The University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC) successfully hosted the 5th year of the JDC West Business Competition in Prince George, B.C. The student-run competition ran January 15 – 17, 2010 and had more than 700 participants including the top undergraduate business students from across Western Canada, countless volunteers, judges and sponsors.
The delegates came from 10 universities throughout Western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and united to compete in the 2010 competition. For two days, the students battled in academic case studies, debate, social challenges and a round-robin soccer tournament which was the athletic portion of the competition.
This year’s theme was “Humanitarian Leadership” and that was successfully accomplished by raising more than $160,000 for charities across Western Canada. In conjunction with this theme, the Honourable Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire was the guest speaker at the Gala and Awards Dinner. He inspired more than 800 attendees.
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Sandra Rees, CHRP, chair of the
Northern Advisory Council, presented
the awards for the Human Resources
Management Case Study. |
BC HRMA was pleased to be the official Academic Sponsor of the Human Resources Management (HRM) Case Study. Representing BC HRMA, Lori Friesen, a Northern regional member of the association, was one of the HRM Case Study judges and Sandra Rees, CHRP, chair of the Northern Advisory Council, presented the HRM Case Study awards.
British Columbia had a strong presence in the HRM case study competition with Simon Fraser University winning first place, Sauder School of Business taking second and UNBC rounding out the top three. It’s also worth noting that host school UNBC – the smallest school in the competition – took home fourth place overall for “School of the Year”.
A total of fifty awards were presented to the following schools in eighteen different categories. For full results and more information on JDC West 2010, please visit www.jdcwest.com.