Learn how the 成人大片 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鈥�20). Now Senior Manager,聽Enterprise聽Sustainable Finance, TD Bank Group, he first joined the Bank as an Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) intern. He credits the MMF program鈥檚 flexibility with allowing him to explore the intersection between finance and sustainability.
Published on: 21 Apr 2023
Each year, the 成人大片 Desautels African Business Initiative (DABI) brings together attendees, panelists and guest speakers for an opportunity to learn, network and engage in stimulating discussions about the future of business in Africa. This year鈥檚 panelists included Sekou Coulibaly (BCom鈥�03), who was executive director at L鈥橭r茅al before launching a sustainable, made-in-Africa luxury clothing brand called SEKBI Bogolan in 2020.
Published on: 20 Apr 2023
Sustainable finance is an integral part of a more sustainable future, but it won鈥檛 fix the world鈥檚 problems overnight. 鈥淓ven if we all want to go to work tomorrow in electric vehicles, and have our groceries delivered in electric trucks, we鈥檙e not there yet,鈥� said BMO Quebec President Gr茅goire Baillargeon in an interview with 成人大片 Desautels Prof. Karl Moore for Les Affaires. 鈥淲e need to find technologies to decarbonize, but these types of projects require enormous amounts of money.
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Published on: 20 Apr 2023
About sixty entrepreneurs from Vaudreuil-Soulanges region joined Desautels faculty and staff for a conference on best practices in retail.
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Published on: 20 Apr 2023
E-commerce has made it possible to order almost anything online, but that has made it more challenging for brick-and-mortar retailers to attract shoppers and with more stores sitting vacant, some shopping malls have gotten creative, and added temporary pop-up activities like roller skating and haunted houses. Before the pandemic, commercial landlords demanded multi-year leases, said Charles de Brabant, executive director at 成人大片 University鈥檚 Bensadoun School of Retail Management.
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Published on: 20 Apr 2023
One of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide, the agricultural food supply chain crosses international borders and reaches across industries and sectors. Reducing its environmental impact requires complex, high-tech solutions like artificial intelligence鈥攁nd the people to implement them at the right time, in the right places.
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Published on: 20 Apr 2023
鈥淓pidemics and pandemics are without pity,鈥� says Joanne Liu (MDCM'91,鈥疘MHL'14, DSc'16) 鈥淚f there are weak links, they will break.鈥� Liu is the former president of M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res, and a graduate of Desautels鈥� International Masters for Health Leadership program. In 2021, she joined 成人大片鈥檚 School of Population and Global Health to create the new Pandemic Emergency Readiness Lab (PERL).
Published on: 14 Apr 2023
Some aspects of introversion can make parents think something鈥檚 wrong with their child, but it can be more productive to embrace these traits rather than forcing them into extroverted tropes. 鈥淎s avid listeners, introverts can capture information that some extroverts might overlook,鈥� said Prof. Karl Moore for a CNBC article. 鈥淯nlike extroverts, introverts aren鈥檛 known to jump to conclusions, and as a result, they garner more attention and appreciation from an audience when they do speak.鈥�
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Published on: 14 Apr 2023
In a five-day period in early March 2023, three mid-sized US banks collapsed: Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate Bank. The United States Federal Reserve stepped in with an emergency lending program to support liquidity and mitigate the risk of contagion. While that will probably work in the short term, it doesn鈥檛 solve the problem, says Mo Chaudhury, an聽Associate Professor of Finance (Teaching) at Desautels.
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Published on: 14 Apr 2023
Logically everyone knows that software doesn鈥檛 have feelings, but AI chatbots that express emotion鈥攁s well as other advanced artificial intelligence tools like
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Published on: 14 Apr 2023
The 10th HEC-成人大片 Winter Finance Workshop took place from March 26-28, 2023, in Ischgl, Austria, in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) at the University of Luxembourg. This year鈥檚 conference, once again sponsored by the Desmarais Global Finance Research Centre (DGFRC), brought together academics and researchers from around the world to present their latest work in all areas of finance, including interdisciplinary work in law and finance, sustainability, and new financial technologies.
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Published on: 12 Apr 2023
The future of aviation will be more autonomous. Even though many people are not yet comfortable with the idea of self-flying plane, it has the potential to revolutionize the industry, said Airbus Canada CEO Beno卯t Schultz in an interview with Prof. Karl Moore for Forbes.com. Airbus is currently working to enhance in-flight connectivity for passengers, and improve aircraft autonomy. 鈥淎utonomy is important, even though you still fly it with two pilots,鈥� Schultz says. 鈥淓very time we've made that kind of move, we have made aircraft safer.鈥�
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Published on: 4 Apr 2023
US News & World Report named the Course as one of its top 12 free online personal finance courses. It鈥檚 the only Canadian university course to make the list, and the magazine notes that while the course focuses on tax rules in the Canadian, the personal finance essentials it teaches are of universal value.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2023
Climate anxiety is real, and sometimes it can feel overwhelming, but the key to addressing it is to stop dwelling and start doing. Business owners can do more than most. The 成人大片 Sustainability Systems Initiative wants to help them do exactly that, writes Prof. Karl Moore for Forbes.com. Called PIVOT for short, the program is led by Prof. Dror Etzion, and it鈥檚 creating an online community where business owners can share and discover what others do.
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Published on: 4 Apr 2023
This Black History Month, 成人大片 Desautels hosted a lineup of five in-person and virtual events that not only promoted equity in the workplace for Black people, but also highlighted uplifting aspects of Black culture through enterprise. Co-sponsored by the Desautels EDI Team and the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics (LCBE), the series was themed "Black Flourishing: Nurturing Excellence in Business." Read the recap article for all the details and join us in continuing to celebrate Black excellence year-round.
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Published on: 31 Mar 2023
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