On Sept. 12, JED Consulting, McGill Social Business Network (MSBN) Consulting, and the McGill Black Students’ Network (BSN) held their second annual “Being Black in Consulting” event. A four-person panel of Black consultants from some of the world’s top consulting firms shared their journeys, tips, and challenges. This was followed[Read More…]
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$5-million donation launches development of Laidley Centre for Business Ethics
McGill announced on Feb. 2 that David Laidley (BCom ’67), chairman emeritus of Deloitte LLP, donated five million dollars to establish the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics, which will be part of the Desautels Faculty of Management. According to Desautels communications manager Leilani Ku, the fledgling centre is in its[Read More…]
Students speak out about racism at Desautels Faculty of Management
A Reddit thread recently surfaced asking for feedback on Career Services at the Desautels Faculty of Management. The top comment was written by a student of colour who claimed a Career Advisor made racist comments toward them during their first year. The student also writes that they, along with many[Read More…]
Desautels MBA Program ranked best in Canada
McGill’s Desautels Master of Business Administration (MBA) program was ranked first in Canada and 78th in the world in the 2018 Financial Times (FT) Global MBA ranking. Desautels was one of only three Canadian schools to make the top 100 list, alongside Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto[Read More…]
Community Engagement Day promotes solidarity between McGill and local organizations
On Sept. 28, the Social Equity and Diversity Education Office (SEDE) held the sixth annual Community Engagement Day (CED). Programming took place at various locations across Montreal—including on McGill’s downtown campus—and approximately 30 organizations participated, including the Montreal LGBTQ+ community centre, Radical Accessibility Audit Project (RAAP) Montreal, and Seeing Voices[Read More…]
SSMU Council passes motion to open SSPN to Members-at-large
On Sept. 14, the Students’ Society of McGill University (SSMU) Legislative Council held its first meeting of the Fall 2017 semester. Over the course of the meeting, executives and councillors considered amending the rules for membership in the Students' Society Programming Network (SSPN) and discussed budget proposals for McGill organizations—specifically,[Read More…]
Aldo shoes founder donates $25 million to McGill to start school of retail management
The family foundation of businessman Albert “Aldo” Bensadoun, BCom ‘64 and founder and former CEO of Aldo Group, donated $25 million to McGill in May to fund a new school of retail management. The university is drawing up plans to transform 8,000 sq. feet of space in the Bronfman building[Read More…]
MUS announces resignation of president
On Oct. 27, the Management Undergraduate Society (MUS) announced that its president, Élie Lubendo, had resigned from his position. “Due to personal reasons, Élie, elected as the President and Chairman for a one-year term in February of 2015, tendered his resignation from this role on October 20th, 2015,” the MUS[Read More…]
Commentary: Desautels Faculty of Management’s new female dean a testament to women in leadership
McGill has achieved a new milestone—appointing the first female Dean of McGill’s Desautels Faculty of Management, Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou. Despite the overwhelming majority of male business executives, a Fall 2014 statistic shows that 48.3 per cent of the students enrolled in the Faculty were women, and little has changed since 2005.[Read More…]
McGill Faculty of Management hires first female dean
Following a 21-year tenure at George Washington University, Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou has joined McGill University as the new dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management. Bajeux-Besnainou, a native of France, began her career in academia in at the University of Paris where she obtained her Bachelors of Business Administration and doctorate[Read More…]
