I am pleased and delighted to announce that Dr. Ginger Grant has accepted the position of Associate Dean, Applied Research. Ginger joins us from the business school at Sheridan and will assume her full-time duties on July 30 following her teaching assignment as a visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School in Denmark. Ginger will help build applied research capacity at Humber by not only working with all schools but also assuming a leading role in guiding applied research projects.

Ginger is an accomplished applied researcher and assumed a leadership role in building applied research capacity in the business school at Sheridan. Ginger has experience in securing research grants, working with faculty and students to deliver exceptional results. Ginger has held senior leadership positions in industry and consulted in a variety of fields including engineering, telecommunications, education, transportation, government, law, software development, gaming and the creative industries. She is a sought after international speaker on corporate culture, high performance teams and creativity/innovation and has given several Ted talks.

Ginger holds a PhD from Pacifica Graduate Institute and certificates in Social Work and Family Violence from the University of Waterloo. She is the only Canadian in the teacher/trainer group for the Stanford GSB Creativity in Business program. A recipient of several teaching awards, Ginger is also certified in multiple assessments, including Creative Problem Solving (CPS), Values Perspectives, Cultural Transformation Tools Practitioner (Barrett system), Foursight, MBTI, FIRO-B, EQi, EQ-360, and 4Mat Instructional Design.

Please join me in extending a warm welcome to Dr. Ginger Grant.

Dr. Darren Lawless
Dean, Applied Research & Innovation