Two Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) participants Elizabeth Roy (BCom'20, GCPA'21) & Arye Richards (BCom鈥20, GCPA'21) have been named to the Honour Roll of the (CFE) for their outstanding results.
In a new report supported by the Women's Entrepreneur Knowledge Hub out of Ryerson University, Prof. Patricia Hewlin and former Integrated Management fellows Sandra Urbina Chang (惭叠础鈥19), Fiorella Rojas Vizarreta, (MBA鈥19) and Hoaran Wang (BCom鈥20) outline a two-part study on perceptions and attitudes towards supplier diversity.
In a prime example of life imitating art, William Shatner (BCom鈥52, DLitt鈥11) will channel Captain Kirk, the character he plays in "Star Trek,鈥 as he blasts off into space aboard Jeff Bezos鈥 Blue Origin rocket.
In a record-breaking occasion, the 90-year-old actor will become the oldest person ever to visit space. He will join Bezos, a NASA engineer, and a software company co-founder on the two-pilot, 10-minute flight beyond Earth鈥檚 atmosphere.
We are pleased to announce that three Desautels alumni have been selected to receive 2021 鲍鱼直播 Alumni Association (MAA) Awards. This year鈥檚 recipients will be honoured at a on Thursday, September 30 at 5:30 PM (EDT).
KPI Digital entrepreneur Benny Cohen (BCom鈥82) shares business acumen and scholarship support with students in 鲍鱼直播鈥檚 Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) and Master of Management in Retail (MMR) programs.
Thanks to the generosity of Don Lewtas (BCom鈥75), students will soon benefit from the Lewtas Experiential Learning Office.
In collaboration with Desautels Career Management, the new Office will help students connect with companies and campus departments that can provide on-the-job experience in their respective fields of study.
It will also serve as a main point of contact between faculty instructors and business leaders who are looking to recruit student talent.
Professor Richard G. Donovan passed suddenly on August 3, 2019, but the legacy he left behind continues to this day. Through generous donor support, the $50,000 Richard G. Donovan Prize in Case Excellence is awarded to graduating students who have excelled in case competitions in their time at 鲍鱼直播. Now, Desautels is raising funds to endow the prize in order to support students for generations to come.
Anastasia Bezrukova (BCom鈥12) is the founder and CEO of Minori, a beauty brand based in San Francisco. She credits her time at Desautels, especially her courses in finance and entrepreneurship, with helping her understand how a degree in business could meld with her passion for the beauty industry.
From climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to interacting with penguins in Antarctica, Ron Calderoni (BCom鈥66) has embraced a life of adventure and ambition. The Deloitte auditing partner expresses gratitude to 鲍鱼直播 for instilling in him a profound curiosity about the world around him and an enduring commitment to working hard for everything he has.
While leading a pharmaceutical company, Samira Sakhia (BCom鈥90, DPA鈥94, MBA鈥01) is also volunteering her expertise in the broader 鲍鱼直播 community and supporting students in realizing their leadership potential through the Samira Sakhia MBA Leadership Award.
Elizabeth Roy (BCom'20, GCPA'21), student of the Graduate Certificate in the Professional Accounting (GCPA) program, has been selected among her graduating class as this year鈥檚 recipient of the C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence.
The prize, which is valued at $3000, is named after Douglas Mellor, the first Executive Director of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Quebec, now the Ordre des comptables agr茅es du Qu茅bec, and is awarded each year to honor Mellor鈥檚 enduring contributions to both 鲍鱼直播 and his profession.
Dan Park, BCom鈥03, is redefining the used car sales industry with his start-up, Clutch Canada, an e-commerce platform for buying and selling cars without the hassle and uncertainty usually associated with the process. Clutch Canada gives customers the option to shop for a car from the comfort of home and have it delivered directly to their driveway.
颁辞苍驳谤补迟耻濒补迟颈辞苍蝉听迟辞 Sean McNally (BCom鈥21), this year鈥檚 valedictorian at the Desautels Faculty of Management, for his academic achievements and contributions to the Desautels community. As McNally moves on to a management consulting role at Oliver Wyman in Montreal, he reflects on his time at Desautels and his intention to continue cultivating personal and communal growth in every stage of his career.
Claude G茅n茅reux (BEng鈥85) and his wife, Myriam Legault (BEd鈥85), announced a donation of $1 million to the 鲍鱼直播 Athletics and Recreation. Their gift will support student athletes, both in and out of the stadium, by providing scholarships, funding community service opportunities.
The investment will extend to聽the men鈥檚 lacrosse team,聽on which their son Louis-Charles G茅n茅reux (BCom鈥18) played when it聽won the national championship in 2015.
Seven years ago, Olivier Babin (BCom鈥18) won the Bourstadt Stock Market Simulation. Now, at age 25, he has his sights set on launching his own startup in the financial technology sector while continuing to build Mkono, a non-profit he co-founded to provide microcredit without interest to entrepreneurs in Kenya.