Rotary Program February 1, 2010
Our Rotary program will feature Dr. Sam Shaw, President of NAIT.
Dr. Shaw assumed his responsibilities as President and CEO of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) on October 1, 1997. Today, Dr. Shaw leads a team of more than 3,300 staff serving over 84,000 students with an annual budget of $302 million.
Educational highlights
- BA from Chaminade University of Honolulu
- MSc from Dalhousie University
- MEd and PhD from the University of Toronto
- Completed the Professional Development program at the Harvard University Institute for Educational Management
- Earned Chartered Director designation from McMaster University and The Conference Board of Canada in 2006
- Teaches Organizational Behaviour at NAIT
- Adjunct Professor, MBA program, Cape Breton University
Accomplishments at NAIT
During Dr. Shaw's tenure, NAIT has grown into the number one apprenticeship trainer in Canada and was recognized as one of Alberta's Top Employers for 2007 and 2008. In addition, NAIT has:
- opened a number of world-class centres, including
- the state-of-the-art NAIT HP Centre for Information and Communications Technology – home of the Duncan McNeill Centre for Innovation
- the NAIT Petro-Canada Centre for Millwright Technology
- the NAIT Spartan Centre for Instrumentation Technology
- the NAIT Shell Manufacturing Centre
- launched two unique baccalaureate programs – a Bachelor of Technology in Technology Management and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Enterprise Management
- recently announced a $1.5 billion workforce development strategy
He is most proud of NAIT's 141,000 alumni who are getting the job done in Alberta and around the world.
Memberships and awards
- Member of Industry Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Council (STIC)
- Chair of the Standards Council of Canada, Canadian Advisory Committee
- Sits on a number of boards including the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) and the Canadian Commercialization Corporation (CCC)
- 2005 Distinguished Leadership Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VIII.
- Alberta Venture magazine's 2004 Business Person of the Year and one of their 50 Most Influential People in 2000 and 2005