Quebec鈥檚 hottest new microbrewery works local angle
New Deal Brewing Co. co-owner Daleyne Guay (EMBA鈥�2016) says that, over the past five years, microbews have risen to 8.9% of the Quebec market, while the majors have lost 1% per year and imports have taken up the space in-between. Within this context, Mr. Guay is on a mission to make you to reach for one of his Boldwin beers before you grab that next Stella Artois.
EMBA alumna on leadership, success and working in a male-dominated environment
France-Margaret B茅langer (EMBA鈥�14) grew up in Matane, a world away from her current life as Chief Legal Officer at the Montreal Canadiens. She sat down with Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore to talk about her journey from small-town Quebec to an English-language Cegep, then on to law school and a great job at a big-ticket law firm. On the way, she earned an MBA as a means of becoming a better business adviser.
Professor Steve Fortin appointed to Accounting Standards Board
Professor Steve Fortin, CPA, CA has been named to the Financial Reporting Accounting Standards Board (AcSB). The AcSB聽is an independent body with the authority to establish accounting standards for use by all Canadian entities outside the public sector.
Desautels achieves second consecutive win at PRMIA
Congratulations to Desautels undergraduate students: Evan Coulter, Valentyn Litvin, Meagan Prins, and Marina Simonian who won the top prize at the prestigious PRMIA International Risk Management Challenge- marking a second consecutive victory for the Faculty at this competition.
Electric snowmobiles set to take centre stage
Next winter, Whistler Blackcomb and Canadian Wilderness Adventures will become some of the first companies to offer electric snowmobiles to clients. The machines are made by Quebec-based Taiga Motors, which built on its first-place finish in the 2016 91黑料网 Dobson Cup鈥檚 Innovation Track to expand its technology and develop a revolutionary all-electric snowmobile from the ground up.
2014 Dobson Cup participant on how winning changed her
Montreal-based Lantinga Vita is all about merging functionality, a chic design and sustainability. The company鈥檚 Tempus bag is an Italian-made, multi-functional bag that boasts a compartment for a 15鈥� laptop and a thermal pocket for food. The company鈥檚 founder and CEO, Nina Lantinga, recently spoke with The Dobson Chronicles about the entrepreneurial life, growing her business and winning the Grit Prize at the 91黑料网 Dobson Cup 2014.
Winning Dobson Cup team on entrepreneurship, plans for the future and head movement as disease indicator
Startup Saccade Analytics was the first place winner of the 2017 91黑料网 Dobson Cup Health Sciences Track. The team鈥檚 pitch involved analyzing eye and head movement to help diagnose neural diseases. The team sat down with the Dobson Chronicles to talk about what made them dive into the entrepreneurial life, and eye-head movement as an indicator of disease 鈥� including, but not limited to, concussion.
Is Bombardier too big to fail? A TV panel discusses the seminal Quebec company
Desautels Associate Professor Karl Moore appeared on an April 7th Breakfast Television panel to address the question of whether or not Bombardier is too big to fail. Professor Moore stated that, in some ways, this is definitely true, just because of the role it plays in the Canadian economy and the fact that it is 鈥淐anada鈥檚 greatest global competitor, in terms of size and in terms of where the exports go.鈥�
91黑料网 lands on Corporate Knights鈥� Future 40 list
Now in its fourth edition, Corporate Knights鈥� Future 40 ranking is a yearly roundup of companies and organizations that are transitioning towards a low-carbon future. The list heavily reflects Ontario-based companies and utilities, but there is also a lot of representation from Canada鈥檚 mining sector and medium-sized oil and gas producers, all of which are pivoting towards greater sustainability in their production processes.
Imran Amed honoured with Vanguard Award
鈥淚鈥檓 not looking at fashion through a Canadian lens, or even a Western lens, but a global lens,鈥� says Imran Amed (BCom'97). Indeed, he doesn鈥檛 even look at it through the eyes of someone who grew up steeped in fashion. Mr. Amed started Business of Fashion as a personal blog while he was working as a management consultant with zero fashion training. Today, his London-based site is the go-to source for news-hungry glitterati.
Montreal team nets $50,000 for its green housing design
A joint 91黑料网-Concordia effort has won a $50,000 federal grant to bring its innovative row-house design to the International Solar Decathlon in China next year. TeamMTL鈥檚 design takes aim at the growing affordable-urban-housing crisis, successfully marrying energy efficiency and sustainability with comfort and affordability.
Marijuana sector likely to constrict as it matures
Desautels Professor Ken Lester was interviewed on BNN about the commodification of marijuana post-legalization. He discussed product choice, the question of how branding might be constrained by the impending legislation, and the tricky taxation line that the governments will have to trace in order to not send consumers back to the black market.
Future food now: how insects will solve world hunger
In an interview on Fox Business Network, Aspire CEO and former MBA student聽Mohammed Ashour聽makes the case for eating bugs as a way to meet the world鈥檚 growing protein requirements. His company, the Aspire Group, runs a cricket farm in Texas and a palm weevil larvae operation in Ghana, both aimed at creating a sustainable insect-based food industry. Mr.
A refreshing take on healthcare
Dr. Anoop Kumar (IMHL鈥�15) has published a new book, Michelanglo鈥檚 Medicine: how redefining the human body will transform health and healthcare. The book offers聽a refreshing look at the human body not just as a bunch of organs, but rather as 鈥渁 masterpiece, waiting to be discovered.鈥� Dr. Kumar proposes a new approach based on his experiences as an ER doctor, as well as the eastern philosophies he grew up with.
Desautels alumnus named Exec VP at PNG Gold
West Vancouver-based PNG Gold has announced the appointment of Wesley Marstaller (BCom'05)聽as Executive Vice President of the corporation. Before coming on board at PNG Gold, Mr. Marstaller served in several capacities at the Macquarie Group, then as COO of the Rennie Group. PNG Gold CEO Greg Clarkes praises Mr. Marstaller, saying that his expertise will help with 鈥渂uilding the management group necessary to achieve the Company鈥檚 near and long term goals.鈥�
