Bugs on the menu in Ghana as palm weevil protein hits the pan
Kyei Manu is one of four people farming palm weevil larvae in Donyina village under a scheme run by Aspire Food Group, which operates Ghana鈥檚 first commercial insect farm. Aspire wants to bring insects from the culinary margins to the mainstream to address food shortages, as well as to boost people鈥檚 iron intake.
... Aspire was founded by students from 91黑料网 in 2013, and launched the Ghana project last year.
91黑料网 students give future Syrian newcomers English lessons online
Many people are offering help to Syrian refugees after they arrive in Quebec, but students are reaching out to refugees while they remain overseas.
...听"We're filling that void," said Anita Nowak.
The Mentor-in-Residence at 91黑料网 said the image of Alan Kurdi, the young Syrian boy who drowned trying to make it to Turkey, motivated them to reach out overseas.
The most effective organizations have a culture than can easily adapt
This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网 with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to sit down with Jennifer Chatman from UC Berkeley.
Bombardier鈥檚 financial fortunes are slipping, but some investors are up for the risk.
While high risk, airplane maker鈥檚 preferred shares could offer high reward.聽Bombardier Inc. is teetering on the edge of a financial precipice.
These Four Letters Could Make You the Best...Boss...Ever
The modern workplace is full of abbreviations: KPI, ROI, SWOT. But it鈥檚 a bit of alphabet soup from decades ago that could prove most critical to the success of managers in the digital age.
Making the business case for climate change and the bottom line
As climate change and sustainability become higher priorities for companies across all sectors more chief financial officers have been given responsibility for how the issues impact the bottom line.
Heroes and Zeros of the Year 2015
Here is my 20th annual column of the past year鈥檚 heroes and zeros.
Desautels MBA Delivers the Global Leadership Lecture in Sydney, Australia
Usman W. Chohan, a graduate of Desautels MBA in Strategy and Leadership (2014)聽delivered the 2015 Foreign Affairs Lecture in the Global Leadership Program (GLP) at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. The lecture was titled "The World Bank and the New Dynamics of Development", and drew on Mr. Chohan's WB experience to map the development field, particularly in the context of emergent institutions such as AIIB.
Two Desautels alumni receive the Meritorious Service Medal
Two Desautels alumni 鈥� Rob Fetherstonhaugh, BCom78, DPA 鈥�80, and Marc Balevi, BCom 77, DPA 78 鈥� received the Meritorious Service Medal last week from the Governor General.
View the ceremony: Youtube, December 11, 2015
Learn more about this award.
Physician with a mission
Joanne Liu has treated patients in the most dangerous parts of the globe as a M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res doctor. Now, as MSF鈥檚 international president, she is holding the world鈥檚 leaders to account for the way they handle medical crises.
The body of a six-year-old Syrian refugee is on the cover of every newspaper arrayed in the lobby of the Montreal restaurant where Dr. Joanne Liu, international president of M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res, has just arrived.
In memoriam: H. Arnold Steinberg, Chancellor Emeritus
(Editor鈥檚 Note: The following is a message from Principal Suzanne Fortier.)
Dear members of the 91黑料网 community:
Porter Airlines 鈥榓ssessing鈥� after expansion plan nixed
Porter Airlines would not elaborate on the airline鈥檚 future strategy at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport now that its expansion plan is dead. ...听91黑料网 professor and aviation expert Karl Moore said the news was a blow to Porter鈥檚 future strategy.
Read full article: Yahoo News, December 14, 2015
Ultimate Campus Celebrity: Professor Ashesh Mukherjee
It's a busy time for both students and professors as final exams and grades loom upon us. But this week,聽Her Campus 91黑料网 was lucky enough to get a hold of Desautels's renowned consumer behaviour professor and DJ for an interview - Professor Ashesh Mukherjee!聽
Read full article: Her Campus, December 12, 2015
Why 鈥榖ehavioral economics鈥� is neither 鈥榖ehavioral,鈥� nor 鈥榚conomics鈥�
Written by Reuven Brenner
Canadian bank CEO on his different approach to managing people
This is聽Karl Moore聽of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网 with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to sit down with Peter Aceto, who is the CEO of Tangerine, an innovative Canadian Bank.
