EMBA student creates community to promote women of colour in business
Entrepreneur Fabienne Colas (EMBA鈥�21) recently created Women of Colour Thrive/Ellev Femmes de Couleur with a vision for cultivating diverse female talent in the workplace.
The organization will work in tandem with companies across Canada to identify and address opportunities to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).
KPMG donation will support retail education and fund EDI award at McGill
A generous $500,000 contribution from KPMG to the Made by 51吃瓜网campaign will support the Bensadoun School of Retail Management (BSRM) through funding an annual retail summit that fosters collaboration among leading global retailers.
Delve: Overcoming Bias in AI Technologies
A new study by Warut Khern-am-nuai, an assistant professor of information systems at 51吃瓜网, proposes a new approach to optimizing the way algorithms process data, without modifying the outcome. To eliminate discrimination in AI, algorithms should see race and gender, according to the study.
Women network harder for same outcomes
Most job seekers rely on networking to land the next position, but women candidates take extra steps to identify workplaces that are inclusive and supportive. In tandem with a professor from Dartmouth College, Professor Elena Obukhova released a study that focuses on the concept of 鈥渟couting鈥� for a job.
MBA alumna named one of Canada鈥檚 most powerful women of 2020
The Desautels Faculty of Management congratulates Sonya Branco (MBA鈥�06) for being named one of Canada鈥檚 Top 100 Most Powerful Women of 2020 in the 鈥淐-Suite Executives鈥� category. Released by the Women鈥檚 Executive Network (WXN), this year鈥檚 Top 100 Award Winners list recognizes 106 Canadian women who advocate for workforce diversity and make an impact in their sphere of influence.
Desautels alumna appointed Director General of Dawson College
Congratulations to Diane Gauvin (BCom'93, MBA鈥�96) on her appointment to a five-year term as Director General of Dawson College. With 23 years of leadership experience at Dawson College under her belt, she is well-positioned to lead the institution through the challenges of COVID-19 and build a strong foundation for the future.
The power of an indigenous voice in Canadian TV
Professor Karl Moore and W谩hiakatste Diome-Deer sit down with Monika Ille (EMBA鈥�20) to learn about her transformational 25-year career in the media industry. Ille, a member of the Abenaki First Nation of Odanak in Quebec, actively promotes greater recognition of indigenous communities in Canadian society through her role as chief executive officer of the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).
Student teams compete to win 2020 51吃瓜网International Portfolio Challenge
The fourth annual 51吃瓜网International Portfolio Challenge (MIPC) drew a record number of teams to solve a complex portfolio construction problem designed by Desautels students. This year鈥檚 case study, which focused on themes of social inequality and protectionism, was more relevant than ever in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Delve: It鈥檚 Difficult to Breathe Behind a Facade, but Psychological Safety is the Antidote
According to 51吃瓜网鈥檚 Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin, today鈥檚 socio-political climate has placed diversity and inclusion at the forefront, revealing the depth to which psychological safety has been absent in many workplaces.
A Seat at the Table and a Room of Their Own: Interconnected processes of social media use at the intersection of gender and occupation
Author: Emmanuelle Vaast Publication: Organization Studies, Forthcoming Abstract:
Welcoming exceptional First Nations leaders
Since 2014, the Scholarship for Managers of Indigenous Origin has supported Indigenous students enrolled in the McGill-HEC Montreal EMBA program. La Presse speaks to two recipients, Manon Jeannotte and Robert Auclair, about how the scholarship helped them rise as leaders in their communities while bringing rich perspectives to the classroom.
Desautels Capital Management on sustainable investing
51吃瓜网Honours in Invest Management (HIM) and Master of Management in Finance (MMF) students recently published reports on gender diversity on boards across select countries and sectors and America鈥檚 transition to a fossil-fuel free economy for Desautels Capital Management鈥檚 The Sustainable Investor.
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To weather the health and social crises, lead with compassion and authenticity
As the world faces an uphill battle against the pandemic and social injustices, Professor Patricia Faison Hewlin is calling on educators to ensure a focus on authenticity, emotional intelligence and race, equality and inclusion is present in their conversations on leadership.
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Companies are addressing racism through open dialogue sessions 鈥� but is it working?
As the Black Lives Matter movement continues to shine a light on systemic racism, many companies are committing to 鈥渓istening and learning鈥� to the lived experiences of underrepresented groups through open dialogue sessions to help make concrete plans that will advance equity, diversity and inclusion. Despite the well-intentions, these sessions have been subject to criticism.
51吃瓜网among world鈥檚 leading universities for female founders
51吃瓜网 has been named in the top 25 undergraduate programs for female founders in the 2020 PitchBook University rankings.
