Rick Brick, MBA, CPHR, IPMA-ACP, SHRM-SCP, PMP

About

I am currently a full-time, permanent faculty member of the School of Business at the University of Alberta and serve as an Associate Executive Professor. I teach on the MBA and B Com programs in a number of areas including Leadership, Ethics, Culture, Human Resources, Change Management, Government Policy Development, and Project Management. I am also an Adjunct Professor at the Peter Lougheed Leadership College.

Prior to my retirement from government service about six years ago, I was the Executive Director of Human Resources (HR) for Alberta Health and Wellness [the Ministry of Health]. In that role, I was accountable for providing the full range of transactional and strategic HR services for that Government department. I reported directly to the Deputy Minister and was a member of the Department’s Executive Committee as well as the provincial governments’ Human Resources Council.

I worked in the HR field for over 30 years including at a Director level with the Federal, Municipal and Provincial levels of government. I am experienced in all HR disciplines having worked as an HR generalist/manager during my career. In addition to general HR certifications, I am certified in the HR disciplines of staffing/recruitment, labour relations, and training. 

Education and life-long learning have always been important to me and I completed my MBA in 2001 with Royal Roads University in Victoria. I have been a faculty member of the University of Alberta for over twelve years. I also was on the business faculty at Grant MacEwan University before starting full-time work with UofA.

I strongly believe in the value of professional association. In addition to being a member of the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources of Alberta (CPHR AB) and the International Personnel Management Association of Canada (IPMA-Canada), I belong to various other organizations such as the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM). I hold HR certification from both Canadian associations [i.e. CPHR and IPMA-ACP] and am certified to practice HR in the United States [i.e. SHRM-SCP]. I have served on numerous boards and committees including as the National President of IPMA Canada, one of the two national HR certification bodies in Canada. Finally, I hold certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP). 

In my free time, I serve as a member of the National Board of Directors for the National Association of Federal Retirees (NAFR). I was honoured to be elected by affirmation to a second 3-year term in that role in June 2021. NAFR represents over 175,000 largely former members of the federal government, RCMP, Canadian military, and federally appointed judges. NAFR has some 79 Branches representing members in all Canadian provinces and territories as well as outside Canada. 

SEM 488 - Selected Topics in Organization Theory

Normally restricted to third- and fourth-year Business students. Prerequisites: SEM 201, 301 or 310 or consent of Department. Additional prerequisites may be required.

SEM 686 - Selected Topics in Behavioral Sciences

Topics may vary from year to year. Students should check with the MBA Office for pre/corequisites of specific sections.

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