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The Hot Cities World Tour explores Egypt and Morocco

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 18:57:56 +0000

Since its inception in 2009, ��VR��Ƶ's annual Hot Cities of the World Tour has taken undergraduates, graduates, alumni, and professors to the frontier of our increasingly globalized world. This year, the 13th iteration of the tour visited Egypt and Morocco – two of the largest and most important economies in Africa, and critical gateways to Europe and the Middle East.

Desautels-developed AI app is helping monkeys avoid injury in Costa Rica

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 16:17:57 +0000

When endangered howler monkey populations cross Costa Rica’s roads, they are vulnerable to injury from electrical wires and passing cars. Associate Professor Juan Camilo Serpa, partnering with Reserva Conchal, is using artificial intelligence to help prevent these injuries from occurring.

Artificial intelligence is helping Costa Rica NGOs preserve biodiversity

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 17:53:40 +0000

During a sabbatical year, Prof. Juan Camilo Serpa visited non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Costa Rica, and found that while they were doing a lot of great work to help animals, they had little access to advanced technologies like data analytics and artificial intelligence. This inspired Serpa to re-focus his research toward the country’s NGOs, so he could help them implement new technologies that maximize the impact of their efforts.

��VR��Ƶ Desautels Costa Rica study trip applies data analytics to sustainability projects

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 16:32:28 +0000

��VR��Ƶ students are working with Costa Rican non-governmental organizations to safeguard howler monkeys from road hazards. Through their research, they’ve created a "Mono-SOS" website for accident reporting in partnership with a local NGO, SalveMonos.

Nabil Anouti is the Desautels valedictorian at ��VR��Ƶ’s Spring 2023 Convocation

��VR��Ƶ — Thu, 25 May 2023 15:53:26 +0000

Humanity has the skill to solve our most pressing problems, but cooperation is our greatest challenge, says Nabil Anouti, who is ��VR��Ƶ Desautels’ valedictorian for the Spring 2023 Convocation. But Anouti is optimistic, and this view has been shaped by a Desautels education.

��VR��Ƶ Desautels undergrads take 2nd at Baylor University’s Negotiation Competition

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 23 May 2023 18:57:21 +0000

��VR��Ƶ Desautels undergraduate students Aaron Anandji (BCom’25) and Zacharie Faucillion (BCom’23), Co-Executive Directors of ��VR��Ƶ Ventures, took second place at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business’ National Undergraduate Negotiation Competition (NUNC) this April.

Hot Cities of the World tour visits growing West African cities

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 02 May 2023 16:27:01 +0000

Africa is at the heart of our world, but its diverse cultural and economic influence has often been overlooked. Yet the world has begun to take note, says Prof. Karl Moore, who led this year’s Hot Cities of the World Tour to Accra, Ghana and Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

IMSF empowers students impact in community

��VR��Ƶ — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 14:16:50 +0000

The Integrated Management Student Fellowship (IMSF), offered by the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), is an experiential leadership development program that aims to bridge the gap between the classroom and the community. The program encourages multidisciplinary experiences and taking on initiatives that make a difference in the community.

MMF Series: Where Are They Now? Spotlight on Mitchell McEwen (MMF’20)

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 12:25:26 +0000

Learn how the ��VR��Ƶ Master of Management in Finance (MMF) can open a number of career doors. On this Earth Day, we catch up with an MMF alumnus working in ESG and Sustainable Finance, Mitchell McEwen (MMF’20). Now Senior Manager, Enterprise Sustainable Finance, TD Bank Group, he first joined the Bank as an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) intern. He credits the MMF program’s flexibility with allowing him to explore the intersection between finance and sustainability.

Experiential Learning: ��VR��Ƶ Desautels gives rise to discovery

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 17:00:24 +0000

In 2021, thanks to the generosity of alumnus Don Lewtas, we saw the launch of the Lewtas Office of Experiential Learning. Since the office’s inception, the team at the Lewtas Office, led by Leigh Korey, PhD, has been hard at work creating powerful hands-on learning opportunities that play a vital role in the student journey.

