University of Guelph-Humber

Dr. Farkhanda Shamim has taught at the University of Guelph-Humber since Fall 2019. She currently serves the institution in the capacity of Assistant Program Head of Business. Dr. Shamim possesses a wealth of academic and research experience and her academic career spans for more than 20 years, during which she has worked in various institutions around the globe including the University of Toronto, Japan’s Kobe University and Nagoya University, Int’l Islamic University in Islamabad, University of Bahrain and Ryerson University. Dr. Shamim has authored several research articles, which are published in high impact journals such as the Journal of Economic Studies. She is also a winner of many research grants and scholarships. Dr. Shamim was invited to a dialogue with the President of Nagoya University, Seiichi Matsuo at which they named her the Ambassador of alma mater, GSID. She is also awarded three shields at the University of Bahrain for her active involvement in the college administration.

Edward (Ted) Smith has taught at the University of Guelph-Humber since 2010 and in the department of History at the University of Guelph since 2004. Smith earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees at McMaster University and his Ph.D. at the University of Guelph. His research focuses Canadian religious history, with side interests in the history of medicine and the history of engineering. Smith’s publications include “Working Class Anglicans: Religion and Identity in Victorian and Edwardian Hamilton, Ontario” in histoire sociale/Social History; By Design: The Role of the Engineer in the History of the Hamilton Burlington Area (with Jerry Disher, P.Eng.); Hamilton’s Doctors, 1932-1982, and Dundurn Castle: Sir Allan MacNab’s Hamilton Home. Smith has also published a number of poetry books.