Margaret (Maggie) BK Shepherd

Dean

Williams School of Business

Bishop’s University

Affiliation

Margaret BK Shepherd, better known as Maggie, currently serves as the Dean of the Williams School of Business at Bishop’s University. Professor Shepherd is a graduate of Laval University, RMC (Kingston), and went on to complete a post-graduate program on Negotiation through Harvard. Her doctoral work is a study from a Canadian context on the impact of social media on small and medium businesses. Understanding influence and complex change are integral to her varied roles as a professor, a consultant, and researcher. As a scholar-practitioner, Maggie focuses her research on practical outcomes and improving real-world application. With a career in the federal government and higher education spanning more than 27 years, Maggie has held various senior academic administrative roles at The Royal Military College of Canada, including Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Chair of the MBA program, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies and Associate Vice-Principal. Maggie currently serves on the editorial Board of the Canadian Military Journal and the International Perspectives on Military Education journal through the Marine Corps Press. Maggie's commitment to community extends to mentorship with the Loran Scholar's Foundation since 2015 and volunteering in the not-for-profit sector as a member of the Kingston Health Sciences Hospital Board of Directors.

��˴�Ƭ

Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP)