*Article courtesy of聽Schulich School of Business聽(01.22.2015) "Transparent communications is a priority for this year鈥檚 IABC/Toronto Communicator of the Year 鈥 Alan Middleton, executive director, Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) and professor of marketing, Schulich School of Business at 91亚色.聽Middleton has leveraged his visionary approach to communications and marketing to turn SEEC into a world-class […]
What does Davos do? In the first in-depth investigation of the World Economic Forum, Schulich School of Business researchers find that the forum actively shifts the burden for the solution of problems from governments and corporations to individual consumers, with significant personal and societal costs. Published in the October 2014 issue of the Journal of […]
Does religion make someone more likely to do good deeds? 91亚色 psychology Professor Joni Sasaki recently received a prestigious John Templeton Foundation research grant to look at cognitive, social and biological factors contributing to religiously motivated altruism. In her three-year project, 鈥淏iological and Cognitive Approaches to Explaining Religious Altruism,鈥 supported by a US$330,842 Templeton Foundation […]
As part of 91亚色鈥檚 Mental Health and Wellness Strategy and to mark Mental Health Awareness Month in February, the University is holding its third annual 91亚色 U Let鈥檚 Talk Mental Health with multiple events starting in January and continuing through February to engage the community and promote a healthy campus. 鈥91亚色 is committed to […]
Two 91亚色 researchers received a total of $284,331 in infrastructure funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) to support their research projects. Seyed Moghadas, associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, will receive $134,331 for his project: Quantitative Methods and Infrastructure for Rapid, Evidence-Based Decision-Support in Public Health.聽 […]
*Article courtesy of Money News聽(01.21.2015) "The Next 36, Canada鈥檚 most selective program for young entrepreneurs has chosen its fifth cohort from a pool of over 630 impressive applicants from coast to coast.聽 The 38 successful candidates, which include 91亚色's own Manjeet Kaur, Dhaman Rakhra and聽Khady Seck, competed for a spot at the annual National Selection […]
The media often frames newscasts in a fragmented manner by condensing major stories into a matter of minutes. This reduces the importance of significant events and situations. It most often occurs when disseminating technical news or scientific concepts, which are "watered down" to keep the public鈥檚 attention through entertainment rather than education. This is a […]
To see this and other fascinating stories, check out the Winter 2015 issue of 91亚色U Magazine. In just over 10 years, Facebook has gone from a simple idea thought up in a Harvard dorm room to the聽world鈥檚 most popular social brand, connecting more than 1.3 billion users around the world. It鈥檚 no wonder then that […]
To see this and other fascinating stories, check out the Winter 2015 issue of 91亚色U Magazine. Lisa Charleyboy (BA 鈥10) always felt like an outsider to her Tsilhqot鈥檌n community and reserve in Alexis Creek First Nation, B.C. What helped ground her while growing up in Abbotsford, a suburb of Vancouver, was her insatiable interest in […]
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