Meet Wittenborg’s IAAP Members: Léo-Paul Dana
Canadian Professor Has Extensive Experience in Institutions from Multiple Countries
A member of Wittenborg’s International Academic Advisory Panel (IAAP) for over five years, Professor Léo-Paul Dana highlights the role of the IAAP in guiding the school’s direction. “I am particularly glad that Ron is also involved, as he is a true visionary, and I see Wittenborg as an institution destined for success,” he says, referring to the school’s recently appointed rector Ronald Tuninga.
Originally from Canada, where he completed his doctorate at McGill University, Dana has extensive experience in international education. Currently, the professor is involved in teaching and research at Kazimieras Simonavicius University (KSU) in Lithuania, ICD Business School Paris (France), Dalhousie University (Canada), and serves as a Visiting Professor at LUT Business School (Finland). He is also affiliated with the Sorbonne Business School.
According to Dana, education professionals can significantly benefit from mastering multiple languages, which broadens their career horizons. He emphasises that teaching carries great responsibility, as it has the power to change students’ lives. “To this day, I am grateful to my professor at McGill, Henry Mintzberg, whose work truly inspired me and whose guidance was essential to my progress.”
For Dana, one of his most important achievements has been editing the ‘World Encyclopaedia of Entrepreneurship’, published by Edward Elgar Publishing. He describes himself as an enthusiast of academia. “It is my one and only passion, and my purpose in life,” the professor concludes.
WUP 16/04/2025
by Ulisses Sawczuk
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