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The lessons from this pandemic are helping Joanne Liu prepare us for the next one

鈥淓pidemics and pandemics are without pity,鈥 says Joanne Liu (MDCM'91,鈥疘MHL'14, DSc'16) 鈥淚f there are weak links, they will break.鈥 Liu is the former president of M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res, and a graduate of Desautels鈥 International Masters for Health Leadership program.

Published: 14 Apr 2023

Desautels alum record label achieves critical successes

For Jim West (BA鈥79) and Justin West (BCom鈥04), the music industry is a family affair. From a young age, Justin accompanied his father to industry conferences, and during his teenage years, he spent the summers working for his father鈥檚 record label: Justin Time Records. The younger West graduated from Desautels with a degree in accounting, but ultimately followed in his father鈥檚 footsteps. In 2006, he launched a label called Secret City Records.

Published: 1 Mar 2023

43rd Desautels Management Achievement Awards celebrates industry 鈥渄isruptors鈥

On Friday, February 3, the Desautels Faculty of Management hosted the 43rd edition of the Desautels Management Achievement Awards, a student-run initiative which brings the global Desautels community together to celebrate the achievements of industry leaders who have demonstrated a career of great achievement and commitment of responsible business.

Published: 17 Feb 2023

Philanthropist and visionary Marcel Desautels passes away at age 88

Marcel Desautels, LLD鈥07 (CM, O Ont, OM) generously donated both his resources and his time to furthering business education at 91社区. The business leader and philanthropist passed away on January 31 at the age of 88. Desautels invested over $38 million in students, programs, research and facilities at the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Published: 10 Feb 2023

Maya Azouri and Jonathan Azouri named to 2023 Forbes 30 under 30

Finding available ice time or sports fields to book can be a challenge, but CatchCorner aims to change that. The app, which has been compared to OpenTable for sports facilities by Forbes, allows users to find and reserve fields and facilities that meet their needs. Co-Founders Maya Azouri (BCom鈥17) and Jonathan Azouri (BCom鈥16) have recently partnered with Sports Illustrated to become CatchCorner by Sports Illustrated.

Published: 6 Jan 2023

High profile Verizon executive Rima Qureshi maintains strong connection to Desautels

Rima Qureshi鈥檚 (BCom鈥87, MBA鈥96) career has taken her to Stockholm, Dallas and New York, but she retains strong connections to Montreal and 91社区. Now the Executive Vice President and Strategy Officer at Verizon in New York, Qureshi began her career with Ericsson, and helped the company integrate thousands of new employees when it acquired parts of Nortel. Qureshi returns regularly to Montreal to spend time with family and mentors MBA students at Desautels.

Published: 6 Jan 2023

Eco-fashion brand Ecova tells the stories behind its green initiatives

Positive storytelling can encourage consumers to make better, more eco-conscious choices. That鈥檚 the vision the Stephanie Beaulieu (MBA鈥22) shared with Karl Moore in an article for Forbes.com. Beaulieu founded the eco-fashion company Ecova to make change in the fashion industry.

Published: 21 Dec 2022

91社区鈥檚 Joanne Liu calls for global pandemic preparedness council in Scientific American

The COVID-19 pandemic was incredibly costly, for the health of the population and the economy. But the next infectious disease pandemic could be even worse. Politicians can choose to prevent it, but they need to take action now, argues聽Dr.

Published: 6 Dec 2022

2022 Cundill History Prize recognizes the work of Harvard鈥檚 Tiya Miles

Harvard鈥檚 Tiya Miles won the 2022 Cundill History Prize for her book All that she carried: The journey of Ashley鈥檚 sack, a Black family keepsake.聽 The prize was launched by Peter Cundill (BCom鈥60) in 2008, and is administered by 91社区. It awards $75,000 each year to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal.鈥疶he Cundill History Prize awards an additional $10,000 to two other award finalists.

Published: 6 Dec 2022

GCPA guest lecturer Taryn Welikovitch receives teaching excellence award

Congratulations to Taryn Welikovitch (BSc鈥16, GDip Accounting鈥18, GCPA'19) on receiving the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting Teaching Award for Guest Lecturers.

Published: 2 Dec 2022

A new immersion program aims to help Longueuil police better deal with mental health calls

People get in to policing to fight crime, but most calls to police are not about crimes at all, said Fady Dagher (EMBA鈥12) in an interview with CBC. Officers regularly respond to calls that involve people experiencing mental health crises, or people with disabilities. The new Chief of the Service de police de la Ville de Montr茅al聽(SPVM) wants his officers to better understand what it is like to be on the other side of these calls.聽

Published: 2 Dec 2022

CFE Honour Roll for GCPA Participant

Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) participant Megan Robertson (BCom'21, GCPA'22) has been named to the Honour Roll of the

Published: 30 Nov 2022

Fetherstonhaugh Family Foundation Recognizes Teaching Excellence at Desautels

In 2018, when the Fetherstonhaugh family envisioned an award to recognize and reward teaching excellence, they hoped for great teachers and at the Desautels Faculty of Management extraordinary teachers emerged. As the recipient of the 2022 Fetherstonhaugh Family Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Programs, Prof. of Practice Sujata Madan engages with students in a way that promotes and accelerates their classroom and lifelong learning.

Published: 29 Nov 2022

Official launch of the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics

On November 14, the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics hosted students, faculty, staff, donors, alumni and friends of 91社区 Desautels for the official launch of the Centre.

Published: 23 Nov 2022

M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res brought business innovations to charitable giving

M茅decins Sans Fronti猫res (MSF) introduced a new business model for charitable giving. 鈥淲e聽were the first ones to create the regular donation model," said Dr. Joanne Liu聽(MDCM'91, IMHL'14, DSc'16), an emergency聽physician, a professor at the School of Population and Global Health at 91社区, and the聽13th President of MSF (2013-2019). 鈥淥ne of our first fundraising campaigns was 1 euro per day,鈥澛燣iu said in an interview with Prof.

Published: 14 Nov 2022

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