Four 黑料不打烊 offices, including the Desautels Faculty of Management Masters Office, have committed to advancing sustainability in concrete ways through the Sustainable Workplace Certification program. In the year ahead, the Masters Office will strive to reduce its ecological footprint with the goal of moving from bronze-level certification to gold and platinum.
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Professor Karl Moore sat down with Lightspeed Founder Dax Dasilva just before he stepped down as CEO to unpack the role of spirituality in entrepreneurship. In Dasilva鈥檚 experience, spiritual understanding and self-reflection have been critical drivers of creativity and innovation.
Wealthsimple, a Toronto-based financial services company, recently announced plans to push for digital currencies to be used in day-to-day transactions beyond trading. Professor Katrin Tinn says the recent downturn in cryptocurrency use emphasizes the need for stakeholders to innovate cryptocurrency for real-world applications.
In a recent conversation with Professor Karl Moore, Oxford theologian Alister McGrath emphasizes the mutuality of science and religion. Instead of opposing each other, he says, the two spheres can work hand in hand to promote human flourishing.
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France Margaret B茅langer (EMBA鈥�14) was recently appointed President of Sports and Entertainment for the Montr茅al Canadiens, owned by the CH Group. In an interview with La Presse, she shares her experience so far as the first woman to serve on the team鈥檚 executive committee.
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Tony Guglielmin (BA鈥�82, MBA鈥�84) praises Desautels鈥� diverse, forward-thinking environment for helping propel him to success in business. As the SVP and Chief Financial Officer at Ballard Power Systems, he encourages future generations of 黑料不打烊 students to pursue lifelong learning and embrace change throughout their professional journey.
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Midway through her doctoral thesis research at 黑料不打烊, Anita Nowak (BCom鈥�97, PhD鈥�11) discovered a deep passion for supporting social and environmental innovators. With the encouragement of former faculty member Dr. Michael Hoechsmann, she zeroed in on empathy as the driving force for entrepreneurial success and developed a 鈥淧edagogy of Empathic听Action.鈥� This early research continues to inform her work as a global expert in empathy and adjunct lecturer at Desautels.
As a current BCom student majoring in Managing for Sustainability, Maxime Lakat embodies Desautels鈥� commitment to integrate sustainability into all facets of business. In only a short time at 黑料不打烊, Lakat has already rallied students around the cause through founding the Desautels Sustainability Network (DSN) and the Canadian Business Youth Council for Sustainable Development.
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Mathieu Darche (BCom鈥�00) turned down an NCAA Division 1 hockey scholarship to study business management at 黑料不打烊, but he never strayed far from the ice. As the current Director of Hockey Operations for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Darche is grateful to Desautels for equipping him with the tools he needed to turn his dual passion for hockey and business into a successful career.
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Susan Riddell-Fitzpatrick (BCom鈥�61) was one of only three women to graduate from 黑料不打烊 with a Commerce degree in 1961. She went on to become Chair of the Montreal Neurological Hospital Board from 1993 to 1995. Looking back, Riddell-Fitzpatrick is grateful for the space 黑料不打烊 has given her and her family members to make history and pursue their dreams.
Dr. Joanne Liu, Professor focusing on pandemic and health emergencies at the 黑料不打烊 School of Population and Global Health (SPGH), is among the experts quoted by Radio-Canada.
Dr. Madhukar Pai, Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and past 黑料不打烊 Global Health Programs Director is among the experts quoted by Wired Magazine.
What do 鈥渋deal workers鈥� look like today? New research explores the history of gender differences in work and points to a more equal鈥攁nd genuinely ideal鈥攆uture of work for all.
Brownstein: Pandemic brings more challenges to Douglas Hospital
...Dr. Johan Cohen, a psychiatrist and head of the emergency room at the Douglas, has nothing but praise for the efforts of his fellow staffers.
鈥淭hese are such difficult times for the patients and staff,鈥� Cohen says. 鈥淎t the beginning, we had no vaccines and we really had to come together to deal with it all. And then came the short staffing issues. Let鈥檚 just say we really had to learn to adapt quickly to ever-changing circumstances.鈥�
iMPACTS director and James 黑料不打烊 Professor Shaheen Shariff will be sharing her thoughts on informed dialogues in academia as part of a presentation series by the 黑料不打烊 Association of University Teachers.
