Explore moments from
the first 100 years

Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11

Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18

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

Mosaic

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

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

Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04

Smith School of Business Announcement

Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79

Frosh week changes

Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02

“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

Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall

Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06

AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89

What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05

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

Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12

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

2004

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

Two new centres are established

Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18

RateHub on Dragon's Den

Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18

Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16

Going global

“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: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19

Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91

2002

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

Goodes Hall opens

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

“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 evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82

Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07

Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18

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

A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93

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

Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy

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

Gold Business Winner

Time capsule dedication

A vintage summer

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

Reigniting career passion

COMMitment dinner 2005

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

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

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

Helping busy people make a difference

Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14

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

Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big

Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88

An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00

Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20

The Lawrence legacy

“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

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

Amego Electric Vehicles

Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15

2015

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

Smith School of Business

MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10

Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham

Frosh week chorus line

The Gist: making sports inclusive

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

Better late than never

Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18

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

Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93

Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96

Goodes Challenge kicks-off

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

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

A seat at the table

Remembering Bill Miklas

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

SimpleTax

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

Time Auction

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

Goodes Hall Expansion

Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17

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

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

Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire

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

Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18

“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

“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