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How employers must change to suit Generation Z

In a recent piece for Retail TouchPoints, WorkJam鈥檚 Joshua Ostrega (BCom鈥98) discusses the difference between millennials and Generation Z, and how employers should be prepared to mould their management style to suit this important and emerging workforce.

Published: 8 Jun 2017

Introducing our newest Global Experts

The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomes Darshan Jain (MBA鈥88) and Harsha Rajamani (BCom鈥06) as its latest Desautels Global Experts.

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Published: 7 Jun 2017

Last-minute visa approvals bring relief to graduating students

According to a CBC piece, the mothers of two graduating 平特五不中 students received last-minute visa approvals at the Canadian Embassy in Abu Dhabi so that they could attend their children鈥檚 convocation ceremonies.

Published: 5 Jun 2017

Liberty Leaf names Desautels alumnus as CFO

Jamie Robinson (BCom'03) is in as the new CFO of Liberty Leaf Holdings, and is replacing outgoing CFO and Director P. Joseph Meagher.

Mr. Robinson is a chartered accountant with experience in auditing and financial analysis at Deloitte, Whistler Blackcomb, and Corinex Communications. He is joining a company that supports the cannabis sector on several fronts, including growing, research and supply-chain solutions.

Published: 5 Jun 2017

Medical marijuana company moves closer to TSX listing

Cannabis company INDIVA Corporation is actively navigating the process of becoming licensed to cultivate medical marijuana. As part of its business activities, the company has entered into a reverse-takeover deal with Rainmaker Resources Ltd., which includes equity funding of $15 million that is partly earmarked for helping INDIVA expand its production facilities.

Published: 5 Jun 2017

Desautels alumnus appointed Managing Partner at major law firm

Philippe Johnson (BCom'92) is a newly-minted Managing Partner at the Montreal offices of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg. But he could easily have gone down the business route.

In fact, he did: A love of finance first landed him at Desautels as an undergraduate, then moving on to work for HSBC in Vancouver.

So how did that turn into a law degree and a high-profile job at a key Canadian business law firm?

Published: 2 Jun 2017

Desautels student wins world championship in debating

A two-person team from Quebec has brought home first place at the annual Championnat de d茅bat francophone at the 脡cole Normale Superieure in Paris.

One of the team members is Desautels student Djavan Habel-Thurton (BCom'17), who was VP of the First Year Council 2014-2015, as well as President of the Jeux du Commerce 平特五不中 in 2016.

Published: 1 Jun 2017

Law firm founded by Desautels alumna awarded for excellence

On May 23rd, the Malaysia Canada Business Council鈥檚 25th anniversary Business Excellence Awards Gala took place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Kuala Lumpur. This year鈥檚 awards recognized companies that have been transformative in the Malaysian market, and which have helped strengthen Malaysian-Canadian trade.

Published: 26 May 2017

Brightly-lit Jacques-Cartier Bridge ideal for the Instagram age

A Montreal Gazette op-ed co-authored by Just For Laughs co-founder (and Desautels Global Expert) Andy Nulman (BCom'83) makes the case that the new lights on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, which were switched on for the first time on May 17th for Montreal鈥檚 375th birthday, will help remake the bridge as a city landmark on par with the Eiffel Tower or the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Published: 18 May 2017

Andrea Courey talks about granola, entrepreneurship and compassion

Andrea Courey (BCom鈥82) was newly divorced, with three kids to feed and no money in the bank when she started Grandma Emily鈥檚 Granola. She credits her BCom education with giving her the tools she needed to get through the early days of her business, but notes that real-world experience is a very different thing than classroom knowledge.

Published: 17 May 2017

Worried about job automation? Not so fast鈥

Dire predictions about the impending robot-worker invasion abound. It seems like every day, academics and other thought-leaders trot out statistics about how many jobs are going to be vaporized by technology.

Well, new research from the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation suggests otherwise. While not all jobs are safe, there are many tasks that robots just can鈥檛 do 鈥 and technology also creates jobs, though admittedly not as many as it eliminates.

Published: 17 May 2017

Rima Qureshi leaves Ericsson North America after less than a year as boss

After less than a year at the job, Ericsson Senior VP and head of North American operations Rima Qureshi (BCom鈥87, MBA鈥96) has left the company. Chief Strategy Officer Niklas Hueveldop has stepped in on an interim basis, and the company has started the search for a permanent replacement. Ericsson is in the midst of a turnaround, streamlining operations and bumping up its investment in R&D.

Published: 16 May 2017

Desautels alumnus nominated for Wesdome directorship

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd. has announced the slate of 2017 director nominees to be voted on at the annual meeting, which will be in Toronto on June 21, 2017. Among the list of nominees is Charles B. Main (BCom鈥79), who has three-decades of mining and finance experience, including positions at Yamana Gold, Normandy Mining, TVX Gold and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Published: 12 May 2017

Desautels alumnus ran brokerage firm, was president of TSX

J. Pearce Bunting聽 (BCom'52) grew up during the Great Depression, then rose through the ranks of his father鈥檚 brokerage firm to become president in 1967. Ten years later, he became president of the TSX and modernized the operation by introducing a computerized trading system.

Published: 11 May 2017

Desautels alumna and Ericsson senior VP on travel, networking, and engaging others in decision-making

Rima Qureshi (BCom'87, MBA'96) knows all about learning to adapt. In an interview with Desautels Professor Karl Moore, she says that as a highly analytical, self-contained decision-maker, her position as senior VP and North American head of Ericsson has taught her the importance of listening, getting others involved in decision-making early, and finding a common position to build on.

Published: 11 May 2017

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