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