Asper School of Business News Archive

October 21, 2024 — 
For Entrepreneurship and Innovative Thinking month, there are a variety of events taking place across our campus to help you foster an entrepreneurial mindset. These events will provide faculty, staff and students with opportunities to learn about, for and through entrepreneurship.

October 17, 2024 — 
The 2024 VIBE Awards are on November 14, 2024, celebrating this year’s recipients: Emilie McKinney, founder of Anishinaabe Bimishimo, and Shaun Vincent, founder of Vincent Design Inc. This prestigious annual event combines celebration, networking and philanthropy and will highlight the incredible contributions of VIBE Award recipients McKinney and Vincent, who have each led with ingenuity, passion and a vision that goes far beyond their respective industries. Says IBEP director Riley Proulx [BComm(Hons)/19], “everyone can find inspiration from the stories of resilience, courage and dedication of our award recipients.”

October 15, 2024 — 
The James W. Burns Leadership Institute has appointed Connie Walker O.M. as Leader-in-Residence (LIR), effective September 1, 2024.

October 9, 2024 — 
At the Rod Senft Family Business Conference, success is measured less in individual achievement and more in the communities of support, shared missions, value systems, collective contributions, and connections established in the family and beyond. An annual event that brings together industry and academic expertise, the 2024 Rod Senft Family Business Conference took place on Wednesday, September 25, attended by leaders in the Manitoba family business ecosystem and presented by the Asper School of Business in partnership with the Stu Clark Centre for Entrepreneurship.

October 4, 2024 — 
Impact of port strike across North America

October 2, 2024 — 
Fashionable resale strategy after Danali seeks to stake out middle ground via online consignment shop

September 26, 2024 — 
'Another black eye': Vancouver port strike impacting Manitoba grain farmers during harvest season

September 24, 2024 — 
Lease policy spurs eatery turnover at The Forks

September 19, 2024 — 
Indigenous Business Education Partners at the Asper School of Business began with people who dared to think beyond the status quo. It was sustained by the dedication of passionate individuals who saw the value, and knew how to show the value, of investing in the success of Indigenous students. It has created connections, community and impact that extend far beyond classrooms and degrees.

September 17, 2024 — 
Since 2018, Suzanne Gagnon has served Canada Life Chair of Leadership Education and director of the James W. Burns Leadership Institute, UM’s centre for leadership knowledge and education, housed at the Asper School of Business. In July 2024, Gagnon's role as Canada Life Chair in Leadership Education was unanimously renewed.