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Jeanette Burman

MEDes., BA

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Research Admin Assistant

Haskayne School of Business, Business Technology Management [BTM]

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Background

Educational Background

Master of Environmental Design Research Thesis, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, 2018

Post-Graduate Certificate in Built and Landscape Heritage Conservation, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Calgary, 2021

BA Art History, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Calgary, 2010

Biography

Jeanette Burman is a research and administrative professional at the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business, where she has supported faculty research and strategic initiatives since 2014. As Research and Administrative Assistant to Distinguished Research Professor Dr. Barrie R. Nault, she provides operational, financial, and research administration support across the full research lifecycle, from grant and manuscript development to knowledge mobilization of data-driven empirical and theoretical research focused on the econometrics of Information Technology in organizational operations and business management. She also supports communications and research translation for the Informatics Research Centre (iRC).

In 2024–2025, Jeanette concurrently served as Research Administrator under the direction of senior leadership in the Haskayne Dean's Office, supporting and advising on strategic research initiatives, academic workshops, institutional reporting, and faculty performance analytics. Prior to joining Haskayne, she served as Administrative Assistant to the Head of the Department of Communication and Culture in the Faculty of Arts.

She has wide-ranging experience coordinating academic conferences and research events, as well as a longstanding commitment to community engagement through arts, culture, and campus-community radio, where she was a longtime volunteer programmer and contributor to governance and community engagement initiatives with CJSW 90.9 FM. Beyond the university, she led film programming and operations for Sled Island Music & Arts Festival (2009–2013) and founded Show Us Your Shorts film festival (2009–2012), where she managed programming, partnerships, volunteer coordination, communications, and event delivery.

Her professional and research interests include research operations, knowledge mobilization, data-informed decision-making, and the relationships between technology, community, place, and design.

Jeanette holds a Master of Environmental Design, a Bachelor of Arts in Art History, and a Graduate Certificate in Heritage Conservation from the University of Calgary, and completed earlier undergraduate studies at Mount Allison University and the Alberta College of Art and Design. She currently volunteers as webmaster and planning committee member for her local community garden.

Research

Participation in university strategic initiatives

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