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Execs from Google, Amazon, & WebMD Join Practice Fusion

Practice Fusion, a cloud-based EHR platform for doctors and patients, today announced the hiring of four new members to its leadership team: Matt Ackleyas Chief Marketing Officer; Dorothy Gemmell as Senior Vice President, Life Science Practice and Strategic Partnerships; Tim Rauschenbach as Vice President, Customer Service and Support; and Dave Caldwell as Senior Vice President, Ente

Published: 5 Aug 2015

Prime City One Announces Change in Directors and Officers

Prime City One Capital Corp. has accepted the resignations of three directors and officers namely, John Lorenzo, R.J. Stapell and Anton Ayoub and appointed three new directors and officers. 

Published: 3 Aug 2015

How Davids Tea Is Trying to Make Tea Cool

David Segal was 27 years old when he opened his first tea shop in Toronto in 2008. He didn't want the space to have the stuffy, pretentious look and feel so many other traditional tea shops he'd been to had—the kinds of places that seemed designed for tea connoisseurs. "You felt like you had to know something to go into these stores," says Segal.

Published: 3 Aug 2015

Archival Yearbooks Reveal Early Show-biz Aspirations of Martin Short, William Shatner

According to the 1951 ۲ݮƵ University yearbook, future Star Trek captain William Shatner was already showing leadership as president of ۲ݮƵ's Radio Workshop, and his yearbook records also show him to be a member of both the Players’ Club and the Red & White Revue musical theatre clubs.

Published: 31 Jul 2015

365 days: Nature's 10

Ten people who mattered this year.

Published: 20 Jan 2015

Canamex Announces Appointment of Michael Pesner to Board of Directors

Canamex Resources Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Pesner, CPA, CA to the board of directors of the Company, effective immediately. Mr. Pesner is currently the President of Hermitage Canada Finance Inc., a corporation specializing in financial advisory services, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and restructuring. Mr. Pesner spent 26 years as a partner at KPMG and predecessor firms.

Published: 20 Jan 2015

Raptor Pharmaceutical Appoints Gregg Lapointe and Georges Gemayel to Board of Directors

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp. (RPTP) today announced the appointment of Gregg Lapointe and Georges Gemayel, Ph.D. to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2015. As previously disclosed, they will be joining Julie Anne Smith, President and CEO-Designate as she succeeds Christopher Starr, Ph.D., as Chief Executive Officer and joins the Board effective January 1, 2015.

Published: 20 Jan 2015

Alderon Appoints Interim CFO

Alderon Iron Ore Corp. (TSX: ADV) (NYSE MKT: AXX) (“Alderon” or the “Company”) announces the appointment of Mr. Anthony Glavac as Interim Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) of the Company effective December 29, 2014. Alderon’s current CFO, Mr. Francois Laurin, is taking an executive position outside of the mining sector in the New Year and is committed to ensuring a seamless transition of his responsibilities to Mr. Glavac.

Published: 20 Jan 2015

Harper gets new security adviser amid major shuffle of senior public service

Richard Fadden, the deputy minister of National Defence and former spymaster, became the prime minister’s national security adviser as part of a sweeping shakeup at the senior ranks of Canada’s bureaucracy. ... Kelly Gillis, the senior assistant deputy minister at Industry Canada responsible for Spectrum, information technologies and telecommunications, is moved up to associate deputy minister at Industry.

Published: 20 Jan 2015

Appointment of Cristiane Tinmouth as Interim Assistant Vice-Principal, Financial Services

Cristiane Tinmouth (DPA'87) has agreed to serve as Interim Assistant Vice-Principal, Financial Services – effective June 2, 2014, following the departure of Albert Caponi.

Published: 26 May 2014

eXplorance Named in Gartner’s “Cool Vendors in Education, 2014” Report

Providing course evaluation and Learning Experience Management tools, eXplorance is being designated by Gartner as innovative, intriguing and impactful in the arena of adaptive learning.

... “We are proud to be recognised by Gartner, a globally renowned analyst firm, as a Cool Vendor. We are committed to assisting academic leaders in improving the teaching and learning experience,” says Samer Saab (MBA'96), eXplorance’s CEO. 

Published: 23 May 2014

The Amazing Mace

When Richard III was frantically canvassing Bosworth Field for a horse, the mace was still feared as a “bruising iron of wrath.” 

Published: 16 May 2014

In Haiti, Making Social Sustainability Essential to Apparel Factory Life

Threads 4 Thought, Boxercraft, Arcade Fire and OSP Group are just a few of the customers placing production with Industrial Revolution II (IRII), and if you asked them why they chose the Port-au-Prince, Haiti-based apparel factory, they'd surely point to its high quality knit tops and bottoms, competitive pricing and proximity to North American markets, but there's another reason these companies are drawn to IRII: because of its social mission.

Published: 13 May 2014

5N Plus Holds Its Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Appoints New Chairman of the Board

5N Plus Inc., the leading producer of specialty metal and chemical products, held its Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders yesterday in Montreal, Quebec. 

Published: 9 May 2014

CEO Relearns, Rebuilds After Brain Injury

On Aug. 17, 2011, everything changed for Jonathan Goodman (MBA'94).

The aggressive, hard-driving executive - at the time the CEO of hugely successful drug distributor Paladin Labs Inc. - had just sealed one of Paladin's biggest acquisitions. Taking a celebratory bicycle ride with fellow employees in the hills north of Montreal, he fell off his bike and hit his head. Despite wearing a helmet, the result was a serious brain injury.

Published: 25 Apr 2014

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