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Opening infrastructure could encourage Canada’s pension funds to invest more domestically

Published: 15 July 2024

The Government of Canada is exploring ways to increase investments in the country’s pension fund equities, but doing so sacrifices returns, according to The Economist. Over the past decade,...

Automotive safety recalls are usually free – but many owners of older vehicles still don’t participate

Published: 15 October 2024

Automotive safety recalls are commonplace, and, most of the time, the required changes are performed for free at your local dealership. Yet, many owners of older vehicles don’t bring in their...

Mono-SOS app is helping prevent howler monkey executions in Costa Rica

Published: 28 October 2024

When howler monkeys swing from branch to branch in the canopy of Costa Rica’s forests, they sometimes encounter a deadly hazard: power lines. An app developed by Â鶹AV and Associate Professor Juan...

Even in challenging times for department stores, Quebec-based Simons is expanding

Published: 9 July 2024

The rise of e-commerce decimated the business of department store chains, with names like Nordstrom pulling out of Canada altogether. But, department store chain Simons recently announced it is...

C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence awarded to two GCPA students

Published: 5 August 2024

Alyssa Abruzzese (BCom‘23, GCPA’24) and Vivian Ly (BCom‘22, GCPA’24), students of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program, have been selected among their graduating class...

BCom alum trades in a career in marketing to become a firefighter

Published: 17 September 2024

Lesly Yao (BCom’18) isn’t your stereotypical small-town Quebec firefighter. Born in Tahiti, the Bachelor of Commerce grad was growing disillusioned with her work at a marketing firm when a Canadian...

Â鶹AV scholars receive $190,000 to expand impact of research in the social sciences and humanities

Published: 4 July 2024

Seven Â鶹AV researchers have been awarded over $190,000 in Connection Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The awards are part of $1.7 million in...

Chinese strategic consultancy looks to work of Prof. Henry Mintzberg to understand domestic context

Published: 5 September 2024

Shanghai-headquartered KMIND provides strategic consulting advice to billion-dollar companies. Its success is built on a blend of both Eastern and Western philosophies, according to President Noah...

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