#AsperCommunity News Archive

September 13, 2024 — 
Instructor and newly appointed director of Indigenous business relations, Katherine Davis [MBA/20] has spent the last 10 years working in cross-cultural settings building relationships with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities. She is the first Métis faculty member at the Asper School of Business as well as an alum of the Asper MBA and President’s Student Leadership Program.

September 11, 2024 — 
Associate professor of business administration and newly appointed director of EDI, Jieying Chen has conducted and published research on topics such as cross-cultural interactions, mindfulness, judgment and decision making, and strategic human resource management. She is currently conducting a project on immigrant adaptation, and some of her recent research examines factors that affect individuals’ adaptation in a new environment and gender issues in the workplace.

September 9, 2024 — 
Associate professor of supply chain management and newly appointed director of sustainability, Minelle E. Silva pursues research that mainly concerns supply chain sustainability and inter-organizational relationships. He is passionate about social and environmental justice and develops academic work that sheds light on problems in supply chains. Silva was appointed director of sustainability at the Asper School of Business effective July 1, 2024.

September 4, 2024 — 
Robert Biscontri, associate dean of undergraduate and international programs at the Asper School of Business, shares some exciting updates, including new and refreshed articulation agreements with post-secondary institutions across the province, more flexibility for Asper students choosing an academic minor, a new winter intake and a dedicated direct entry pathway for Northern Indigenous students.

August 1, 2024 — 
A little over a year before UM student Tinashe Mutamangira was preparing his Dragon’s Den Season 19 audition, he was preparing his business plan for the 2023 Stu Clark New Venture Championships.

June 25, 2024 — 
Beyond Profit: Seeking Sustainability, a short documentary film directed by Ridley, had its Winnipeg premiere on June 12, 2024. Featuring an introduction from the film’s executive producer, Bruno Dyck and a fireside chat moderated by Asper MBA alum, instructor and producer Rohan Shanker [MBA/23], the premiere welcomed community members, local business owners, students and faculty to connect over their passion for sustainable business.

June 17, 2024 — 
This National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Asper School of Business looks back on stories from 2023-24 that highlight First Nations, Inuit and Métis students and alumni, members of Indigenous Business Education Partners (IBEP).

June 5, 2024 — 
Last week, more than three years since that winter break, Connor Egan addressed a crowd of over 1,600 at the 2024 International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award (IDEA) Gala, the premier event of The Associates of the Asper School of Business, to announce that the Price Student-Managed Investment Fund (PSMIF) has raised over $3.5 million. Just one week later at Spring Convocation, Connor Egan will walk with his fellow Asper graduates in celebration of all they have accomplished during their unique BComm journeys.

May 30, 2024 — 
You might say that Asper BComm alum Kevin Chamagua [BComm(Hons)/18] runs a small business outside of his fulltime role as a Property and Casualty Specialist at Columbia Insurance, leveraging his Asper education in unique ways. He invests time, money and creative energy into this side gig; creating business plans, doing his own marketing, networking and managing a busy schedule for Marquesa, who is actually much more than a business.

May 28, 2024 — 
Manager of Business Development at New Media Manitoba and Asper alum Corinne Gusnoski [BComm(Hons)/18] spends her days doing everything from consulting with Ubisoft Winnipeg to learning new applications for virtual reality (VR) technology. Despite Gusnoski’s tech-oriented work, her background is in business. Day-to-day, she works with interactive digital media companies and leverages her business expertise to support their goals.