2023: Global PRME Faculty Recognition Award for advancing sustainability practices and responsible management education through Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

HONOURS

Introducing my individual achievements and honours. I have gotten recognitions through my awards, scholarships/fellowships, and conferences. Here are my two most recent awards.

2024: North American PRME Award for Excellence in Research (COIL as an innovation in teaching and learning)

Recognitions

  • 2023: 2023 PRME Faculty Recognition Award, Principles for Responsible Management Education - Global PRME Initiative, New York, NY, USA.

    2019: Paul MacPherson Teaching Award of Excellence, Lang School of Business & Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.

    2018: D. F. Forster Doctoral Award nominee, University of Guelph, College of Business and Economics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.

    2017-2018: Certificate of Appreciation: Aim2Flourish, Aim2Flourish & Case Western University Fowler Center for Business, Cleveland, OH, USA.

    2017: John Dobson Enactus Fellow, John Dobson Foundation & Enactus Canada, Montreal, QC, Canada.

    2016: Barry Armandi Award for Best Student Paper in Management Education and Development, Academy of Management, USA.

    2007: MBA Leadership Award, Bryant University, Rhode Island, USA.

    2007: Academic Achievement Award, Bryant University, Rhode Island, USA.

    1984: AB Platt Undergraduate Thesis Award, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON., Canada

  • 2023-2026: University Teaching Leadership Fellow (UTLF) in Interdisciplinary and Experiential Learning, University of Guelph

    2016-2017: Ontario Graduate Fellowship (OGF), University of Guelph.

    2015-2016: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS), University of Guelph.

    2014: Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph

  • Papers Presented

    Burga, R; Rezania, D. (2019). "Innovating Project Management Education: An Applied Project Enhancing Significant Learning Experiences viewed through the Theory of Affordances". Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Annual Conference, St. Catharines, Canada.

    Burga, R; Leblanc, J; Rezania, D. (2019). "Exploring Project Management as a Career Path for Contemporary Emerging Adults". Academy of Management Annual Conference, Boston, United States.

    Burga, R; Leblanc, J; Rezania, D. (2018). "Evaluating Significant Learning Experiences: Preparing Students to Work in the Changing Labour Market". Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.

    Leblanc, J; Burga, R; Rezania, D. (2018). "Evaluating Significant Learning Experiences: Preparing Students to Work in the Changing Labour Market". International Society for the Study of Organizational and Work Values (ISSWOV) Conference, Trieste, Italy.

    Rimanoczy, I; Laszlo, C; Ongwuegbuzie, H; Burga, R; Indrajaya, A; Ekaterina Ivanova, Pia T. Manalastas. (2017). "What if the dream world of business already existed? Panel presentation and discussion moderated by Rimanoczy, PRME Working Group on the Sustainability Mindset". Academy of Management (AOM) annual conferences, Atlanta, United States.

    Burga, R; Leblanc, J; Rezania, D. (2016). "An analysis of the effects of teaching approach on engagement, satisfaction and future time perspective among students in a course on CSR". Academy of Management Annual Conference, Anaheim, United States.

    Burga, R; Leblanc, J; Rezania, D. (2016). "Analysing the effects of teaching approach on engagement, satisfaction and future time perspective". Academy of Management Annual Conference, Anaheim, United States.

    Burga, R; Leblanc, J; Rezania, D. (2016). "Assessing Student Future Time Perspective, Engagement and Satisfaction in a Course on Corporate Social Responsibility". Teaching and Learning Conference, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.

    Burga, R. (2015). "Relating Mindfulness to Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship". Administrative Sciences Association of Canada, Annual Conference, Halifax, Canada.

    Bahramirad, S; Burga, R; Hayhoe, M; Huang, S; Merchant, S; Mark Rahmati. (2015). "A Descriptive Study of Reactions to the Ontario Power Plant Closures from the Online Community". Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Conference, Halifax, Canada.

    Bahramirad, S; Burga, R; Rahmati, M. (2014). "The Measures of Accountability: A Review of the Accountability Literature". Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Annual Conference, Muskoka, Canada.

    Burga, R. (2014). "For-profit Social Entrepreneurship: The Effect of Stakeholder Factors in the Accountability Relationship with the Firm". Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Annual Conference, Muskoka, Canada.

    Burga, R; Rezania, D. (2014). "A Scoping Review of Accountability in the Context of Social Entrepreneurship". Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Annual Conference, Muskoka, Canada.

    Burga, R; Rezania, D. (2014). "Stakeholder Salience and Social Issue Values in a Social Entrepreneurship: a Descriptive Case Study". Canadian Business Ethics Network, Toronto, Canada.