Ď㽶ĘÓƵ News - Yolande E. Chan /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Yolande%20E.%20Chan/rss en Making the most of meetings isn’t an exact science /channels/channels/news/making-most-meetings-isnt-exact-science-357714 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>McGill Desautels Dean <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><strong>Yolande Chan</strong></a> is an engineer by training, but when it comes to running meetings, she sees herself more like an orchestra conductor, listening carefully to ensure harmony and hopefully rise to a crescendo, writes columnist <strong>Harvey Schachter</strong> in The Globe and Mail. Meetings need agendas and objectives, but too much rigidity can be counterproductive. Participants need to carefully consider the circumstances before coming to decisions.</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">13 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:22:13 +0000 webfull 200506 at /channels McGill's Black Grad Gala Celebrates Class of 2024 /channels/channels/news/mcgills-black-grad-gala-celebrates-class-2024-357244 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On May 1, Ď㽶ĘÓƵ's 6th annual Black Grad Gala, hosted by the Black Students’ Network, honoured the Class of 2024's Black graduates. Approximately 50 graduates from various faculties were celebrated on stage, each receiving Kente stoles in recognition of their achievements. Notable speakers included <a href="/expmed/dr-momar-ndao"><strong>Associate Professor Momar Ndao </strong></a>and Black Grad Valedictorian <strong>Yasmine Elmi,</strong> a McCall MacBain Scholar in the Faculty of Science and incoming McGill medical student.</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/dean_chan_black_grad_2024.png?itok=mSz1zYff" width="160" height="84" alt="" /></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">6 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 06 May 2024 16:36:39 +0000 webfull 199956 at /channels McGill Desautels faculty members and researchers celebrated at Bravo Gala /channels/channels/news/mcgill-desautels-faculty-members-and-researchers-celebrated-bravo-gala-356258 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> </p> <p>Ď㽶ĘÓƵ hosted its annual Bravo Gala on Thursday, March 21, which honours its faculty members and researchers who have won special awards, memberships and prizes over the past year. McGill Desautels is proud to announce 14 of its faculty amongst the distinguished honourees this year. Congratulations to our deserving laureates! Full list below.<br /> #Bravo2024</p> <p>· <a href="/desautels/genevieve-bassellier"><strong>Geneviève Bassellier</strong></a>, Best AMCIS Emergent Research Forum Paper, Americas Conference on Information Systems</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/bravo_awards_1.png?itok=Ui9HwOY5" width="160" height="84" alt="" /></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">21 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:55:10 +0000 webfull 198749 at /channels Dean Yolande Chan Leads Global Higher Ed Transformation at 2024 EFMD Conference in Amsterdam /channels/channels/news/dean-yolande-chan-leads-global-higher-ed-transformation-2024-efmd-conference-amsterdam-355727 <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 href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><strong>Dean Yolande Chan</strong></a> chaired the 2024 EFMD Conference for Deans and Directors General, that brought together nearly 500 leaders in higher education from across the globe to Amsterdam, Netherlands from February 6-7, 2024.</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">February </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:07:42 +0000 webfull 198156 at /channels Yolande E. Chan Professor in Information Systems winner of AIS LEO Award /channels/channels/news/yolande-e-chan-professor-information-systems-winner-ais-leo-award-353818 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><img alt="" src="/desautels/files/desautels/chan-yolande-20210819_400x400.jpg" style="width:220px; height:220px; float:left" /></p> <p>Dean <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><strong>Yolande E. Chan</strong></a> has been chosen by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) as a 2023 recipient of the prestigious AIS LEO Award. The awards were announced at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) on December 11, 2023, held in Hyderabad, India.</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">20 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:44:01 +0000 webfull 195961 at /channels Graduates and Outstanding Achievements Celebrated at Spring Convocation 2023 /channels/channels/news/graduates-and-outstanding-achievements-celebrated-spring-convocation-2023-348578 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The McGill Desautels Faculty of Management proudly celebrated its Spring 2023 Convocation on Wednesday, May 31. The event served as a special recognition for the exceptional accomplishments of students who have successfully completed their degrees in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs during the academic year of Fall 2022 and Winter 2023. Addresses were made bt McGill Principal <strong>Deep Saini</strong>, Chancellor <strong>John H. McCall MacBain</strong>, Faculty Dean <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><strong>Yolande E.</strong></a></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/230531-105326-0967-2023-convocation-1200x630.jpg?itok=s0cvfSTa" width="160" height="84" alt="" /></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">2 </span><span class="month">June </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:23:13 +0000 webfull 189943 at /channels The digital platform model of the gig economy can also create social good /channels/channels/news/digital-platform-model-gig-economy-can-also-create-social-good-347230 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Digital platforms like Uber and Airbnb bring buyers and sellers together and create gig economy opportunities that did not exist before them. But they have problems too, and have been criticized for exclusionary practices, digital surveillance, and other questionable policies. However, this type of platform also has the potential to create social value. The Platform Commons Foundation is an Indian non-profit that seeks to build these platforms to address global grand challenges, writes Desautels Dean <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/yolande-e-chan">Yolande E.</a></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/yolande-chan-960x537-august-2021_0.jpg?itok=_rOj38ze" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></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">23 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:00:35 +0000 webfull 188460 at /channels Dean Yolande Chan seeks to foster inclusivity, to generate future successes /channels/channels/news/dean-yolande-chan-seeks-foster-inclusivity-generate-future-successes-346084 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management wants to give out keys to doors that were once locked. “The hope and dream is to create opportunities for others,” <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/yolande-e-chan">Yolande Chan</a> told Bill Brownstein in an interview for the Montreal Gazette. “As a Black dean, I’m not about exclusion. I’m about inclusion. We want to be representative of the markets we serve as businesses. Diversity inclusion is a core, high strategic priority for this faculty, as well as throughout McGill. It isn’t just race.</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/yolande-chan-pierre_obendrauf-montreal_gazette.png?itok=h6WUFA6M" width="160" height="120" alt="" /></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">14 </span><span class="month">February </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:34:39 +0000 webfull 187234 at /channels Official launch of the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics /channels/channels/news/official-launch-laidley-centre-business-ethics-343807 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>On November 14, the <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/about/laidley-centre-business-ethics">Laidley Centre for Business Ethics</a> hosted students, faculty, staff, donors, alumni and friends of McGill Desautels for the official launch of the Centre.</p> <p>The Laidley Centre for Business Ethics will serve as a hub for McGill researchers across disciplines, from law and religion to economics and engineering, to work toward solutions for the most pressing ethical issues of our time.</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/laidley-launch-nov-2022-960x537.jpg?itok=RYd058lz" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></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">23 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:24:34 +0000 webfull 184806 at /channels Dean Yolande E. Chan appointed to Advisory Panel /channels/channels/news/dean-yolande-e-chan-appointed-advisory-panel-342785 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Dean and James McGill Professor, <a href="//www.mcgill.ca/desautels/yolande-e-chan">Yolande E. Chan</a>, who has been appointed to the Government of Canada’s Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System.</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/chan-yolande-20210819_400x400.jpg?itok=IsAT86bY" width="160" height="160" alt="" /></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">13 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2022</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:02:27 +0000 webfull 183632 at /channels