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Laidley Centre Student Fund
The Laidley Centre for Business Ethics and Equity is pleased to announce the launch of the Laidley Centre Student Fund, an exciting opportunity for students to receive funding to organize or participate in ethics-related events and experiences. This initiative aims to encourage students to apply ethical principles in real-world settings, fostering critical thinking and enriching their academic journey. The fund prioritizes student-led initiatives such as panels, workshops, pitch competitions, and networking events that promote ethical discussions within the McGill community.
The winning team(s) will receive funding of up to $700 to organize and execute their event. The grant can be used for various event expenses, including catering, venue arrangements, speaker travel / logistics, promotional efforts, and more.
Eligibility / criteria
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Open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at McGill University.
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If applying to participate in an initiative, the student(s) must demonstrate how the activity will benefit their knowledge acquisition or professional development or enrich their classroom learning.
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The student must submit a proposal indicating: 1) a description of the activity, 2) an outline of what they and the other participants will learn and how they will benefit from the experience, and 3) an estimated budget.
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If applying to run an initiative, the student must submit a proposal including a detailed description of the event format, the selected theme relating to ethics, the suggested time / date, a breakdown of the budget, and a description of key competencies that each team member will bring (if applicable).
Past Student Fund Events
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McGill Model World Trade Organization Conference (2026)
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Templeton Business Ethics Case Competition (2026)
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Interfaculty Summit on Sustainability (2026)
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Ignite Conference (2025)
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Ethics of Innovation: Navigating Responsibility in AI-Driven Startups (2025)
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Ethics of Law & Policy: Navigating Regulation Responsibly (2025)
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Ethics of Fashion: Building Sustainable Supply Chains (2025)
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How MTL Does AI Right (2025)
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McGill InterVarsity 2025 (2025)
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Competition Law and its Impact on Consumer Protection (2025)
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Trailblazers: A Three-Stream Case Competition (2025)
Please note that the Laidley Centre must be acknowledged in all of your event/promotion. If you have any questions, please email laidleycentre [at] mcgill.ca (subject: Laidley%20Centre%20Student%20Fund) .
Other student-led activities:
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Ethics of Environmental Business: Navigating Decarbonization (2025)
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Ethical Interventions of the Private Sector in Development (2024)
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Pick Your Path (2024)
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Living organizational values through B Corporation Certification (2023)
Ethics Ambassadors
Each year, the Centre welcomes Ethics Ambassadors, who are student volunteers dedicated to promoting the LCBEE mission among their peers. Ambassadors advise the Centre on business-ethics-related matters that are important to students, initiate events that highlight issues of ethics in business and contribute to Laidley Centre Events.
Interested in becoming an Ethics Ambassador? Apply here.
The following students served as Ethics Ambassadors during the 2025-2026 academic year:
- Zara Berholz, BCom 2028
- Astoria Yen, BCom 2028
- Rohan Rastogi, MMF 2026
The following students served as Ethics Ambassadors during the 2024-2025 academic year:
- Alexandra Stanghellini, BA 2025
- Tasmia Abbas, BCom 2025
- Tamara Jurosevic, BCom 2025
- Zara Berholz, BCom 2029
- Madoc Sinclair, BCom 2028
- Astoria Yen, BCom 2029
The following students served as Ethics Ambassadors during the 2023-2024 academic year:
- Anna Schniepp, MBA 2024
- Julien Palummo, MMA 2024
- Alexandra Stanghellini, BA 2025
- Alejandra Diaz Correa, BCom 2024
- Karina Morales Romero, BA/BSc 2024
- Hannah Byrne, BA 2025
- Tasmia Abbas, BCom 2025
- Rosalie Devroye, BCom 2023
- Erwan McKame, BCom 2024
The following students served as Ethics Ambassadors during the 2022-2023 academic year:
- Grace Williams, BCom 2023
- Rosalie Devroye, BCom 2023
- Avneet Bhabra, BCom 2023
- Julien Palummo, MMA 2025
- Erwan McKame, BCom 2024
Desautels Strategic Initiative Research Ideation Contest
We were delighted to collaborate with The Analytics, Advanced Digital Technologies and AI Initiative (AAAI) at Desautels to sponsor the Business Ethics and Equity track of their Research Ideation Contest for the Winter 2025 semester.
The AAAI Initiative aims to inspire Desautels PhD students to develop creative new research ideas in their field, broadly linked to themes of analytics, advanced digital technologies, and artificial Intelligence. The new research ideas should explore how these disruptive technologies could change either the nature of business and management or the objectives and methods of research in their field.
Congratulations to Levi Olando, whose proposal, "Deconstructing Misconduct: How the Work Situations We Navigate Make Bad or Good Apples of Us," won the Business Ethics and Equity track and the accompanying $500 prize.
Laidley Centre Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Academic Integrity
This award was established in 2023 to recognize two undergraduate students who demonstrated exemplary integrity in their academic pursuits and achievements. Recipients received a $1,000 award and served as academic integrity ambassadors during the following academic year.
Elijah Maubert and John Meeks held the ambassadorship for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Daniel Barr and Veronia Rasem held the ambassadorship for the 2024-2025 academic year.
