Asper School of Business News Archive
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Shona Grewar named Business Students’ Association President of the Year
March 21, 2019 —
Shona Grewar, 2018-19 president of the Asper Commerce Students’ Association (CSA), was recently awarded with the Business Students’ Association President of the Year award at the Roundtable Conference in Hamilton, Ontario.
Alumni
Dr. Hersh Shefrin: 2019 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient for Lifetime Achievement
March 11, 2019 —
Dr. Hersh Shefrin [BSc(Hons)/70] has built his career on behavioural finance—the understanding that people can be unpredictable, rash and foolish
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Asper Network of Empowered Women (ANEW) open to students from all faculties
March 7, 2019 —
ANEW’s mission is to create a community of support and encouragement for young women at the U of M.
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Asper students to represent Team Canada at 2019 Winter Universiade
March 1, 2019 —
Asper students Adam Henry and Nick Zajac will represent Team Canada at the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyrarsk, Russia. The pair have been selected to be on the Canada men’s hockey team and will compete in the tournament which takes place from March 2 to 12.
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Free public conference addressing climate change and northern transportation
March 1, 2019 —
Join us March 2. Seminar topics will include a report on climate change, building all-weather gravel roads in the Canadian Shield and cargo airships for the north
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How to leverage your social presence to pivot your career: Chris Nepomuceno [MBA/09]
February 19, 2019 —
In 2015, Chris Nepomuceno (MBA ’09) was given eight weeks to find a new job when his division at TD Bank Financial Group in Toronto was sold to another company. He felt like a failure and was at a point in his life where he wasn’t sure what his next career move should be, or what the end-goal was.
The Conversation: Out of the closet: Easing the backlash against same-sex couples in advertising
February 6, 2019 —
Gay-vague advertisements have proven popular with the LGBTQ community members while avoiding backlash from straight consumers. However, as society has become more accepting, mainstream brands started featuring same-sex couples in their advertisements
Students
Leadership in 2019
February 5, 2019 —
Suzanne Gagnon, Canada Life Chair in Leadership Education, shares her insight on how we should be approaching leadership in 2019
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Asper students finish first in two categories at ICBC
January 31, 2019 —
Two teams of students from the Asper School of Business recently competed at the finals of he Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) at Queen’s University from January 17-19
Can we effectively combine science and the humanities?
January 21, 2019 —
The Expanded Reason Awards celebrate and encourage innovation in transdisciplinary scientific research and academic programs that demonstrate how the sciences can be integrated with the humanities