For Jim West (BA’79) and Justin West (BCom’04), the music industry is a family affair. From a young age, Justin accompanied his father to industry conferences, and during his teenage years, he spent the summers working for his father’s record label: Justin Time Records. The younger West graduated from Desautels with a degree in accounting, but ultimately followed in his father’s footsteps. In 2006, he launched a label called Secret City Records.

Classified as: BCom Alumni, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Published on: 1 Mar 2023

On Friday, February 3, the Desautels Faculty of Management hosted the 43rd edition of the Desautels Management Achievement Awards, a student-run initiative which brings the global Desautels community together to celebrate the achievements of industry leaders who have demonstrated a career of great achievement and commitment of responsible business.

Classified as: alumni, Desautels Management Achievement Awards (DMAA), BCom Alumni, IMHL Alumni, International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), joanne liu
Published on: 17 Feb 2023

Marcel Desautels, LLD’07 (CM, O Ont, OM) generously donated both his resources and his time to furthering business education at McGill. The business leader and philanthropist passed away on January 31 at the age of 88. Desautels invested over $38 million in students, programs, research and facilities at the Desautels Faculty of Management. “Marcel was deeply passionate about inspiring others to give and get involved,” says Dean Yolande Chan. “And because he believed in us, so many others did too.

Classified as: Marcel Desautels, Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board, Support Desautels, alumni
Published on: 10 Feb 2023

Finding available ice time or sports fields to book can be a challenge, but CatchCorner aims to change that. The app, which has been compared to OpenTable for sports facilities by Forbes, allows users to find and reserve fields and facilities that meet their needs. Co-Founders Maya Azouri (BCom’17) and Jonathan Azouri (BCom’16) have recently partnered with Sports Illustrated to become CatchCorner by Sports Illustrated.

Classified as: BCom Alumni, alumni
Published on: 6 Jan 2023

Rima Qureshi’s (BCom’87, MBA’96) career has taken her to Stockholm, Dallas and New York, but she retains strong connections to Montreal and McGill. Now the Executive Vice President and Strategy Officer at Verizon in New York, Qureshi began her career with Ericsson, and helped the company integrate thousands of new employees when it acquired parts of Nortel. Qureshi returns regularly to Montreal to spend time with family and mentors MBA students at Desautels.

Classified as: Rima Qureshi, Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board, alumni, BCom Alumni
Published on: 6 Jan 2023

Positive storytelling can encourage consumers to make better, more eco-conscious choices. That’s the vision the Stephanie Beaulieu (MBA’22) shared with Karl Moore in an article for Forbes.com. Beaulieu founded the eco-fashion company Ecova to make change in the fashion industry.

Classified as: Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA Alumni, Karl Moore, Strategy and Organization (C), Sustainability
Published on: 21 Dec 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic was incredibly costly, for the health of the population and the economy. But the next infectious disease pandemic could be even worse. Politicians can choose to prevent it, but they need to take action now, argues Dr. Joanne Liu (MDCM'91, IMHL'14, DSc'16) in Scientific American.  For this to happen, there needs to be a leader-level council that identifies gaps in preparedness, mobilizes finances where they are needed, and holds its stakeholders accountable.

Classified as: IMHL Alumni, International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL)
Published on: 6 Dec 2022

Harvard’s Tiya Miles won the 2022 Cundill History Prize for her book All that she carried: The journey of Ashley’s sack, a Black family keepsake.  The prize was launched by Peter Cundill (BCom’60) in 2008, and is administered by McGill. It awards $75,000 each year to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal. The Cundill History Prize awards an additional $10,000 to two other award finalists.

Classified as: BCom Alumni
Published on: 6 Dec 2022

Congratulations to Taryn Welikovitch (BSc’16, GDip Accounting’18, GCPA'19) on receiving the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting Teaching Award for Guest Lecturers.

This award recognizes excellence in teaching by guest GCPA lecturers. Excellent teaching can be demonstrated through a well-designed course, engaging in-class activities and materials, use of innovative teaching strategies, and a commitment to improving one's courses through feedback.

Classified as: GCPA Alumni, Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA)
Published on: 2 Dec 2022

People get in to policing to fight crime, but most calls to police are not about crimes at all, said Fady Dagher (EMBA’12) in an interview with CBC. Officers regularly respond to calls that involve people experiencing mental health crises, or people with disabilities. The new Chief of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) wants his officers to better understand what it is like to be on the other side of these calls. 

Classified as: McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA), EMBA Alumni
Published on: 2 Dec 2022

Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) participant Megan Robertson (BCom'21, GCPA'22) has been named to the Honour Roll of the

Classified as: Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA), BCom Alumni
Published on: 30 Nov 2022

In 2018, when the Fetherstonhaugh family envisioned an award to recognize and reward teaching excellence, they hoped for great teachers and at the Desautels Faculty of Management extraordinary teachers emerged. As the recipient of the 2022 Fetherstonhaugh Family Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award for Undergraduate Programs, Prof. of Practice Sujata Madan engages with students in a way that promotes and accelerates their classroom and lifelong learning.

Classified as: alumni, Sujata Madan, Support Desautels, Brian Fetherstonhaugh, Robert Fetherstonhaugh, Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board, Amanda Abrams, Jiro Kondo
Published on: 29 Nov 2022

On November 14, the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics hosted students, faculty, staff, donors, alumni and friends of McGill Desautels for the official launch of the Centre.

The Laidley Centre for Business Ethics will serve as a hub for McGill researchers across disciplines, from law and religion to economics and engineering, to work toward solutions for the most pressing ethical issues of our time.

Classified as: Laidley Centre for Business Ethics, David Laidley, Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board, Yolande E. Chan, Sustainability, Katrin Tinn, Franca Ciambella
Published on: 23 Nov 2022

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) introduced a new business model for charitable giving. “We were the first ones to create the regular donation model," said Dr. Joanne Liu (MDCM'91, IMHL'14, DSc'16), an emergency physician, a professor at the School of Population and Global Health at McGill University, and the 13th President of MSF (2013-2019). “One of our first fundraising campaigns was 1 euro per day,” Liu said in an interview with Prof. Karl Moore for Forbes.com. “And another big innovation was the no opt-out approach.

Classified as: joanne liu, International Masters for Health Leadership (IMHL), IMHL Alumni, Karl Moore, Strategy and Organization (C)
Published on: 14 Nov 2022

Vaginal prosthetics known as pessaries are a critical tool for the maintenance of pelvic health in women. They are used as a first-line treatment for pelvic organ prolapse, a common condition that occurs when the muscles of the pelvis weaken, causing organs to drop into the vagina. But these devices are badly in need of an upgrade. Their failure rate is high, and the designs have changed little in the last 70 years.

Classified as: Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), BCom Alumni, McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship, mcgill dobson cup, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
Published on: 4 Oct 2022

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