MEMOS graduation ceremony in September, 2023.
The University of Ottawa will host an international program supported by the International Olympic Committee, making it the first school outside of Europe to do so in the program’s 30-year history.The Executive Masters in Sport Organization Management program aims to help professionals working in national and international sports organizations gain the knowledge and skills to better manage them.
The program, an executive master's in sport organization management , aims to help professionals working in national and international sports organizations gain the knowledge and skills to better manage them. National bodies are limited to submitting one candidate per country, with less than half of the over 80 applications accepted yearly, the press release stated.
"When the decision was made to look beyond Europe for a MEMOS host, Telfer and uOttawa became a very attractive option since the university is bilingual," said Stéphane Brutus, dean of the Telfer School of Management, in a news release Tuesday. Tuition sits at over $9,000, plus travel and accommodation expenses. However, most students receive funding from Olympic Solidarity, with others being independently funded by themselves or their organization.Leading the program is Milena Parent, a professor at Telfer and the School of Human Kinetics at the faculty of health sciences. Her career has focused on organization theory and strategic management, primarily in the context of major sports events.
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