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- Queen's School of Business Hosts 27th Annual Business Forecast Lunch
Queen's School of Business professors made their economic predictions for 2009 at the 27th annual Business Forecast Lunch today in Kingston, Ontario. An expert panel of faculty presented the economy's prospects with a focus on their own particular expertise, including a review of the 2008 forecast. - Queen's MBA Threepeats Top Spot on BusinessWeek's "The Best B-Schools" Ranking
KINGSTON, ON - BusinessWeek magazine has ranked Queen's MBA best in the world outside the US for the third consecutive time in the influential business publication's biennial business school rankings. The announcement was made yesterday at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time). - Major Sobey Scholarship Awarded to Students from Atlantic Canada
Six outstanding students from Atlantic Canada have been awarded the 2008 D&R Sobey Atlantic Scholarship in recognition of their academic excellence, leadership skills and community involvement.Established by Donald and Rob Sobey, both graduates of Queen's University, the scholarship is valued at $60,000 per student over four years. Students from New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador applying to their first-year of the Commerce program at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, can be considered for the award. - Queen's Professor Counters Finance Minister's Bid for National Securities Regulator
Last week, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty with great fanfare once again attempted to muster enthusiasm for a Canada-wide national securities regulator among his provincial counterparts, with little in the way of results. "Maybe now is the time to look at more creative alternatives," suggests Steven Salterio, Professor of Business and Director of the CA-Queen's Centre for Governance. "If we can't achieve the international norm of having a single national securities regulator we need to leave the various provincial regulators in place and move the enforcement part into a single national securities enforcement body," he adds. - New awards promote Voluntary Sector financial reporting excellence
At a time when financial reporting is becoming increasingly important to organizations of all types and sizes, Ontario's diverse and growing not-for-profit sector must keep up with the trend towards best practices. In the interest in promoting timely and accurate financial statements, the Voluntary Sector Reporting Awards (VSRAs) program has been launched by Queen's School of Business, PricewaterhouseCoopers Canada LLP (PwC) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario. The CA-Queen's Centre for Governance will administer the awards on behalf of the three founding bodies. - Queen’s MBA student sweeps business plan competitions
Queen’s MBA student Michele Romanow and two Queen’s University undergrads have taken home more than $60,000 in cash prizes from competitions for their business plan on the caviar market. - Professor Rick Jackson Receives Frank Knox Award for Excellence in Teaching
Organizational Behaviour Professor Rick Jackson was presented with the Frank Knox Award for Excellence in Teaching by the Alma Mater Society of Queen’s University last week. The campus-wide award is the highest honour given to professors from their own students. - Canadian Executives Unaware of Gender Gap in Business Schools
A new poll of 400 Canadian business leaders commissioned by Queen’s School of Business shows that the vast majority of executives are unaware of the significant gender gap in Canadian MBA programs. On average, approximately one quarter (25 percent) of the total student body enrolled in Canadian MBA programs is female, but eight in ten executives estimate that number to be higher — often much higher. - Two Commerce Students Win Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec
The two second year Commerce students won first place in Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec, a competition held at the DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University. Open to all undergraduate, MBA and business minor students, organizers received 194 entries from 27 universities across Canada. - Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program Expands in Dallas, Houston and Atlanta
Queen’s School of Business and the Johnson School at Cornell University are pleased to announce the extension of the Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA Program into Dallas, Houston and Atlanta. The program, which is delivered in part via live, multipoint, interactive videoconferencing to major cities in the United States and Canada, was established in 2005 through a partnership between the two schools. To date, approximately 240 managers and professionals have enrolled in the program. - Queen’s students continue stellar performance Chartered Accountant Examinations
Queen's School of Business (QSB) graduates gathered at the Harbour Castle Westin in Toronto on February 23 to celebrate their success on the annual Chartered Accountants' Uniform Evaluation (UFE) exam at a special reception hosted by the School. The country's newest CAs were also in town for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario Annual Convocation ceremony. - Queen’s Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) celebrates 30 years
Some of the brightest undergraduate business minds from universities across Canada and Asia competed in the 30th annual Inter-Collegiate Business Competition (ICBC) this weekend. Hosted by Queen’s School of Business Commerce students in Kingston, Ontario, ICBC is the oldest and largest undergraduate business case competition of its kind in Canada — striving to unite, challenge and enrich the business leaders of tomorrow. - Queen's School of Business Hosts 26th Annual Business Forecast Lunch
Queen’s School of Business professors made their economic predictions for 2008 at the 26th annual Business Forecast Lunch today in Kingston, Ontario. An expert panel of faculty presented the economy’s prospects with a focus on their own particular expertise, including a review of the 2007 forecast.Overall, 2008 looks promising: the real GDP growth rate is expected to rise, inflation and interest rates should drop marginally and the Canadian dollar should stay on par with the U.S. Conversely, unemployment rates will continue to rise, with Kingston falling above the national average. A summary of the panel’s specific forecast is included below. - BusinessWeek Ranks Queen's Executive MBA No. 1 in Canada
BusinessWeek magazine has ranked the Queen's Executive MBA No. 1 in Canada, and No. 23 in the world. This comes just one year after the influential business publication ranked Queen's No. 1 in the world among international full-time MBA programs. This is the second time in a row that Queen's has been ranked #1 in Canada and among the top 25 in the world. - Queen's School of Business Expands Operations in Emirates
Queen’s School of Business has expanded its business education offerings in the United Arab Emirates with the addition of key custom programs for the national government and a major private bank, as well as new open enrollment programs in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.His Excellency, Sultan Bin Nasser al Suwaidi, Governor of Central Bank of the UAE, and David Saunders, Dean, Queen’s School of Business, participated in a signing ceremony yesterday to officially launch custom management education programs for the country’s Central Bank. - Canada’s Decentralized Regulatory System Failing Investors: Queen’s Study
A new study at Queen’s School of Business has revealed that many publicly-traded Canadian firms are not revealing the results of evaluations that assess the design of their own financial safeguards against fraud, and that the Canadian regulatory system severely lags its US