Moura Quayle

Professor and Director, School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, University of British Columbia

Design and business, leadership, creativity, government-academic, public policy, design thinking, urban design, green cities, sustainable business, new pedagogy

Media

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Biography

Moura Quayle is a design educator at the UBC Sauder School of Business who teaches the undergraduate d.studio class and also joins the MBA core professors to help integrate the concept of design thinking. Currently, she is on secondment as UBC Director of the Liu Institute for Global Issues. Quayle’s interests lie in the collaborative space occupied by academia, government, and business; this is the place of future opportunity and transformation. Her recent experiences include leadership of the B.C. Pacific Coast Collaborative Commission, B.C. Deputy Minister of Advanced Education, Research and Innovation, Dean of UBC’s Faculty of Land and Food Systems, and Associate VP, UBC Okanagan Programs. Quayle chaired Vancouver’s Urban Landscape Task Force resulting in the city’s Greenways program. She has been awarded a YMCA Woman of Distinction and an honourary Doctor of Science.

Expertise

  • Design and business
  • Leadership
  • Creativity
  • Government-academic
  • Public policy
  • Design thinking
  • Urban design
  • Green cities
  • Sustainable business
  • New pedagogy