Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02
Going global
In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91
Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18
Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87
Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11
Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96
“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”
Time Auction
Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy
Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty
Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12
AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89
CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07
Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14
Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15
What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05
Frosh week changes
Time capsule dedication
Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19
Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07
“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”
5Crowd Inc
On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.
Smith School of Business
Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big
Goodes Challenge kicks-off
Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79
Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham
Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16
A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09
“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
Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18
MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10
Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20
Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06
Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93
Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18
Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire
“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
Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends
Frosh week chorus line
COMMitment dinner 2005
“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”
SimpleTax
Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15
“I found that once I started thinking about how economic growth can transform societies, it was difficult to think of anything else.”
International changemaker
Goodes Hall Expansion
“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”
A seat at the table
The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99
Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13
“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
“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”
Mosaic
Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years
“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
Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18
Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17
Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School
Parallel paths at Loblaw
Smith School of Business Announcement
“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
Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18
Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15
“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”
Amego Electric Vehicles
Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15
“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
“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 Lawrence legacy
“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
Remembering Bill Miklas
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.
Two new centres are established
A vintage summer
Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18
Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07
“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”
Better late than never
Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92
“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
Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall
Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88
The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82
Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20
Celebrating Dan Monieson
Frosh week cheer
From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09
Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.
Goodes Hall opens
Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11
Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22
The Gist: making sports inclusive
RateHub on Dragon's Den
“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”
Gold Business Winner
Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11
Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham
Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04
An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00
“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”
Helping busy people make a difference
Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91
A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93
Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93
437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17
Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12