۲ݮƵ University News - Desautels alumni /channels/news_feeds/all/term/desautels_alumni/rss en GCPA Guest Lecturer Jason Binette-Adams receives the 2024 GCPA Dedication Award /channels/channels/news/gcpa-guest-lecturer-jason-binette-adams-receives-2024-gcpa-dedication-award-362035 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to <b>Jason Binette-Adams</b> (BCom ‘19, GCPA '20) on receiving the <a href="/desautels/programs/gcpa">Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting</a> Dedication Award.</p> <p>This award recognizes excellence in guidance by guest GCPA lecturers or experts. Excellent teaching can be demonstrated through a well-designed course, engaging in-class activities and materials, use of innovative teaching strategies, and a commitment to improving one's courses through feedback.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/jason_binette-adams_with_gcpa_team.jpg?itok=-j2nJtIm" width="160" height="89" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 11 Dec 2024 17:57:14 +0000 webfull 205329 at /channels Kanuk adapts jackets to milder winters, eyes international markets /channels/channels/news/kanuk-adapts-jackets-milder-winters-eyes-international-markets-357394 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Kanuk jackets are made for Quebec winters—but Quebec winters aren’t as cold as they used to be. <strong>Bertrand Cesvet</strong> (BA’86, MBA’88) wants to make Kanuk jackets more versatile. Cesvet led a group of investors who recently bought the Montreal winter wear company from Champlain Financial, a private equity group. Cesvet shares with La Presse the company’s plans to sell jackets that are more suited to temperature fluctuation, making its products more appropriate for markets where it plans to expand, such as the United States.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">21 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 21 May 2024 17:20:46 +0000 webfull 200128 at /channels Any changes to pension fund policies should carefully consider risks and rewards of domestic investments /channels/channels/news/any-changes-pension-fund-policies-should-carefully-consider-risks-and-rewards-domestic-investments-356274 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dozens of business leaders recently signed an open letter to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland arguing that pension funds should invest more in Canadian businesses. But their argument doesn’t line up with the facts, writes <a href="/desautels/sebastien-betermier"><strong>Prof. Sebastien Betermier</strong></a> in an op-ed in The Globe and Mail. Academic research has shown Canadian pension funds allocate a large portion of their portfolio to domestic assets.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">March </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:40:52 +0000 webfull 198765 at /channels Theatre piece brings awareness to humanitarian efforts /channels/channels/news/theatre-piece-brings-awareness-humanitarian-efforts-354219 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Art occupies an important place in the life of the former international president of Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), <strong>Joanne Liu</strong> (MDCM'91, IMHL'14, DSc'16). “Sometimes, when I see very difficult things on the ground, I need to see beauty to believe in mankind.” The pediatric emergency doctor and professor at ۲ݮƵ University’s School of Population and Global Health suggested a show that addresses the Covid-19 pandemic, so people don’t forget the lessons learned and are better equipped to respond to a crisis in the future.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">12 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 12 Jan 2024 21:54:10 +0000 webfull 196383 at /channels GCPA guest lecturer Michael Richardson receives teaching excellence award /channels/channels/news/gcpa-guest-lecturer-michael-richardson-receives-teaching-excellence-award-353410 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to Michael Richardson (GCPA'18, 2018 CFE Honour Roll and Gold Medal in Quebec) on receiving the <b><a href="/desautels/programs/gcpa">Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA)</a></b>Teaching Award for Guest Lecturers for the second time!</p> <p>This award recognizes excellence in teaching by guest GCPA lecturers. Excellent teaching can be demonstrated through a well-designed course, engaging in-class activities and materials, use of innovative teaching strategies, and a commitment to improving one's courses through feedback.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gcpa-cfe-honour-roll-2023-2.jpg?itok=cPVMSJmn" width="160" height="75" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:28:19 +0000 webfull 195528 at /channels 2023 CFE Honour Roll for GCPA Participants /channels/channels/news/2023-cfe-honour-roll-gcpa-participants-353409 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><b><a href="/desautels/programs/gcpa">Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA)</a> </b>Tian Cheng Huang (BCom’22, GCPA‘23) and Kyra Swift (BCom UOttawa’21, GCPA’23) have been named to the Honour Roll of the <a href="https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/become-a-cpa/cpa-certification-program-evaluation/common-final-examination-honour-roll" target="_blank">Common Final Exam</a> (CFE) for their outstanding results.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gcpa-cfe-honour-roll-2023.jpg?itok=euNg5DC8" width="160" height="75" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">8 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 08 Dec 2023 19:23:05 +0000 webfull 195527 at /channels IMHL alumnus leads project to install 900 defibrillators in Quebec /channels/channels/news/imhl-alumnus-leads-project-install-900-defibrillators-quebec-352332 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Each year, about 10,000 people in Quebec suffer a cardiac arrest, and receiving resuscitation care in the first minutes is critical to survival. For every minute that passes without treatment, survival rates decrease by 7-10%. <strong><a href="/emergency/francois-de-champlain" target="_blank" title="/emergency/francois-de-champlain">Dr.</a></strong></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/as181474091-aed-defib-1200x620.jpg?itok=YZhDpmWH" width="160" height="84" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 27 Oct 2023 18:15:10 +0000 webfull 194315 at /channels Airbus Canada welcomes ۲ݮƵ students to Mirabel /channels/channels/news/airbus-canada-welcomes-mcgill-students-mirabel-352021 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Last month, over 70 ۲ݮƵ students from different academic disciplines took part in a tour of Airbus Canada’s headquarters in Mirabel, Airbus’ most important headquarters outside of Europe. Students had the unique opportunity to hear from Airbus Canada CEO Benoît Schultz and nearly 20 other company officials, including ۲ݮƵ alumni. Organized by ۲ݮƵ Desautels Associate <a href="/desautels/karl-moore"><strong>Professor Karl Moore</strong></a>, the idea took flight following Schultz’s Desautels CEO Speaker Series visit in 2022.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">13 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 13 Oct 2023 18:59:23 +0000 webfull 193954 at /channels Remembering alumnus Bill Webb’s remarkable impact /channels/channels/news/remembering-alumnus-bill-webbs-remarkable-impact-350417 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>It is with sadness that we announce the passing of<strong> William “Bill” Webb (MBA’93)</strong>, a valued member of the Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board. His deep ties to ۲ݮƵ University and dedicated involvement in the Canadian rugby community have left an indelible mark.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/bill_webb_2.png?itok=hE-drZJ6" width="160" height="90" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 20:13:17 +0000 webfull 191743 at /channels Thibaut Millet recognized as top sustainability consultant /channels/channels/news/thibaut-millet-recognized-top-sustainability-consultant-350410 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Sustainability can create value for a business and make it more resilient. More and more, shareholders are demanding that businesses be more sustainable, and sustainability consultants help them to it. <strong>Thibaut Millet </strong>(MBA’00) is one of them. He has a deep history in the field, and has been helping clients develop sustainability programs for more than fifteen years. A partner at EY and the longtime leader of its Climate Change and Sustainability Practice, Millet was named one of the Top 25 Sustainability Consultants for 2023 by The Consulting Report.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">31 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 31 Aug 2023 19:28:43 +0000 webfull 191739 at /channels