On a recent Breakfast Television youth employment panel, Desautels Assistant Professor said that, though it鈥檚 not necessarily an employment guarantee, 鈥渙n average, it鈥檚 very clear that the university degree is the smarter, the better way to go.鈥� But even so, the world has changed, and a degree by itself just isn鈥檛 enough. First, there鈥檚 the perennial chicken-and-egg issue, where it takes a job to get the experience required to get a job.
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Published on: 28 Mar 2017
For his engaging teaching and excellence in research, Professor Sebastien Betermier has been named by Poets & Quants as one of this year鈥檚 Best 40 Under 40 Professors.聽
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Published on: 27 Mar 2017
Desch锚nes Group goes all-in for acquisitions聽
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Published on: 24 Mar 2017
Northleaf Capital Partners has brought former Goldman Sachs banking analyst Simon Bibeau聽(BCom'15) on board to perform market research and asset management duties in its infrastructure team. Northleaf Capital is a Canadian private-markets investment firm with over $9 billion in private equity and offices in Toronto, Chicago, Menlo Park and London.
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Published on: 24 Mar 2017
Lush鈥檚 North American factories in Vancouver and Etobicoke are putting out bath bombs at a frenetic pace to keep up with the demands of the rapidly-growing company 鈥� and the extremely short turnaround that a preservative-free product line entails. But as the company and the wider organic and Fairtrade industries grow, they put increased strain on suppliers and growers.
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Published on: 24 Mar 2017
For young workers just starting their careers, praise from their superiors can be a real boost. But, as Desautels Professor says in a recent piece for Forbes, professional praise dries up when they enter their 40s and 50s, since professional excellence becomes a given. Interviews that Professor Moore has conducted with senior-level professionals show this to be almost universal.
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Published on: 24 Mar 2017
A study co-authored by Desautels Assistant Marketing Professor DaHee Han finds that there鈥檚 a big difference between the charitable giving habits of the wealthy and the less privileged.
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Published on: 24 Mar 2017
Aly R. H谩ji, a student in the joint MBA-Law program at 91黑料网, has been selected to fill one of twenty-seven positions as Clerk for the Supreme Court of Canada. Under this highly selective appointment, he will work under the direction of a Supreme Court Judge and will fulfill various duties, including researching points of law, preparing memoranda of law and assisting the Judge in the general work of the Court.
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Published on: 22 Mar 2017
To develop new ways to innovate and support food enterprises in the pulse supply chain, the 91黑料网 Centre of for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) has launched the Pulse Innovation Platform (PIP)-India in New Delhi on March 9th, 2017.
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Published on: 22 Mar 2017
Learning through sharing in the IMPM聽
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Published on: 21 Mar 2017
For reading week, Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore took a group of students on the ninth edition of the Hot Cities of the World Tour, which is an annual trip that gives 30 91黑料网 undergrads and alumni a close-up view of the cities and towns powering some of the world鈥檚 fastest-emerging economies.
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Published on: 21 Mar 2017
As Kevin Donovan enters his second year as head coach of a high-school lacrosse programme, he talks about his first game with the team, improving the squad鈥檚 place in the standings, and how accountability helps student athletes develop into adulthood.
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Published on: 21 Mar 2017
Business partners Audrey Bolduc and Mitalie Makhani won the 2015 Dobson Cup with their pitch to make fertilizer from used coffee grounds. Now CEO of GroundIt, Ms. Bolduc returns to judge the 2017 Dobson Cup. She sat down with The Dobson Chronicles to talk about her company鈥檚 all-natural fertilizer, her incredible experience as a Dobson Cup contestant, how her time at Desautels has moulded who she is as an entrepreneur, and just what possessed her to found a startup while she was still in school.
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Published on: 21 Mar 2017
The MBA seeks its place in France
To many, an MBA is the springboard for a successful business career 鈥� but not so in France, where MBA holders in the 120 top executive suites dropped from 37 per cent in 2011 to 21 per cent in 2015.
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Published on: 21 Mar 2017
Desautels alumna Lauren Merkel聽(MBA'13) makes the case that Bermuda鈥檚 best resource for moving the island nation forward is its arts and cultural capital. Ms. Merkel is a senior consultant at Toronto-based Lord Cultural Resources, which specializes in the cultural heritage sector.
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Published on: 20 Mar 2017
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