In order for Ford to have violated the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act, the money involved has to be enough that it can “reasonably be regarded as likely to influence the member,” according to James Morton, an Osgoode Hall Law School professor at 91ɫ and past president of the Ontario Bar Association. “When you look at this man and you look at the kind of money he deals with in business, things like that, I would say probably the dollar amount is immaterial,” Metro News reported Morton as saying Sept. 6. "I just don't think at the end of the day that he'll be removed from office," Morton said. .
This fall, Ben Burkholder will become one of the first graduate business students in the world to specialize in mining. Entering the second year of his MBA at 91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business, Burkholder will be part of the first class of students to participate in the school's new and one-of-a-kind specialization in global mining management, reported the Toronto Star Sept. 6. "This specialty fits in with a sector I'm familiar with and interested in, and one that offers a lot of career opportunities," says Burkholder. .
91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business is similarly blazing trails. This year, they are launching the country's first master of science program in business analytics - the practice of acutely analyzing stats to predict outcomes of business decisions, as made famous by the Oscar-nominated film Moneyball, reported the Toronto Star Sept. 6. .
Trevor Farrow, a legal ethics expert at 91ɫ's Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, said the conflict-of-interest rules were designed to allow for human mistakes while ``setting a fairly high standard to protect an important institution, which is our municipal government structure,” reported the Hamilton Spectator, the Guelph Mercury, Herald News and others Sept. 5. ``It'll be key what evidence is given at that hearing in terms of what the mayor knew or should have known, in terms of this notion of inadvertence, ignorance or an error in judgment,'' he said. .
By the scrap metal dump at the end of Federal Road in Iqaluit, you can see two different shades of green in the stream of water known as Airport Creek — there’s a natural green from algae and a glistening green chemical trying to separate itself from the water. This dismal view drew researcher Chris Luszczek, a graduate student at 91ɫ, to study the area six years ago with the help of the Nunavut Research Institute, reported the NunatsiaqOnline Sept. 6. His study found the scrap metal dump continues to release harmful chemicals into Airport Creek. .
"The best recourse she had for vindication has pretty much been taken away," said Alan Young, a lawyer and professor at 91ɫ's Osgoode Hall Law School, as reported in a Canadian Press story online Sept. 6. .
There's at least one Canadian connection that I know of on the Voyager missions. , a professor of atmospheric science at 91ɫ, in Toronto, studies planetary atmospheres and worked on the Voyager Ultraviolet Spectrometer team. The UVS collected atmospheric data as Voyager 1 flew by Jupiter and Saturn, giving Dr. McConnell and his colleagues a glimpse at the dynamics and chemical interactions in the upper atmospheres of these planetary giants, writes Yahoo! News’ Daily Brew. Sept. 5. .
Both his reading of the literature and consulting experiences have convinced Ronald Burke, professor of organizational studies at 91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business, that women are less likely than men to put themselves forward for promotion if not fully convinced they are ready, The Globe & Mail reported Sept. 6. .
As more than a million university and college students resume their studies, institutions of higher learning face an unprecedented challenge. Not a lack of money, as might be supposed, but their own creation: the Internet, says 91ɫ political science Professor Thomas Klassen in an Ottawa Citizen opinion piece Sept. 5. .
The retail rush is due to the strength of the Canadian dollar, says Alan Middleton, professor of marketing at the Schulich School of Business at 91ɫ, in a Toronto Star article about American stores invading Ontario’s shores and the possibility it could dampen cross-border shopping enthusiasm Sept. 6. .
This is the second year in a row that Michelle Ng, 23, has won the Peter Gilgan Leadership Award. She is attending 91ɫ this fall, working towards a Bachelor of Health Studies, reported Inside Halton Sept. 6. .
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