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the first 100 years

Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big

2015

On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.

Smith School of Business

“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”

Mosaic

An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00

“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”

Better late than never

A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09

Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93

Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15

Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11

Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06

Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07

Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92

“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”

Amego Electric Vehicles

The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99

A vintage summer

Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18

Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17

Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19

Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88

Smith School of Business Announcement

Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire

“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

Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy

Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18

Remembering Bill Miklas

Goodes Challenge kicks-off

437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17

In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91

“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

“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

2004

Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.

Two new centres are established

Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16

Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79

Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15

Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13

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

Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18

The Gist: making sports inclusive

Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham

Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04

Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22

The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82

“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”

Reigniting career passion

“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”

Helping busy people make a difference

Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02

From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09

Goodes Hall Expansion

COMMitment dinner 2005

CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07

Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93

Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends

“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

Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18

Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12

RateHub on Dragon's Den

Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20

Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12

Parallel paths at Loblaw

Frosh week chorus line

“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”

5Crowd Inc

Celebrating Dan Monieson

A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93

“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”

Time Auction

What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05

“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”

Gold Business Winner

2002

Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.

Goodes Hall opens

Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18

Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87

Frosh week cheer

Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91

Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School

“I found that once I started thinking about how economic growth can transform societies, it was difficult to think of anything else.”

International changemaker

Frosh week changes

Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11

“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

Time capsule dedication

Smith Staff and Faculty | Commerce Alumni

Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty

Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11

Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18

Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall

“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”

A seat at the table

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

Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20

Going global

Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years

Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18

Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07

“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