Dianne Cyr Ph.D.


Awards and Honors

I have received recognition for my academic and business pursuits in a variety of ways.

Awards and honors include:

2007 SFU Faculty of Business “Research Productivity: Top Ten 2004-2006” Recognition. 4th place in the entire business faculty with 16 publications
2007 Letter of Commendation from SFU President for news media and university service. A recent interview on TechTV (3 million viewers) may be seen at ????
2006 Best Paper Award for “Exploring Website Design and Mobility for Culture, Age, and Gender”, presented at the European Applied Research Conference, Florence, Italy.
2005-6 Faculty of Business Teaching Honour Roll recognizing the top 10% of teaching faculty.
2005 Letter of commendation for outstanding teaching performance (SFU Faculty of Business) Spring semester.
2004 Letter of commendation for outstanding teaching performance (SFU Faculty of Business) Fall semester.
2003 Selected to represent Simon Fraser University at the President’s Research Luncheon. Only twenty-one researchers were selected from across the entire SFU campus to profile their research for a corporate and media audience.
2003 Best Paper Award for “Localization of Web Design: A Comparison of German, Japanese, and U.S. Website Characteristics”, presented at the International Applied Business Research Conference, Acapulco.
2002 Best Paper Award for “The Localization Industry: A Profile of DNA Media”, presented at the International Applied Business Research Conference, Puerto Vallarta.
1999 Teaching Honor Roll, Simon Fraser University.
1997 Invited Listing in "Who's Who" in International Business.
1997 Scholarship Recipient (from University of Colorado) to attend a Faculty Development Work shop in International Human Resource Management.
1997 Honorary Designate, Intellectual Exchange Program, American Consulate.
1996 Achieved accreditation as a Business Network Advisor under the Canadian Business Net works Coalition (aimed to facilitate strategic alliances between small and medium size companies).
1995-96 Awarded a contract for the development of a Strategic Partnering Service for the British Columbia Trade Development Corporation. Developed and delivered a series of seminars about alliance options and effectiveness.
1995 Awarded second prize by the European Foundation for Management Development in the European Case Writing Competition. Case titled "Creating Cultural Change in a Swedish- Hungarian Joint Venture" with teaching note included.
1991 Doctoral Fellowship from the National Centre for Management Research and Development, University of Western Ontario.
1988-90 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Fellowship.