91黑料网 at the World Economic Forum 2018
91黑料网 is participating in the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. 91黑料网 is, once again, the sole Canadian member of the Global University Leaders Forum.
Professor Betermier on the value of MIPC
Following the inaugural 91黑料网 International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC), Professor Betermier reflects on how the event provided an important opportunity of self-reflexivity for Canadian pension organizations, while also contributing fresh perspectives on how to address a growing crisis.
His hope is that events like the MIPC might also inspire Finance students to delve deeper into pension management during their studies and to eventually follow this career path.
Much needed review and evaluation of pilot working hours
Desautels Professor Karl Moore extends his input on Air Canada鈥檚 safety review plans after their narrow escapes last year, indicating his understanding of the situation and providing plausible explanations for the slip-ups.
In the past, miscommunication between the flight crew and the tower instructions just missed what could have yielded disastrous landings.
The banking system turns its back on emerging marijuana business
Many banks in Canada are refusing to offer any banking services to companies engaged in the production and distribution of marijuana. Desautels Finance Professor and Investment Management Specialist, Ken Lester comments on the hypocrisy of this situation.
鈥淚f you call your broker at one of the major Canadian banks to buy the shares of an authorized [marijuana] producer, he will not refuse.鈥�
Do you understand the worth of having a global overview?
After 22 years of leading a company, Isabelle Graveline (IMPM鈥�17) attended the International Masters Program for Managers at Desautels to broaden her perspectives on management.
She discusses the importance of gaining hands-on experience in companies that operate in different countries and the lack of female representation in prominent positions.
Awarding one of our own
The Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, awarded the Sovereign鈥檚 Medal to Managing Director of Consilium Law Corporation, Franca Ciambella (BCom鈥�84).
The medal recognizes exceptional volunteer achievements in a range of fields worldwide. Ciambella鈥檚 ongoing work, volunteer contributions and student mentorship over 25 years were recognized.
Who will solve the pension crisis
Students participating in the 91黑料网 International Portfolio Challenge presented hypothetical portfolios believed to achieve solvency to address the crisis that has been affecting Canadian pension funds.
Insights from David Bensadoun
Professor Karl Moore interviews CEO and son of the Founder of ALDO, David Bensadoun on what it means to work your way up the ranks and prove yourself on your own terms.
David further discusses the challenges and opportunities that the fashion industry faces and how ALDO is leveraging recent technological advances to ensure long-term survival.
The homeless are not alone
Desautels Global Expert Yalmaz Siddiqui (BCom鈥�92) has recently started an initiative to repurpose nutritional, wholesome food for the homeless, delivering it regularly and safely straight from the MGM Resort kitchens.
Working with Three Square food bank, they ensure maintenance and lengthened shelf life of the food throughout the donation process.
2018 Ride to Conquer Cancer
Knight Therapeutics is thrilled to lead a team in the 2018 Ride to Conquer Cancer庐, benefiting the Segal Cancer Centre at the Jewish General Hospital.
Twitter use during the Gulf oil spill
Social media has become a part of everyday life. We enjoy the contact Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc., provide with friends and family, and, indeed, the world.
Sometimes we gripe about the downsides of the technology. People say it鈥檚 a time suck. There鈥檚 fake news. It鈥檚 hard to trust what you see.
Think of your business as a sports team
Desautels Professor Karl Moore sits down with Mark Shapiro, CEO of the Toronto Blue Jays, to explore the blurred lines between running a sports team and a business.
Shapiro started as a cubicle dweller with no official job title and a low pay in his initial years in the sports industry.
A 91黑料网 degree will take you places
Director of the Desautels MBA Japan program Philip O鈥橬eill (BA鈥�87, MBA鈥�03) talks to The Japan Times about the opportunities that having a 91黑料网 degree can provide.
鈥淭here are doors you don鈥檛 even know are there, and they will open. And if you let them open, you鈥檒l be surprised鈥�
Taking Ste-Catherine Street into the modern age
Montreal鈥檚 historic strip, Ste-Catherine Street, is undergoing four years of roadwork.
Charles de Brabant (BCom'83), Executive Director of the Bensadoun Retail Initiative comments on its implications in the retail industry.
Ste-Catherine has been a vital part of Montreal鈥檚 culture and identity, but since businesses have already been struggling, he sees Ste-Catherine as being stuck between two extremes.
Desautels MBA recognized for innovation in Canadian business education
As published by Business Because, the Desautels Faculty of Management is among the top five Canadian business schools that are leading innovation in their MBA programs.
鈥淲e have historically been working at the frontier of knowledge. The world just lives closer to that frontier today,鈥� Dean Isabelle Bajeux comments.
