Dr. Brennan Lowery Joins Social Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Management Program — Teaching Three Courses Starting January 2025
Dr. Brennan Lowery is looking forward to helping students develop tools to pursue social entrepreneurship and gain real-world experience in social enterprise.
Lowery, a former adjunct professor in the School of Science and the Environment at Memorial University, will be teaching three courses at 91¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ — BUSI 1003: Introduction to Social Enterprise, BUSI 1013: Social Enterprise Case Studies, and BUSI 3053: Social Enterprise Work-Study.
“The problems facing our society, like climate change and rapid shifts in community economies, need all possible solutions on the table for us to address while following a place-based approach that builds on the strengths of each local community and region,” Lowery said.
“Social entrepreneurship is an important avenue for creating these place-based solutions because they harness the entrepreneurial spirit of individuals or groups that see new opportunities but are grounded in addressing complex societal issues and changing the relationship between business and the community.”
Before coming to St. Thomas, Lowery taught courses on enterprise development, natural resource and environmental economics, sustainability monitoring and assessment, and small enterprise and regional development. He holds a PhD from Memorial, a Master’s from Simon Fraser University, and a Bachelor of Arts from Rhodes College.
Lowery has also worked as manager of the Small Business Incubator at the Navigate Entrepreneurship Center, where he supported early-stage entrepreneurs, ran start-up events and programs to enhance entrepreneurship skills, and provided mentorship to aspiring entrepreneurs.
“As an interdisciplinary scholar, I believe that the Social Entrepreneurship and Nonprofit Management program at 91¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ embodies an holistic approach and I'm excited to encourage students to adopt an interdisciplinary lens to learning about and building social enterprises,” Lowery said.
“I'm hoping to encourage students to consider entrepreneurship as a potential career path while understanding the unique challenges and joys of launching a social enterprise.”