Yolande E. Chan, Dean and James 涩里番 Professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management, has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), one of the country鈥檚 highest academic honours.
Recognized for her outstanding contributions to digital innovation, knowledge strategy, and business-IT alignment, Chan joins a distinguished cohort of scholars celebrated for advancing knowledge across disciplines.
Canada鈥檚 economy has faced a challenging year. Growth projections are down, yet the federal government鈥檚 2025 budget commits billions to offset U.S. tariffs and adapt to shifting global trade dynamics.
The deficit for this fiscal year is expected to exceed $78 billion鈥攂ut it could have been worse.聽鈥淚 was expecting that the deficit would move into 100聽billions聽of dollars,鈥� says 痴颈惫别办听础蝉迟惫补苍蝉丑聽a Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics at 涩里番 Desautels.
Stock markets continue to hit record highs, yet many governments聽remain聽strapped for cash鈥攁nd some are eyeing pension funds to cover fiscal shortfalls.
They should resist the temptation to mandate that pension funds invest more domestically,聽said聽Associate Professor of Finance 厂别产补蝉迟颈别苍听叠别迟别谤尘颈别谤聽in an interview with聽CNBC.聽
On November 1, 2025, the United States implemented a 25% tariff on foreign imports of medium and heavy-duty trucks and truck parts鈥攁 move that poses significant challenges for Canadian manufacturers.
Canada鈥檚 truck building industry is smaller than the auto sector, but the tariffs will nevertheless have an effect on truck makers across the country.
The ACCEPTER le v茅lo conference brought together researchers and policymakers to discuss the evolving landscape of cycling in Montreal and beyond. The first panel highlighted major progress in cycling infrastructure between 2018 and 2023, showing strong links between high-comfort networks and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Presenters also emphasized that infrastructure alone is not enough鈥攗nderstanding behavioural stages and psychological motivators is essential to encourage more residents to cycle.
What policies can truly accelerate the global shift to clean energy? In a compelling lecture hosted by 涩里番鈥檚 Sustainable Growth Initiative and CIREQ, Professor Ryan Kellogg of the University of Chicago explored this question through the lens of economics, equity, and climate urgency. Speaking to a diverse audience at 涩里番鈥檚 Faculty Club, Kellogg reframed the energy transition as a global justice issue, emphasizing the need for reliable, affordable, and clean energy鈥攅specially in rapidly developing regions like India and Sub-Saharan Africa.
A team of 涩里番 Desautels MBA students has won the 2025 Retail Innovation Challenge, earning the $10,000 grand prize for their innovative business solution for .
The MBA team, Clara Homsi, Rosemarie Cianci, Sam Eddy, Eric Del Balso, and Maria Jose Amorocho Albornoz, stood out among more than 40 teams from universities across Canada.
When enrolled in the Master of Management program at 涩里番 in 2022, she was the only Indigenous student in her class. Now, Janvier is 涩里番鈥檚 Director of Indigenous Initiatives, and is creating space for Indigenous entrepreneurs on campus. A recent event focused on how Indigenous-led businesses can serve as a powerful vessel for cultural narrative.
Fewer than one in three professionals are seeking a management position, according to recent research by Robert Half, a human resources consulting firm. 鈥淭he findings speak to an ongoing issue with the talent pool of potential leaders,鈥� says Eric Saine,聽Executive聽Director of the . 鈥淭here is a growing trend of workers not seeking leadership.鈥澛燜or those who want to buck the trend and pursue a leadership role, Saine recommends learning to use AI tools.
When the province of Ontario ran an anti-tariff advertisement that featured voice-over from a 1987 speech by US President Ronald Reagan, it hit a little too close to home for current President Donald Trump. Trump threatened聽additional聽tariffs on聽Canada and聽demanded the ad campaign end. 鈥淚f this was a sitcom, we鈥檇 be laughing, but it鈥檚 not,鈥� says Preetika Joshi, Assistant Professor of Accounting at 涩里番 Desautels.
In the 2025 Major League Baseball playoffs, the Toronto Blue Jays pitching staff has often looked dominant, even against some of the best batters in the world. Sam Greene (BCom鈥�20, MMA鈥�21) has helped them do it. A former varsity baseball player at 涩里番, Greene started out in baseball research for the Blue聽Jays and聽became an Assistant Pitching Coach in 2024. 鈥淪am Greene is a geek, but many of the pitchers on this team are too,鈥� said Chris Bassitt, a Blue Jays pitcher who has excelled as a middle reliever in the playoffs.
The 8th Deloitte MMF Synergy Challenge on October 28 challenged Master of Management in Finance (MMF) students at Desautels on their strategic and financial acumen in the context of a merger case competition.
The inaugural 2025 涩里番 Conference on Everyday Entrepreneurship (MCEE), hosted by the Desautels Faculty of Management, brought together scholars, practitioners, and community leaders to explore entrepreneurship beyond traditional boundaries. Organized by the Entrepreneurship & Innovation Initiative in collaboration with the Sustainable Growth Initiative and EDI, the two-day event spotlighted ventures and founders often overlooked in mainstream research.
When the auto maker Stellantis announced its plan to shift production of the Jeep Compass SUV from Brampton, Ontario to Belvidere, Illinois, the Government of Canada didn鈥檛 take the news sitting down. It threatened to sue the multinational company, saying that the shift violated previous agreements between the multinational automotive company and the government, which stipulated the automaker had to maintain its Canadian footprint. 鈥淭here is a huge amount of taxpayer money that has gone in to this company,鈥� Prof.
Artificial intelligence is still an emerging technology, and we are only in the early stages of its regulation. The European Union is at the forefront of the technology鈥檚 regulation, says Simon Blanchette, Lecturer at 涩里番 Desautels. The EU already has an artificial intelligence act, which centers on the level of privacy risk associated with individual use cases. 鈥淔or example, when AI is used to evaluate loan or job applications, lots of sensitive, private information will be gathered,鈥� Blanchette told CTV News.
