Graduate Students

SSHRC Insight Development Grant awarded to Prof. Wang

webfull — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 20:09:06 +0000

Prof. Skyler Wang has been awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for his research on the growing integration of AI into dating apps.

Congratulations to Christopher Dietzel (Concordia), Stefanie Duguay (Concordia), David Myles (INRS) and Prof. Wang on receiving funding for this project.

Money lessons from Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens still ring true today

webfull — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:48:09 +0000

Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens is a riches to rags story. Its wealthy title character squanders his money on opportunistic ‘friends’ and grows jaded with the world.

Nine ��ɫֱ��ians appointed to the Order of Canada

webfull — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 19:10:48 +0000

Neuroscientist Alan Evans and music performance scholar Michael McMahon among ��ɫֱ�� community members recognized for exceptional accomplishments and service

Nine members of the ��ɫֱ�� community have been appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours.

Among the honorees are two ��ɫֱ�� faculty members, Professors Alan Evans (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) and Michael McMahon (Schulich School of Music).

Benoit Gentil Receives Commercialization Priming Award for RNA Research

webfull — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 13:09:13 +0000

The DNA to RNA Initiative (D2R) at ��ɫֱ�� has awarded $400,000 to four projects that aim to bring RNA-based innovations closer to clinical and commercial reality, including vaccines and therapies for rare and infectious diseases.

Food Sorting with Mission Bon Accueil

webfull — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:49:02 +0000

Food Sorting with Mission Bon Accueil

webfull — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:49:01 +0000

Food Sorting with Mission Bon Accueil

webfull — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:49:01 +0000

Food Sorting with Mission Bon Accueil

webfull — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:49:00 +0000

Climate Fresk Workshop

webfull — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:26:41 +0000

Turn Climate Science Into Action – Join the Climate Fresk Workshop!

In collaboration with the Desautels Faculty of Management and the Sustainable Growth Initiative

"Accelerate your Academic Job Search Seminar" Info Session

webfull — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:07:28 +0000

Accelerate Your Academic Job Search Seminar Info session

webfull — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:07:27 +0000

Accelerate your Academic Job Search Seminar

webfull — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 04:07:27 +0000

Desautels to launch new Master of Management of Finance program in Luxembourg

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:40:45 +0000

��ɫֱ�� Desautels is partnering with the Chamber of Commerce of Luxembourg on a new Master of Management in Finance. The program will launch in 2026, and will have a blended format that combines online learning and in-person sessions on weekends or evenings. The new degree will be delivered over 20 or 24 months in Luxembourg, a major European financial centre.

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Concrete policy steps could address issues with Canada’s pension system

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:39:36 +0000

A well-designed pension system brings enormous social and economic values to its members and to society as a whole. Unfortunately, Canada’s doesn’t stand out. A 2024 report from Mercer ranks it just 18 out of 48 countries. In thefutureeconomy.ca, Prof. Sebastien Betermier proposes three measures that could help improve it by:

· Ensuring there are stronger guardrails to keep pension funds operationally independent

Complicated crypto products recall derivatives at the centre of the global financial crisis

webfull — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 18:37:40 +0000

Cryptocurrencies are volatile, risky and lack transparency. For banks and investors alike, that’s risky. “Some like to think ‘this time it’s different’,” Prof Patrick Augustin told PaperJam.lu. But for Augustin, crypto today recalls Lehman Brothers, the financial services firm whose collapse set the global financial crisis in motion in 2008. The similarities are striking. Like today’s crypto markets, Lehman Brothers complicated investment products that many buyers and sellers didn’t fully understand.