Dean Yolande Chan on breaking barriers and the work ahead

Published: 21 February 2025

Dr. Yolande Brown Chan, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, shares her journey and ongoing mission for racial equity in an interview with CTV News. Appointed in 2021, she is McGill’s first...

Trump’s tariffs: “Short-term pain, long-term gains?

Published: 21 March 2025

As President Trump’s latest tariffs send markets into turmoil, McGill Desautels Professor Vivek Astvansh provides insight into the potential long-term impact on trade and investments. Amid...

Chinese tech firm DeepSeek shows smaller firms can compete with tech giants in AI

Published: 1 April 2025

When OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022, the hype around AI began building to a fever pitch. Big money poured in to big tech, sending the stock of companies like Microsoft and Nvidia soaring. But...

SAQ stops selling dozens of Quebec-made gins

Published: 16 April 2025

Gin is a classic British spirit, but dozens of Quebec distillers have taken to making it their own, embracing James Bond’s favourite drink. The SAQ, however, is not doing Quebec’s gin distillers...

Even the best-known global brands reflect local realities

Published: 14 January 2025

Claudia Navarro (MBA’03) is Coca-Cola’s Chief of Marketing for Latin America, but her climb through the company’s ranks started out at their Toronto office. “We need to be part of the global...

Got(oat) milk? Neighbourhood café can’t give it away for free, but they can be transparent about the costs

Published: 31 January 2025

At Café Origine on Sherbrooke Street, oat milk costs extra—and there’s a reason for that. Non-dairy milk substitutes like oat milk cost more than cow’s milk does. Some large chains like Starbucks...

McCall MacBain Scholar Brandon Greenall shares his MBA journey

Published: 18 March 2025

Brandon Greenall’s journey from Hazelton and Prince George, B.C., to the halls of McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management exemplifies ambition and transformation. The 2024 McCall...

International diversification helps hedge against Trump tariff risk

Published: 27 March 2025

US tariffs are a concern for all Canadians—and companies on both sides of the border stand to lose out. But investors shouldn’t necessarily head for the exits, according to Benjamin Croitoru, an...

Tackling greenwashing in energy transition

Published: 16 April 2025

How can we prevent greenwashing from undermining real climate progress? That's the question students from across Canada tackled at the 2025 SGI Annual Grand Challenge on Sustainability, hosted by...

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