Faculty of Business and Economics
The Faculty of Business and Economics have a strong research presence at our Brampton and Sault Ste. Marie campuses.
Dr. Jo-Anne Ryan
Associate Professor in the School of Business and Economics
I currently have two key projects I am undertaking. The first project examines the assurance and performance management related issues surrounding the insolvency and Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) protection the was undertaken by Laurentian University. I am a co-author, with Dr. Marc Pilon of Laurentian University on two case related papers. We hope that the case studies will provide a rich learning environment for accounting students in the areas of assurance and governance. The second project, funded by Algoma University’s Start-up Research Grant examines the investor relations (IR) website content of more than 500 Canadian Public Companies. With the assistance of upper year Algoma University students, I hope to find out more about what types of voluntary and non-voluntary financial and non-financial information that Canadian companies are posting on their IR website.
Dr. Ahmed Aziz
Assistant Professor in the School of Business and Economics
Dr. Aziz is an applied microeconomist with a research focus on labour, international, and development economics and the intersection between these fields. His current research projects focus on the impact of Canadian interprovincial migration on interprovincial trade. He is also interested in understanding the intergenerational effects of welfare programs in Canada and the US. Dr. Aziz is currently involved in a community-based action research project with Dr. Jody Rebek investigating blue economy and freshwater entrepreneurship opportunities in the Algoma region.
View Dr. Ahmed Aziz’s website to learn more about his research.
Dr. Mahbubul Alam
Assistant Professor in the School of Business and Economics
Dr. Mahbubul Alam’s research interests include emotional labour in leadership context, performance feedback, respect, task significance, and indigenization of human resource management education. He conducts research utilizing both quantitative and qualitative methods and published articles in reputable management journals, such as Human Resource Management Review, Organizational Dynamics, and Relations industrielles/Industrial Relations.