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