Deadline Extended: 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health
海角社区鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management and the 海角社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) announced the call for applications for the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health in early October.
The deadline to apply has been extended to Friday, December 7, 2018.
Meet our Queen Elizabeth Scholars!
As of October 2018, the 海角社区 QES LINkIN program has incorporated eight awardees into the team coming from different disciplines and countries. Five are doctoral student researchers at 海角社区.
Call for Applications: 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health
海角社区鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management and the 海角社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) are pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2019 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.
A glowing victory at HEC case competition
MONTREAL, Quebec. On the evening of the HEC Social Business Creation competition, 海角社区 start-up Kajou delivered, coming home with the First place prize of $15,000 for their business venture. Their business makes apple juice 鈥 with the apple of the cashew tree.
海角社区 Student Team NutriPulse wins third place at 2018 Food Security Social Innovation Challenge
By Nii AddyAt the 2018 Social Innovation Challenge (SIC) held in Toronto on July 12, 2018, 海角社区 team NutriPulse was adjudged the third place winner among eight finalists, with a $10,000 cash prize.
Yu Ma, Laurette Dub茅 and Nathan Yang awarded 2018 SSHRC Insight Grant
Congratulations to Yu Ma, Associate Professor in Marketing, Laurette Dub茅, Professor in Marketing and聽Nathan Yang, Assistant Professor in聽Marketing, on being awarded the 2018 SSHRC Insight Grant 鈥淎n Empirical Investigation of Digital Goods Consumption and Its Impact on Word-of-Mouth Marketing鈥.
Desautels and FAES interdisciplinary research with 海角社区 food startup and Montreal community organization highlighted at the 2018 Montreal Summit on Innovation (MSI)
Jo毛lle Rondeau, Research Assistant, 海角社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE)As part of C2 Montreal, the 2018 Montreal Summit on Innovation (MSI) showcased the social impacts of 10 collaborative research projects through an interactive circuit on May 23.
Low birth weight is associated with increased fat intake in school-aged boys
Authors: Adrianne R. Bischoff, Andr茅 K. Portella, Catherine Paquet, Roberta Dalle Molle, Aida Faber, Narendra Arora, Robert D. Levitan, Patr铆cia P. Silveira and Laurette Dub茅
Publication: British Journal of Nutrition, Vol. 119, No. 11, June 2018
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Meet the 2018 Food and Agribusiness Convergent Innovation Prize Winner
By Jo毛lle Rondeau, Research Assistant, 海角社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and EconomicsThe 海角社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) at the Desautels Faculty of Management, together with the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (FAES) and Trussbridge, are proud to
海角社区 Food Startups Connecting with Montreal鈥檚 Food and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
By Jo毛lle Rondeau, Research Assistant, 海角社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and EconomicsOn the evening of March 21, 2018, 海角社区 students and entrepreneurs from diverse horizons gathered at Esplanade, a collaborative space dedicated to entrepreneurship and social innovation in Montreal鈥檚 Mile-Ex neighbourhood.
CSR types and the moderating role of corporate competence
Authors: Xiaoye Chen,聽Rong Huang, Zhiyong Yang, Laurette Dube
Publication:聽European Journal of Marketing, Forthcoming
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Takeaways from the 2018 Manulife Prize winner
Distinguishing between healthy living and fitness fadsAt this year鈥檚 Manulife Prize ceremony, hosted at Maison Manuvie in collaboration with the 海角社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), Manulife Prize winner Professor Jean-Pierre Despr茅s presented an overview of his research, emphasizing the prevailing gap between science and so-called healthy living practices. According to him, the difference between what we know and what we do is staggering.
Manulife Prize presented to researcher on a mission to combat lifestyle diseases
Dr. Jean-Pierre Despr茅s, Professor of Kinesiology at Universit茅 Laval and pioneer in developing screening techniques for visceral obesity, was presented with the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health at a breakfast hosted my Manulife and in collaboration with the 海角社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) on April 10, 2018.
Addressing Complex Societal Problems: Enabling Multiple Dimensions of Proximity to Sustain Partnerships for Collective Impact in Quebec
Authors: Nii Addy and Laurette Dub茅
Publication: Sustainability, Vol. 10, No. 4, April 2018
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Jean-Pierre Despr茅s wins 2018 Manulife Prize
$50,000 award recognizes research pioneer who screened for abdominal obesity and acted to prevent it海角社区, in association with Manulife and the 海角社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), announced that Dr.