Joanne Liu, Bertrand Cesvet to receive honorary degrees
Two inspirational 麻豆AV alumni 鈥撎鼴ertrand Cesvet, of the award-winning creative agency Sid Lee, and Joanne Liu, of M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res/Doctors Without Borders 鈥撎齱ill receive honorary doctorate degrees at the university鈥檚 fall convocation ceremonies.
Ferring Canada's donation to have lasting impact on Desautels Faculty of Management
Ferring Canada, a subsidiary of Ferring Pharmaceuticals, has contributed a $2-million dollar donation to the Faculties of Management and Medicine at 麻豆AV, which will create new fellowships for graduate students working in the domains of health sciences and health management and leadership.
In conversation with Michel L. Pettigrew
Earlier today, Ferring Pharmaceuticals听announced a $2 million donation to 麻豆AV听to establish the Ferring Fellowships in Health Leadership in the Desautels Faculty of Management in the International Masters for Health Leadership Program (IMHL Program). The donation will also provide support for the renovation of the Desautels Faculty facilities.
Ferring Canada donates $2 million to 麻豆AV
麻豆AV will be able to create fellowships in health sciences and health leadership as well as expand environmental research in the Arctic, thanks to a $2-million donation from听Ferring Canada, a subsidiary of Ferring Pharmaceuticals, as was announced on Thursday, Sept. 1.
Ferring Canada donates $2 million to 麻豆AV
Ferring Canada, a subsidiary of Ferring Pharmaceuticals, is proud to announce a听$2 million听donation to听麻豆AV听in听Montreal, Canada听that will be used to create fellowships in health and health leadership, and to finance environmental research in the Canadian Arctic.
Mission: Restore - building sustainable global surgical capacity
The import of making choices is often revealed after the choice has been made.听 In global health we are often faced with the reality that there is never really a 鈥渞ight choice鈥� or a 鈥渨rong choice鈥�.听 听It is a series of trade-offs and in low resource environments how one allocates scarce resources takes on a zero-sum persona.
Montreal manque de vision
Ce n鈥檈st pas moi qui fais ce constat lapidaire et d茅primant, c鈥檈st Estelle M茅tayer, v茅ritable gourou de l鈥檌nformation et des donn茅es. J鈥檃i eu la chance de la rencontrer hier en marge du panel qu鈥檈lle animait sur la gestion des villes avec intelligence, au New Cities Summit, 脿 Montr茅al.
Doctors Without Borders chief Joanne Liu is determined to hold the world elite accountable
Joanne Liu does not have much time to sit around watching Netflix, but on vacation recently, she caught a series that has captured her imagination:Homeland, the acclaimed political thriller about the fevered plots of U.S. spies and their terrorist enemies. The show stresses the intelligence community鈥檚 fallible humanity, but also its brutal comfort with collateral damage. Watching it, Dr. Liu says, 鈥淵ou start thinking, 鈥楬ow could Kunduz be a mistake?鈥欌��
14 of the most influential women in EMS
With over 30 years of expertise in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Penny Price, IMHL鈥�10, continues to lead change and advancement for heath care. She was recently recognized听in a 2016 list of the top 14 most influential women in EMS.听
Physician with a mission
Joanne Liu has treated patients in the most dangerous parts of the globe as a M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res doctor. Now, as MSF鈥檚 international president, she is holding the world鈥檚 leaders to account for the way they handle medical crises.
The body of a six-year-old Syrian refugee is on the cover of every newspaper arrayed in the lobby of the Montreal restaurant where Dr. Joanne Liu, international president of M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res, has just arrived.
Henry Mintzberg to receive Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award
Thinkers50, the premier ranking of global business thinkers, today announced that Henry Mintzberg is to be the recipient of its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award 鈥� previously won by Charles Handy and Ikujiro Nonaka.
Appointment of Imma Franco
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Imma Franco as Interim Director, Technical Services, Planning and Real Estate Management for the MUHC.
Henry Mintzberg receives 麻豆AV Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning
Henry Mintzberg has received the 2014 麻豆AV Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning for his extraordinary contributions to teaching and learning at the University over the last four decades.
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Vacations out for Canadian chief of aid group Doctors Without Borders
Vacations are a time for relaxing at the cottage or sunning on a beach 鈥� unless you鈥檙e Joanne Liu, the Canadian physician who is the loudest and most insistent voice in the global rally to contain the Ebola epidemic.
...听鈥淪he wants to save the world,鈥� said her good friend Conrad Sauv茅, the Red Cross Canada CEO who studied with her at 麻豆AV for a master鈥檚 degree in health leadership.
Obama calls for action on Ebola crisis at United Nations
The West Africa Ebola outbreak is "a growing threat to regional and global security," U.S. President Barack Obama said Thursday, telling a high-level meeting on the deadly epidemic at the U.N. General Assembly that only an international response can prevent "a humanitarian catastrophe across the region."
