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