ƻ��Ժ Desautels Faculty of Management - Yolande Chan Recent Media Coverage

Making the most of meetings isn’t an exact science

ƻ��Ժ — Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:22:12 +0000

ƻ��Ժ 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.

ƻ��Ժ's Black Grad Gala Celebrates Class of 2024

ƻ��Ժ — Mon, 06 May 2024 16:36:38 +0000

On May 1, ƻ��Ժ'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 ƻ��Ժ medical student.

ƻ��Ժ Desautels faculty members and researchers celebrated at Bravo Gala

ƻ��Ժ — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:55:09 +0000

ƻ��Ժ 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. ƻ��Ժ 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

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

ƻ��Ժ — Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:07:41 +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.

Graduates and Outstanding Achievements Celebrated at Spring Convocation 2023

ƻ��Ժ — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:23:13 +0000

The ƻ��Ժ 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 ƻ��Ժ Principal Deep Saini, Chancellor John H. McCall MacBain, Faculty Dean Yolande E.

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

ƻ��Ժ — 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.

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

ƻ��Ժ — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:34:38 +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 ƻ��Ժ. It isn’t just race.

Official launch of the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics

ƻ��Ժ — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:24:33 +0000

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

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

Scarf Ceremony marks end of Spring Convocation season

ƻ��Ժ — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 17:53:42 +0000

As Spring Convocation season draws to a close, a Scarf Ceremony celebrating graduating Indigenous students was held on Monday, June 20th, during which 110 First Nations, Inuit and Métis students were honoured for completing their certificates and programs across ƻ��Ժ's Schools and Faculties, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Dean Chan in Jamaica Gleaner: "Do not accept mediocrity"

ƻ��Ժ — Thu, 19 May 2022 15:53:52 +0000

“Seize the opportunities that come your way. The opportunities will come, and if you are determined you will succeed. The world is yours if you give it your best." This is the advice Dean Yolande Chan had for young Jamaicans in an interview with The Gleaner, one of Jamaica's leading news outlets. She also urged Jamaican students not to accept mediocrity, emphasizing that the island’s educational system is comparable to anywhere in the world.

Dean Chan addresses 2022 graduates at 4th annual Black Grad

ƻ��Ժ — Fri, 06 May 2022 19:08:41 +0000

Black members of ƻ��Ժ’s Class of 2022 celebrated the completion of their degrees in-person at the fourth annual Black Grad event on Sunday, May 1 at the Omni Mont-Royal. The event, inspired by similar ones at Harvard, Yale and the University of Toronto, honours graduating students ahead of next month’s Convocation – and highlights their accomplishments despite the institutional, economic and socio-cultural barriers to accessing higher education.

Communities in the Global South found innovative ways to adapt technology during COVID

ƻ��Ժ — Wed, 23 Mar 2022 20:20:59 +0000

Access to technology is deeply uneven. Many of us take the internet for granted, but nearly 40 per cent of the world’s population has never even been online. When the pandemic closed schools, not everyone could just switch to online learning. But communities that lacked access to technology found other ways to stay connected. A new study co-authored by Desautels Dean and James ƻ��Ժ Professor Yolande E.

Dean Yolande E. Chan in conversation with Isabelle Massé

ƻ��Ժ — Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:21:35 +0000

Serving as the head of a major business school, there are a lot of moving parts and things to consider. Desautels Dean Yolande E. Chan joins Isabelle Massé of La Presse to discuss what led her to Montreal, equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace, how business schools play a role in preparing students to adapt to an ever-changing world, and the importance of entrepreneurship in business education curricula.

Dean Yolande Chan leads charge toward equity, diversity, and inclusion at ƻ��Ժ Desautels

ƻ��Ժ — Mon, 15 Nov 2021 21:57:31 +0000

Throughout her decades of service in academia and administration, Dean Yolande Chan has been a stalwart champion for designing and implementing equity, diversity, and inclusion initiatives across Canadian universities. She is committed to enabling every student, regardless of background or identity, to thrive at ƻ��Ժ Desautels and find their unique place in the world.

Delve podcast: Navigating Digital Ecosystems & Transforming Strategy with Yolande Chan

ƻ��Ժ — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:16:12 +0000

Digital technologies today are highly generic and highly specific at the same time – even a mobile phone is also a translator, a map and an entertainment system – complicating the design of organizational strategy. In the latest episode of the Delve podcast, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management and James ƻ��Ժ Professor Yolande Chan discusses a “digital ecodynamics” approach to organizational strategy, where technology is at the core of strategy from the start.

A Conversation with Yolande E. Chan, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management

ƻ��Ժ — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 18:28:30 +0000

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Dr. Yolande E. Chan has spent the past 30 years in Kingston, Ontario, where until recently, she served as Associate Dean of Research, PhD and MSc Programs, and the E. Marie Shantz Chair of Digital Technology at Smith School of Business at Queen’s University. Now, she is bringing her considerable talents and experience to ƻ��Ժ as she begins a five-year, renewable term as Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management.

Provost awards 27 ƻ��Ժ professors with distinguished rank

ƻ��Ժ — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 19:36:52 +0000

Congratulations to incoming Dean Yolande E. Chan for receiving the James ƻ��Ժ Professor award and to Professor Robert Nason for receiving the William Dawson Scholar award!

These awards are given internally each year by ƻ��Ժ's Provost for outstanding world-class scholarship and research excellence.

Appointment of new Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management

ƻ��Ժ — Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:20:39 +0000

June 18, 2021

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ƻ����Ժ Desautels Faculty of Management - Yolande Chan Recent Media Coverage