Education

Courses

• Introduction to Business (BUS-121)
• Introduction to Management Decisions (BUS-122)
• Not-for-Profit Management (BUS-330)
• Human Resource Management (BUS-341)
• Marketing Communications (BUS-350)
• Business Ethics (BUS-430)
• Marketing Management (BUS-455)
• Not-for-Profit Management (NFP-330)

About

Laurie Busuttil’s broad industry experience prepares her to teach several marketing courses, as well as Human Resource Management, Business Ethics, and Not-for-Profit Management.

Laurie Busuttil has over 30 years of finance and operations management in the not-for-profit sector and has been a consultant for not-for-profit and food service companies. She also has experience in learning and administrative systems in banking and finance. She is a conference and workshop speaker and a founding director of an international children’s mission. She has travelled to thirteen countries serving on relief and development teams, and has her bag packed in case there is an opportunity to hit the road again. She has seen Canada’s ten provinces, and the three territories are on her “to do” list.

Originally from Northern Ontario, Laurie has realized that while you can take the girl out
of the north, you cannot take the north out of the girl! She finds herself decompressing as soon as she sees rocks, trees, and lakes! Laurie is a daughter (amazing parents live close by), sister (two admired and loved brothers), mother (three awesome adult children), grandmother (seven treasured grandchildren), and friend (more than she can count). She is happiest when sharing a meal with family and friends – or enjoying a good murder mystery (P.D. James and Louise Penny are her favourite authors) with dark chocolate (sea salt and chili are the best combinations).

Research Interests

• Imago Dei as a framework for business

Selected Research Publications

Books and Book Chapters

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden. “The Business of Mission.” In The Present and Future of Evangelical Mission, edited by Narry F. Santos and Xenia Ling-Yee Chan. Wipf and Stock, July 2022.

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden. The Student Guide to the Case Method. Ivey Publishing, 2018.

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden. The Student Guide to the Case Method. Harvard Business Publishing, 2018.

Case Studies

Busuttil, Laurie, Susan J. Van Weelden, and Grace de Gelder. “Homeland Foods: Fruit to be Shared.” Ivey Publishing, 2022.

Busuttil, Laurie, Susan J. Van Weelden, and Emma VanderPloeg.“Scenic Floral Inc.: Growing a Start-Up.” Case Study and Teaching Note. Ivey Publishing, 2021.

Busuttil, Laurie, Susan J. Van Weelden, and Erica Costin.“Eagles Nest Association of Waterdown: To Hire or Not to Hire?” Case Study and Teaching Note. Ivey Publishing, 2020.

Busuttil, Laurie and Vahagn Asatryan, Susan J. Van Weelden, and Grace de Gelder.“Homeland Foods: The Sweet Fruit of Growth.” Case Study and Teaching Note. Ivey Publishing, 2020.

Busuttil, Laurie, Susan J. Van Weelden, and Erica Costin. “Eagles Nest Association of Waterdown: Decision at the Crossroads.” Case Study and Teaching Note. Ivey Publishing, 2020.

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden.“Nuway Software: Making the New Way Sustainable.” Case Study and Teaching Note. Ivey Publishing, 2020.

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden.“Banff Aspen Lodge: Staffing for Success.” Case Study and Teaching Note. Ivey Publishing, 2019.

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden. “Banff Aspen Lodge: Evolving the Business Strategy.” Case Study and Teaching Note. Ivey Publishing, 2018.

 Articles

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden. “Imago Dei: How Accountants Glorify God.” Christian Business Review (Fall 2019).

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden. “Imago Dei and Human Resource Management: How our Understanding of the Breath of God’s Spirit shapes the Way We Manage People.” The DeVoe Report (Spring Summer 2019): 91-93.

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden. “Imago Dei and Human Resource Management: How our Understanding of the Breath of God’s Spirit shapes the Way We Manage People.” Journal of Biblical Integration in Business 21, no. 1 (2018).

Busuttil, Laurie. “Marketing: Exchanging What Is for What Should Be.” The DeVoe Report (Spring Summer 2018): 64-67.

Busuttil, Laurie. “Toward a Practical Theology of Marketing: A Five Ps Approach to the Business of Persuasion.” Journal of Biblical Integration in Business 20, no. 2 (2017).

 Invited Conference Presentations

Busuttil, Laurie. “Imago Dei: The Image of God in Business.” Presentation at Passion Talks, 2021.

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan Van Weelden. “The Business of Mission: An Imago Dei Model of Workplace as Missions.” Presentation at the Evangelical Missiological Society, 2020 Canada Regional Conference, 2020.

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan Van Weelden. “The Business of Mission: An Imago Dei Model of Workplace as Missions.” Presentation at the Evangelical Missiological Society, 2020 National Conference, 2020.

Related Experience

• Finance and Operations Management (not for profit sector)
• Consulting (not for profit and foodservice sectors)
• Learning and Administrative Systems (banking and finance sectors)

Laurie Busuttil’s CV