Keeping Christmas lights on to add ambiance can help set a shopping district apart

Published: 29 January 2025

Christmas lights that glow softly through long winter nights are part of what makes the holiday season so atmospheric—but they can add to the ambiance any time of year. Some shopping districts are...

How one MBA student finds time for healthy living

Published: 10 March 2025

For Liela Touré, an  MBA student at McGill juggling a marketing role at a consultant firm, grocery shopping is more than a necessity—it’s a form of self-care. With long days and limited time to...

Employees tend to own workplace successes, but blame external factors for failures

Published: 27 March 2025

Nearly two-thirds of employees feel they’ve been ‘thrown under the bus’ by their colleagues—but an even higher number say they’ve never engaged in blame-shifting themselves. “The axe forgets, but...

Confused by the pace of economic change? Mathematical models are too

Published: 11 April 2025

In times of great economic uncertainty, even institutional traders can be at a loss for how to manage a portfolio. At large pension funds, portfolio managers use data-driven models to assess risk...

McGill to award honorary degree to Don Lewtas for contributions to global finance & student learning

Published: 7 May 2025

McGill University will award an honorary degree to Donald William Lewtas (BCom’75), a McGill alumnus, at the McGill Desautels Faculty of Management convocation this spring....

McGill Desautels offices earn new sustainable workplace ratings

Published: 5 June 2025

This winter, three of the ten McGill offices awarded new Sustainability Workplace Certifications for their sustainable practices were from the Desautels Faculty of Management. Notably, a...

Money lessons from Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens still ring true today

Published: 7 July 2025

Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens is a riches to rags story. Its wealthy title character squanders his money on opportunistic ‘friends’ and grows jaded with the world.

Political tensions between long-time allies fuelled ticket price spike for Canada-USA hockey game

Published: 25 February 2025

When Canada and the United States faced off in the NHL’s 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament, the game held at the Bell Centre was the hottest ticket in Montreal, with some asking prices topping ...

How U.S.-Canada tariffs could hit New York’s economy

Published: 21 March 2025

As U.S.-Canada tariff disputes escalate, New York’s economy faces serious risks, with over $42 billion in trade at stake. McGill University professors Preetika Joshi and Vivek Astvansh warn that...

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