Prior to becoming 13th Auditor General of Ontario in 2013, she served as Provincial Auditor of Saskatchewan, and before that, as Deputy Auditor General and Chief Operating Officer of Manitoba. She also held a variety of senior roles at Manitoba Hydro and served as Chief Audit Executive of the Manitoba Liquor Control Commission.

  A native of Winnipeg, Lysyk graduated from the University of Manitoba with an honours bachelor’s degree in administrative studies and subsequently obtained her designation as a chartered accountant while working with Coopers & Lybrand (now PricewaterhouseCoopers). She also has a master’s in business administration and is a certified internal auditor. In 2017, she was named a Fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.

  Lysyk is a member of the Canadian Council of Legislative Auditors and serves on the Dean’s Advisory Council for the Goodman School of Business. She has actively participated in many professional and not-for-profit organizations and has taught auditing courses in Toronto as well as internationally.

  The Goodman School of Business Distinguished Leader Series annually honours Canadian business leaders and connects them with students and members of the community.

  In addition to participating in a public virtual fireside chat, Lysyk will be leading a private virtual boardroom session with a group of Goodman student leaders.

  The event is supported by the Wilmot Foundation and is part of the D.G. Wilmot Leader Series.

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews: 

  * Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media Relations, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca or 905-347-1970

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• New members welcome to Decolonial Reading Circle

  Wednesday, September 23, 2020 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 23 September 2020 – R0145

  Members of the Brock University and Niagara communities are invited to an information session on the Decolonial Reading Circle (DRC), a discussion group to examine issues related to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m.

  As proceedings get underway this week to certify a class-action lawsuit against the Government of Canada and the RCMP for a lack of progress in the cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG), and as the government’s plan to respond to the Inquiry’s final report remains on hold due to COVID-19, the launch of the DCR couldn’t be more timely.

  “This lawsuit is a call for justice,” says Robyn Bourgeois, Associate Professor in Brock’s Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. “The National Inquiry into MMIWG issued 231 such calls a year ago and the Government of Canada has yet to respond.”

  Bourgeois is the driving force behind the DRC at Brock, which she formed last fall to allow members to engage with the Inquiry’s final report.

  “We need to make sure this report doesn’t sit on a shelf,” says Bourgeois. “The lives of Indigenous women and girls are worth more than this.”

  This year, the DRC will include two circles — one to address the final report of the Inquiry and a second circle, hosted in conjunction with the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, to examine decolonial readings by Indigenous writers.

  Meetings will take place from October to March and will be held online, a move Bourgeois hopes will improve the accessibility of the DRC.

  “Last year, the pandemic actually circumvented what I feel was the most important of the DRC — a final session where we started working through the calls for justice and developing an action plan for Brock,” says Bourgeois.

  Reaching this step will be a priority this year, as will discussions about how the decolonization of Canada relates to the anti-racist activism that has grown so urgent in 2020.

  “I hope that the DRC can become a space where we talk about the events of this spring and help people better understand why Indigenous and Black folks have had enough and are demanding meaningful change,” says Bourgeois. “The DRC is a great way for folks to explore decolonization through an Indigenous lens and a safer/braver space where hard discussions can be had.”

  Those interested in attending the information session can contact  rbourgeois@brocku.ca for details.

   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media Relations, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca or 905-347-1970

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