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The essential course to prepare professionals to work in the expanding field of corporate social responsibility and sustainable development
Offered in association with 
McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development and the law firm of Fasken Martineau are pleased to announce the launch of the second executive education certificate program, Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy and Management: Creating Shared Value through Collaborative Sustainable Development. The program will include an intensive 5 day program supplemented by post program learning events and support. It is a practical program designed to prepare participants to work in the growing field of corporate social responsibility. It is an applied program intended for professionals who work in the private and public sectors, including those who work for international organizations, consulting companies, nongovernmental and community organizations.
The program will include pre-program work, a 5-day intensive learning event at the Commodore V&A Waterfront Conference Centre in Cape Town, South Africa (May 6-10, 2013), and ongoing post program activities and support.
Please note that all travel to and accomodation in Cape Town is the responsiblity of the participant and not of the program.
Program Objectives and Key Themes
New challenges and new opportunities are emerging as the juxtaposition of economic, social and environmental issues affects businesses, governments, NGOs, international institutions and other organizations in innovative and complex ways. Public, private and civil society organizations are facing increased pressure to integrate economic, environmental and social issues and, simultaneously, to deliver increasing value to their stakeholders. The Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy and Management: Creating Shared Value through Collaborative Sustainable Development program will equip businesses, managers, practitioners and community leaders meet these challenges and help their organizations thrive in the process.
The program is designed to both provide practical and meaningful theories, tools and approaches and to enable participants to learn and work directly with key leaders from other types of organizations. Leaders from business, government and civil society will learn and work together. This intensive 5 day program will provide practical solutions that will help to align and harmonize corporate social responsibility in a way that helps to balance what may seem on the surface to be competing priorities to approaches that can help diverse organizations find solutions that create shared value. It will help managers and practitioners understand how to navigate through the world of CSR and create, implement and manage collaborative sustainable development strategies.
The program will introduce participants to leading edge thinking and practical applications of Corporate Social Responsibility in a number of contexts. It will provide participants with the requisite knowledge; skills and strategies to prepare themselves develop, implement and manage corporate social responsibility within their respective organizations.
Teaching Team May 2013
The teaching team will be made up of leading experts, practitioners and innovators across a variety of disciplines and sectors.
Philip Oxhorn (PhD, Harvard) is a Professor of Political Science at McGill and Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development (ISID). He is a recognized expert on democratic development, civil society, international indigenous issues, human rights and governance. Dr. Oxhorn has worked extensively in Latin America, North America, and Africa, and has also worked as a consultant to the Inter-American Development Bank, the United Nations Development Program, the United Nations Population Fund, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada, Department for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, Canada, the Ford Foundation, The Carter Center, the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, and the Mining Association of Canada.
Frank McShane (PhD, McGill) is a professional with 20 + years of experience in the extractives industries, including leading teams in corporate affairs / corporate responsibility in the development of environmental and social strategy, policy, risk mitigation, governance, compliance and assurance standards. Providing advice to senior operating committees and corporate boards of directors. Recognized as a leader in CSR with extensive experience internationally and in Canada negotiating with senior managers, politicians, NGOs, civil society and other stakeholders. Extensive international and domestic experience in stakeholder engagement and community relations particularly where associated with contentious issues. Published academic and previously with a leading UK think-tank advising government and industry on environmental, social and governance issues. Currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Association of the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. Operations experience in the oil and gas exploration drilling industry.
Franque Grimard (PhD, Princeton) is a McGill Professor of Economics and Associate Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Areas of expertise include international health policy, environmental economics, sustainable development and areas relating to aid effectiveness and performance measurement.
Kevin O'Callaghan is co-chair of Fasken Maritineau’s Corporate Social Responsibility Law Practice Group. Kevin provides strategic advice on aboriginal, regulatory, environmental and other corporate social responsibility ('CSR') issues. While his extensive experience is focused throughout western and northern Canada, he also advises a number of clients around the world. Kevin's litigation practice also involves complex commercial litigation with a particular emphasis on environmental issues. Kevin has advised clients on a myriad of environmental matters including environmental assessment, cost recovery actions, off-site migration, ground water contamination, and regulatory offences. Additionally, Kevin provides ongoing advice to resource companies on obligations to First Nations and agreements with First Nations. Kevin is a member of the Corporate Social Responsibility Committee of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada
Robin McLay is the Executive Director of McGill University’s Institute for the Study of International Development. Robin came to McGill from the Canadian Government where he served as Director, International Partnerships at the Canada School. He also worked as Director of Research and Director of Democratic Institutions at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Robin was the former head of one of Harvard’s Interfaculty Initiatives and continues to serve as a Founding Member of the Harvard University School of Public Health’s Leadership Council. Robin holds degrees from Harvard University, the London School of Economic and McGill University.
Wayne Dunn is an expert in the field of CSR. He has led more than forty social licensing projects in over thirty countries across six continents, helping clients to innovate and succeed in difficult and challenging circumstances. His projects have won prestigious global awards and been developed into lectures and case studies. His innovation and entrepreneurial skills have been demonstrated across dozens of projects and several start-ups, including one that was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal. Wayne is a frequent lecturer worldwide on business and economic issues, and also provides volunteer support to numerous local, national and international organizations. He is McGill University Professor of Practice and a Stanford Sloan Fellow. He has a M.Sc. in Management from Stanford University’s School of Business.
Anne Drost practises in the Energy, Environmental, Climate Change and Regulatory Law Group of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP. She is co-chair of the Corporate Social Responsibility Law Practice Group and also practises in the areas of Mining Law, Aboriginal Law and Real Estate Law. In Environmental Law, Ms. Drost has experience in advising clients on regulatory approvals, compliance and in transactions such as the acquisition or disposition of land. Anne is regularly a sessional lecturer at the McGill Faculty of Law. She teaches courses on Energy Law and Climate Change and has taught Land Use Planning, Environmental Law and Municipal Law in past years.
Terry Gray is part of the Senior Management Team within the International and Canadian Programs division of World Vision Canada. He has worked in collaboration with various industry partners on development projects throughout his twenty-three year career in the NGO sector. This experience, combined with his institutional capacity development work with regional government, has provided an opportunity for a multi-sector approach to integrating economic, social and environmental imperatives into local development initiatives. Terry has worked on development projects throughout the world and spent almost half of his career living in Haiti, Malawi and South Africa. He is an accredited partnership broker through the International Business Leader’s Forum/UK’s Overseas Development Institute’s Partnership Brokers Association Scheme. He received his BA Economics from Carleton University and his MBA from Eastern University.
Tanneke Heersche heads up the firm's Africa practice group and practises out of the firm's Johannesburg office. She is highly regarded for her expertise and experience in the mining industry where she is recognised as a leading legal advisor. Her extensive experience includes advising on all aspects of the development and financing of mining and other natural resource projects in emerging markets. She regularly advises major international mining companies, international financial institutions and governments in numerous countries around the world.
Note: The teaching team also include local experts and the program will also include high profile guest speakers from industry, government, not for profit and multilateral organizations.
ISID's Executive Education courses do not count for credit towards a degree at McGill University.