JR Shaw School of Business, NAIT

The JR Shaw School of Business at NAIT is one of Canada’s leading polytechnic business schools. "Leading prosperity through technology"​, the business school maximizes NAIT’s polytechnic strengths and industry relationships for education and applied research. At JR Shaw the entrepreneurial spirit is fostered and industry partnerships and businesses are taken to new levels of performance. The faculty (165+ full time) has more than 4,200 students taking courses that lead to several degrees. JR Shaw is currently led by Acting Dean Peter Nissen. Business Education at JR Shaw? "To be the difference in our students'​ careers"​ Business and only business from the first day to graduation, where those important supporting disciplines (philosophy and mathematics, etc.) are blended into classes, giving both depth and breadth of thought (critical thinking, and creativity, etc.) expected from a relevant business degree. Research at JR Shaw Initiated by industry research chairs, faculty and students design and carry-out applied research in order to develop new strategies and create innovative solutions with identifiable and practical applications for trades and technology industries and communities.