I hold a PhD in Strategic Management from the Ivey School of Business (Ivey) at Western University. I also have an MBA from Ivey as well as an MA (English Literature) from Queen’s University and a BA (Hon. English Literature) and a BSc from the University of Waterloo. I am currently serving as the Director of the BBA Program at the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics where I teach business strategy at the undergraduate, MBA and Executive Masters level. 

Before returning to academia, I served in senior roles in government including Chief of Staff at the Ontario Ministries of Health and Long-Term Care, Environment, Attorney General, and Transportation in Toronto, Canada. I also held roles in the private sector as a senior strategy, corporate communications and crisis management consultant to executive-level clients. My clients spanned the private, public and not-for-profit sectors and were primarily in the healthcare, environment and financial services fields.

I am currently a member of the Waterloo Regional Police Services Board and a member of the national Advocacy Committee of ALS Canada. I am a former National Council Member of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada.

My current research focuses on corporate governance, global healthcare management and innovation, and case-based learning. I have published a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals and have authored award-winning case studies that have been published in leading strategy textbooks and case journals.

Research grants:

• Co-investigator, SSHRC Partnership Grant #290-2014-0020, $199,995 (3 years).

Fellowships/Scholarships:

• Paul R. Lawrence Fellowship, Case Research Foundation, 2015.
• Academic Scholarship, Institute for Healthcare Improvement, 2013.
• Brock Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ivey Business School, Western University, 2013-14.
• C.B.(Bud) Johnston Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Western University, 2013-14.
• C.B.(Bud) Johnston Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ivey Business School, Western University, 2012-13.
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Government of Ontario, 2011-12; 2012-2013; 2013-14.
• Doctoral Student Scholarship, Healthcare Management Division, Academy of Management, 2012.
• Connor, Clark and Lunn Foundation Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ivey Business School, Western University, 2011-2012.
• Richard Ivey School of Business Plan for Excellence Doctoral Fellowship, Western University, 2009-2013.
• Queen’s Graduate Fellowship, Queen’s University, 1994-1995.

Awards and honours:

• Winner, Donald F. Morgenson Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence – Early Career Excellence, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2019.
• Merit Recipient, Lazaridis School, Wilfrid Laurier University, 2018.
• Best Case Award, Case Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) Annual Meeting, Edmonton, AB, 2016.
• University Student Council (Western University) Teaching Honour Roll, 2013, 2014.
• Outstanding Reviewer, BPS Division, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 2013.
• Finalist, Best Paper, Healthcare Management Division, AOM Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 2012.
• Best Doctoral Paper Award – Strategy, OT and International Business Division, Southern Management Association (SMA) Annual Meeting, Savannah, GA, 2011.
• Best Reviewer Award – Strategy Division, Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, 2011.

• Snowdon, A., Schnarr, K., Hussein, A., & Alessi, C. (2016).  Exploring the relation between Canadians’ values and health system costs,” Canadian Journal of Physician Leadership.  3(2): 44-49.
• Kunsch, D., Schnarr, K. & Rowe, W. G. (2016).  “The effects of the environment on illegal cartel activity,” Journal of Strategy and Management. 9(3): 344-360.
• Snowdon, A., Alessi, C., Bassi, H., DeForge, R., & Schnarr, K.  (2015). “Enhancing patient experience through personalization of health services,” Healthcare Management Forum. 28(5): 182-185. 
• Schnarr, K., Snowdon, A., Cramm, H., Cohen, J., & Alessi, C. (2015). “The link between health governance models and global health innovation: An exploration of OECD nations,” Advances in Health Care Management. 17: 39-69.
• Snowdon, A., Alessi, C., Bassi, H., DeForge, R., & Schnarr, K. (2015). “Enhancing patient experience through personalization of health services,” Healthcare Management Forum. 28(5): 182-185.
• Snowdon, A., Schnarr, K., & Alessi, C. (2015). “Global trends in health system innovation” in V.K. Singh & P. Lillrank (Eds.), Innovations in Healthcare Management: Cost-Effective and Sustainable Solutions, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.
• Kunsch, D. & Schnarr, K. (2014). “The use of argument mapping to enhance critical thinking skills in business education,” Journal of Education for Business. Vol. 89: 403-410.
• Kunsch, D., Schnarr, K., & Rowe, W. G. (2014). “Do the ends justify the means? A cross-disciplinary approach to illegal organizational activity,” Journal of Business and Behavioral Science. 22(2): 18-38.
• Kunsch, D.,  Schnarr, K. & Rowe, W.G. (2014). “The relational effect of the rule of law,” Asian Academy of Management. 19(1): 1-19.
• Snowdon, A., Schnarr, K., & Alessi, C. (2014). “Personalization in healthcare: Consumer access to health information,” HealthcarePapers. 13(4): 32-37.

Book Chapters

• Snowdon, A., Alessi, C., Van Aerde, J., and Schnarr, K. (2018).  “The future of health systems:  Personalization” in Braithwaite (Ed), Healthcare Systems: Future Predictions for Global Care, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.  19-24.
• Snowdon, A., Schnarr, K., & Alessi, C. (2015). “Global trends in health system innovation” in V.K. Singh & P. Lillrank (Eds.), Innovations in Healthcare Management: Cost-Effective and Sustainable Solutions, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group.  11-32. 

Cases

• Woodwark, M., Schnarr, K., & Bes, G. (2020).  "Little Short Stop: Creating strategy for a shifting industry,"  Ivey Case #9B20M076 and Teaching Note #8B20M076
• Schnarr, K., Krizmanich, M., & Lee, C. (2016).  “The Kitchener Rangers Hockey Club:  Skating into the future,” Ivey Case #9B16M160 and Teaching Note #8B16M160
• Schnarr, K.  & Kunsch, D. (2016). “MacPhie & Company:  The growth imperative,” Ivey Case #9B16M133 and Teaching Note #8B16M133
• Schnarr, K., & Rowe, W. G. (2014). “Tim Hortons, Inc.”  Ivey Case #9B14M114 and Teaching Note #8B14M114.  One of Ivey Publishing’s Top 20 Selling Cases in 2016. 
• Schnarr, K. & Kunsch, A.  (2014).  “Transformational Change at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health”  Ivey Case # 9B14M083 and Teaching Note #8B14M083 under the supervision of Professor Anne Snowdon.
• Schnarr, K. (2013). “Shriners Hospitals for Children” Ivey Case #9B13M075 and Teaching Note #8B13M075 under the supervision of Professor Anne Snowdon.
• Schnarr, K.  (2012). “The State Fair of Virginia” Ivey Case #9B12M050 and Teaching Note #8B12M050 under the supervision of Professor W. Glenn Rowe.
• Singh-Randhawa, B. & Schnarr, K. (2011).  “City Furniture and Mattress” Ivey Case #9B11M102 under the supervision of Professor W. Glenn Rowe.
• Schnarr, K. (2011). “Teaching Note for City Furniture and Mattress” Ivey Case #8B11M102 under the supervision of Professor W. Glenn Rowe.

White Papers

• Snowdon, A., Schnarr, K., Alessi, C.  (2014). “It’s all about me:  The personalization of health systems,” White Paper, Ivey International Centre for Health Innovation. Released February 25, 2014.  
• Snowdon, A., Schnarr, K.., Hussein, A., & Alessi, C.  (2012). “Measuring what matters:  The costs vs. values of health care,” White Paper, Ivey International Centre for Health Innovation.  Released November 27, 2012.  
  

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