For Longueuil police chief and Desautels alumnus Fady Dagher (EMBA’12), providing his staff with adequate exposure to vulnerable communities in Montreal is an important step in reducing prejudices.
Through daily exposure to Muslim communities, people suffering from mental health problems, and children with autism, the Longueuil police staff will gain the experience needed to bring an element of human services to their role.
Meritocracies are predicated on the belief that only the best are chosen and that hard work and talent are always rewarded. If we presume that talent and hard work are not gender specific, then why is it that assumed meritocracies show extraordinary imbalances between men and women? Surprisingly, part of the answer is the assumption itself: Assuming a setting is a meritocracy can blind even those experiencing discrimination to its actual inequalities.
When you have a diverse network, it allows you to tap into other professionals’ smart thinking, accelerates your career, and helps answer important questions as you navigate current and future opportunities. DesautelsConnect is a valuable tool for expanding your network, since it facilitates connections with other members of the global Desautels community.
Learn more about Hiroko Wakasugi's (MBA'16) experience of networking through DesautelsConnect.
A team of five McGill students secured second place at the International Youth Leadership Finance Summit, hosted by the Master of Finance program at the Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance at Shanghai Jiao Tong University from January 11–14. The event brought together 27 teams from universities across the world, including Stanford University, Columbia University and the London School of Economics, to explore how sci-tech companies are empowered through innovation and finance.
Congratulations to Melissa Marginson (GCPA’15, 2015 CFE Honour Roll) on receiving the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting Teaching Award for Guest Lecturers.
This award recognizes excellence in teaching by guest GCPA lecturers. Excellent teaching can be demonstrated through a well-designed course, engaging in-class activities and materials, use of innovative teaching strategies, and a commitment to improving one's courses through feedback.
Two years after the deal that led to Airbus’s acquisition of the A220, formerly Bombardier’s C Series aircraft, Bombardier is considering withdrawing from the partnership. Professor Karl Moore sits down with BNN Bloomberg to comment.
A paper from Professor Patrick Augustin featured in voxEU looks at how the emergence of US default risk can help to explain the pattern of negative swap rates.
McGill students are once again at the forefront of the climate movement, finding ways for businesses to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Students in Professor Dror Etzion’s Strategies for Sustainability course are using solutions proposed by Project Drawdown to present viable business cases to help combat climate change. Mariela Tovar highlights some of the cases presented by students.
Bloomberg has published an opinion piece featuring Professor Sebastien Betermier’s research on the shift from bonds to cash in fixed-income exchange-traded funds (FI-ETF).
Desautels alumnus Ilias Konstantopoulos (MBA’92) has been announced as the new CEO of real estate organization Great Gulf Group. Konstantopoulos brings to the role more than 30 years of experience in operations, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and capital markets, most recently as CFO of Granite Real Estate Investment Trust.
“He is an exceptional business leader and his wealth of experience will take the organization to the next level in line with the Board's strategic plan,” says preceding CEO Jerry Patava.
For the first time ever, we now have four generations occupying the workforce. With this resulting in more Millennials and Generation Z staff managing those from the Boomer generation, Professor Karl Moore outlines attitudes and behaviours that may bridge—or further widen—the generational divide.
For Bertrand Cesvet, CEO and Senior Partner at leading creative agency Sid Lee, his connection to McGill runs deep. In an article for McGill Giving, Cesvet (BA’86; MBA’88; DLitt’16) reflects on his journey with McGill, beginning in his undergraduate degree and culminating in the recent Made by McGill campaign video.
Three Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) participants Charles-Olivier Boucher, Carlo Frediani and Sebastian Molina Calvo have been named on the Honour Roll of the Common Final Exam (CFE) for their outstanding results.
New research from Prof Jui Ramaprasad explores how gender, comfort, and impulsivity are key for that perfect chemistry.
In an interview with Professor Karl Moore, Rajah Augustinraj, Principal of the Boston Consulting Group, reflects on globalization in the past decade, noting that shifting technology, geopolitics and societal expectations are changing the way businesses operate. Desautels BCom students Emily Moubayed and Willing Li contributed to this article.
