Yolande Chan joins EFMD Global Board of Trustees

Published: 18 August 2026

Yolande Chan, Dean and James McGill Professor at McGill Desautels, has joined the EFMD Global Board of Trustees following her election at the organization’s 2026 General Assembly.

La Caisse stays diversified amid AI-fuelled market gains

Published: 18 August 2026

Despite strong stock market gains driven by artificial intelligence, La Caisse is maintaining a diversified investment strategy to protect the long-term retirement savings of millions of Quebecers....

Navigating the future of work in the age of AI

Published: 29 July 2026

Simon Blanchette, faculty lecturer at McGill Desautels, explores how AI is transforming work, education and business....

Canadian employers risk 'doing layoffs with extra steps' without AI workforce planning

Published: 9 February 2026

Simon Blanchette, Faculty Lecturer, says Canadian organizations implementing AI without strategic workforce planning are doing layoffs with extra steps, because they're losing expertise, and they...

Replacing entry-level work can decimate a company’s talent pipeline

Published: 9 February 2026

In an office environment, AI can perform many of the tasks that have traditionally been done by interns and junior employees. While that might seem like an efficiency gain, companies could lose out...

Overregulation of AI could stifle the potential of the technology

Published: 27 January 2026

Generative AI is changing the way people work, but many organizations are still looking for ways to use it effectively. Organizations need to think about how they want to use AI, and what their...

Canada needs decisive, coordinated action to be part of next wave of AI innovation

Published: 14 January 2026

As AI reaches a pivotal moment, Canada’s early leadership is being challenged by rapid global shifts. “Other nations are investing at unprecedented scale, while Canada risks falling behind if it...

Guardrails can help ensure safe, fair and transparent AI

Published: 11 December 2025

The genie is out of the bottle. AI is here, and isn’t going away. But that doesn’t mean we can’t build guardrails to prevent it going off the tracks, writes Simon Blanchette in The Conversation....

Structure of Canadian economy could provide some insulation against AI job losses

Published: 11 December 2025

The conversation around AI and automation has taken a sharper turn. A US Senate report released by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in Fall 2025 cautioned that over the coming decade, AI and...

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