Advisory Board

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Contents 1 FAIR has a new website! 2 The Honourable David Kilgour, MP 3 David Swann MD, MLA 4 Professor Gerard Seijts

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The FAIR Advisory Board includes: The Honorable David Kilgour, MP; Dr. David Swann, MLA; and Professor Gerard Seijts of the Ivey Business School.

[edit] The Honourable David Kilgour, MP

David Kilgour was one of the two longest-serving MPs in the House of Commons for the 38th Parliament. First elected in 1979 in the riding of Edmonton Strathcona, he has been re-elected seven times, most recently in 2004 to represent the constituents of Edmonton - Mill Woods - Beaumont. Since Confederation, only two Alberta MPs have served longer terms. In the 38th Parliament, David was Chair of the Canada-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group and the Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast; co-chair of the All-Party and Multi-Faith Committee on Religious-Cultural Harmony and the Parliamentary Friends of Tibet; and Canadian Chair of Parliamentarians for Global Action.

During his over 26 years of service in the House of Commons, David held a wide variety of portfolios, including Parliamentary Secretary to the Government House Leader, the Minister of External Relations, the Minister of Indian Affairs and the Minister of Transport.

After joining the Liberals, he has served as Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the Committees of the Whole House. He then became Secretary of State for Latin America & Africa and later Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific. He has traveled to over 75 countries and represented Canada abroad on numerous occasions, most recently as a member of the Canadian delegation to Rwanda in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the genocide. In April 2005, he chose to become an independent Member of Parliament.

David also believes in a stronger voice for Canada in the world. He advocates strengthening our human rights commitments and engaging in multilateral peacekeeping and peace-building efforts. He has been instrumental in bringing the situation in countries like Burma, Vietnam and Zimbabwe to the forefront of Canadian foreign policy and he works with NGO’s from around the world to promote the advancement of human rights.

[edit] David Swann MD, MLA

David Swann was elected to his first term as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta for the constituency of Calgary Mountain-View on November 22, 2004.

Dr. Swann graduated from the University of Alberta with his B.MSc. in 1971, his M.D. in 1973, and from the University of Calgary with his FRCP(C) in 1988. He practised as a family physician from 1975 to 1984 and then as a public health consultant from 1988 to 2004.

Dr. Swann is active within his community and was responsible for initiating the Healthy City Project in Calgary in 1987. He was also a part of developing the first pesticide-free park in Calgary in 1998 and has been involved in a number of anti-sanctions, anti-war movements from 1995 to 2004, which included three trips to Iraq. David traveled to Iraq in 2000 with an American delegation under Ramsey Clark (former Attorney General under Lyndon Johnson) and witnessed the deprivation of people and destruction of environment there due to war and sanctions.

He is co–founder (with Dr. Arthur Clark) of the Canadian Network to End Sanctions on Iraq (Calgary) in 2001 and has been active in this, including a trip to Iraq in November/02 to assess the emergency (disaster) capacity in relation to possible war. His report (along with Dr. Amir Khadir of Montreal) — Dying for Peace — outlines the catastrophe of such a war. He has become an outspoken critic of US foreign policy on Iraq and spoken across the country on various media.

He was involved in the publication of Finding My Voice for Peace (from Canada and the New American Empire, ed. George Melnyk). Dr. Swann was also honoured with the Gold Star Teaching Award in both 1999 and 2003 from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary.

[edit] Professor Gerard Seijts

Gerard Seijts received his PhD from the U of Toronto in 1998. Prior to joining the Richard Ivey School of Business in 2000, Gerard was on the faculty at the I.H. Asper School of Business, U of Manitoba. Gerard has taught undergraduate and MBA courses in organizational behavior, leading change, human resource management, performance management, managerial negotiations, staffing, and behavioral decision-making. He has also delivered workshops to mid and senior-level managers on topics such as leading change, designing effective organizations, strategic interviewing, managerial negotiations, and behavioral decision-making.

His research activities, spanning journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers, cover a wide range of topics including leadership, change, goal setting, training and development, organizational justice, performance appraisal, and team processes. His research has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Performance, Journal of Business Ethics, Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, Journal of Drug Issues, Canadian Psychology, the Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, Applied Psychology: An International Review, and the International Journal for Academic Development. Several of his research papers have received awards.

In 1999, Gerard received the Associates Award for excellence in both teaching and research. In 2005, he received Innovation in Teaching Award. He has been nominated for teaching excellence on several other occasions.

He is a member of the Academy of Management, the American Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology. He is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Organizational Behavior and the Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science. He is an ad-hoc reviewer for numerous other journals in the field of organizational behavior and human resource management. Gerard is past division chair of the Human Resources Division of the Administrative Sciences Association of Canada.