Adam Saifer

Biographie

Adam est professeur adjoint à la Faculté de gestion de l’Université de Colombie-Britannique – Okanagan. Avant de se joindre à la Faculté en janvier 2023, il était chercheur postdoctoral chez PhiLab, ainsi que directeur de PhiLab Québec. Adam est un chercheur interdisciplinaire dont la recherche s’appuie sur les théories du capitalisme, de la nation et de la race pour explorer de manière critique les phénomènes organisationnels dans le secteur sans but lucratif et philanthropique. Ses recherches s’articulent autour des thèmes de la justice sociale et économique, ainsi que des partenariats de recherche avec des organisations communautaires.

Publications

Collectif des fondations québécoises contre les inégalités

Collectif des fondations québécoises – réponse invitée au billet d’opinion d’Adam Saifer

Le Collectif des fondations québécoises contre les inégalités est un réseau de travail et de vigilance qui s’intéresse au rôle de l’État et de la philanthropie pour lutter contre les ...
COVID-19 has exposed the limits of philanthropy

COVID-19 has exposed the limits of philanthropy

Depuis sa mise sur pied, PhiLab se veut un lieu de recherche partenariale, de partage d’informations et de mobilisation des connaissances sur la philanthropie subventionnaire. Le contenu du présent article ...
philanthropic nation branding

Philanthropic Nation Branding, Ideology, and Accumulation

In this article, Adam Saifer examines how national identity is mobilized to brand organizations in the Canadian philanthropic sector. Drawing on a series of cases and examples, he highlights how ...
Philanthropy and DEI

Philanthropy During COVID-19: The Urgency of a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Lens

Cet article fait partie du Hors-Série#1 de l'Année phiLanthropique 2020 Earlier this year, I began a new research project in collaboration with PhiLab on “diversity, equity, and inclusion” [DEI] policies ...

Refereed Journal Articles

Saifer, A., Sidorovska, I., Litalien, M., & Fontan, J-M. (2021). Examining the COVID-19 response of Canadian grantmaking foundations: Possibilities, tensions, and long-term implications. Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, (12)1, 14-30.

Saifer, A & Dacin, M. T. (2021). Data and organization studies: Aesthetics, emotions, discourse and our everyday encounters with data. Organization Studies. Online First. 

Saifer, A. (2021). Philanthropic nation Branding, ideology, and accumulation: Insights from the Canadian context. Journal of Business Ethics, (173)3, 559-576.

Saifer, A. (2020). Racial neoliberal philanthropy and the arts for social change. Organization. Online First. 

Saifer, A. (2019). Imagining the exceptional Canada: Nation, art, and social change in Canada’s charitable sector. Journal of Canadian Studies, (53)1, 95-122.

Saifer, A. & Gaztambide-Fernández, R. (2017). Choosing the arts: The moral regulation of parents in the educational marketplace. British Journal of Sociology of Education, (8), 1190-1202.

Gaztambide-Fenández, R., Saifer, A., & Desai, C. (2013). “Talent” and the misrecognition of social advantage in specialized arts education. The Roeper Review – A Journal on Gifted Education, (3), 124-135.

Book Chapters

Saifer, A. (In Press). Cities for people or for elites?: Placed-based urban innovation through the McConnell Foundation’s Cities for People initiative. In Fontan, JM., Newton, J., Pue, K., & Rabinowitz Bussell, M. (Eds.), Prolegomena of Place-Based Philanthropy (pp: 251-262).

Saifer, A; Kumar, A. (2023). Nation-building and its exclusions: Elite philanthropy and the limits of social reform. In Eds Mitchell, K, & Pallister-Wilkins, The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Philanthropy and Humanitarianism. (pp. 271-280). Routledge.

Popular Writings and Editorials

Saifer, A. (2022). Philanthropy abroad. [Editorial]. Edition: Philanthropy Abroad. PhiLab.

Elson, P., Saifer, A. & Khovrenkov, I. (2022). Canadian philanthropy and the war in Ukraine. [Editorial]. Special Edition: War in Ukraine: The Role of Canadian Philanthropy. PhiLab.

Saifer, A. (2022). The many entanglements of philanthropy and animal welfare. [Editorial]. Edition: Philanthropy for the Animals. PhiLab.

Glass, J. & Saifer, A. (2021). Practices that shift power in philanthropy. [Editorial]. The PhiLanthropic Year. (Vol 3).

Saifer, A. (2021). Review of the book Winners take all: The elite charade of changing the world, by A. Ghiridharadas. The Philanthropic Year.

Saifer, A. (2021). Charitable tax law and a fair and just COVID-19 recovery. [Editorial]. Edition: Philanthropy and Charity Tax Law. PhiLab.

Saifer, A. (2020). Invisible causes and philanthropy. [Editorial]. Edition: Philanthropy and Invisible Causes. PhiLab.

Saifer, A. (2020). Interview with Meghan Joy: Philanthropy and seniors’ care. Edition: Philanthropy and Invisible Causes. PhiLab.

Saifer, A. (2020). COVID-19 has exposed the limits of philanthropy. The Conversation Canada.

Saifer, A. (2020). Philanthropy during COVID-19: The urgency of a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens. Alliance Magazine.

Saifer, A. (2020). Philanthropic nation branding. Edition: Philanthropy and Sense of Place.

Saifer, A. (2019). The role of national identity in Canadian philanthropy. [Guest Contribution] PhiLab, Montreal.

Saifer, A. (2018). Reimagining the creative economy through the lens of multiple colonialisms. Reviews in Cultural Theory, (8)1, 23-38.

Prix et distinctions

  • “Best Paper” Academy of Management – Critical Management Studies Division, 2019
  • “Best Paper” Academy of Management – Critical Management Studies Division, 2019
  • William H. Newman Award Nominee – Academy of Management  (Best paper based on a dissertation), 2019
  • Queen’s Post-Doctoral Travel Award, 2019
  • Monieson Centre Post-Doctoral Fellowship, 2018-2019
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant, 2015-2018
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2014-2015
  • R.S. McLaughlin Fellowship, 2013-2014
  • Queen’s Graduate Award , 2013
  • OISE Funding Grant, 2011

Divers

Adam est un fervent guitariste et prend plaisir à faire de la randonnée avec ses deux chiens.