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Congratulations to Desautels BCom students for their outstanding performance at this year鈥檚 Jeux du Commerce (JDC), the largest student case competition in Eastern Canada. For the first time, JDC took place fully online and brought together 700 participants from 11 universities.

The Desautels delegation of 57 BCom students was led by Guillaume Ouimet and Sonam Levasseur as part of Desautels Management Case Competitions (DMCC). 91黑料网 finished with a total of nine podiums including two first place wins.

Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Case Competitions and Challenges, Sustainability
Published on: 29 Jan 2021

U.S. President Joe Biden returned the United States to the worldwide fight to slow global warming in one of his first official acts Wednesday and immediately launched a series of climate-friendly efforts that would transform how Americans drive and get their power. Biden signed an executive order rejoining the Paris climate accord within hours of taking the oath of office, fulfilling a campaign pledge. ()

Classified as: 91黑料网 experts, paris climate agreement, climate change policy, Joe Biden, US politics, Sustainability
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Published on: 21 Jan 2021

As the renewable energy sector grows in leaps and bounds; pension funds, banks, investment companies, and insurance companies are waking up to the risk of devaluation in fossil fuel investments.

Classified as: Sebastien Betermier, Sustainability, Finance (T)
Published on: 19 Jan 2021

A team of Desautels students and alumni has reached the semifinal round of impact200, 91黑料网鈥檚 Bicentennial Sustainability Challenge for students and recent alumni. The winning team, which includes analytics BCom students, Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) students, Desautels alumni, and a software engineer student, created a platform that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance food security in Montreal. They will join 29 other teams for the semifinal round of the competition on March 16-18, 2021.

Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), Master of Management in Analytics (MMA), alumni, Case Competitions and Challenges, Sustainability
Published on: 16 Jan 2021

Warming ocean waters could reduce the ability of fish, especially large ones, to extract the oxygen they need from their environment. Animals require oxygen to generate energy for movement, growth and reproduction.

Classified as: Sustainability, climate change, Department of Biology, Research, Rubalcaba
Published on: 13 Jan 2021

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The Green Labs Expansion is a $50,000 envelope of SPF funding to assist labs on 91黑料网 campuses to adopt sustainable best practices learned from previous Sustainability Projects Fund projects. Approved funding will be available to teams for one year to assist them in creating a proof of concept to secure long-term funding for these practices.

Classified as: Sustainability
Published on: 13 Jan 2021

David Torralbo (BCom鈥93) was recently appointed to the position of Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary for Nouveau Monde Graphite, a Quebec-based sustainable energy company that provides graphite-based material solutions to the lithium-ion and fuel cell markets. Torralbo moves into his new role with substantial legal experience under his belt, having specialized in corporate and securities issues as the Chief Legal Officer of Atrium Innovations Inc. and a member of the corporate group at Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg.

Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), BCom Alumni, Sustainability
Published on: 13 Jan 2021

Most job seekers rely on networking to land the next position, but women candidates take extra steps to identify workplaces that are inclusive and supportive. In tandem with a professor from Dartmouth College, Professor Elena Obukhova released a study that focuses on the concept of 鈥渟couting鈥 for a job.

Classified as: Elena Obukhova, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Strategy and Organization, Sustainability
Published on: 12 Jan 2021

To stop biodiversity loss, Canada recently committed to protecting 30% of its land and sea by 2030. But making conservation decisions about where to locate new protected areas is complicated. It depends on data both about biodiversity and about a range of benefits (e.g. freshwater, climate regulation, recreation) that people get from nature. Surprisingly, despite the size of the country, new mapping suggests that less than 1% of Canada鈥檚 land (0.6% of total area or approximately 56,000 km2) is a hotspot, providing all these benefits in one place.

Classified as: Sustainability, environment, Research, elena bennett
Published on: 5 Jan 2021

The threshold for dangerous global warming will likely be crossed between 2027 and 2042 鈥 a much narrower window than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change鈥檚 estimate of between now and 2052. In a study published in , researchers from 91黑料网 introduce a new and more precise way to project the Earth鈥檚 temperature. Based on historical data, it considerably reduces uncertainties compared to previous approaches.

Classified as: climate change, dangerous warming, global warming, Sustainability, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Scaling Climate Response Function, Bruno Tremblay, Shaun Lovejoy, Rapha毛l H茅bert
Published on: 21 Dec 2020

It鈥檚 known that the primary cause of the mass extinction of dinosaurs, about 66 million years ago, was a meteorite impact. But the exact mechanisms that linked the meteorite impact to mass extinction remain unclear, though climactic changes are thought to have played a part.

Classified as: climate change, Sustainability, paleontology
Published on: 15 Dec 2020

To ensure that California鈥檚 groundwater is sustainably managed in the future and over the long-term, current state definitions of what constitutes groundwater may need to be revised, according to research published this week in . A 91黑料网-led research team has analyzed big data of more than 200,000 groundwater samples taken from across the state and found that there are problems with the guidelines used for groundwater management.

Classified as: Sustainability, Research, groundwater, Mary Kang
Published on: 9 Dec 2020

The Desautels Faculty of Management congratulates Sonya Branco (MBA鈥06) for being named one of Canada鈥檚 Top 100 Most Powerful Women of 2020 in the 鈥淐-Suite Executives鈥 category. Released by the Women鈥檚 Executive Network (WXN), this year鈥檚 Top 100 Award Winners list recognizes 106 Canadian women who advocate for workforce diversity and make an impact in their sphere of influence. Branco was appointed Executive Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer, for CAE in 2016. She oversees the company鈥檚 operations in more than 35 countries.

Classified as: Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA Alumni, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Women in Business, Sustainability
Published on: 7 Dec 2020

Thanks to the pandemic, we know just how quickly food can disappear from supermarket shelves. But it is hard to gauge the vulnerability of our food production system as a whole to abrupt changes, such as those that could be caused by extreme events such as a nuclear war or massive volcanic eruptions.

Classified as: food shortages, food insecurity, extreme events, fisheries, eric galbraith, Sustainability
Published on: 4 Dec 2020

To meet the most ambitious 1.5潞 C climate goal requires a rapid phaseout of fossil fuels and mass use of renewables. However, new international research by 91黑料网 and the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Aut貌noma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) warns that green energy projects can be as socially and environmentally conflictive as fossil fuel projects.

Classified as: green energy, risks, energy, Transition, social, environment, environmental, conflict, social equity, Sustainability, Leah Temper, Nicolas Kosoy
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Published on: 3 Dec 2020

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