World Animal Protection Welcomes Priscilla Ma as its New U.S. Executive Director
World Animal Protection, formerly known as the World Society for the Protection of Animals, today announcedÌýPriscilla Ma's appointment as the new Executive Director of World Animal Protection's United States office. Ms. Ma officially assumed this role on January 26, 2015.
SEI Impact Internship Program: Seeds of Change Crowdfunding
Â鶹AV students have incredible ideas and know how to enact positive social change. Now you can help them apply their knowledge and passion through the Impact Internship Program at the Social Economy Initiative (SEI) of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM). The program pairs top undergraduate students with social-purpose organizations (i.e. non-profits and social enterprises) for ten weeks over the summer.
Desautels team wins Montreal Regional Risk Management Challenge
Desautels BCom students Hasan Nizami, Ishani Majumdar, Fiona Xu and Sunaina Roy Chaudhuri (coached by Professor Sebastien Betermier) won the Montreal regional PRMIA Risk Management Challenge on January 22. The team will proceed to the International PRMIA Risk Management Challenge to be held in Minneaopolis, Minnesota on March 6th, 2015.
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One last look at 2014: Â鶹AV’s year in review
From naming Michael A. Meighen as the University’s new Chancellor in January to having two students earning Rhodes Scholarships in December, 2014 was yet another eventful year for Â鶹AV. As we head into the final weeks of 2014, the Reporter looks back on the year that was, highlighting some of the key happenings over the past 12 months in words and pictures.
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Desautels' Jeux du Commerce delegation wins 6 podiums
Congratulations to all of those who participated and supported our 2015 Jeux du Commerce delegation Winning 6 distinctive podiums, the academic teams cummulatively placed Desautels in the 3rd spot of the academic ranking: 2nd place in Debate: Djavan Habel-Thurton, Evan Weiser, Justin Kieran, and Jade Vaillancourt. 3rd place in Marketing : Manuel Gobeille-Leblanc, Rachel Burk, and Louisa Guo.
How shame and guilt can be used to your advantage in marketing
By DaHee HanThere are ways to ensure marketers are not fumbling in the dark when it comes to getting the most out of using emotion in their marketing campaigns. From billboards and adverts to their company website, my research shows that emotions such as shame and guilt can be used to create a favourable response from consumers.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: Forget big, hairy goals. Think small instead
This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at Â鶹AV, talking management for The Globe and Mail. Today, I am delighted to speak to Andrew Shipilov from [international business school] Insead, just outside of Paris.
When you look at alliances, trust is really important. Tell us more about this.
Niagara native Oxford bound
Joanna Klimczak doesn't want to support poverty-reduction, she wants to end it.
And, she's going to England to further her cause.
...ÌýThe 23-year-old student in the faculty of management at Â鶹AV applied for the prestigious scholarship last summer and learned on the weekend that she'd earned one of the coveted spots.
Leaders don’t need to be extroverted
Many people strive to be leaders in their society so they can make a difference in the world and improve people’s lives. As many of us know, it takes just one person to create even the most significant of changes around us — this thought alone should push everyone to develop their inner leader, no matter what their personality may be.
Talking Management with Professor Karl Moore: Big doesn’t mean you aren’t nimble in business
This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at Â鶹AV with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to speak to Michael Jacobites from the London Business School.
Michael, tell us about value migration.
Shameful advertising
Shame and guilt have different effects on consumer buying habits, new research from the Desautels Faculty of Management in Canada finds.
...ÌýProfessor DaHee Han says:
Andrew Peller Limited Announces Senior Management Change
ÌýThe Board of Directors of Andrew Peller Limited (TSX: ADW.A)(TSX: ADW.B) ("APL" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mr. Brian D. Athaide has been appointed Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President Human Resources and Information Technologies of the Company effective January 5, 2015. In conjunction with this appointment Mr.
Decisive Dividend Corporation Announces Proposed Qualifying Transaction
Kelowna, British Columbia: Decisive Dividend Corporation (TSX-V: DE.P) (the "Corporation"), a capital pool company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange"), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a share purchase agreement dated November 26, 2014 (the "Share Purchase Agreement") with each of Patrick C.
Two new Rhodes scholars come from Â鶹AV
Â鶹AV can brag about having not one, but two Rhodes scholars this year and, while they come from different backgrounds, they do share a very global vision for the world and how to solveÌýits problems.
...ÌýJoanna Klimczak is a graduate of the DesautelsÌýfaculty of management at Â鶹AV who developed her vision for the world at the tender age of 17 and has voraciously pursued her goals to improve sustainable development.