This year represents the first ever observance of the International Day of Awareness on Food Loss and Waste. The COVID-19 pandemic continues generating significant challenges to food security in many countries. These challenges include disruptions in supply chains, quarantine measures, and the closure of much of the hospitality industry and schools. All these measures have resulted in a loss of markets for producers and distributors, making the situation even more challenging. ()
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Published on: 28 Sep 2020
Twelve months ago, youth across the world took to the streets to demand action against climate change. Now, more than six months into the COVID-19 pandemic, we can see that change is possible鈥攁 promising feat for the climate movement.
鈥淲e鈥檙e suddenly realizing that systems can change, things can be different and we just need to press forward and make those changes,鈥� Professor Dror Etzion told CityNews.
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Published on: 25 Sep 2020
91黑料网 has been named in the top 25 undergraduate programs for female founders in the 2020 PitchBook University rankings.
Published on: 24 Sep 2020
The 91黑料网 Master of Management in Finance (MMF) has been named the top program in Canada and secured a top-20 spot in the QS Masters in Finance Rankings 2021.
Released today, the QS World University Rankings places the 91黑料网 MMF 1st in Canada and 17th internationally out of 166 programs. The rankings were informed by five indicator groups: employability, alumni outcomes, value for money, thought leadership, and class and faculty diversity. Of these five criteria, the MMF program performed strongest in:
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Published on: 23 Sep 2020
The QS World University Rankings today released its 2021 QS Global MBA Rankings, placing the 91黑料网 Master of Business Administration (MBA) second in Canada.
Of the 258 programs considered for this prestigious ranking, the 91黑料网 MBA ranks 59th worldwide, climbing 12 spots from 71st in 2020. The rankings were based on five indicator groups: entrepreneurship & alumni outcomes, return on investment, thought leadership, employability, and diversity. Of these, the 91黑料网 MBA program performed strongest in:
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Published on: 23 Sep 2020
Only two years since the program launched in 2018, the Master of Management (MMA) program at 91黑料网 has carved a spot in the top 10 business analytics programs in the world and taken the top spot in Canada.
Released today, the QS World University Rankings places the 91黑料网 MMA 10th in the QS Masters in Business Analytics Rankings 2021.
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Published on: 23 Sep 2020
鈥淭alent is equally distributed across the population but unfortunately opportunity is not,鈥� says Phil Jenkins, a 91黑料网 Engineering and MBA graduate who established the Philip Earle Jenkins MBA Leadership & Diversity Award in 2018 to create more business and management education opportunities for visible minorities.
鈥淚 started this scholarship because it鈥檚 my firm belief that access to education has always been and will continue to be a significant contributor to reversing the institutional inequities that have existed throughout time.鈥�
Published on: 18 Sep 2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, public transport agencies across North America have made significant adjustments to services, including cutting trip frequency in many areas while increasing it in others. In many cases, these changes, especially service cuts, have disproportionately affected areas where lower-income and more vulnerable groups live, according to a new study from 91黑料网.
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Published on: 16 Sep 2020
Contrary to the prevailing model, a convergence economy emphasizes resilience over hyper-competitiveness, writes Professor Laurette Dub茅 in an op-ed for the Montreal Gazette.
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Published on: 4 Sep 2020
In an interview with Catalan publication La Vanguardia, Professor Dror Etzion shares how he is fighting climate change through his advisory role for the Canadian Government through 91黑料网 and for the National Film Board of Canada is Canada.
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Published on: 31 Aug 2020
An exchange between a rookie officer and senior officer in the moments before George Floyd鈥檚 death is a telling interaction revealing how聽systemic racism continues to be enforced by officers in the field. In instances when聽these interactions aren鈥檛 caught on a bystanders鈥� camera, Professor Brian Rubineau says, rookie officers are more likely to accept these on-the-job lessons from their superiors.
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Published on: 31 Aug 2020
The Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网 has appointed Professor Lisa Cohen as its first Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.
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Published on: 28 Aug 2020
Professor Karl Moore talks to The Street, warning readers that the current pandemic-caused economic recession is not a "black swan", or a rare catastrophe. He predicts global warming or mass migration as a result of climate change as other agents of change to anticipate.
In the article, Professor Moore also touches on the challenge faced by managers to maintain a corporate culture during the age of working remotely and differences in management styles across generations.
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Published on: 28 Aug 2020
Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin, together with Dr. Laura Morgan Roberts of the University of Virginia, has penned an open letter addressing the unique experiences that Black women scholars are facing during the 鈥渄ouble pandemic鈥� confronting our society.
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Published on: 21 Aug 2020
Professor Karl Moore interviews Frantz Saintellemy (EMBA鈥�20), the co-founder and chairperson of the Board of Groupe 3737, an organization set up to help members who identify as visible minorities start their own business. Saintellemy shares how he is challenging systemic racism through business incubators.
Published on: 21 Aug 2020
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