Arrival of a container shipment of 12,000+ books to Bangladesh.
July 2024
Faculty and students at Ivey and other institutions donated over 500 boxes of educational material. After sorting, 480 boxes were shipped to the University of Chittagong in Bangladesh, as part of the 39 Country Initiative. Thank you to Professor Md Helal Uddin Nizami, Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at University of Chittagong for coordinating the safe arrival of the shipment and furthering the reach of the 39 Country Initiative in Bangladesh. Special thanks to Peter Voyer at the University of Windsor and his team of volunteers, as well as to Sean Chen, John Mihalo at University of Windsor for over 100 boxes of books, and visiting Professor Lucas Wang, Melissa Judson, Romel Mostafa and Stephanie Scanlan and the many volunteers at Ivey.
Dean Nizami overseeing the load in.
The volunteers in Bangladesh worked into the night to unload their shipment. Dean Nizami is grateful for the large shipment of books, cases, journals, and course packs.
JUNE 2024
PROFESSOR CHARLES DHANARAJ VISITS LUSAKA, ZAMBIA
The 39 Country Initiative organized three case teaching workshops in Zambia in June 2024. The half-day workshops, held in three business schools in Lusaka, introduced over 70 faculty members to the 39 Country Initiative and to the case teaching method.
To see more photos and read more about the Zambia series, click on the Workshop Series poster below.
Arrival of 10 000+ books and journals to Lahore, Pakistan (LUMS)
April 2023
The Saint Louis Team collected, catalogued, packed, shrink wrapped and shipped 9584 books and 820 journals issues to Lahore, Pakistan.
"This monumental contribution is deeply valued by our academic community" - Dr. Tariq M. Jadoon
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To view the full video and interviews with organizers and volunteers, click on the image.
Saint Louis University podcast features 39 Country Initiative founder Paul Beamish
November 2023
While visiting Saint Louis University to accept an award honouring his 39 Country Initiative, Ivey Professor and 39 Country Initiative founder Paul Beamish was invited to speak with Todd Hovermale, host of SLU International Business Now. The resulting podcast, The 39 Country Initiative: Improving Global Access to Educational Materials, covers case study accessibility in countries with a per capita GDP of less than $2,000 USD a year, how the project originated and developed into the wide-reaching initiative that it is today, and the needs and goals of the 39 Country Initiative moving forward.
Watch the full podcast below.
Faculty and students at Saint Louis University send shipment of 10,000+ books to LUMS, Pakistan
April 2023
Five years after taking on the mission, the Boeing Institute of International Business has collected and shipped over 10,000 books to the Lahore University of Management Science (LUMS) in Pakistan, as part of the 39 Country Initiative. The video below shows only a small fraction of the coordination and manpower that goes into each shipment.
Thank you to BIIB Director Hadi Alhorr for spearheading this project and furthering the reach of the 39 Country Initiative.
Benin Workshop on Ivey Cases and the 39 Country Initiative
July 2023
Ivey Prof. Elie Chrysostome travelled to the African country of Benin to host an information session for area business school deans in July, 2023. During this session the participants discussed the 39 Country Initiative and the availability of Ivey Publishing's cases at no cost for those in the 39 countries. The many benefits of teaching with cases were also highlighted, and an overview of some of the cases that might be of particular interest to students in Benin was given.
Other speakers at this one day event included:
- Dr Robert Miwonouko, Academic Director, ESGIS-Benin
- Prof. Virgile Ahyi, President of the Association of Private Universities of Benin (UNEPES)
- Prof. Amen Abiassi, former director of ISCID Business School (University of Littoral Cote d’Opale, Lille, France)
- Dr Alexis Abodohoui, Laval University, Canada
Thank you to Prof. Elie Chrysostome for organizing and facilitating this event.
Prof. Elie Chrysostome (centre, in navy) with deans from area business schools in Benin, July 2023
Participants listen to information presented on the 39 Country Initiative