Explore moments from
the first 100 years

Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91

2002

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

Goodes Hall opens

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

Mosaic

A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93

The Lawrence legacy

Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big

Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07

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

Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07

“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

Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12

Frosh week cheer

Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20

“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

Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04

Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11

Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16

Time capsule dedication

An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00

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

5Crowd Inc

Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18

Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93

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

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

Amego Electric Vehicles

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

Better late than never

Going global

Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall

Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22

Goodes Challenge kicks-off

“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

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

Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12

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

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

Time Auction

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

Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02

Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15

What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05

Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18

Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18

2004

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

Two new centres are established

Remembering Bill Miklas

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

Helping busy people make a difference

2015

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

Smith School of Business

Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92

Smith School of Business Announcement

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

Reigniting career passion

Goodes Hall Expansion

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

Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18

“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

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

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

Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06

Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy

Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20

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

International changemaker

“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 evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82

Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19

“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

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

“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

Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18

MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10

Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18

A vintage summer

Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham

Parallel paths at Loblaw

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

COMMitment dinner 2005

“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”

SimpleTax

Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14

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

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

Celebrating Dan Monieson

Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96

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

“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