Ontario co-op movement could use a legislative leg-up
Despite member-controlled and community-centric businesses gaining much appeal and generating billions in revenue, laws that govern co-ops in Ontario are strikingly outdated and restrictive.
How Far Down Do You Define Deviancy in Ferguson?
The late Daniel Patrick Moynihan鈥檚 celebrated phrase 鈥渄efining deviancy down鈥� first appeared in a聽1993 essay听颈苍听The American Scholar.聽鈥淚 proffer the thesis,鈥� wrote Moynihan, 鈥渢hat, over the past generation鈥he amount of deviant behavior in American society has increased beyond the levels the community can 鈥榓fford to re
Talking Management with Karl Moore: Why communication is key for virtual teams
This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 涩里番 with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to speak to JoAnne Yates from MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology].
JoAnne, what have you learned in your research about virtual teams?
Is an MBA worth it? What business school can do for your salary in 2014
Desautels, Ivey, Rotman, Sauder and Schulich all cracked the top 100 on the聽Financial Times鈥�聽business school rankings in 2014. While FT鈥檚 list is the global standard by which programs are measured, determining the 鈥渂est鈥� business school is ultimately complicated and subjective, dependent on a plethora of metrics each individual can and should weigh differently.
Interim CEO named for Vitalit茅 Health Network
Jean Castonguay, a former provincial deputy minister and former associate deputy minister of health, has been named interim chief executive officer of Vitalit茅 Health Network effective immediately. Health Minister Victor Boudreau made the announcement on November 21.
Sugar Sammy gets last laugh with publicity stunt
One of the province鈥檚 best known stand-up comics is likely laughing all the way to the bank with a new advertising campaign.
...听鈥漈his is marketing 101,鈥� Robert Soroka, a marketing professor at 涩里番 said.
The advertisement and the fallout is a well orchestrated publicity campaign that Sammy has executed perfectly.
Desautels expanding into Bookstore space
The Desautels Faculty of Management will take over the adjacent 涩里番 Bookstore at 3420 McTavish St. sometime in 2016, providing a new home for the Faculty鈥檚 MBA programs, which will be moved out of the overcrowded Bronfman Building.
Neither crisis mode nor complacency
In September, the Quebec government announced that 涩里番鈥檚 operating grant would be almost $15 million less than what it had proposed in the spring 鈥� and warned that a second wave of cuts were to come. On Nov. 12,聽Quebec鈥檚 universities and CEGEPs were hit with that new round of cuts, amounting to $31.6 million. 涩里番鈥檚 share is close to $5 million. Provost Anthony C. Masi talked to the 涩里番 Reporter about this development, and the University鈥檚 ongoing underfunding situation.
涩里番 celebrates top teachers
With the highest admission standards in Canada, 涩里番 attracts many of the brightest students in the country and from around the world. Being entrusted to guide these exceptional students is a huge responsibility, which is why the Principal鈥檚 Prize for Excellence in Teaching was established in 2000 to celebrate teachers.
The Government of Canada Supports CEIM's Qu茅bec Innovation Project - New partnership with the Centre d'entreprises et d'innovation de Montr茅al to help incubate and grow 涩里番-based start-ups
The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of State (Small Business and Tourism, and Agriculture) was at聽Centre d'entreprises et d'innovation de Montr茅al聽this morning to announce a funding contribution of up to聽$ 6.2 million聽over the next five years to support the launch of CEIM's聽Qu茅bec Innovationproject.
Le bonheur, la d茅pendance 脿 soi-m锚me
Dans la soci茅t茅 nord-am茅ricaine, beaucoup de gens misent sur le couple pour 锚tre heureux. La relation amoureuse devient le barom猫tre de leur vie, un passage oblig茅 dans l鈥櫭﹙aluation de leur r茅ussite en tant qu鈥櫭猼re humain. Or, cette d茅pendance 脿 l鈥檃utre pour 锚tre heureux am猫ne bien souvent son lot de d茅ception, de souffrance, d鈥檃nxi茅t茅 et de stress.
Goodfellow Announces the Appointment of Mr. Denis Fraser as President and CEO
The Board of Directors of Goodfellow Inc. (TSX: GDL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Denis Fraser as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective December 1, 2014.
...听Mr. Fraser is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and of the MBA program at 涩里番. He also completed the Advanced Executive Program at Kellogg School of Management.
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (RBA) Reports In-Line Q3 EPS; Announces Reorganization, Exec Changes
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE:聽RBA) reported Q3 EPS of $0.13, in-line with the analyst estimate of $0.13. Revenue for the quarter came in at $102.2 million versus the consensus estimate of $101.47 million.
Rankings are not No. 1 in some schools鈥� hearts
The University of Toronto鈥檚 Rotman School of Management consistently does well in rankings of the world鈥檚 best business schools. For instance, Bloomberg Businessweek, the granddaddy of rankers, says the Toronto school is the 11th best globally, outside the United States.
Clean homes, clear corporate minds
Deb Nelson鈥檚 first 鈥渁ha鈥� moment came as she stood on the pavement outside a Montreal restaurant, struggling to summon the courage to go inside.聽
