�山ǿ�� News - Yolande E. Chan

Making the most of meetings isn’t an exact science

webfull — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:22:13 +0000

�山ǿ�� Desautels Dean Yolande Chan is an engineer by training, but when it comes to running meetings, she sees herself more like an orchestra conductor, listening carefully to ensure harmony and hopefully rise to a crescendo, writes columnist Harvey Schachter in The Globe and Mail. Meetings need agendas and objectives, but too much rigidity can be counterproductive. Participants need to carefully consider the circumstances before coming to decisions.

Published: 13 June 2024

�山ǿ��'s Black Grad Gala Celebrates Class of 2024

webfull — Mon, 06 May 2024 16:36:39 +0000

On May 1, �山ǿ��'s 6th annual Black Grad Gala, hosted by the Black Students’ Network, honoured the Class of 2024's Black graduates. Approximately 50 graduates from various faculties were celebrated on stage, each receiving Kente stoles in recognition of their achievements. Notable speakers included Associate Professor Momar Ndao and Black Grad Valedictorian Yasmine Elmi, a McCall MacBain Scholar in the Faculty of Science and incoming �山ǿ�� medical student.

Published: 6 May 2024

�山ǿ�� Desautels faculty members and researchers celebrated at Bravo Gala

webfull — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:55:10 +0000

�山ǿ�� hosted its annual Bravo Gala on Thursday, March 21, which honours its faculty members and researchers who have won special awards, memberships and prizes over the past year. �山ǿ�� Desautels is proud to announce 14 of its faculty amongst the distinguished honourees this year. Congratulations to our deserving laureates! Full list below.
#Bravo2024

· Geneviève Bassellier, Best AMCIS Emergent Research Forum Paper, Americas Conference on Information Systems

Published: 21 March 2024

Dean Yolande Chan Leads Global Higher Ed Transformation at 2024 EFMD Conference in Amsterdam

webfull — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:07:42 +0000

Dean Yolande Chan chaired the 2024 EFMD Conference for Deans and Directors General, that brought together nearly 500 leaders in higher education from across the globe to Amsterdam, Netherlands from February 6-7, 2024.

Published: 27 February 2024

Yolande E. Chan Professor in Information Systems winner of AIS LEO Award

webfull — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:44:01 +0000

Dean Yolande E. Chan has been chosen by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) as a 2023 recipient of the prestigious AIS LEO Award. The awards were announced at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) on December 11, 2023, held in Hyderabad, India.

Published: 20 December 2023

Graduates and Outstanding Achievements Celebrated at Spring Convocation 2023

webfull — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:23:13 +0000

The �山ǿ�� Desautels Faculty of Management proudly celebrated its Spring 2023 Convocation on Wednesday, May 31. The event served as a special recognition for the exceptional accomplishments of students who have successfully completed their degrees in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs during the academic year of Fall 2022 and Winter 2023. Addresses were made bt �山ǿ�� Principal Deep Saini, Chancellor John H. McCall MacBain, Faculty Dean Yolande E.

Published: 2 June 2023

The digital platform model of the gig economy can also create social good

webfull — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:00:35 +0000

Digital platforms like Uber and Airbnb bring buyers and sellers together and create gig economy opportunities that did not exist before them. But they have problems too, and have been criticized for exclusionary practices, digital surveillance, and other questionable policies. However, this type of platform also has the potential to create social value. The Platform Commons Foundation is an Indian non-profit that seeks to build these platforms to address global grand challenges, writes Desautels Dean Yolande E.

Published: 23 March 2023

Dean Yolande Chan seeks to foster inclusivity, to generate future successes

webfull — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:34:39 +0000

The Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management wants to give out keys to doors that were once locked. “The hope and dream is to create opportunities for others,” Yolande Chan told Bill Brownstein in an interview for the Montreal Gazette. “As a Black dean, I’m not about exclusion. I’m about inclusion. We want to be representative of the markets we serve as businesses. Diversity inclusion is a core, high strategic priority for this faculty, as well as throughout �山ǿ��. It isn’t just race.

Published: 14 February 2023

Official launch of the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics

webfull — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:24:34 +0000

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

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

Published: 23 November 2022

Dean Yolande E. Chan appointed to Advisory Panel

webfull — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:02:27 +0000

Congratulations to Dean and James �山ǿ�� Professor, Yolande E. Chan, who has been appointed to the Government of Canada’s Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System.

Published: 13 October 2022