White hat brigade
Celebrating Dan Monieson
“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”
Better late than never
Frosh week chorus line
Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12
50s Snapshot
Due to postwar growth and financial assistance to veterans, the School experienced record enrolment, and professors were required to teach special sessions during the summer months to accommodate the large contingents.
Postwar growth
Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham
Dunning Hall opens on the corner of University Avenue and Union Street.
Dunning Hall opens
Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13
Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big
New technology supports BCom Plus
John Purkis, BCom'48, on the Class of '48
Smith School of Business Announcement
O. D. Skelton convinces Queen's alum Dr. W. C. Clark to join him in the Department of Political and Economic Science.
Department of Political and Economic Science grows
Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham
“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”
SimpleTax
Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88
“Its innovation, CNC Assembly – a flexible, high-speed assembly technology – was the subject of an episode of ‘How It’s Made’ on the Discovery Channel.”
Transformix, from humble beginnings to manufacturing success
Memories of the Thrifty 30s: John Welch, BCom'38
Opening of 'The Commons'
The 1920's were a period of growing pains for the newly formed School of Commerce and Administration.
BCom convocation hood is bordered with green silk
Prof. Frank Collom with School of Business secretaries
Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11
Commerce founder: Professor O.D. Skelton
CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07
Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18
Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15
The Donald Gordon Centre for Continuing Education opens.
The Donald Gordon Centre opens
“Helen Bronskill, BCom'48: The war was over, the world was our oyster, and everyone was going to be alright.”
Memories from a women in Commerce in the 40s
Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16
A new home for the School of Business
Inaugural QBET
90s Snapshot
Launch of the MBA program.
MBA program launches
“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”
Reigniting career passion
Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18
From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09
The School of Business officially becomes a separate faculty with its own Dean.
School gets its own dean
The computer lab opens
Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire
What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05
Goodes Challenge kicks-off
Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12
The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum, 1976
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum
“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”
Gold Business Winner
Early Nineties Memories from Commerce: Tracy Jenkin, BCom'94
Ice Storm '98
“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”
Helping busy people make a difference
30s Snapshot
Memories from the 70s
In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91
Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22
Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School
70s Snapshot
A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93
“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”
Mosaic
“His on-air talent combined with his business acumen eventually attracted the attention of producers for the Oprah Winfrey Network.”
Ready for his close-up
“Dave Wilson, BCom'64: I didn’t care much about getting into Berkeley, but I did care about marching at half time.”
Tricolour Award Winners
“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”
Amego Electric Vehicles
“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”
A seat at the table
Warner-Lambert pledges $1 million to the Commerce program
Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14
A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09
Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11
80s Snapshot
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum, 1949
Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19
25 years of ComSoc
Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy
Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18
Commerce's first home: 75 Union Street
“Commerce students were encouraged to vote in a referendum asking students to support the levying of an optional fee that would raise $1.2 million in support of the Goodes Hall building expansion.”
Commerce students support Goodes Hall building expansion
“I found that once I started thinking about how economic growth can transform societies, it was difficult to think of anything else.”
International changemaker
Message from Commerce Department Head W.A. Mackintosh
Memories from the 90s
Queen's Marketing Association's Resource Centre opens
John Abbot, BCom'72: My BCom made me a better artist
Frosh week changes
Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall
An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00
“A single course in Commerce by visiting professor Vladimir Popov inspired a lifelong fascination with Russian history and culture in Jeremy Estabrooks, BCom'98.”
A Russian detour
AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89
Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04
ICBC: five years of tradition
"Master Teacher" Bill Cannon
Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18
Favourite professors from the 40s
At the close of the decade, Senior Matriculation followed by four years of study were required in the Commerce program.
Four years of study is required
Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15
Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15
Frosh week cheer
COMMitment dinner 2005
Award winning teacher: Yolande Chan
Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07
Launch of the first business degree program in Canada – Queen’s three-year Bachelor of Commerce – the genesis of Smith School of Business.
First business degree program in Canada launches
Gerald Sutton's 40s snapshot
“Though it originally started as a fun side project, Derek Szeto, BCom'05, ran RedFlagDeals.com throughout his undergraduate degree and decided to pursue it full time after finishing school.”
Group buying power
Management simulation lab at work
“Forever glad that I was 'Feeling fine in '89' as a Commie.”
Pat Baldwin, BCom'89, remembers his days in Commerce.
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum, 1998
Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11
“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”
5Crowd Inc
MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10
‘Water Bowl’ of ‘38
Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93
60s Snapshot
437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17
Dr. W. A. Mackintosh succeeds Dr. Clark as the Director of the School of Commerce and Administration.
Dr. W. A. Mackintosh becomes Director of the School
#StillHaveMyFroshWeekTee: Peggy Steele, BCom'99
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.
Two new centres are established
“Inspired by his time working for his dad in real estate after graduation, Sam Battista, BCom'16, launched PropertySpark with two friends, including Matt Graves, BCom'18.”
PropertySpark
The class of 1948
Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06
Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18
Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91
Memories of the 50s
Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96
Case competition team to Dallas, TX
The Lawrence legacy
Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years
“Merv Daub, BCom'66: We were just in front of the more radical wave of the sixties. Guys were starting to grow their hair long. I wore a beard, which was unheard of in Commerce, and certainly unheard of on the football team.”
Memories of the 60s
Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18
Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty
Goodes Hall Expansion
Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20
Although the forties began with rising enrolment numbers, the war soon took its toll.
War took its toll
Between the years 1908 and 1914, the Department of Political and Economic Science at Queen's consisted of two men, Dr. O. D. Skelton and Dr. W. W. Swanson.
Banking courses launch
Neil Pasricha remembers The Commerce COMMrade
Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15
Inaugural ICBC
Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends
Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87
Parallel paths at Loblaw
First Chartered Accountant extension courses are offered, making Queen’s the exclusive provider of CA education in Ontario and elsewhere.
Chartered Accountant extension courses
70s recollections
“One of the highlights of Peter McConaghy's, BCom'07, work was seeing directly how the people of Tajikistan benefited from the bank’s microcredit activities.”
A year in Tajikistan
Queen’s Board of Trustees votes to create a separate School of Commerce and Business Administration.
A separate School of Commerce and Business Administration is created
Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79
RateHub on Dragon's Den
The Gist: making sports inclusive
“One of Gannon Jones', BCom'94, proudest accomplishments was SunChips' involvement in rebuilding the sustainable community of Greenburg, Kansas, after a devastating tornado in 2008.”
Working for the greater good
1984 crest painting
Remembering Bill Miklas
Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.
Goodes Hall opens
Memories of the 80s
On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.
Smith School of Business
Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18
Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07
The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82
ICBC 20 during Ice Storm '98
Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93
Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20
Time capsule dedication
Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02
“Bob Shoniker, MBA'70: Up to 1968, Commerce was part of Arts and Science. I was part of the group that created the Commerce Society.”
Creating the Commerce Society
A vintage summer
Mel Goodes and Warner-Lambert pledge $1 million to the School of Business
If you don’t succeed at ICBC, try try again!
“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”
Time Auction
Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92
Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17
Dean: Margot Northey
Business Graphics Centre opens: Michael Organ, BCom'88
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