McGill Desautels graduate Avneet Bhabra (BCom鈥23)鈥檚 research paper 鈥23% and Counting, but Not 鈥極ne Size Fits All鈥: Helping Canada鈥檚 Immigrants Strengthen Their Financial Knowledge鈥 has been published by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) on Canada.ca. Focusing on financial literacy amongst immigrants in Canada, the paper was selected as a finalist in the undergraduate category of the FCAC鈥檚 2023 Building Better Financial Futures Challenge.
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Selected from over 220 applicants, two McGill Desautels undergraduate students will be joining the National Bank Financial (NBF) Young Women Student Mentorship Program鈥檚 2023-24 cohort.
Amidst the struggle to retain young talent, Generation Z's distinct workplace preferences come to the forefront. In his TEDxMcGill talk "Retaining Gen Z talent - An Insider's Perspective," McGill Desautels third-year BCom student Andrei Adam leverages personal experiences and research to offer actionable insights for organizations striving to retain their Gen Z employees. His talk went on to be recognized by TED and selected amongst the handful that receive global promotion, being recommended toTEDx鈥檚 34 million subscribers.
Export Development Canada (EDC) has unveiled the recipients of its 2023 Youth Education Program scholarships, awarding $135,000 to 27 post-secondary students who excel academically and exhibit a dedication to community service. Among the recipients are two Bachelor of Commerce students from 香蕉视频, Jennifer Shi and Quynh Huynh, who received the prestigious International Business Scholarship.
Jennifer Nguyen (BCom鈥22, GCPA鈥23) student of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program, has been selected among her graduating class as this year鈥檚 recipient of the C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence.
Congratulations to Lo茂c Brassard (叠颁辞尘鈥22), Tian Cheng Huang (叠颁辞尘鈥22), Kyra Swift (BCom UOttawa鈥21), Sandra Gagnon (BCom鈥21), Arielle Gregoire (叠颁辞尘鈥22), Gabriel Ouellet (叠颁辞尘鈥22), John-Anthony Salvo (叠颁辞尘鈥22), Louis-Philip Massicotte (叠颁辞尘鈥22), Claudia Guay (BCom Concordia鈥21) and Evelyne Jean (BCom鈥22) who were awarded the Arthur D Ruby Prizes in Management by the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program.
"I want there to be a day where there鈥檚 more than just two red scarves [at the Faculty of Management convocation] and that鈥檚 what I鈥檓 going to continue to work to achieve," says Leon Picha (BCom鈥23).
As part of the fourth cohort of McCall MacBain International Fellows, eight McGill students have been selected to spend a fully funded year abroad to study, live and work in a new country, including BCom student Jennifer Shi. Originally from Ottawa, Ontario, Shi, who serves as Co-President of the Junior Hong Kong-Canada Business Association, a Junior Team Canada Ambassador at Global Vision, and a member of the Canada China Forum, will be spending a year learning Korean in South Korea.
Three more teams at the McGill Desautels Faculty of Management have been recognized for their exceptional commitment to sustainable workplace practices. The IT Customer Service department and the Bachelor of Commerce program have both earned Bronze Certifications, while the McGill Executive Institute earned a Silver Certification. Eleven teams across 香蕉视频 joined the Sustainable Workplace Certification program hosted by the McGill Office of Sustainability, five of which are from the Faculty of Management.
When oil prices went negative in 2020, Daniel Dupont听(BCom鈥01) bought in. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 need to be smart to know it would go back up,鈥 says Dupont, Portfolio Manager at Fidelity Investments and a Desautels Global Expert.
Congratulations to Simon Tardif (叠颁辞尘鈥22), Talar Dimitian (叠颁辞尘鈥22), Kyra Swift (UOttawa BCom鈥21), Kar Yan Chin (叠颁辞尘鈥22), Tian Cheng Huang (叠颁辞尘鈥22), and Khal毛l Fung (BCom鈥22) who were awarded the Lionel Pelham Kent Scholarship by the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (CGPA) program.
Humanity has the skill to solve our most pressing problems, but cooperation is our greatest challenge, says Nabil Anouti, who is McGill Desautels鈥 valedictorian for the Spring 2023 Convocation. But Anouti is optimistic, and this view has been shaped by a Desautels education.
On May 4, members of the McGill community gathered at Maison Manuvie for the 2023 McGill Alumni Association Awards and Honours, which recognize alumni, friends, students, faculty, and staff who stand out for their impressive contributions and achievements in service to McGill, the MAA and in their respective communities. This year, six awards were given to members of the McGill Desautels community. A huge congratulations to all of this year鈥檚 honourees!
McGill Desautels undergraduate students Aaron Anandji (BCom鈥25) and Zacharie Faucillion (BCom鈥23), Co-Executive Directors of McGill Ventures, took second place at Baylor University鈥檚 Hankamer School of Business鈥 National Undergraduate Negotiation Competition (NUNC) this April.