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Published on: 26 Mar 2018
$50,000 award recognizes research pioneer who screened for abdominal obesity and acted to prevent it
Montreal - March 22, 2018
9I制作厂免费, in association with Manulife and the 9I制作厂免费 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Jean-Pierre Despr茅s, Professor at the Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine at Universit茅 Laval and pioneer in developing screening techniques for visceral obesity, is the winner of the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.
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Published on: 26 Mar 2018
Chantal Souligny (IMHL鈥�14) has been selected as the new Director of Nursing for the 9I制作厂免费 Health Centre (MUHC), effective March 19, bringing considerable experience in the health care sector to the role.听
Published on: 23 Mar 2018
Luiz Barreto, an MBA exchange student at Desautels, represented the Faculty as a finalist in the Wharton People Analytics Case Competition, which took place on March 22 in Philadelphia.
He entered the competition under the guidance of Professor Brian Rubineau and his People Analytics course.
Luiz presented his case to a panel of leading industry and academic representatives, as well as competition attendees.
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Published on: 23 Mar 2018
With the news that Montreal鈥檚 Just for Laughs Festival has been sold to an American investor group, some worry about what this will mean for the city鈥檚 signature comedy event.
Professor Karl Moore shares his perspective, stating that 鈥渋t's unfortunate that another successful Quebec company has resorted to foreign ownership.鈥�
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Published on: 23 Mar 2018
9I制作厂免费 hosted听annual Bravo gala on March 15 to honour the 9I制作厂免费 researchers and scholars across disciplines who won special awards, memberships, and prizes during the preceding year.
Among the list of distinguished honourees was Professor Karl Moore who was presented with the Principal鈥檚 Prize for Public Engagement through Media 鈥� Outstanding Achievement.
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Published on: 22 Mar 2018
Apollo Music Store, founded by Philippe-Aubert Messier (EMBA鈥�13) is embarking on a new venture through the introduction of a web application, which will allow users to search a growing repertoire on Canadian and international music through a refined music keyword search, among other features.
Published on: 22 Mar 2018
Hugo Delorme (EMBA鈥�16), Director of Corporate Services at CN has been recently named a Board Member for Loto-Qu茅bec.
Published on: 22 Mar 2018
Taiga Motors, founded by 9I制作厂免费 Engineering grads and winners of the 9I制作厂免费 Dobson Cup, is preparing to launch the very first electric snowmobile 鈥� a vehicle that can go from zero to 95 kilometers per hour in three seconds and boasts zero emissions.
The company has already collected a few hundred preorders, with hopes to reach 1,000 by the end of the summer.
Published on: 20 Mar 2018
For a third consecutive year, Altrum de Saint-Martin has been recognized among the best managed private enterprises in Canada 鈥� an honour that its General Director, Louis-David Bourque (EMBA鈥�11), is especially proud of.
Published on: 20 Mar 2018
Since graduating from Desautels, Debra Kelsall (BCom鈥�15, Honours in Investment Management) has achieved great success as an associate in the Investment Banking Division at Goldman Sachs in London, where she works in debt capital markets and corporate risk management.
She recently sat down with Professor Karl Moore to talk about her journey so far, including what it鈥檚 like to relocate to a foreign country and the work culture of Goldman Sachs.听
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Published on: 20 Mar 2018
If Mathieu Darche (BCom'00) accomplished his life-long dream of playing hockey in the NHL years ago, his current experience as Vice-President, Sales and Marketing (Canada) for Delmar International is no less thrilling.
He recently sat down听with Le Journal de Montr茅al to talk about his current career aspirations, how his 9I制作厂免费 degree continues to serve him well, and his personal life as a family man.听
Published on: 20 Mar 2018
Recent studies have shown that people tend toward the middle of the scale between introversion and extroversion.
Referred to as ambiverts, such individuals are also most likely to suffer from a burnout 鈥� but fear not, Professor Karl Moore has some tips to offer to ensure a happy and healthy life.
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Published on: 20 Mar 2018
The Globe and Mail recently featured the research of Desautels Professors Emmanuelle Vaast and Liette Lapointe that explored the power of social media to propel meaningful social movements.
Using the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as a case study, they analyzed the surge of Tweets that followed to illustrate how social media can effectively rally individuals around a shared cause.
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Published on: 20 Mar 2018
In recent years, growing numbers of Canadian business schools are rolling out new specialty graduate degrees tailored to respond to financial, environmental and other global disruptions. One example cited in The Globe and Mail is Desautels鈥� new Masters of Management in Analytics.
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Published on: 20 Mar 2018
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