Congratulations to the student-led Desautels Sustainability Network (DSN) who received a Catalyst Award from the McGill Office of Sustainability this week under the category of Sustainability in Connectivity & Governance!
The DSN seeks to promote sustainability as a profitable opportunity for businesses. Through various events, they aim to break silos between Faculties, connecting Montreal’s professional community with students in the BCom program and beyond.
At the 2019 Annual General Meeting of Lifelong Learning, Professor Henry Mintzberg shares his perspective on the vital importance of rebalancing society.
According to a study co-authored by Professor Brian Rubineau, female engineers find consistent evidence that their profession is not an objective meritocracy, but embrace the belief that it is – thus further perpetuating gender (and other) inequalities.
Beginning in August 2019, Lasalle College students will be able to learn about designing a shoe collection thanks to a new partnership with ALDO Group – an initiative that is close to the heart of the Bensadoun family.
Last Friday marked the second annual The Future of Sports Conference hosted by the McGill Sports Management Club (MSMC).
Topics explored at the conference included: athlete representation, marketing and customer experience, post-athlete life, technology and data analytics and strategy and partnerships.
Elliott Lifson, Desautels International Advisory Board member and professor of practice, is one among 11 appointments to the newly-formed FinDev Canada Board of Directors.
McGill Dobson Cup winners Taiga Motors discuss the path to commercialization of the world’s first electric snowmobile, which boasts 0-60 mph in just three seconds and zero emissions to boot.
Congratulations to MBA students Kirill Gusev, Fiorella Rojas, and Sonia Torres who secured a third- place finish out of 11 international teams in the SDA Bocconi 5th Annual International Finance Competition in Milan, Italy.
Faced with the theme of Evaluation of Investments in the Renewable Sector, the team pulled together a fully dynamic financial model and were able to analyze each solar panel plant separately.
Quebec’s Caisse de dépôt et placement could play an outsize role in whether SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. moves its headquarters south of the border – its Plan B should they face criminal prosecution.
Professor Karl Moore comments on the conflicting forces at play.
If Montreal has already emerged as a global AI leader, the city continues to forge new paths by articulating its ethical framework. Renjie Butalid, Associate Director of the McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship and Co-founder of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, shares his perspective on this important aspect of AI’s development.
Professor Henry Mintzberg joins Infopresse to bust four management myths that are all too common and hold dire consequences for workplaces.
Montreal – April 1, 2019 McGill University, in association with Manulife and the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Kerry S. Courneya, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer at the University of Alberta and pioneer in the field of physical activity (PA) and cancer survivorship, is the winner of the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.
Professor Desmond Tsang was recently honored at the Bravo 2019 gala for his recognition by REAL as a top real estate researcher for a second consecutive year.
Congratulations to BCom students Michael Amar, Tanya Gandhi and Babet Nieman who took second place in the final round of the Accuracy Business Cup, which unfolded in Paris in partnership with LVMH.
Desautels was one of six teams out of 100 entrants who were selected to advance. Thank you to Roman Celac and Peg Brunelle who contributed as coaches.
