The Desautels Faculty of Management has been ranked first in Canada for research output in the 2026 CHART-Index, a new standardized benchmark developed by the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business. More than 20 schools, including University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management and the University of British Columbia's Sauder School of Business, are included in the benchmark.
Published on: 21 Jul 2026
Canada鈥檚 two main workplace pension plans differ primarily in who bears investment and longevity risks.聽Sebastien Betermier, associate professor of finance at 涩里番聽Desautels, explains that defined benefit plans guarantee employees a predetermined income throughout retirement, while employers assume the associated risks.
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Published on: 21 Jul 2026
Bell鈥檚 dismissal of聽nearly 50聽employees over alleged 鈥渟wipe and go鈥� attendance fraud has reignited debate over return-to-office mandates and how organizations measure productivity. Jean-Nicolas Reyt, associate professor at 涩里番 Desautels, argues that attendance fraud is聽ultimately a聽symptom of a larger issue: employers鈥� reliance on office presence as a proxy for performance.
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Published on: 21 Jul 2026
As Canada faces economic uncertainty driven by trade tensions, inflation and shifting global markets, Robert Nason, associate professor at 涩里番 Desautels, is urging businesses to adopt a more entrepreneurial mindset.
Rather than taking a 鈥渨ait-and-see鈥� approach, Nason argues that organizations should view uncertainty as an opportunity to experiment, diversify suppliers and explore new markets.
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Published on: 7 Jul 2026
Funding supports bold ideas across natural sciences and engineering disciplines at 涩里番, in fields ranging from ophthalmology and physics to music research and electrical engineering.
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 122 涩里番 research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $30 million.聽聽
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Published on: 7 Jul 2026
Olayinka Oni (IMPM鈥�26), has been appointed non-executive director of Sterling Bank in Nigeria, effective June 2026.聽
Oni聽has spent more than two decades working at the聽intersection of聽technology,聽operations聽and financial services.聽His earlier career includes senior roles at Sterling Bank, Wema Bank,聽Microsoft聽and First City Monument Bank.聽
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Published on: 6 Jul 2026
Shifting diets toward more plant-based foods could significantly聽benefit聽both human and planetary health, yet progress聽remains聽slow. Food choices are not simply personal鈥攖hey are shaped by price, convenience and what stands out in everyday shopping environments.
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Published on: 29 Jun 2026
More than nine million Canadians lack access to a workplace retirement plan, underscoring the need for pension design that better reflects how people work and live today.
S茅bastien Betermier, Associate Professor of Finance at 涩里番 Desautels, says expanding access is only part of the solution. 鈥淎nything that increases access is good, but then there鈥檚 the quality of that retirement package and making sure we have cost-efficient solutions that actually close the gap,鈥� he says.
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Published on: 29 Jun 2026
Governments across several countries are urging pension funds to increase domestic investments, but success hinges on offering sufficiently attractive, well-governed opportunities.
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Published on: 23 Jun 2026
Patrick Augustin, Associate Professor of Finance at Desautels and Director of the 涩里番 Luxembourg Centre for Finance (MLCF), recently joined Serge Weyland, CEO of the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI), on the RTL Luxembourg podcast The Lisa Burke Show to discuss the future of European finance, talent and financial literacy.聽
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Published on: 22 Jun 2026
Canada鈥檚 鈥淎I for All鈥� strategy, unveiled June 4, pairs over $2 billion in spending with ambitious targets for economic growth and job creation by 2031. Built on pillars like infrastructure,聽skills聽and responsible AI, it aims to boost adoption and close Canada鈥檚 gap with G7 peers.
But as聽faculty聽lecturer聽Simon Blanchette writes in聽The Conversation, the plan emphasizes growth more than accountability. Key gaps聽remain聽around job displacement, worker聽protections聽and oversight of workplace AI, with entry-level roles and equity-seeking groups particularly vulnerable.
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Published on: 19 Jun 2026
Who should decide what artificial intelligence is allowed to do to us?
Increasingly, choices about fairness, risk, and harm are made not by the public, but by the companies building these systems. Even industry leaders admit this is a problem.
础蝉听Emmanuelle Vaast, professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management at 涩里番聽puts it, 鈥淲hen corporations alone decide how AI shapes our lives, we risk outsourcing our moral responsibility.鈥�
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Published on: 19 Jun 2026
As debates over remote work persist,聽闯别补苍鈥慛颈肠辞濒补蝉听搁别测迟, a professor at 涩里番鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management, argues the issue is often misunderstood.
Remote work鈥檚聽success is not inherent鈥攊t hinges on preparation and the quality of management. Reyt notes that early evidence of lower performance may reflect outdated practices rather than the limits of remote work itself.
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Published on: 19 Jun 2026
Who controls access to the artificial intelligence systems shaping our economies and institutions?
As Simon Blanchette, a faculty lecturer at 涩里番 Desautels, underscores, the U.S.-ordered suspension of聽Anthropic鈥檚聽advanced models鈥攃utting off global users overnight鈥攕hows how quickly a routine commercial relationship can turn into a strategic vulnerability.
Organizations in Canada and elsewhere lost critical tools without warning or recourse, revealing the risks of relying on foreign-owned AI governed by external laws and priorities.
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Published on: 19 Jun 2026
罢丑别听Sustainable Growth Initiative听(厂骋滨)听Office of Sustainable Africa聽hosted the聽inaugural Nkabom Africa Case Competition, bringing together students, researchers, poli
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Published on: 19 Jun 2026
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