/dobson/taxonomy/term/5/all en /dobson/channels/event/csso-speaker-series-amir-goldberg-367828 Amir Goldberg Professor Of Organizational Behavior and (by courtesy) Sociology<br /> Stanford Graduate School of Business<br />   The Managerialization of Everyday Life From 1950 to the Present Wed, 17 Sep 2025 19:39:15 +0000 admin 148216 at /dobson /dobson/channels/news/kate-arthur-shares-insights-literacy-age-ai-unesco-keynote-367825 <p>What does it mean to literate in the age of artificial intelligence? According to<strong> Kate Arthur</strong> (EMBA 2021) , literacy is about more than knowing how to read or write, it’s about having the tools to understand the world around us and our active role in shaping it. Arthur’s own sense of literacy was upended when she was introduced to language of computing. Now an adviser at the Montreal AI Ethics Institute, Arthur has been exploring traditional, computing and AI literacies since the early 2000s.</p> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:36:14 +0000 admin 148215 at /dobson /dobson/channels/news/customer-service-chatbots-are-everywhere-people-prefer-human-agents-deal-some-issues-367824 <p>The use of customer service chatbots has grown rapidly. Maybe a little too rapidly, according to <a href="/desautels/vivek-astvansh"><strong>Vivek Astvansh</strong></a>, an Associate Professor of Quantitative Marketing and Analytics at 51�Թ���Desautels. The worldwide chatbot market has expanded from US$370 million in 2017 to US$2.2 billion last year, but customers are not always satisfied with the service they provide. “When shoppers want sensitive or precise information, they seek human agents, not chatbots,”says Astvansh.</p> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 18:32:26 +0000 admin 148214 at /dobson /dobson/channels/event/experiential-learning-mcgill-desautels-online-info-session-367814 <p>Join us for an online info-session on Friday, September 26 to learn more about Experiential Learning at Desautels.</p> Wed, 17 Sep 2025 14:59:07 +0000 admin 148213 at /dobson /dobson/channels/event/mcgill-institute-marketing-mim-seminar-dr-brent-mcferran-367791 Dr. Brent McFerran <p>Simon Fraser University</p> <p><b>Limiting Accessibility: How Targeting Consumers with Disabilities Constrains Acceptable Prices for Innovations </b></p> Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:05:59 +0000 admin 148212 at /dobson /dobson/channels/event/phd-online-information-session-tuesday-october-28-2025-367783 <p>Join us for an online information session to learn more about doctoral studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management, 51�Թ���.</p> <p><strong>Date:</strong> Tuesday, October 28, 2025</p> Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:45:47 +0000 admin 148211 at /dobson /dobson/channels/event/remembering-resilience-embodying-queer-legacies-uncertain-times-367620 <p>As the world spirals into increasing authoritarian, social collapse, and moral panic over queer and trans existence, it is more important than ever that queer communities draw from our revolutionary past to shape a more hopeful future.</p> Thu, 11 Sep 2025 19:26:33 +0000 admin 148210 at /dobson /dobson/channels/news/independent-fashion-designers-likely-lose-out-ssense-bankruptcy-367530 <p>In a bankruptcy filing in late August, the Montreal-based luxury retailer SSENSE cited a liquidity crisis brought on partly by the unpredictable tariff regime in the United States. At the time of the filing, some independent designers who work with the company said they were owed tens of thousands of dollars, but hadn’t been paid in months. 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