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