Cammie Jaquays brings 20 years of university and college teaching experience to her role, fostering an environment of experiential learning and innovative ideation. As Professor, Business, Entrepreneurship and Leadership at Niagara College, Cammie's exceptional work earned her the 2022 Niagara College President's Award for Innovation in Student Learning and Success.
She is known for her entrepreneurial classroom and campus initiatives, such as creating the annual NC Sustainability Hackathon during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cammie's dedication to engaging students led to the successful matchmaking of students with entrepreneurs to develop winning sustainable solutions.
At Trent University, Cammie's accomplishments included establishing the Trent Entrepreneurship Week and directing the School of Business Internship Program, seamlessly integrating academic learning with experiential work-integrated education. Recognized for her contributions, Cammie was nominated by students and approved by Senate for the prestigious Trent 2016 Award for Educational Leadership and Innovation.
Her instructional approaches prioritize creativity, resilience, and resourcefulness, emphasizing the importance of nurturing students' inner creativity, which is a valuable skill for entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs alike. Cammie finds joy in bringing the classroom alive, fostering divergent thinking, and witnessing her students' smiles.
Experience
Cammie, having recently become a resident of Victoria, is enthusiastic about her teaching roles at Royal Roads and Camosun College. She is also pursuing a Doctor of Social Sciences at RRU, focusing her research on the intersectionality of creativity, sustainability, and Indigenous Knowledge.
Her dissertation explores how within Indigenous Knowledge lies a different view of creativity, deeply rooted in the Land, that can be applied to Western divergent thought, to form new pathways for problem solving and innovative thinking, in a similar way that Indigenous Seven Generations Principles propelled the sustainability movement forward. Cammie acknowledges the significance of Indigenous Knowledge, and when we look to the Land and her laws, creativity and innovation are unleashed.
Through this research, Cammie aims to shift the Western view of the Land, to create deeper respect for the Land with an understanding of living with the Land, not on it, contributing to the advancement of sustainable solutions.
Education
2022-2025
Doctor of Social Sciences
Royal Roads University
1993
Master of Business Administration
Concordia University
1987
Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing)
Concordia University
Awards
2022
President’s Award for Innovation in Student Learning and Success (Entrepreneurial and Experiential – New realms of discovery)
Niagara College
2016
Educational Leadership and Innovation (Nominee)
Trent University