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President of N.A.I.T. Monthly feature writer of "Technology in Action" for the Saint City News Dr. Shaw assumed his responsibilities as President of the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) on October 1, 1997. Today, he leads a team of more than 2,700 staff serving over 65,000 students with an annual budget over $215 million. Dr. Shaw holds a BA from Chaminade College of Honolulu, a MSc from Dalhousie University and a MEd and PhD from the University of Toronto. He teaches Organizational Behaviour at NAIT and still finds time to support a number of charitable organizations including serving as Chair of the Boards of the United Way of the Alberta Capital Region and Goodwill Industries of Alberta. Dr. Shaw is committed to lifelong learning and has completed the Professional Development program at the Harvard University Institute for Educational Management. He recently earned the Chartered Director designation and received the 2005 Distinguished Leadership Award from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District V111. Alberta Venture magazine named Dr. Shaw their 2004 Business Person of the Year and one of their 50 Most Influential People in 2000 and 2005. During Dr. Sam Shaw’s tenure, NAIT opened the state-of-the-art NAIT HP Centre for Information and Communications Technology, ran a successful $24 million campaign, has grown into the number one apprenticeship trainer in Canada and most recently, announced a 10-year, multi-million dollar campus expansion plan. His column Technology in Action is published monthly in the Edmonton Examiner and the Saint City News. His frequent contributions to Canada West Foundation publications include “Calling all employers: Aboriginal youth getting older,” “A made-in-Canada solution to the skills shortage,” and “Building a New Country with Old Values.” He is most proud of NAIT’s 120,000 alumni who are getting the job done in Alberta and around the world. Dr. Shaw and wife Claudia have three children,
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