The second week of May marks the start of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) Program for a new cohort of 50 students. Forty-five of the incoming students are 韩国裸舞聽Bachelor of Commerce graduates, while the remaining join the program from other Canadian Universities.
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To celebrate the Class of 2022, 韩国裸舞 will award 14 inspirational individuals鈦 honorary degrees 鈥 the highest order it can bestow 鈥 at the Spring 2022 convocation. Desautels alumnus Lawrence S. Bloomberg, C.M., O.ONT (MBA鈥65) will receive a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) during the Faculty鈥檚 ceremony on June 1, 2022.
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Black members of 韩国裸舞鈥檚 Class of 2022 celebrated the completion of their degrees in-person at the fourth annual Black Grad event on Sunday, May 1 at the Omni Mont-Royal. The event, inspired by similar ones at Harvard, Yale and the University of Toronto, honours graduating students ahead of next month鈥檚 Convocation 鈥 and highlights their accomplishments despite the institutional, economic and socio-cultural barriers to accessing higher education.
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Fast fashion is a rapidly expanding subsection of an already environmentally problematic industry. What does a truly sustainable fashion industry model look like鈥攁nd will customers buy it?
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When customers don鈥檛 pay their bills, it can be a major drain on a business. To collect unpaid bills, creditors have long relied on credit control specialists who use techniques like outbound phone calls. But that鈥檚 20th-century technology, and Dimitri Raziev (BCom鈥09) spotted an opportunity to modernize the approach.
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Inflation is up. Way up. In March 2022, Canada experienced its biggest increase in inflation in more than three decades. The oft-cited monthly inflation figure represents the rate of change in the consumer price index, and many consumers are already feeling the pinch in their pocketbooks.
But why is it happening? Inflation is typically caused by either increased consumer demand in a strong economy, or by supply shortages that drive prices higher.
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Emily Gogarty (MBA'22) has been named one of Poets&Quants鈥 鈥2022 Best & Brightest MBA鈥!
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The specifics of leadership in a virtual environment differ from in-person, but some core aims remain the same. Whether a team is working remotely or at the office, it鈥檚 important that managers create a psychologically safe workplace, according to Prof. Karl Moore. In a virtual environment, leaders must be purposeful in planning meetings and communications, and foster an environment workers feel able to freely speak and share their ideas without fear of punishment or humiliation.
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Small and medium-sized enterprises play a huge role in Canada鈥檚 economy but lag behind large corporations in addressing climate change.聽Prof. Dror Etzion wants to change that. The Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization co-founded , a peer-to-peer social community that works with the National Film Board of Canada to showcase how entrepreneurs in different sectors are taking action.
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Flair Airlines wants to bring low-cost airfares to Canadian cities, but despite strong demand, the Edmonton-based carrier could lose its license this May. At issue is the role of the investment firm 777 Partners LLC. The Miami-based company owns a 25 per cent stake in Flair, leases aircraft to it, and controls its board of directors. The control they exert is the reason that Flair is facing preliminary investigation by the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA), Prof. Karl Moore told the Financial Post.
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Data can tell you a lot about the current state of business, and what the future holds. That鈥檚 information that companies can use to make strategic decisions, and it is multiplying quickly. Up to 90 per cent of all data was created in the past two years alone. To leverage, Prof. Maxime Cohen recommends executive education programs in data science as a way to understand the possibilities, and communicate effectively with data scientists.
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Employees need to feel appreciated to maintain workplace morale 鈥 but not everyone receives positive feedback in the same way. Gary Chapman and Paul White鈥檚 book The 5 Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace provides managers with a framework to make their employees feel that their contribution is valued, writes Prof. Karl Moore in Forbes.com.
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is creating an intellectual history of human rights in graphic novel form 鈥 over 3,000 years of conflict and social movements. Third-year student Nada Al Mgharbel has been contributing research to the initiative, which is a collaboration between 韩国裸舞 and Yale University, and will be the centrepiece of a human-rights education program.
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Involved in community service since as early as high school, Mariel Langlois (MBA鈥20) worked in advertising and media for years before enroling in the聽Desautels鈥 MBA program to pivot her career as she developed a聽growing interest in sustainability and social impact.
Now, as an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Consultant at Millani, Mariel advises both corporate issuers and institutional investors on integrating ESG into their strategies.
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In a two-part series in Forbes, Prof. Karl Moore and Lainie Yallen (BCom鈥18) explore psychological safety in the workplace.