As the CEO and President of Canadian Red Cross, Conrad Sauve (IMHL鈥�14) has a front-row seat to how climate change continues to wreak havoc through massive floods and extreme droughts. In a new episode of 鈥淭he Current鈥� podcast, Sauve advocates for a greater emphasis on disaster recovery in addition to emergency responses. From his perspective, a robust disaster response should include ongoing financial and social support for people who are rebuilding their lives, not just short-term supports.
Published on: 19 Dec 2021
Amid supply chain bottlenecks overseas, Canada is facing a significant shortage of imported liquor, leading provincial liquor authorities to encourage early, local shopping for holiday favourites. According to Professor Saibal Ray, Academic Director聽of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, the ongoing scarcity of transportation resources is only making the shortage more acute.
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Published on: 19 Dec 2021
Between historically high levels of demand and ongoing supply shortages, holiday shoppers will have to get creative with their gift-giving this year, says Charles de Brabant, Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. As delayed shipments and back orders become the new normal, consumers may have to wait until February or March 200 for heavily discounted wish list items to finally hit the shelves.
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Published on: 19 Dec 2021
Congratulations to Sebastien Betermier,聽Associate Professor of Finance, whose paper 鈥淲hat Do the Portfolios of Individual Investors Reveal About the Cross-Section of Equity Returns?鈥� is the winner of the聽2021 Morgan Stanley Best Paper Award in Investments.
The Center for Financial Planning (CFP) announced the best paper awards for the fifth annual Academic Research Colloquium (ARC) for Financial Planning and Related Disciplines, which was held virtually on November 11 鈥� 16, 2021.
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Published on: 19 Dec 2021
Congratulations to Maxime Cohen,聽Professor of Retail and Operations Management, whose paper聽"The Effect of Short-Term Rentals on Residential Investment鈥� was selected as Best Conference Paper Nominee聽at the 2021 Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST)
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Published on: 19 Dec 2021
Congratulations to Wei Qi,聽Associate Professor in Operations Management,聽Winner of the INFORMS Chuck ReVelle Rising Star Award 2021
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Published on: 19 Dec 2021
Opinion piece in the Toronto Star addressing Bill 21, secularism, and the holidays in Quebec.
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Published on: 17 Dec 2021
On December 13th at a ceremony hosted by the Canadian Governor General鈥檚 Office in Ottawa, Ebrahim (Eby) Noroozi, MSc'78 (Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry), was presented with The Sovereign鈥檚 Medal for Volunteers in the presence of Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada.
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Published on: 17 Dec 2021
This message is sent on behalf of Dr Liane S Feldman, Chair Department of Surgery
Dear Faculty Members,
I am delighted to announce the appointment of two new Associate Chairs in the 黑料不打烊 Department of Surgery along with changes to the composition of the Executive Committee, effective January 2022.
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Published on: 17 Dec 2021
Research shows a syllabus written in a warm, friendly style can enhance student engagement and learning outcomes.
By Diane Dechief and V茅ronique Brul茅
Instructors: think back to when you were an undergraduate. Do you remember how you felt as you read the syllabi for your courses? Hopefully there were feelings of excitement and intrigue. But perhaps there was also confusion or worry that certain classes weren't really what you鈥檇 thought you were signing up for.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2021
December 15, 2021 | Director聽Christopher Ragan joins The Hill Times' The Hot Room podcast to explain how inflation works, whether the Trudeau government is to blame for rising prices, and the Bank of Canada's new-look plan to manage it.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2021
How we shop today certainly isn鈥檛 the same as it was before March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic launched a swift if unsteady shift in shopping habits鈥攁nd retailers quickly learned that adaptation was essential to survival. Today, a hybrid retail approach is leading the way to increased sales.
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Published on: 16 Dec 2021
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Published on: 16 Dec 2021
To all Members of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
As you are no doubt aware, the number of COVID-19 cases has been rising over the past week, and the Omicron variant is dramatically replicating. Given these developments, together with our social responsibility as a Faculty community to help protect the 黑料不打烊 health care network and the Faculty鈥檚 concern for your own health and safety, please heed the following:
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Published on: 15 Dec 2021
Dear Members of the Faculty,
With the announcement by the Government of Quebec of new measures to limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the University has updated its policies. You can find a copy of the new policy here.
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Published on: 15 Dec 2021
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