Desautels undergraduates bring home podium finishes at prestigious Jeux du Commerce
Congratulations to Desautels BCom students for their outstanding performance at the Jeux du Commerce (JDC) 2023! Hosted by HEC Montreal on January 6-9, it brought together 1,100 participants from 14 universities, and is the largest student case competition in Eastern Canada.
Maya Azouri and Jonathan Azouri named to 2023 Forbes 30 under 30
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鈥�17) and Jonathan Azouri (BCom鈥�16) have recently partnered with Sports Illustrated to become CatchCorner by Sports Illustrated.
High profile Verizon executive Rima Qureshi maintains strong connection to Desautels
Rima Qureshi鈥檚 (BCom鈥�87, MBA鈥�96) career has taken her to Stockholm, Dallas and New York, but she retains strong connections to Montreal and 69热视频. 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.
2022 Cundill History Prize recognizes the work of Harvard鈥檚 Tiya Miles
Harvard鈥檚 Tiya Miles won the 2022 Cundill History Prize for her book All that she carried: The journey of Ashley鈥檚 sack, a Black family keepsake.聽 The prize was launched by Peter Cundill (BCom鈥�60) in 2008, and is administered by 69热视频. It awards $75,000 each year to a book that embodies historical scholarship, originality, literary quality and broad appeal.鈥疶he Cundill History Prize awards an additional $10,000 to two other award finalists.
CFE Honour Roll for GCPA Participant
Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) participant Megan Robertson (BCom'21, GCPA'22) has been named to the Honour Roll of the
Desautels management student named RSEQ rugby all-star
The R茅seau du Sport 脡tudiant du Quebec (RSEQ) named its rugby all-star teams for 2022, and Desautels鈥� Martin Laval was among the selections. Laval is a third-year management student, and was named to the Second Team All-Stars. He was one of seven 69热视频 players recognized for their play this season, and ranked ninth in the league in scoring, with 36 points in seven games. Congratulations, Martin!
Desautels team represents at Lazaridis International Case Conference聽Competition
Coached by Senior Faculty Lecturer Niels Billou, BCom students Marc Ransom, Amy Pag茅, Izabella Tyc and Hosseyn Al-Moussawi Wasserman traveled to Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, to compete at the Lazaridis International Case Conference Competition.
69热视频 Desautels undergraduate team wins ethics case competition
Congratulations to Karen Zhuang, Lara Landauro, Ma毛 Vernet, and Thanh Nguyen who won the $2500 first place prize in the 2022 Scotiabank Ethics in Action Case Competition (undergrad track) hosted by Dalhousie University. The team, coached by Dr.
FemTherapeutics applies AI to an unmet need in women鈥檚 health
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.
Montreal鈥檚 new professional women鈥檚 hockey team will feature Desautels alum Ann-Sophie Bettez
Montreal is getting a new team in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF), a professional women鈥檚 hockey league 鈥� and it will have Desautels representation. Ann-Sophie Bettez (BCom鈥�11) is a forward for the team, and was the 2011-12 CIS Player of the Year. The Montreal Force will be playing its home games across Quebec this year, and Montreal, Gatineau, Quebec City, Rimouski, Rivi猫re-du-Loup, Saint-Jerome, and Sept-Iles are all possible host cities.
69热视频 team wins honourable mention at EDI case writing competition
Congratulations to 2023 BCom Jaslie Denault and MBAs Alfonso Rodriguez Gomez, David Iacono and Kriti Pradhan, in collaboration with Faculty Lecturer Tatiana Gauvin, for their honourable me
C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence awarded to GCPA student
Daniel Powell (BCom'21, GCPA'22), student of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program, has been selected among his graduating class as this year鈥檚 recipient of the C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence.
BCom graduate recognized by PRME as Global Students Regional Leader in North America
Congratulations to Alice F茅lix da Silva (BCom鈥�22) on being recognized by Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), the United Nations' largest initiative to advance responsible management education in the world, for her outstanding contributions while representing 69热视频 Desautels as the 2021/22 PRME Global Students (PGS) Regional Leader in North America!
Montreal named top Canadian city for students
After naming 69热视频聽Canada鈥檚 top university聽earlier this month, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has ranked Montreal as the most desirable Canadian city to be a student, and one of the most soug
Forbes names Desautels鈥� 2022 Valedictorian one of top 11 purposeful women leaders positively impacting the world
Th茅adora Sauv茅 (BCom鈥�22) believes that the power of the Law can be a powerful tool in making peace. The 2022 Valedictorian has plans to study Law at 69热视频, and was recently named one of 11 purposeful women leaders who are positively impacting the world. Sauv茅 has taken on a leadership role with Million Peacemakers, a youth initiative that seeks to co-create a culture of peace.
