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