Education

Courses

• Introduction to Financial Accounting (BUS-127)
• Business Law (BUS-335)
• Organizational Behaviour (BUS-241)
• Intermediate Accounting for Decisions (BUS-312)
• Intermediate Financial Accounting I (BUS-313)
• Intermediate Financial Accounting II (BUS-317)
• Management Control Systems (BUS-318)
• Leadership Seminar (BUS-340)
• Cost and Managerial Accounting (BUS-414)
• Advanced Financial Accounting (BUS-417)
• Program Design & Evaluation (BUS-464)
• Strategic Management Seminar (BUS-465)

About

Susan Van Weelden has taught at Redeemer for over 30 years, having taught over 20 different courses during that time. Her specialty is accounting but she also loves to teach strategy and organizational behaviour. Van Weelden has authored or co-authored a research study for the Institute of Chartered Accountants, numerous training and assessment tools for CMA Canada and CMA Ontario, numerous case studies and a Student Guide to the Case Method published by Ivey Publishing and Harvard Business Publishing, two book chapters, and several journal articles.

Susan Van Weelden has also served in a variety of leadership roles at Redeemer. She has been an academic dean for the past eight years, and was a department chair for 25 years. However, her passion is teaching!

Susan Van Weelden has 5 siblings, 12 nephews and nieces, and 28 great-nephews and nieces and one great-great-niece! She enjoys swimming, annual excursions to the Rocky Mountains, swimming, and dark chocolate.

Research Interests

• Accounting
• Strategic Management

Selected Research Publications

Van Weelden, Susan J., and Laurie Busuttil. “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, 2022.

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

Busuttil, Laurie, Susan J. Van Weelden, and Emma Vander Ploeg. “Scenic Floral Inc.: Go North Young Man?” Case and Teaching Note, Ivey Publishing, December 2021.

Busuttil, Laurie, Susan J. Van Weelden, and Emma Vander Ploeg. “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, 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.

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

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

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. “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.

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

Busuttil, Laurie, and Susan J. Van Weelden. “Student Guide to the Case Method.” Seven notes. Ivey Publishing and Harvard Business Publishing, 2018.

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” in JBIB, Fall, 2018.

Professional Memberships and Associations

• Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario

Related Experience

• Co-Team Leader, Auditor, or Marker for CMA Canada national marking team for Board Report, Integrative Case, or Final Exam, 1994-2008
• Law Clerk at Martin & Martin, Lawyers, 1979-1987