The power of purpose in employee motivation

Published: 10 March 2025

Motivating employees isn’t just about perks or pay—it’s about helping them see the bigger picture. According to Jean-Nicolas Reyt, associate professor of organizational behaviour at McGill...

The debate over domestic investment for Canadian pension funds

Published: 26 March 2025

As calls to bolster Canada’s economy intensify, the debate over pension fund strategies has gained national attention. In a Financial Post article, Professor Betermier highlights concerns over...

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....

MBA graduate learned the art of networking at McGill

Published: 13 June 2025

For Renaud Thomassin, being a francophone at McGill unlocked a new way of being Quebecois--one in which you can navigate easily between cultures....

Amazon to close Quebec warehouses, affecting 1,700 jobs

Published: 31 January 2025

Amazon Canada is closing all of its Quebec warehouses, affecting nearly 2,000 employees. The company claims the move is to provide long-term savings to customers and is unrelated to recent...

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...

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