Leading sustainable apparel manufacturer Gildan has partnered with the McGill Desautels Faculty of Management to advance the University鈥檚 Sustainable Growth Initiative. The collaborative effort aims to create actionable strategies for businesses transitioning to sustainability. Over three years, Gildan will be generously contributing $150,000 to McGill's Annual Grand Challenge on Sustainability. The event, launching this August, encourages Canadian students to address apparel industry sustainability issues.
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Published on: 10 Aug 2023
CIBC has donated $1.25 million to the Sustainable Growth Initiative (SGI) at 香蕉视频's Desautels Faculty of Management. CIBC's gift to the SGI will support a cross-faculty partnership between the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Engineering and Faculty of Law to develop practical and actionable solutions for building a more sustainable economy.
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Published on: 23 Mar 2023
Marcel Desautels, LLD鈥�07 (CM, O Ont, OM) generously donated both his resources and his time to furthering business education at McGill. The business leader and philanthropist passed away on January 31 at the age of 88. Desautels invested over $38 million in students, programs, research and facilities at the Desautels Faculty of Management. 鈥淢arcel was deeply passionate about inspiring others to give and get involved,鈥� says Dean Yolande Chan. 鈥淎nd because he believed in us, so many others did too.
Published on: 10 Feb 2023
In 2018, when the Fetherstonhaugh family envisioned an award to recognize and reward teaching excellence, they hoped for great teachers and at the Desautels Faculty of Management extraordinary teachers emerged. As the recipient of the 2022 Fetherstonhaugh Family Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Programs, Prof. of Practice Sujata Madan engages with students in a way that promotes and accelerates their classroom and lifelong learning.
Published on: 29 Nov 2022
Last week, Desautels' Career Management and University Advancement teams hosted the beloved MBA Summer Social event. After a two-year hiatus, attendees were able to reconnect with classmates and meet other members of the Desautels community聽over drinks and appetizers in-person.
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Published on: 16 Jun 2022
Many service-oriented businesses suffered during the pandemic, but it was a boon for Paper, an online tutoring company. Led by Philip Cutler (BEd鈥�13) and Roberto Cipriani (BSc鈥�08), the company was a finalist in the 2014 Dobson Cup, an annual start-up competition that fosters entrepreneurship and gives cash awards to the best budding businesses. Today, Paper counts more than 450 staff, and over 2,200 tutors.
Published on: 16 Jun 2022
A new scholarship has been launched in honour of Devon Haye (BCom鈥�20), who passed away after a long and courageous battle with lymphatic cancer.
Published on: 14 Dec 2021
First awarded in 2007 and generously supported by Paul Desmarais, Jr., the聽Desmarais Faculty Scholar Awards are given in three year cycles to leading聽Desautels finance researchers.
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Published on: 22 Nov 2021
