Asper MBA News Archive
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Congratulations Asper grads!
June 6, 2023 —
The Asper School of Business celebrates the Class of 2023 during convocation season!
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MBA grad champions inclusion and strives to create more opportunities for women
May 29, 2023 —
In the Asper MBA, Jamie Theroux engaged in conversations with colleagues and with innovative course content on sustainability, accessibility and reconciliation. As she pursues entrepreneurship after graduation, her goals remain to amplify perspectives, remove barriers and create more opportunities and inclusive communities.
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Indigenous women empowering each other through traditional birth support
May 10, 2023 —
Kathleen BlueSky’s [MBA/15] role as co-founder and board chair of Wiijii’idiwag Ikwewag began during her time in the Asper MBA program, in a confluence of hard truths and tenderness.
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Case season wraps up at Asper with collaboration, community and experiential learning excellence
May 1, 2023 —
In the last three months, the Asper case community has been busy with a diverse array of competitions, generating invaluable experiential learning opportunities and community engagement.
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Meet the MBA alum excelling in sports marketing
April 10, 2023 —
“You can get something across—creating emotion or a sense of pride—with very few words.” Emily Sanders [BComm(Hons)/12, MBA/20], Director of Marketing Services at True North Sports + Entertainment, describes the commercial that confirmed her interest in sports marketing.
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Case Competition Wrap-up – January 2023
February 17, 2023 —
This January, Asper teams competed in seven business competitions across North America and placed in five.
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Asper alum advances Western Canada’s largest winter festival
February 12, 2023 —
“Is the impact worth the investment?” Darrel Nadeau [BComm(Hons)07/MBA13], Executive Director of Festival du Voyageur and I. H. Asper School of Business MBA alum, discusses the metrics for success in non-profit work and the challenges of this sector. During his time in the Asper Master of Business Administration program, Nadeau recalls a guest speaker identifying the benefits of working in the non-profit sector. “She said the best thing I could have done for my career is start it in the non-profit sector. You’ll never work harder and smarter than in the non-profit sector.”
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From Kyiv to Winnipeg
February 10, 2023 —
Relocating from Kyiv to Winnipeg in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Shykota found a new home this year with the James A. Richardson Family Office with help from a few Asper School of Business faculty members.
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International Honour for Case Coach Judy Jayasuriya
February 7, 2023 —
Judy Jayasuriya, Lead of Experiential Learning at the Asper School of Business, received the J. Pierre Brunet Coach Award at the 2023 John Molson MBA International Case Competition.
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Family enterprise case competition a milestone win for Asper
January 23, 2023 —
The I. H. Asper School of Business is celebrating an exciting milestone with our first international graduate case competition victory