Industry-leading tech companies recruit heavily from the most selective colleges and universities in the U.S., so is it any wonder that their employees lack diversity? The top 150 higher-ed institutions would have to recruit an additional 50,000 black students and 58,0000 Hispanic students each year if they want their student bodies to reflect the American population, according to聽research聽from the聽Posse Foundation, a New York-based organization that works to improve diversity on campus.
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Published on: 3 May 2016
Daniel Lamarre, 62, is the president and chief executive officer of Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil, which has about 4,000 employees working on more than 20 shows in about 50 countries.
Lamarre was born and raised in Grand-Mere, Quebec, about 170 kilometres northeast of Montreal. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Ottawa, which later honoured him with a doctorate.
Lamarre spoke to Karl Moore, a professor of strategy and organization at the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网.
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Published on: 3 May 2016
As a young man in Poland, Michal Hornstein聽was arrested by the Nazis and聽set to be deported to Auschwitz, the notorious death camp where thousands were executed during the Holocaust.
But Hornstein evaded his captors by jumping from a train and hiding in the forests of Czechoslovakia. Of the 70 people who tried to escape the Nazis on that day in 1943, only seven survived.
Were it not for this twist of fate, it鈥檚 unlikely Hornstein would have survived the war, immigrated to Canada and become one of the city鈥檚 most renowned philanthropists.
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Published on: 28 Apr 2016
Every semester, 91黑料网 faculty lecturer聽Anita Nowak challenges her students to come up with projects for her social entrepreneurship and social innovation class based on a theme that she finds particularly timely and relevant.
For this semester, it was helping Syrian refugees integrate into Canadian society.
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Published on: 28 Apr 2016
聽Less than a year ago聽Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.鈥檚 CEO Michael Pearson represented a disruption to big pharma by coming from outside the industry, using aggressive acquisitions and strategic business tactics to grow the company to a global giant. 聽
Now the company has hired Joseph Papa as the new CEO, a 35-year pharmaceutical industry veteran with a history of taking a balanced approach to business. If the past few months of Pearson鈥檚 tenure can be described as rocky road, Papa could help bring a new flavour to Valeant.
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Published on: 28 Apr 2016
According to聽Jui Ramaprasad, an assistant professor in the Desautels Faculty of Management, digital dating can be remarkably 鈥� and dishearteningly 鈥� similar to off-line interfacing.
鈥淲e still see these off-line social norms. Our results are derived from the idea men make the first move and that women leave this weak signal. It was more than surprising, it was disappointing 鈥� you would have hoped we have evolved beyond that.鈥�
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Published on: 28 Apr 2016
Are you an introvert or extrovert? Not so fast, there is a third category. Consider your office mates.
There鈥檚 Ellen. She makes daily rounds to your coworkers鈥� offices, chatting up a storm while the sound of her laughter fills the hallway. She鈥檚 the morning shot of espresso we all need without the bitter aftertaste.
There鈥檚 Ian. Nothing against the guy, but you barely see him. He鈥檚 content to spend the majority of the workday in his office. Although he doesn鈥檛 often voice his opinion, when he does it鈥檚 easily the most enlightening comment of the meeting.
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Published on: 26 Apr 2016
Joseph Polossifakis is going to the Olympics, but the road to Rio de Janeiro has been anything but smooth for the 25-year-old Montreal sabre fencer.
Polossifakis won a gold medal at the Pan-American championships in 2012, but didn鈥檛 commit to a full-time training program until June 2014 after graduating from 91黑料网 with a commerce degree. He had 10 months to prepare for the year-long Olympic qualifying schedule, which began in April 2015, but his plan suffered a setback during聽his first training camp.
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Published on: 26 Apr 2016
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau is moving ahead with plans for a proposed聽 pipeline to carry crude from Western Canada to Quebec and New Brunswick that would reduce the reliance on shipping oil by rail.聽 We talk with 91黑料网 Business Professor Karl Moore about that project and Trudeau's recent visit to Washington.聽 Moore also talks about Canadian political leaders bailing out aerospace and rail manufacturer Bombardier and the closing of Target stores in Canada.
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Published on: 26 Apr 2016
L'annonce vraisemblablement imminente d'une grosse commande pour la CSeries pourrait agir comme un baume sur le moral des actionnaires de Bombardier et 茅claircir les perspectives d'avenir de l'avionneur.
芦Delta figure parmi les transporteurs a茅riens les plus connus, souligne le professeur Karl Moore du D茅partement de gestion de l'Universit茅 91黑料网. Si l'entreprise estime que la CSeries est un bon avion, les autres acheteurs potentiels vont 茅galement devoir y songer.禄
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Published on: 26 Apr 2016
Talentueux, engag茅s, audacieux.聽La Presse Affaires聽pr茅sente le portrait de jeunes entrepreneurs, gestionnaires et professionnels qui forment la rel猫ve de demain.
脌 21 ans, 脿 sa sortie de l鈥檜niversit茅, Hugo Delorme a obtenu son premier emploi chez National. 脌 28 ans, il est devenu le plus jeune associ茅 jamais admis au c茅nacle de cette bo卯te de relations publiques, la plus importante au Canada.
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Published on: 22 Apr 2016
Four students have set up a school in a refugee camp near the Iraqi city of Dohuk, the first of its kind within this camp. Having met through an online course run by the聽Desautels Faculty of Management at聽91黑料网聽in Canada, the students from Morocco 鈥� the world鈥檚 first online course specifically designed for group learning (also known as GROOC) 鈥� 聽the students from Morocco, the UK, Iraq and Canada established the聽Heart ELT (English Language Teaching) School.聽
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Published on: 21 Apr 2016
The 28th Annual Distinguished Community Service Award Dinner is scheduled for Monday, May 2nd, 2016 at 6:30 PM at the Jackson County Armed Forces Reserve Center (Armory) in Millwood.
The proceeds from this dinner go to the Little Kanawha District of the Allohak Council BSA for activities in the District, which includes the Scouting units of Jackson, Roane, Calhoun, and Wirt Counties.
Entertainment for the evening will be Major General James A. Hoyer, Adjutant General of West Virginia Joint Forces Headquarters 鈥� West Virginia.
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Published on: 21 Apr 2016
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网 with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail, talks聽with Maury Peiperl from Cranfeild University and Suzanne de Janasz from Seattle University.
Watch full video: , 19 April, 2016聽
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Published on: 21 Apr 2016
Heli-One, the world鈥檚 largest independent provider of helicopter maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services, has recently promoted Carolyn Forsyth to General Manager of Sales, Marketing, and Business Development. Her prior role was Regional Sales Director for Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. 聽She will now oversee global Sales, Business Development, Marketing as well as PBH Programs at Heli-One. 聽Previously, Carolyn had spent nearly 20 years in marketing and customer support roles at Pratt & Whitney Canada, CHC, Bond Helicopters and Rotortech.
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Published on: 21 Apr 2016
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