Defining your academic identity & teaching philosophy (i.e., personal statement and research agenda), academic career guidance, tips for academic job applications & CV, interview preparations and hiring steps

Editors Panel on publishing research (CJAS, IJCM) and cases (CRJ, OATCJ) as well as disrupters like the use of AI in research! 

Extended AbstractAt last year’s daylong ASAC colloquium on Indigenous research, Teddy Carter (Michel) explicated the nature and importance of self-location as an Indigenous research practice. Self-location has parallels in other disciplines and research traditions, especially critical and feminist traditions. Terms include (self-) position, (self-) positionality, and (research) standpoint. Common a...

Learn from top researchers, instructors, and industry liaisons about innovation, entrepreneurship, startups, non-academic career opportunities, research career in industry, etc. 

Please join us for an evening social including food and beverages to welcome you to ASAC 2025!  Thank you to our sponsors:  University of Regina, Hill | Levene Schools of BusinessMount Royal University, Faculty of Business, Communications Studies and Aviation 

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Chair/Président: Daniel Njoagwuani (University of Manitoba)How does Curiosity lead Entrepreneurs toward Sustained Future-making?Author(s)/Auteur(s): Maryam Mahmoudi Mesineh (University of Ottawa)Icarus in Startup Jungle: Early Success, Confirmation Bias and SurvivalAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Virangi Shah (University of Waterloo Faculty of Engineering)Entrepreneuring as Therapy: Personal Healing and Growth Through the Entrepreneurship P...

Chair/Président: Wen Ma (University of Manitoba)Unbranded and Unstoppable: The Maverick Approach to High-Impact Business PerformanceAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Forough Sharifi (University of Guelph) & Davar Rezania (University of Guelph)Entrepreneuring as Existential Transformation: Stories of Life and Career Transition of Four Individuals' who Live in Vans.Author(s)/Auteur(s): Angus Duff (Thompson Rivers University), Tolulope Oluwafemi (Thomp...

All attendees are invited for this sit down hot lunch indigenous buffet, sponsored by the Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, during which we will announce the award recipients for this year's conference.     

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Each division can organize their own gathering, you should reach out to your divisional officers to learn more! 

Chair/Président: James Tuffour (University of Cape Coast College of Humanities and Legal Studies)Identity Play among Immigrant Women EntrepreneursAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Brittany Jackson (Concordia University) & Ingrid Chadwick (Concordia University)Human Capital and Access to Finance: Evidence from Women Entrepreneurs in North AmericaAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Romina Hosseingholizadeh (University of Guelph) & RUBEN BURGA (University of Guel...

Chair/Président: Akbar Saeed (Wilfrid Laurier University)Cross-level Co-construction in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems: Exploring Adaptive Responses at Micro and Meso LevelsAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Siyu Fei (Concordia University) & Alex Bitektine (JMSB - Concordia University)A Process Model of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Orchestration: The Role of Advisors in Facilitating Entrepreneurs’ Initial Ecosystem InteractionsAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): Taoting L...

Chair/Président: Bradley Bernard (Toronto Metropolitan University)Understanding Student Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy: An Integration of Teaching Quality, Learning Methods, and University SupportAuthor(s)/Auteur(s): James Tuffour (University of Cape Coast College of Humanities and Legal Studies), Albert Acheampong (University of Cape Coast) & Frank Karikari (Northwestern Polytechnical University)Reframing Training of Marginalized Entrepreneurs...