ACCEPTER le vélo : Findings and perspectives from two years of research

Published: 5 November 2025

The ACCEPTER le vélo conference brought together researchers and policymakers to discuss the evolving landscape of cycling in Montreal and beyond. The first panel highlighted major progress in...

Caisse de depot’s stake in UK nuclear project is a model to emulate

Published: 7 August 2025

The Caisse de dépot et placement du Québec is taking a 20% stake in the Sizewell C nuclear power station in Suffolk, England. It is the UK’s first new nuclear power plant since the 1990s, and...

When AI is used to set wages, it sets them higher than humans would

Published: 9 October 2025

When AI sets wages, it pushes them higher, according to recent research by Maxime Cohen, a Professor of Retail and Operations Management at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. Cohen...

President Trump’s unpredictable behavior is cooling business investment

Published: 4 November 2025

When the province of Ontario ran an anti-tariff advertisement that featured voice-over from a 1987 speech by US President Ronald Reagan, it hit a little too close to home for current President...

Workshop on tackling food waste facilitates cross-sector collaboration

Published: 4 August 2025

On June 3, the McGill Sustainable Growth Initiative partnered with the Chinese University of Hong Kong to deliver a workshop called ‘Tackling Food Waste’. Professor Javad Nasiry spoke at the event,...

Despite rapid rise of AI chatbots in customer service, customers prefer human agents

Published: 29 August 2025

If it feels like customer service chatbots are everywhere, it’s because they are. The worldwide chatbot market has grown from US$370 million in 2017 to about US$2.2 billion in 2024. But customers...

Insights from the Reshaping the Future of Retail Conference

Published: 7 October 2025

Meghan Markowski (MMR'25) captures key takeaways from this year's Reshaping the Future of Retail Conference, which brought together over 250 retail leaders, academics, and students at Montreal’s...

European Union is in the early stages of regulating AI’s use of sensitive data

Published: 23 October 2025

Artificial intelligence is still an emerging technology, and we are only in the early stages of its regulation. The European Union is at the forefront of the technology’s regulation, says Simon...

2025 McGill-FIAM Asset Management Hackathon pushes students to build AI-powered portfolio 

Published: 18 November 2025

Large language models are changing the way we do business - or at least that’s what the companies that make AI tools will tell you. In practice, many companies know that AI tools are very powerful...

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