Le quotidien EnquĂȘte annonce, dans sa livraison du jour, l'arrivĂ©e d'un nouveau PrĂ©sident du conseil dâadministration (Pca) Ă Ecobank SĂ©nĂ©gal. Il sâagit de Gabriel Fal (MBA'80), PrĂ©sident-directeur gĂ©nĂ©ral de CGF Bourse, prĂ©sident de la Bourse rĂ©gionale des valeurs mobiliĂšres (BRVM).
When used properly, YouTube can be a powerful tool in getting the word out about your business faster than nearly any other social media network. In May 2011, YouTube reported on its company blog that it received more than three billion views per day. Just seven months later in January 2012, YouTube stated that figure had increased to more than six billion views per day*. That number continues to grow everyday and that means big money for businesses who utilize YouTube as part of their marketing strategy.
Cogeco Cùble a annoncé mardi la nomination de Louise St-Pierre (BCom'78) au poste de présidente et chef de la direction de Cogeco Cùble Canada.
... DiplĂŽmĂ©e de l'UniversitĂ© ±«ÓăֱȄ, en finances et en marketing, Mme St-Pierre avait auparavant gĂ©rĂ© et offert des services de consultation chez DMR au QuĂ©bec, au Nouveau-Brunswick et en Alberta, et menĂ© des mandats auprĂšs d'IBM.
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at ±«ÓăֱȄ speaks to Claude Mongeau (MBA'88), CEO of CN.
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"MONTREAL â A mentoring program for students in the faculty of dentistry at ±«ÓăֱȄ has been launched by Dr. Norman M. Miller, a 1974 graduate of the school. The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation matched his funding, and the result is a six-figure gift that provides the seeds of an endowment fund for the nascent program."
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For the past 90 minutes, Denis Desautels (BCom'64) has been reflecting amicably over lunch on a career that included a decade-long stint as Auditor-General of Canada and another decade as chairman of Laurentian Bank of Canada.
... âHis only fault, which we tease him about, is that he doesnât know how to say âNo,ââ says Sheila Fraser (BCom'72), his successor as auditor-general and former colleague at Ernst & Young.
It is with profound sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of John Dobson (BCom'49) at The Montreal General Hospital.
We took a look at the Top 10 most-read posts of all time on SocialFinance.ca and realized something surprising. Of all of our postsâpieces on the ins and outs of microfinance, deep-dives on social impact bonds and thoughtful analyses on the state of Islamic financeâtwo of the pieces that made the top ten were job postings; offerings of employment either from the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing or from our friends at SiG.
... Katie Gibson (MBA'07): Impact Finance Lab Fellow
What sheâs up to at the Centre:
WB II AcquiÂsiÂtion Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a âthree-corneredâ amalÂgaÂmaÂtion agreeÂment (the âAmalÂgaÂmaÂtion AgreeÂmentâ) purÂsuant to the proÂviÂsions of The BusiÂness CorÂpoÂraÂtions Act (Saskatchewan) dated July 5, 2013 with Input CapÂiÂtal Corp. (âInputâ) and 101235015 Saskatchewan Ltd. (âWB II Subcoâ), a wholly-owned subÂsidiary of WB II, whereby Input will amalÂgaÂmate with WB II Subco (the âAmalgamationâ).
Four national team members, including a pair of Olympians and ±«ÓăֱȄâs 1982 Redmen soccer team â which captured the Canadian championship â headline a new cast of inductees selected for the ±«ÓăֱȄ Sports Hall of Fame, bringing the list of honoured members to 116 since the pantheon opened in 1996.
An online social platform that accurately forecasts future sales of new products has won first place at the Desautels Faculty of Managementâs entrepreneurial competition, the Dobson Cup.
... Team leader and Desautels graduate Grant Yim (BCom'03) says âIt is unique in the fact that there is nowhere else to find, in one place, information about products that have not yet been released. Also, existing market research organisations do not leverage social media, and as such their data is expensive and the sample sizes are smaller.â
July 1st is a particularly important day at McMaster this year. Itâs the day the Universityâs Centre for Leadership and Learning (CLL) officially becomes the Institute for Innovation and Excellence in Teaching and Learning (MIIETL) and it is the official start date for its new leader, Arshad Ahmad (MBA'81).
Nanotech Security, based out of Simon Fraser University, is welcoming back an alumnus to join the team for anti-counterfeit technology KolourOptiks.
Bernard Finestone (BCom'41), a veteran of the Second World War who shared vivid stories of battle, death and loss from the front with Montreal schoolchildren, has died at age 93.
A newly-opened event space at the University of Torontoâs Rotman School of Management which has already hosted events with global leaders from the fields of management, politics and academics, has been named in honour of one of the Schoolâs leading benefactors.
... The space will be known as Desautels Hall in honour of Dr. Marcel A. Desautels (LLD'07), befitting the schoolâs most generous donor, who has given an extraordinary $41 million to the Rotman School.