Master of Management Analytics students share analytics expertise with the community

��VR��Ƶ — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 17:13:17 +0000

In 2018, leukemia survivor Mai Duong founded Swab the World, a foundation that educates people about the lack of diversity among stem cell donors, the initiative is getting an assist from MMA Gives, a campaign that gives non-profits, SMEs and NGOs the opportunity to work with Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) students to help meet their analytics goals.

Congrats to MMF team on Challenge win

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:11:36 +0000

Congratulations to Master of Management in Finance (MMF) Team 6 students Pascal Audette, Heng Chang, Fenton Garvie, Eugenia Pan and Alexandre Touchette on their win at the 5th Deloitte MMF Synergy Challenge!

The Photons take 2022 Desautels Cup case competition

��VR��Ƶ — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:40:33 +0000

Congratulations to ��VR��Ƶ MBA students Shivansh Srivastava, Bingquan (Roger) Wu, Nimesh Mittal, Sundeep Ahuja, and Horacio Aguilera Salinas for winning the 2022 Desautels Cup Case Competition, the first in-person Desautels Cup since the pandemic! The internal case competition challenges participants to put their first-semester knowledge to the test by asking them to solve real-world challenges facing businesses today.

International Management Student Fellows present creative solutions to societal challenges

��VR��Ƶ — Wed, 11 May 2022 17:35:04 +0000

Bread and grain waste is a leading cause of food waste in Canada, and but this can be reduced by transforming spent brewing yeast and stale bread into flour that can be sold to businesses or directly to the consumers. It's just one of the pressing problems that Desautels undergraduate students are addressing through the Integrated Management Student Fellowships (IMSF) program, a two-semester, six credit experiential leadership development initiative that is designed to help BCom students prepare for impactful and fulfilling careers.

Integrated Student Management Fellowships apply academic learning to real-world challenges

��VR��Ƶ — Mon, 02 May 2022 18:18:47 +0000

The Graphix Project is creating an intellectual history of human rights in graphic novel form – over 3,000 years of conflict and social movements. Third-year student Nada Al Mgharbel has been contributing research to the initiative, which is a collaboration between ��VR��Ƶ and Yale University, and will be the centrepiece of a human-rights education program.

Victor Luis shares success story in Retail Leaders Talk

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 25 Mar 2022 15:29:55 +0000

Victor Luis, Chairman and CEO of Moose Knuckles, explains his unique view on success and how he rose through the corporate ladder during the Bensadoun School of Retail Management Retail Leaders Talk. Students in the Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) were given insights into how to view success and pave one's own way rather than following others.

Global Experts program fosters partnerships between students and alumni

��VR��Ƶ — Mon, 07 Mar 2022 17:33:58 +0000

The Desautels Global Experts program connects current students with alumni experts across industries, providing valuable learning and networking opportunities to help students thrive in their academic and professional careers.

Desautels MBA shapes new generation of business leaders

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 21:48:35 +0000

Students enrolled in the ��VR��Ƶ Desautels Master of Business Administration program weigh in on what aspects of the program have provided the most value. Ebuka Obiakor (MBA’21) and Husham Hajhamid credit the program’s small class sizes, diverse cohort, and experiential learning opportunities for shaping them into professionals who are equipped to lead in a changing business environment.

MMA Gives: Leveraging data analytics expertise

��VR��Ƶ — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:26:44 +0000

Addressing Dr. Nii Addy's proposal on behalf of the Mastercard Foundation (MCF) Transitions Project at ��VR��Ƶ, Maguette Paye (MMA’21) used knowledge gained during the ��VR��Ƶ Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program to lay the groundwork and develop the database and dashboard for the MCF Transitions Project.

MMF Series: Where Are They Now? Spotlight on Aïcha Traoré

��VR��Ƶ — Thu, 24 Feb 2022 17:23:23 +0000

Aïcha Traoré (MMF’20), now a Senior Market Risk Analyst at National Bank of Canada, credits the ��VR��Ƶ Master of Management in Finance (MMF) program for allowing her to master finance fundamentals and hone critical skills. Her passion for finance was influenced by her family and she plans to return to Côte d’Ivoire to contribute to its economic development.

