Infrastructure bank model can encourage investment in infrastructure projects

Published: 7 August 2025

Private market developers face an “investment catch-22” in getting infrastructure projects off the ground, Professor Sebastien Betermier wrote in a recent report for the C.D. Howe Institute....

Insights from the Reshaping the Future of Retail Conference

Published: 7 October 2025

Meghan Markowski (MMR'25) captures key takeaways from this year's Reshaping the Future of Retail Conference, which brought together over 250 retail leaders, academics, and students at Montreal’s...

Patrick Augustin sets the record straight about Luxembourg

Published: 15 May 2025

Luxembourg is best known as a wealthy tax haven--if people know it at all. The tiny and wealthy country is a significant financial centre, but it also has the reputation of being a little dull. But...

Leedana is bringing agriculture to the desert--and it got its start at Desautels

Published: 5 June 2025

Egypt’s Nile River Valley has some of the most fertile land in the world. But most of the country is a barren desert where few plants can grow. Hassan Elrakhawy (BCom’24) wants to change that. The...

Complicated crypto products recall derivatives at the centre of the global financial crisis

Published: 2 July 2025

Cryptocurrencies are volatile, risky and lack transparency. For banks and investors alike, that’s risky. “Some like to think ‘this time it’s different’,” Prof Patrick Augustin told PaperJam.lu. But...

Sustainability Academic Network connects sustainability researchers

Published: 30 July 2025

Big problems demand collaboration—and climate change is one of the biggest problems we face. The Sustainability Academic Network (SUSAN) is a collaborative place where researchers from around the...

Former Provost Anthony C. Masi receives Lifetime Achievement Award

Published: 16 October 2025

McGill Desautels Professor Anthony C. Masi was honoured with the Morty Yalovsky Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Academic Leadership at Fall 2025 Convocation. Over his 46-year career,...

Transforming urban mobility at the SGI sustainable transportation roundtable

Published: 9 May 2025

Explore the insights from the second Sustainable Transportation Roundtable hosted by McGill University's Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI). This year's event, sponsored by Alstom, focused on road...

C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence awarded to two GCPA students

Published: 28 July 2025

Hugo Deslandes (BCom‘24, GCPA’25) and Veronica Hall (BCom‘24, GCPA’25), students of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program, have been selected among their graduating...

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