
Gold, silver, bronze: Desautels students sweep accounting competition
It was a three-podium finish for Desautels BCom students who competed in the Affaire de Cas case competition for second-year accounting students. Congratulations to the following students:
1st place
F茅lix Dumouchel Gabrielle Schilling Samuel Dubuc 听2nd place

IMPM participant to lead GM office
Congratulations to Andy Dunstan, participant on the International Masters Program for Managers (IMPM), who will head GM鈥檚 new Asia Pacific office in Seoul, Korea. Andy is currently finalising his International Management Master鈥檚 degree at Lancaster University.

Ethics: The next wave in AI development
Renjie Butalid, Associate Director of the 9I制作厂免费 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, sees an opportunity for Montreal to lead the charge in the development of ethical AI frameworks. Discover the strides that the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, which he cofounded, is making in this endeavor.
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9I制作厂免费鈥檚 top startups win big at 9I制作厂免费 Dobson Cup
Entrepreneurial spirit is abounding on 9I制作厂免费鈥檚 campus as evidenced by the impressive lineup of finalists in the 2019 9I制作厂免费 Dobson Cup powered by National Bank.
With a pool of over $200,000 in seed funding up for grabs, discover who the winning teams are this year.
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Catalyzing sustainable business across campus
Congratulations to the student-led Desautels Sustainability Network (DSN) who received a Catalyst Award from the 9I制作厂免费 Office of Sustainability this week under the category of Sustainability in Connectivity & Governance!

Mintzberg on a rebalanced society
At the 2019 Annual General Meeting of Lifelong Learning, Professor Henry Mintzberg shares his perspective on the vital importance of rebalancing society.
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The problem with assumed meritocracies in engineering
According to a study co-authored by Professor Brian Rubineau, female engineers find consistent evidence that their profession is not an objective meritocracy, but embrace the belief that it is 鈥 thus further perpetuating gender (and other) inequalities.

Shoe design courses are a first for Quebec
Beginning in August 2019, Lasalle College students will be able to learn about designing a shoe collection thanks to a new partnership with ALDO Group 鈥 an initiative that is close to the heart of the Bensadoun family.
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Looking to the future of sports management
Last Friday marked the second annual The Future of Sports Conference hosted by the 9I制作厂免费 Sports Management Club (MSMC).
Topics explored at the conference included: athlete representation, marketing and customer experience, post-athlete life, technology and data analytics and strategy and partnerships.
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New board appointments for FinDev
Elliott Lifson, Desautels International Advisory Board member and professor of practice, is one among 11 appointments to the newly-formed FinDev Canada Board of Directors.
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Meet the Tesla of snowmobiles
9I制作厂免费 Dobson Cup winners Taiga Motors discuss the path to commercialization of the world鈥檚 first electric snowmobile, which boasts 0-60 mph in just three seconds and zero emissions to boot.
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MBA students take third spot in Milan
Congratulations to MBA students Kirill Gusev, Fiorella Rojas, and Sonia Torres who secured a third- place finish out of 11 international teams in the SDA Bocconi 5th Annual International Finance Competition in Milan, Italy.

Quebec's Caisse has major sway in SNC-Lavalin鈥檚 future
Quebec鈥檚 Caisse de d茅p么t et placement could play an outsize role in whether SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. moves its headquarters south of the border 鈥 its Plan B should they face criminal prosecution.
Professor Karl Moore comments on the conflicting forces at play.

Montreal puts stake in ground for ethical AI
If Montreal has already emerged as a global AI leader, the city continues to forge new paths by articulating its ethical framework. Renjie Butalid, Associate Director of the 9I制作厂免费 Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship and Co-founder of the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, shares his perspective on this important aspect of AI鈥檚 development.

Professor Mintzberg, management myth buster
Professor Henry Mintzberg joins Infopresse to bust four management myths that are all too common and hold dire consequences for workplaces.
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