Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. At the Desautels Faculty of Management, we are committed to advancing management for sustainability through our teaching, research, community engagement, and operations.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) at Desautels

Developing a respectful, diverse, and inclusive culture is key to ensuring that everyone who passes through our doors feels safe, welcome, valued, and heard. The Desautels Faculty of Management is committed to advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion to better serve our community.

Student Involvement

Desautels students self-organize and create impressive venues for knowledge exchange, experimentation, and solution making. These activities drive the culture of change within the university and beyond as students graduate and take on careers in all sectors in Montreal, Canada, and globally.

Desautels Sustainability Network

The Desautels Sustainability Network (DSN) connects BCom students across clubs, groups, and institutions to promote a culture of sustainable action within McGill University and in the Montreal community. DSN aims to educate and bring awareness to current sustainability challenges and influence the next generation of business leaders.
 

• Case Competitions: Desautels students compete in and organize case competitions throughout the year, many of which involve problem solving around sustainability challenges.
• McGill International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC): The World's largest university challenge where hundreds of students from all over the world meet with industry leaders and propose financial solutions to complex societal issues.
• PennyDrops: A student-run registered non-profit organization that champions financial literacy among Canadian youth.
• Enactus McGill: Striving to improve quality of life through social entrepreneurship, using social businesses to address community needs.
• McGill Social Business Network (MSBN): Formerly known as MyVision, the MSBN promotes impact-driven business, with a goal of building the social business community at McGill.
• Montreal Social Value Fund: Aims to create positive social and environmental impact in the Montreal community by investing in local social enterprises, enterprising non-profits, and cooperatives.
• Desautels Women in Business: Provides women interested in pursuing a career in management with workshops, speakers, networking opportunities, and various other tools to prepare them for success in the corporate world.
• Desautels Graduate Women’s Association: Aims to maximize the professional development of female students and alumni of Desautels’ graduate programs through strategic engagement with the McGill community and broader Montreal networks.
• Net Impact (Desautels chapter): Net Impact is a network of more than 11,000 new generation leaders committed to using the power of business to improve the world.

Academics & Programs

We create educational frameworks, materials, processes, and environments that enable effective learning experiences for responsible leadership.

We incorporate into our academic activities and curricula the values of global social responsibility as portrayed in international initiatives such as the United Nations Global Compact.

Partnerships

The Faculty's long-standing relationships with top global executives and employers, in addition to global and local social enterprises, provide students with in-class learning opportunities and practical experience. 

Research

Desautels prides itself on bringing together scholars with a broad range of expertise who collaborate across disciplines to address complex issues, such as sustainability transitions, social impact of technology, risk management, sustainable value chains, and the intersection of food, agriculture, and population health.

Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM)

The Institute supports cross-disciplinary teaching and leverages faculty research in innovative integrated research, teaching, and outreach activities and inspires young leaders to think innovatively and make informed, responsible decisions. It also encourages the understanding that value includes social and ecological concerns beyond economic considerations. 

• Integrated Management Fellows Program: Provides undergraduates with further research experience and mentorship on faculty-led projects.
• Impact Internship (currently on hold): BCom students have the opportunity to apply knowledge gained in the classroom and personal experience to professional settings with social and environmental impact projects.
   

McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE)

The MCCHE is a world leader in promoting the development of a novel, integrative approach to science, policy, and innovation for solutions to complex nutrition and health challenges. The MCCHE seeks to fundamentally transform individual and community diets, lifestyles, markets, and health systems through better health and economic convergence.

• Queen Elizabeth Scholars (QES): Funds LINkIN-Ghana, a McGill University-University of Ghana program to strengthen the capacity of researchers who work with farmers, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and local institutions to develop solutions for agriculture-based issues and food and nutrition security.
• Manulife Prize
   

Faculty Research

Desautels is exceptionally proud of the achievements of our faculty members in research and teaching. Our goal is to continue supporting the faculty’s research efforts at the highest levels, linking research with real-world issues affecting value creation, societal impact, and all pillars of sustainability.