Dr. , Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management, shares her journey and ongoing mission for racial equity in an interview with CTV News. Appointed in 2021, she is 成人大片鈥檚 first Black dean and remains one of Canada鈥檚 few Black deans. Reflecting on her experiences鈥攆rom childhood to early academic success to encounters with racism鈥攕he emphasized the need for continued progress. She has championed initiatives to increase access for racialized communities and lead equity reviews.
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Published on: 21 Feb 2025
During the first Trump administration, the US imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. And though those tariffs were lifted, they鈥檙e doing it again. Even though Canadian producers had more than four years to diversify their clientele, they remain heavily reliant on the US market.
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Published on: 21 Feb 2025
Credit scores play an essential role in our financial lives, but they are calculated by private companies, and there is little transparency in the way they are calculated. Still, you can take steps to ensure your own credit score is good. 鈥淢ake loan payments on time and keep credit card records in good standing,鈥� Prof. Patrick Augustin told Consumer Affairs. 鈥淐redit card debt should be paid in full when it is due, and shouldn鈥檛 be too high relative to disposable income.
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Published on: 21 Feb 2025
Imposing a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum could disrupt supply chains and drive up prices for everything from auto parts to canned goods. But for some towns in Quebec, the impact could be even more disruptive. The aluminum sector employs more than 40,000 people in Quebec, and the economies of some small towns are almost entirely reliant on aluminum production. And the sweeping nature of the steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the Trump administration will make it difficult to find new buyers for Quebec aluminum.
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Published on: 21 Feb 2025
Aluminum-producing towns in Quebec are bracing for the impact of new US tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum. Quebec accounts for about 90 per cent of Canada鈥檚 aluminum production, and the tariffs will affect more than just aluminum producers. 鈥淭he tariffs may not lead to layoffs at aluminum plants,鈥� said Professor of Operations Management Saibal Ray in an interview with Global News. 鈥淏ut tariffs could lead to companies making investments into the U.S.
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Published on: 21 Feb 2025
We are proud to share our 成人大片 Desautels MBA placed 94th globally in the prestigious 2025 Financial Times Global MBA rankings! FT has recognized our MBA in several international criteria: 1st in Canada and 1st in North America for international faculty; 1st in Canada and 1st in North America for international mobility in careers of our alumni; 1st in Canada and 2nd in North America for international course experience.
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Published on: 17 Feb 2025
Tim Hortons is deeply embedded in Canadian culture, but is it still truly Canadian? According to 成人大片 professor Karl Moore, ownership plays a key role. 鈥淚f you鈥檙e owned by Americans, you鈥檙e no longer Canadian in the way that you were before,鈥� he explains. However, he argues that nationality isn鈥檛 just about where a company is headquartered鈥攊t鈥檚 about where decisions are made.
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Published on: 13 Feb 2025
The online news act was designed with legitimate objectives: enhancing fairness, supporting press independence, and promoting a diversity of news sources. Unfortunately, it has had some unintended negative consequences, according to Maxime Cohen, the Scale AI Chair in Data Science for Retail at 成人大片 Desautels. 鈥淢eta responded by blocking Canadian news content from their platforms鈥擣acebook and Instagram,鈥� Cohen said in an interview with the Hub Dialogues podcast.
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Published on: 13 Feb 2025
According to a report by the National Insitute on Ageing, there are around 200,000 people in Canada with registered pension plans who are eligible to claim them, but haven鈥檛. Often, the unclaimed funds stem from contributions made early in a person鈥檚 career that were simply forgotten about. 鈥淲ho thinks about retirement at the age of twenty?鈥� said 成人大片 Desautels Professor of Finance Sebastien Betermier in an interview with CBC Radio鈥檚 Cost of Living program.
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Published on: 13 Feb 2025
It is not yet clear whether US President Donald Trump will follow through on his threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all goods imported from Canada鈥攐r even what the motivation for that threat really is. Inconsistent messaging could be a deliberate tactic by the US president, Vivek Astvansh told canadianfamilyoffices.com. 鈥淲e should care less about the reasons Trump is threatening tariffs, because they keep shifting,鈥� says the Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics at 成人大片 Desautels.
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Published on: 13 Feb 2025
According to a recent report, up to 800,000 people in Quebec are at risk of losing their jobs to artificial intelligence. It is a potential sea change for the economy and for the labour force, but it isn鈥檛 without precedent. 鈥淎 similar scenario occurred in Europe at the end of the second world war,鈥� says Rob Glew, Assistant Professor (teaching) of Operations Management.
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Published on: 11 Feb 2025
There鈥檚 a lot that AI can do鈥攁nd quite a bit that it can鈥檛. And the mix of numbers and letters on a spreadsheet is one thing that AI has struggled to make sense of. Prior Labs wants to change that by developing machine learning models optimized to understand spreadsheets, which host an enormous amount of critical information in many firms.
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Published on: 7 Feb 2025
US tariffs will hit the Canadian economy hard, but individual industries will experience unique effects. In the case of aluminum production, much of Canada鈥檚 3.2 million metric tons of aluminum that Canada produces each year could be re-routed to Europe. But some communities could still be hit hard and other places that harvest natural resources won鈥檛 be able to find other buyers so easily. 鈥淭here are a lot of towns where the whole town will be impacted,鈥� says Saibal Ray, Professor of Operations Management.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2025
Canada鈥檚 Maple 8 pension funds are globally respected for strong returns and independence from government influence. However, recent political moves threaten this model. The federal government has encouraged more domestic investment, while Alberta鈥檚 government fired AIMCo鈥檚 board, raising fears of political interference. 鈥淲hen you start investing based on political objectives, you risk compromising returns,鈥� warns Associate Professor of Finance Sebastien Betermier.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2025
Despite BlackRock鈥檚 exit from the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), climate action remains a key priority for financial institutions, says Sebastien Betermier, Associate Professor of Finance. He notes that asset managers are shifting their strategies to focus on helping firms transition to net zero rather than maintaining strictly net-zero portfolios. While GFANZ is adapting to these needs, Betermier warns that moving away from alliances could weaken collective action.
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Published on: 6 Feb 2025
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