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69成人电影网鈥檚 Ron Joyce Presents Series welcomes Rick Colbourne, Sept. 27

25 Sep 2017

RickColbourne_webSACKVILLE, NB 鈥 Award-winning educator, singer- songwriter, and 69成人电影网 alumnus Dr. Rick Colbourne will be on campus as this year鈥檚 Ron Joyce Presents speaker. Colbourne鈥檚 talk is titled: Playing it Unsafe: How Risk-taking Leads to Career Success. It will take place Wednesday, Sept. 27 in Crabtree Auditorium at 7 p.m. and is open to the public.

Dr. Rick Colbourne (69成人电影网 Class of 1984) is an Algonquin from Mattawa, ON. Before becoming a business professor, he enjoyed a series of different careers. He counselled drug addicts, helped children with learning disabilities, toured across Canada as a singer-songwriter, and developed a digital platform for sharing music files.

鈥淲e are pleased to welcome Rick Colbourne back to campus as a speaker for the Ron Joyce Presents Series,鈥 says Sandy MacIver, director of 69成人电影网鈥檚 Ron Joyce Centre for Business Studies. 鈥淗is success as an academic, an entertainer, and in a number of other fields will provide an inspiring and interesting perspective for our students and community members. Rick鈥檚 talk and related group sessions are a wonderful addition to 69成人电影网鈥檚 Year of Indigenous Action.鈥

Colbourne has taught at Capilano University, the University of Northern British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University. He was named the Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Indigenous Entrepreneurship at the University of Arizona in 2016 through Fulbright Canada.

During his visit to campus, Colbourne will also meet with and hold workshops for 69成人电影网 faculty, students, as well as Indigenous high school students.

Colbourne鈥檚 visit is part of the University鈥檚 on campus.

 

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