Six Canadian business schools have made the Financial Times’ annual global ranking of executive education programs that cater to companies and individuals, reported The Globe and Mail May 16. . . . In the open enrolment category, Rotman tied for 20th spot, followed by Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont.; Queen’s School of Business in Kingston (28); 91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business in Toronto (39); Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia (49) in Vancouver; and the University of Alberta’s School of Business in Edmonton (66). .
For Lorna Wright, the Export Development Canada professor of international business at 91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business, the problem with Team Canada missions had more to do with a lack of follow up. “This was one of the problems with the old Team Canada missions. . . . A lot of the companies that went out kicked tires, looked like there were some things happening – once they got back to Canada, forgot about it,” she said in iPolitics May 15. .
Wal-Mart executives “will use their deep pockets and low-cost structure to outlast the competition until somebody else blinks,” said Jim Danahy, program director of the Centre of Excellence for Retail Leadership at 91ɫ’s Schulich School of Business, in The Globe and Mail May 15. .
Many of the top players on NHL Central Scouting’s final list of North American and international prospects eligible for the 2014 NHL Draft will be front and centre when the NHL Scouting Combine takes centre stage later this month in Toronto, reported OurSports Central May 15. . . . The medical examinations of each player will take place May 30 and the fitness portion, headed by Norman Gledhill and his 91ɫ Fitness staff in Toronto, will be held May 31 at Toronto International Centre. .
There has also been talk from both sides of Hwy. 7 – Markham and Richmond Hill – about locating 91ɫ’s new 91ɫ Region campus in the Langstaff area, reported the Markham Economist & Sun May 15. .
The 43-year-old director of marketing for Muskoka Woods camp is disappointed that Whitchurch-Stouffville councillors keep deferring issues to the new regime. He also said it was very shortsighted of council to not even sit down with representatives of 91ɫ to discuss the potential of locating a satellite campus here, reported the Stouffville Sun-Tribune May 15. .
Two-year-old Odin Collins, son of a 91ɫ ESL teacher, provided the inspiration for a balloon launch yesterday at St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital which also launched a $13-million campaign for hospital expansion, reported the St. Thomas Times-Journal May 14. .