Sonder Becomes Dobson Centre’s First Unicorn
Sonder, a hospitality startup founded by former McGill student Francis Davidson, is now a billion-dollar company. Sonder competed in the 2014 McGill Dobson Cup Startup Competition, where it attracted the attention and investment of judge Tim Tokarsky (BSc ’99). Read more in the McGill Reporter
Four Canadian business schools ranked among the ‘global elite’
Four of Canada’s leading business schools have achieved top marks in the annual QS Global 250 Business Schools Report, which was released on Thursday. The Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, and Sauder School of […]
Laura Younger: ‘You can’t go into a networking environment with a selfish perspective’
This article was originally published in The Globe and Mail.KARL MOORE AND DAN SCHECHNER Laura Younger is the executive director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ). The organization works to develop business relations between the United States and Japan. I grew up in Grimsby, Ont., a small town in the Niagara Peninsula. My mom’s a […]
Professor Nancy J. Adler wins prestigious Academy of Management award
At the Academy of Management annual meeting in Boston this year, Desautels Professor Nancy J. Adler received the AMLE Decade Award for her journal article entitled “When Knowledge Wins: Transcending the Sense and Nonsense of Academic Rankings.”
Alumnus Mirko Bibic named next President & CEO of Bell Canada
Mirko Bibic (BCom ’89) will succeed George Cope as the next President and CEO of Bell Canada next January. Since he joined Bell Canada in 2004, Bibic has played a pivotal role in the company’s strategic acquisitions, including the largest acquisition in Canadian telecom history with the purchase of Astral Media in 2013. Read more […]
MMA students find inspiration on inaugural Study Trip in San Francisco
The McGill Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) degree is a pre-experience, twelve-month specialized program in the evolving field of management analytics with a strong emphasis on experiential learning. As part of this hands-on learning, the first cohort of MMA students went on the program’s inaugural Study Trip to San Francisco. Read more about MMA […]
Being a parent while completing an MBA
Coming from all four corners of the world, our MBA candidates bring a unique set of experiences, which contribute to the diversity of our hand-picked cohort. Today, in the Desautels MBA blog, we interviewed Jared Lee (MBA’18). Read more about Being a parent while completing an MBA
