Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11
Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92
Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07
Frosh week changes
Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends
Case competition team to Dallas, TX
Mel Goodes and Warner-Lambert pledge $1 million to the School of Business
Memories of the Thrifty 30s: John Welch, BCom'38
‘Water Bowl’ of ‘38
Goodes Challenge kicks-off
Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15
“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
“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
ICBC 20 during Ice Storm '98
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
“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
A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09
Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham
Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19
A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93
The computer lab opens
Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20
Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty
Remembering Bill Miklas
From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09
Frosh week cheer
Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy
The Gist: making sports inclusive
The class of 1948
The Lawrence legacy
Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall
Management simulation lab at work
Favourite professors from the 40s
Commerce founder: Professor O.D. Skelton
Going global
“Forever glad that I was 'Feeling fine in '89' as a Commie.”
Pat Baldwin, BCom'89, remembers his days in Commerce.
70s Snapshot
Award winning teacher: Yolande Chan
“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
First Chartered Accountant extension courses are offered, making Queen’s the exclusive provider of CA education in Ontario and elsewhere.
Chartered Accountant extension courses
Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire
The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99
Gerald Sutton's 40s snapshot
“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
“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
Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14
Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17
Commerce's first home: 75 Union Street
What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05
John Abbot, BCom'72: My BCom made me a better artist
25 years of ComSoc
Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15
Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18
A new home for the School of Business
Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88
The Donald Gordon Centre for Continuing Education opens.
The Donald Gordon Centre opens
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
Launch of the MBA program.
MBA program launches
“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”
Mosaic
“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”
Reigniting career passion
“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
Ice Storm '98
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
Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18
An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00
RateHub on Dragon's Den
Goodes Hall Expansion
Memories of the 50s
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
Dean: Margot Northey
“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”
5Crowd Inc
Memories from the 90s
AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89
Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07
Time capsule dedication
“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
Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11
COMMitment dinner 2005
Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School
Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91
Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18
“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”
Better late than never
Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18
Memories from the 70s
Celebrating Dan Monieson
Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15
Frosh week chorus line
John Purkis, BCom'48, on the Class of '48
In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91
Although the forties began with rising enrolment numbers, the war soon took its toll.
War took its toll
Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04
“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”
SimpleTax
Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18
“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
“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”
A seat at the table
Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13
Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18
The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82
Warner-Lambert pledges $1 million to the Commerce program
Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20
60s Snapshot
Early Nineties Memories from Commerce: Tracy Jenkin, BCom'94
Neil Pasricha remembers The Commerce COMMrade
Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22
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
White hat brigade
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
A vintage summer
"Master Teacher" Bill Cannon
Business Graphics Centre opens: Michael Organ, BCom'88
On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.
Smith School of Business
#StillHaveMyFroshWeekTee: Peggy Steele, BCom'99
Prof. Frank Collom with School of Business secretaries
Smith School of Business Announcement
Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11
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
Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.
Two new centres are established
Inaugural QBET
Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham
30s Snapshot
1984 crest painting
If you don’t succeed at ICBC, try try again!
Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years
50s Snapshot
Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18
Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12
Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87
Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12
Inaugural ICBC
Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06
90s Snapshot
The School of Business officially becomes a separate faculty with its own Dean.
School gets its own dean
Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93
80s Snapshot
CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07
Queen's Marketing Association's Resource Centre opens
“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
“I found that once I started thinking about how economic growth can transform societies, it was difficult to think of anything else.”
International changemaker
Memories of the 80s
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum, 1998
Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.
Goodes Hall opens
Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79
Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big
ICBC: five years of tradition
70s recollections
Dunning Hall opens on the corner of University Avenue and Union Street.
Dunning Hall opens
Parallel paths at Loblaw
437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17
“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”
Amego Electric Vehicles
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum, 1949
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum
Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96
“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”
Helping busy people make a difference
Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02
Opening of 'The Commons'
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
“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
MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10
New technology supports BCom Plus
Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93
“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”
Time Auction
Message from Commerce Department Head W.A. Mackintosh
“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”
Gold Business Winner
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum, 1976
Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15
“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
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