Toward a greener future for SMEs
Professor Dror Etzion joins CanadianSME Business Magazine鈥檚 Small Business Podcast to share about the PIVOT project, a new online platform that showcases steps taken by Canadian SMEs to advance sustainability. SMEs make up more than 90% of the total private labour force, making their business practices vital to Canada鈥檚 environmental and economic future.
Leading the field in food production sustainability
Jaquelynn Mateluna (MBA鈥�21) is featured in Poets and Quants鈥� 2021 鈥楤est and Brightest鈥� list for her commitment to advancing sustainability in local food production. As Chief of Staff for Lufa Farms, an urban farm-to-table e-commerce platform based in Montreal, the British Columbia native has played an instrumental role in supplying fresh, responsibly-sourced food to more than 20,000 families during the pandemic.
New online platform tells stories of sustainable business in Canada
Led by Professor Dror Etzion, a new online platform called PIVOT shines a spotlight on Canadian SMEs that are taking tangible steps to address the climate crisis in their day-to-day operations.
What indigenous communities can teach us about sustainability
Professor Karl Moore interviews Sean McCormick, a M茅tis from Manitoba, about his journey to founding Manitobah Mukluks, an Indigenous-owned and operated global footwear brand. McCormick touches on the unique challenges that Indigenous entrepreneurs face and the excellence they demonstrate in preserving finite resources.
Authentic leadership in indigenous communities
Professor Karl Moore joins W谩hiakatste Diome-Deer in interviewing leading indigenous scholars in business, science, and beyond to hear their stories and strategies for success. A central theme that emerges is the importance of developing an authentic leadership style that honours one鈥檚 history, culture, and beliefs.
Canada鈥檚 fashion retailers are under pressure to go green
For Canada鈥檚 fashion retailers, reinvention is critical to success in a business landscape where consumers are becoming more aware of the impact of the fashion industry on global climate change and other forms of environmental degradation.
Transforming air travel for people with disabilities
An idea that arose from a nightmarish flight experience for Sandra Gualtieri, founder of Gualtieri Inventions, has blossomed into an innovative new product for people living with disabilities. Informed by her own experience in living with cerebral palsy, Gualtieri designed a prototype for the Universal Seating Apparatus, a portable device that allows people with disabilities to sit comfortably upright on airplanes.
BCom students earn several podium finishes at Happening Marketing
Congratulations to the 33 Desautels BCom students who competed at 2021 Happening Marketing, the largest marketing games in Canada. The 海角社区 delegation was led by Marie-No毛lle Carrier and C茅dric Jutras from the Desautels Management Case Competition (DMCC). 海角社区 finished with a total of five podiums at the virtual competition;
海角社区 students partner with disability rights activist to design comfortable airplane seat
Sandra Gualtieri, an entrepreneur and disability rights activist with cerebral palsy, enlisted the help of four 海角社区 students to design a custom airplane seat that alleviates discomfort for people living with disabilities.
海角社区 partners with National Film Board on sustainability program
Professor Dror Etzion is one of the two minds behind a new online social platform that encourages Canada鈥檚 1.1 million small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) to act sustainably.
Together, 海角社区 Sustainability Systems Initiative and the National Film Board of Canada will use the platform to air a series of digital stories that focus on addressing the climate crisis in daily business operations.
Program redesign gives MBA students greater flexibility
MBA & PMBA Academic Director John-Paul Ferguson highlights the benefits of the newly redesigned MBA program.
From providing more flexible program length options to promoting a holistic view of sustainable business throughout the curriculum, the program meets the needs of a broader range of students.
EMBA student creates community to promote women of colour in business
Entrepreneur Fabienne Colas (EMBA鈥�21) recently created Women of Colour Thrive/Ellev Femmes de Couleur with a vision for cultivating diverse female talent in the workplace.
The organization will work in tandem with companies across Canada to identify and address opportunities to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).
Delve: Overcoming Bias in AI Technologies
A new study by Warut Khern-am-nuai, an assistant professor of information systems at 海角社区, proposes a new approach to optimizing the way algorithms process data, without modifying the outcome. To eliminate discrimination in AI, algorithms should see race and gender, according to the study.
Package-free stores aim to eliminate waste
A new wave of sustainability-focused retailers are embracing a package-free retail trend to minimize the environmental impact of shopping for groceries and everyday goods.
Professor Saibal Ray, the academic director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, applauds the innovative attempts to avoid packaging while pointing out the difficulty of implementation.
Desautels BCom students attain nine podiums at 2021 Jeux du Commerce
Congratulations to Desautels BCom students for their outstanding performance at this year鈥檚 Jeux du Commerce (JDC), the largest student case competition in Eastern Canada. For the first time, JDC took place fully online and brought together 700 participants from 11 universities.
