Ď㽶ĘÓƵ News - BCom /channels/news_feeds/all/term/BCom/rss en Announcing the 2017 SEI Impact Internship Cohort /channels/news/announcing-2017-sei-impact-internship-cohort-267938 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><hr /><p>The <a href="/mdiim">Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM)</a> is pleased to announce the <a href="/sei">Social Economy Initiative</a>’s <a href="/sei-iip">Impact Internship</a> cohort for the 2017 year. <span>Now heading into its fifth consecutive year, the program pairs top McGill undergraduate students with social-purpose organizations for paid placements over the spring and summer months. Past interns have reported that the experience has allowed them to be more empowered to take on social impact</span></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/dsc_1109.jpg?itok=w9nHJ-uT" width="160" height="90" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 28 Apr 2017 19:38:43 +0000 webfull 128011 at /channels Hi-Rise Capital Announces Appointment of Michael Kraft as Chief Executive Officer /channels/news/hi-rise-capital-announces-appointment-michael-kraft-chief-executive-officer-265082 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Hi-Rise Capital Ltd. (“Hi-Rise” or the “Company”), a mortgage broker and administrator focused on funding high quality real estate development projects in the Greater Toronto Area, is pleased to announce today that it has appointed <strong>Michael Kraft</strong> as Chief Executive Officer.</p> <p>...Mr. Kraft holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Ď㽶ĘÓƵ and a Master of Business Administration degree from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, graduating in both instances with academic distinction.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2017</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:51:18 +0000 webfull 124067 at /channels McGill holds sustainability forums /channels/news/mcgill-holds-sustainability-forums-263232 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Friday, September 23, marked the first of three open forum meetings that invited members of the McGill community to discuss sustainability at McGill.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 04 Oct 2016 19:12:34 +0000 webfull 121811 at /channels Le succès de Juliette, la femme derrière le chocolat /channels/news/le-succes-de-juliette-la-femme-derriere-le-chocolat-260751 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Un moment en compagnie de <strong>Juliette Brun</strong> — la fameuse Juliette derrière Juliette et Chocolat — suffit Ă  tout comprendre; le succès amplement mĂ©ritĂ©, le travail acharnĂ©, la passion, la gourmandise (pour le chocolat et pour la vie en gĂ©nĂ©rale), l'optimisme, la joie de vivre et la vision. Tel son produit fĂ©tiche qu'elle affectionne tant, la femme d'affaires se veut solide, douce, originale et rĂ©confortante. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">5 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 05 May 2016 15:25:29 +0000 webfull 118686 at /channels McGill Management Students Focus on Helping Syrian Refugees /channels/news/mcgill-management-students-focus-helping-syrian-refugees-260636 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><i>By Karen Seidman, Montreal Gazette, April 26, 2016 :</i></p> <p>"<span>Every semester, Ď㽶ĘÓƵ faculty lecturer Anita Nowak challenges her students to come up with projects for her social entrepreneurship and social innovation class based on a theme that she finds particularly timely and relevant.</span></p> <p>For this semester, it was helping Syrian refugees integrate into Canadian society.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">April </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 27 Apr 2016 16:45:06 +0000 webfull 118537 at /channels Desautels BCom students make finals at CBS CC 2016 /channels/news/desautels-bcom-students-make-finals-cbs-cc-2016-259644 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A Desautels undergraduate student case team composed of Jordan Bonneville, Wendelina Lai, Joshua Phoon and Luohan Wei made the finals at the 15th annual Copenhagen Business School Case Competition (CBS CC) held on February 29 to March 5, 2016. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/image001.jpg?itok=FQ6EQCZg" width="143" height="215" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 11 Mar 2016 16:33:20 +0000 webfull 117326 at /channels B2ten foundation is Olympic champion Jenn Heil's legacy /channels/news/b2ten-foundation-olympic-champion-jenn-heils-legacy-258542 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Ten years ago Thursday, a pint-sized Jenn Heil stood atop the mogul field in Sauze d’Oulx, Italy, with no regrets — regardless of what might have happened over the course of the next 26 seconds.</p> <p>The 22-year-old Ď㽶ĘÓƵ commerce student had a note from her psychologist tucked in her pocket that read: “I’m ready. I know it’s going to be great.”</p> <p>And great she was, exploding out of the gate and landing two monster jumps to win Canada’s first medal at the 2006 Olympics.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 11 Feb 2016 23:54:25 +0000 webfull 116005 at /channels BCom Students Take 1st Place at 2016 University of Auckland's Champions' Trophy /channels/news/bcom-students-take-1st-place-2016-university-aucklands-champions-trophy-258328 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A Desautels BCom student case team composed of Rachel Burk, Maripaz Fernandez, Michael Fishman and Deven Sanon took 1st place at the 9th annual University of Auckland’s Champions Trophy held January 23 to 30, 2016.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/mcgill_auckland.jpg?itok=jkG8XwQd" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">4 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:27:53 +0000 webfull 115765 at /channels Desautels' New Programming in Managing for Sustainability Wins Page Prize Award /channels/news/desautels-new-programming-managing-sustainability-wins-award-253466 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>We are pleased to announce that the <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/integrated-management">Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM)</a> and Desautels faculty members were recently named recipients of the <i><a href="http://mooreschool.sc.edu/about/sustainableenterprisedevelopment/pageprize/pageprize2014.aspx">2014 Dr. Alfred N.</a></i></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/d.smith_s.maguire_2015.jpg?itok=l-E8zhKj" width="160" height="213" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">9 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 09 Jun 2015 20:13:07 +0000 webfull 110625 at /channels Desautels team wins Montreal Regional Risk Management Challenge /channels/news/desautels-team-wins-montreal-regional-risk-management-challenge-241456 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Desautels BCom students Hasan Nizami, Ishani Majumdar, Fiona Xu and Sunaina Roy Chaudhuri (coached by Professor Sebastien Betermier) won the Montreal regional PRMIA Risk Management Challenge on January 22. The team will proceed to the International PRMIA Risk Management Challenge to be held in Minneaopolis, Minnesota on March 6th, 2015.</p> <p> </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/dsc_7848.jpg?itok=xtBgnEen" width="160" height="107" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 30 Jan 2015 22:02:51 +0000 webfull 107904 at /channels