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Bintou Keïta (MBA’26) recognized as 2026 Best & Brightest MBA

webfull — Tue, 05 May 2026 18:33:00 +0000

Bintou Keïta (MBA ’26) has been recognized as one of Poets & Quants’ 2026 Best & Brightest MBAs.

Originally from Bamako, Mali, Keïta joined �鶹��ý��վ’s Desautels Faculty of Management after working as a project manager in geotechnical engineering at WSP.

Published: 5 May 2026

�鶹��ý��վ Desautels faculty honoured at Bravo Gala 2026

webfull — Tue, 05 May 2026 18:29:51 +0000

�鶹��ý��վ's annual Bravo Gala takes place on Thursday, May 7, celebrating research excellence and recognizing faculty members and researchers who have received awards, memberships, and prizes over the past year. �鶹��ý��վ Desautels is proud to celebrate three distinguished faculty members among this year's honourees:

Yolande Chan, Dean and James �鶹��ý��վ Professor,
Information Systems - Fellow, Royal Society of Canada

Published: 5 May 2026

Macdonald Scholarship Reception

webfull — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:12:10 +0000

The most recent Macdonald Scholarship Reception was held with a shared sense of honour and pride on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. The occasion brought together members of the Macdonald community to celebrate both the excellence of its student awardees and the generosity of its donors, whose commitment continues to shape meaningful academic pathways.

Published: 5 May 2026

Experts: Gardening season

webfull — Tue, 05 May 2026 14:08:26 +0000

As temperatures rise, gardeners across Canada are beginning to dig their hands in the dirt in the hopes of growing something green. �鶹��ý��վ experts are available to provide comment on this year’s gardening season.

David Wees, Faculty Lecturer in the Department of Plant Science, can discuss the impacts of climate on garden plants, when to plant which crops, urban agriculture and food security.

david.wees [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

Published: 5 May 2026

Experts: Quebec digital health records pilot project

webfull — Tue, 05 May 2026 13:18:02 +0000

Santé Québec will launch a new system of digital health records (Le Dossiers santé numérique) on May 9 in the CIUSSS de la Mauricie-et-du-Centre-du-Québec and the CIUSSS du Nord-de-l'Île-de-Montréal.

�鶹��ý��վ experts are available to comment:

Published: 5 May 2026

Pearl Eliadis on a Generational Tobacco Ban in Canada | CBC Listen

webfull — Tue, 05 May 2026 11:06:10 +0000

April 28, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis joined CBC's Radio Noon Quebec to discuss whether Canada should follow the United Kingdom in banning tobacco sales to anyone born after 2008. Eliadis frames the question as a Canadian Charter analysis: a generational ban would clearly restrict liberty, but the legal test under section 1 is whether that restriction is a "reasonable limit ...

Published: 5 May 2026

Launch of Budget Banner Admin Pages | Lancement des pages administrations (Admin Pages) Budget de Banner

webfull — Mon, 04 May 2026 18:52:10 +0000

Dear FIS Banner users,

As part of the Banner Modernisation Program, we are continuing the transition from INB Forms to Banner Admin Pages and encourage you to begin using Admin Pages ahead of the full decommissioning of INB. Following the successful completion of the annual budget distribution exercise, we are launching Banner Admin pages for all Budget users.

What this means for you

Published: 4 May 2026

AI is changing how investment firms allocate work

webfull — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:03:47 +0000

As artificial intelligence becomes more embedded in investment management, Russ Goyenko, an associate professor of finance at �鶹��ý��վ’s Desautels Faculty of Management, says the technology is likely to reshape how firms allocate work.

AI is increasingly being used to support research, idea generation and portfolio analysis across the industry. Goyenko suggests one likely consequence will be less demand for analysts, as AI takes over time-intensive tasks such as reviewing reports and earnings calls.

Published: 4 May 2026

Spirit Airlines collapse signals wider pressure on air travel

webfull — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:01:47 +0000

Rising jet fuel costs linked to the conflict in the Middle East helped push already-struggling Spirit Airlines to collapse, Karl Moore, an associate professor at �鶹��ý��վ’s Desautels Faculty of Management, told CTV News.

Moore said the discount carrier had faced financial trouble, but the sharp increase in aviation fuel prices left little room to absorb further shocks. The fallout is likely to reach beyond one airline.

Published: 4 May 2026

Canada Strong Fund departs from traditional sovereign wealth models

webfull — Mon, 04 May 2026 17:00:02 +0000

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s proposed Canada Strong Fund is not easily comparable to sovereign wealth models in Norway or Singapore, says Sebastien Betermier, an Associate Professor of Finance at �鶹��ý��վ’s Desautels Faculty of Management.

Betermier says Norway’s fund is designed to invest resource revenues abroad and shield the domestic economy from oil price volatility, while Canada’s proposed fund appears focused on driving growth through domestic investment.

Published: 4 May 2026