William Durocher, BA, Economics BIS, Entrepreneurial Leadership BA, Honours Psychology Candidate BASc, Space Engineering Partial Load Professor, Community Economic and Social Development and Public Administration, Northern College William grew up in subarctic Canada. His passions for exploration and keen interest in leadership activities compelled him to serve as an Infantry Officer in the Canadian Forces from 2005-2009 where he commanded 6 Platoon of The Royal Highland Fusiliers of Canada. William's military training included many of the Army's most challenging courses such as the dismounted infantry platoon commander's course and a month long winter warfare and survival course. William graduated from the University of Waterloo where he earned a BA in Economics (2007) and BIS in Entrepreneurial Leadership (2007) he then returned to complete a BA in Psychology (2010). He is currently studying Space Engineering at York University while teaching in the Community Economic and Social Development program as a professor for Northern College. William was heavily involved in leadership, social entrepreneurship and community organizing and in 2003 he won the TD Canada Trust scholarship for outstanding community leadership, a national scholarship valued at $60K in 2003. William is a two time veteran commander of the Mars Desert Research Station having commanded crew 64 (2008), and 75 (2009). Courses Taught: Community economic development 1 Community economic development 2 (Business planning) Interpersonal and group dynamics Community social development 1 (Community organizing) Community social development 2 (Sustainable communities) Social entrepreneurship Business communications 1 Business communications 2 Business law Operations management Operations strategy Conflict management and dispute resolution Macroeconomics Development research and statistics Marketing 1 Marketing 2 Organizational behaviour What the students are saying: Conflict management and dispute resolution summer 2009 "BTW I love this course and have found it extremely useful at work. One of my Team Leads who is new to Project Management has been going through a bumpy learning curve and as a result her style has conflicted with that of the rest of the group members. The tools provided have really helped me with guiding her throughout the conflict and learning more about group dynamics. Again, it could not have happened at a better time. Although I have taken conflict management in the past via courses at work etc...this one far outshines the others because of all the optional methods provided. 2 Thumbs up on this one!" Operations Management Summer 2009 "I saw this quote and thought of you and our classes over the last few months! To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences. -- John Henry Patterson" Community Economics Development 2, Fall 2008 "I may have mentioned that my new position involves Business Advisory services and helping new businesses get started. I sure do appreciate the work that you put in last year in the Business Planning course you taught. I have referenced back many times to the text for ideas and often have used the templates from the course. The extra material we covered has also been a terrific asset in this position." |