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Business school initiatives to back LGBTQ MBAs

A recent article published by Business Because highlights many Canadian business schools, particularly the Desautels Faculty of Management, for their initiatives that support inclusive LGBTQ MBA programs.

MBA student Olivier Forgues leads this initiative at Desautels through the OUTlook on Business Club, which is committed to 鈥渂ridging the gap between the professional world and academia through its strategic existence within the management faculty.鈥�

The sustainability movement is strong

At the 8th annual Catalyst Awards Gala, the 海角社区 Office of Sustainability awarded students, staff, and faculty who have made meaningful and enduring contributions to the sustainability movement at 海角社区.

1st Fashion Retailing Conference

Organized by the Bensadoun Retail Initiative, this conference will provide a forum for exchange 鈥攆or both professionals and academics鈥� at the newly opened Donald E. Armstrong Building.

The influence of social media

The Globe and Mail recently featured the research of Desautels Professors Emmanuelle Vaast and Liette Lapointe that explored the power of social media to propel meaningful social movements.

Still room for improvement for empowering women in finance

Professor Francesca Carrieri sits down with La Presse to talk about the hurdles that women in finance still face and the initiatives in place at the Desautels Faculty of Management to improve this reality.

For example, the Faculty has launched a task force that aims to show undergraduate women that a career in finance is indeed a viable path through mentorship and internship opportunities.

Twitter use during the Gulf oil spill

Social media has become a part of everyday life. We enjoy the contact Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc., provide with friends and family, and, indeed, the world.

Sometimes we gripe about the downsides of the technology. People say it鈥檚 a time suck. There鈥檚 fake news. It鈥檚 hard to trust what you see.

Call for Integrated Management Student Fellows

The聽Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM)聽will appoint its first cohort of Integrated Management Student Fellows in the winter 2018 term.

Desautels joins UN鈥檚 PRME initiative

The Desautels Faculty of Management has become a member of the United Nations鈥� Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) initiative.聽 The faculty joins leading business and management schools from across the globe in working towards the United Nations鈥� Sustainable Development Goals.

海角社区 lands on Corporate Knights鈥� Future 40 list

Now in its fourth edition, Corporate Knights鈥� Future 40 ranking is a yearly roundup of companies and organizations that are transitioning towards a low-carbon future. The list heavily reflects Ontario-based companies and utilities, but there is also a lot of representation from Canada鈥檚 mining sector and medium-sized oil and gas producers, all of which are pivoting towards greater sustainability in their production processes.

Montreal team nets $50,000 for its green housing design

A joint 海角社区-Concordia effort has won a $50,000 federal grant to bring its innovative row-house design to the International Solar Decathlon in China next year. TeamMTL鈥檚 design takes aim at the growing affordable-urban-housing crisis, successfully marrying energy efficiency and sustainability with comfort and affordability.

Two 海角社区 Professors Participate in Prestigious Workshop on Green Chemistry

On聽May 24-25, 2016, experts from the field of green (sustainable) chemistry gathered in Washington, DC, for a workshop on Sustainable Chemistry Technologies. The event was organized by the National Academy of Science鈥檚 Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology at the request of the United States General Accountability Office.