Bensadoun MMR is defined by experiential learning

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 11 Feb 2022 16:42:33 +0000

The ��VR��Ƶ Bensadoun Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) continues to reinvent retail education through offering experiential learning opportunities. By solving real problems in collaboration with industry partners during their internships, MMR students gain early career experience and establish meaningful connections with mentors even before they graduate.

MMR Retail Leaders series features John Gerhardt

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 19:07:36 +0000

John Gerhardt, Creative Director at Moët Hennessy (LVMH), recently spoke with Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) students about brand identity, sustainability, creativity, and his career trajectory. For Gerhardt, creativity is a vital business skill that ensures differentiation, and he feels risk-taking is crucial to being successful.

Building sustainable brands

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:51:55 +0000

In an upcoming Retail Leaders Talk, Liza Amlani will speak with Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) students about her vision for helping retail brands build more equitable and sustainable strategies.

As the founder of Retail Strategy Group, a consulting firm that helps retailers build more effective organizations, Amlani believes data and technology can be leveraged to create climate-conscious and consumer-facing solutions to a vast array of industry problems, from sourcing materials to selling a final product.

Storytelling in luxury retail

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:49:36 +0000

Earlier this fall, Master of Management in Retailing (MMR) students had the chance to hear from Lanita Layton, a luxury retail and brand consultant with over two decades of retail experience. Throughout the pandemic, Layton stood at the forefront of helping companies reimagine their brand stories to sustain loyal relationships with existing customers and expand their reach to new audiences.

IKEA Canada's Michael Ward shares vision of a retail future with MMR cohort

��VR��Ƶ — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:59:28 +0000

In a recent Master of Management in Retailing Retail Leaders Talk event, guest speaker Michael Ward, CEO and Chief Sustainability Officer of IKEA Canada, shared his insights on business from a digital and global perspective. Following the discussion, students had the chance to ask questions, allowing them to engage with the material further and gain a deeper understanding.

��VR��Ƶ students spearhead hybrid MIPC

��VR��Ƶ — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 16:51:42 +0000

A dedicated group of ��VR��Ƶ students successfully planned the first hybrid iteration of the annual ��VR��Ƶ International Portfolio Challenge.

This year, ��VR��Ƶ invited 114 teams from 26 countries to tackle the challenge of designing sustainable retirement system plans in light of Dutch pension reforms.

From Academics to Analytics: How the ��VR��Ƶ Desautels MMA Collaborates with Hiring Managers at Major Industry Players

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 21:11:03 +0000

Landing a career in a competitive field like data analytics may seem like a daunting task, but with the right connections and the right skills it can be easier than you think.

The ��VR��Ƶ Desautels Master of Management in Analytics has partnered with top firms like Brother and Slalom to help students find the right fit for their career.

Read more on how MMA students can build connections and kickstart their careers right out of our program.

Introducing the Lewtas Experiential Learning Office

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 00:23:16 +0000

Thanks to the generosity of Don Lewtas (BCom’75), students will soon benefit from the Lewtas Experiential Learning Office.

In collaboration with Desautels Career Management, the new Office will help students connect with companies and campus departments that can provide on-the-job experience in their respective fields of study.

It will also serve as a main point of contact between faculty instructors and business leaders who are looking to recruit student talent.

Blending management and analytics on the world stage

��VR��Ƶ — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 23:57:35 +0000

The experiential, real-world focus of ��VR��Ƶ’s Master of Management and Analytics (MMA) program has catapulted the program to the top of the rankings list, marking it as one of the 10 best analytics programs in the world.

MMA Students Gain Hands-on Experience at Pratt & Whitney Canada

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 11 Oct 2019 15:09:37 +0000

As core to the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program, the EXP Analytics Consulting module has MMA students working alongside industry professionals over a 10-month period solving a significant Data & Analytics problem, aimed to boost the client’s top or bottom lines.

Take a look at what our MMA students have to say after working with partner Pratt & Whitney Canada.

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Call for Integrated Management Student Fellows

��VR��Ƶ — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:44:50 +0000

Are you a Desautels student who would like to gain experience addressing organizational and societal challenges?

The Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM) will appoint its first cohort of Integrated Management Student Fellows in the winter 2018 term. The program provides an opportunity to hone practical skills through paid experiential learning.

����VR��Ƶ Desautels Faculty of Management - Experiential Learning at Desautels