Employees duties may differ from those in job postings
The job that you think you are applying for can be pretty different from the work that you actually do. It鈥檚 crucial to know why this happens, says Associate Professor聽Lisa Cohen.聽 Sometimes hiring managers do not know precisely what their organization will need in the months and years to come. In other cases, the organization鈥檚 needs are evolving, and it needs to adapt to changing circumstances.
2022 Cundill History Prize recognizes the work of Harvard鈥檚 Tiya Miles
Harvard鈥檚 Tiya Miles won the 2022 Cundill History Prize for her book All that she carried: The journey of Ashley鈥檚 sack, a Black family keepsake.聽 The prize was launched by Peter Cundill (BCom鈥�60) in 2008, and is administered by 9I制作厂免费. It awards $75,000 each year to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal.鈥疶he Cundill History Prize awards an additional $10,000 to two other award finalists.
Air Canada is again named best North American airline, but competition is limited
U.S.-based magazine Global Traveler has named Air Canada the best airline in North America for the fourth year in a row, but this honour is a relative one, according to Prof. Karl Moore. According to Moore, it shows just how bad some of the other airlines in North America are.
GCPA guest lecturer Taryn Welikovitch receives teaching excellence award
Congratulations to Taryn Welikovitch (BSc鈥�16, GDip Accounting鈥�18, GCPA'19) on receiving the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting Teaching Award for Guest Lecturers.
Circular economy can help mitigate environmental impact of frenzied Black Friday shopping
Black Friday offers cut-rate deals, but low prices can come with a high environmental cost. If shoppers don鈥檛 make choices wisely, their purchases could end up in the landfill.
A new immersion program aims to help Longueuil police better deal with mental health calls
People get in to policing to fight crime, but most calls to police are not about crimes at all, said Fady Dagher (EMBA鈥�12) in an interview with CBC. Officers regularly respond to calls that involve people experiencing mental health crises, or people with disabilities. The new Chief of the Service de police de la Ville de Montr茅al聽(SPVM) wants his officers to better understand what it is like to be on the other side of these calls.聽
Desautels ranked among world鈥檚 top 40 most sustainable MBAs by Corporate Knights
The Desautels Faculty of Management ranked among the 40 most sustainable MBAs in the world in 2022. The Better World ranking is conducted by Corporate Knights and considers criteria like sustainability research output and classroom teaching. Desautels made the cut in part because of its strengths in sustainability-related research intensity and the diversity of its faculty.
Crypto鈥檚 impressive returns led institutional investors to consider unconventional investments
Cryptocurrencies have always been volatile, but they have also generated some very impressive returns. Even large pension funds got in on the action, and some of them have been burned. By investing in the crypto exchange FTX, the Ontario Teachers鈥� Pension Plan (OTPP) hoped to avoid the risk of investing in individual cryptocurrencies. But that backfired spectacularly when FTX collapsed, and OTPP recently wrote down its entire $95 million (USD) investment.
Delve: Why the Job You Apply For May Not Be the Job You Get
When most people apply for jobs, they expect the job description to match the job that will be filled. But between the interview and the actual hiring, job duties sometimes evolve. At a time when many people are making career changes and employers are facing uncertainties and struggling to find employees, understanding why jobs change is crucial.
CFE Honour Roll for GCPA Participant
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) participant Megan Robertson (BCom'21, GCPA'22) has been named to the Honour Roll of the
Fetherstonhaugh Family Foundation Recognizes Teaching Excellence at Desautels
In 2018, when the Fetherstonhaugh family envisioned an award to recognize and reward teaching excellence, they hoped for great teachers and at the Desautels Faculty of Management extraordinary teachers emerged. As the recipient of the 2022 Fetherstonhaugh Family Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Programs, Prof. of Practice Sujata Madan engages with students in a way that promotes and accelerates their classroom and lifelong learning.
Onex CEO Gerry Schwartz brought New York City thinking to Bay Street聽聽
Gerry Schwartz founded Onex Corporation in 1984, and after nearly four decades at the helm, he grew the company in to one of Canada鈥檚 largest private equity and venture capital firms. Now, Schwartz is stepping down as Onex鈥檚 CEO.
Delve: Scale Deep Not Up for Sustainable Local Entrepreneurship, with Anna Kim and Suntae Kim
How would definitions of business growth and success change if entrepreneurship ventures decided that instead of scaling up, they would 鈥渟cale deep鈥�? While scaling up allows an organization to pursue fast expansion with goals of going national or global, scaling deep lets an organization pursue enduring growth and sustainability anchored to its original location.
Official launch of the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics
On November 14, the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics hosted students, faculty, staff, donors, alumni and friends of 9I制作厂免费 Desautels for the official launch of the Centre.
Reuniting In Person at Homecoming 2022
This October, we were pleased to celebrate our first in-person Homecoming since 2019, a terrific occasion for us to re-engage with our alumni 鈥渋n real life.鈥� Homecoming is always a great time to reminisce, expand your network, and to reengage with your alma mater and it was great to be back in person!
