Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire
1984 crest painting
“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
New technology supports BCom Plus
"Master Teacher" Bill Cannon
70s recollections
Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19
Due to postwar growth and financial assistance to veterans, the School experienced record enrolment, and professors were required to teach special sessions during the summer months to accommodate the large contingents.
Postwar growth
A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93
A new home for the School of Business
Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, 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
Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96
If you don’t succeed at ICBC, try try again!
In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91
Memories from the 90s
Queen's Marketing Association's Resource Centre opens
The class of 1948
Prof. Frank Collom with School of Business secretaries
“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”
Gold Business Winner
Goodes Challenge kicks-off
“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”
SimpleTax
Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11
Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12
The 1920's were a period of growing pains for the newly formed School of Commerce and Administration.
BCom convocation hood is bordered with green silk
Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15
Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12
25 years of ComSoc
Memories of the Thrifty 30s: John Welch, BCom'38
Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20
Smith School of Business Announcement
“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”
Better late than never
Neil Pasricha remembers The Commerce COMMrade
Warner-Lambert pledges $1 million to the Commerce program
What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05
O. D. Skelton convinces Queen's alum Dr. W. C. Clark to join him in the Department of Political and Economic Science.
Department of Political and Economic Science grows
Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18
Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years
Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18
Commerce founder: Professor O.D. Skelton
The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82
Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham
Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22
Inaugural ICBC
Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School
Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.
Goodes Hall opens
Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18
Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum, 1976
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum
Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall
Memories of the 50s
An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00
RateHub on Dragon's Den
Case competition team to Dallas, TX
Dr. W. A. Mackintosh succeeds Dr. Clark as the Director of the School of Commerce and Administration.
Dr. W. A. Mackintosh becomes Director of the School
Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04
Celebrating Dan Monieson
“Bob Shoniker, MBA'70: Up to 1968, Commerce was part of Arts and Science. I was part of the group that created the Commerce Society.”
Creating the Commerce Society
Business Graphics Centre opens: Michael Organ, BCom'88
Award winning teacher: Yolande Chan
Message from Commerce Department Head W.A. Mackintosh
“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”
Helping busy people make a difference
The Donald Gordon Centre for Continuing Education opens.
The Donald Gordon Centre opens
Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty
Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18
The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99
Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88
80s Snapshot
Launch of the MBA program.
MBA program launches
Frosh week chorus line
Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18
Management simulation lab at work
“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”
5Crowd Inc
White hat brigade
Dean: Margot Northey
CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07
Gerald Sutton's 40s snapshot
Mel Goodes and Warner-Lambert pledge $1 million to the School of Business
“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
Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93
Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07
437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17
Between the years 1908 and 1914, the Department of Political and Economic Science at Queen's consisted of two men, Dr. O. D. Skelton and Dr. W. W. Swanson.
Banking courses launch
A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09
COMMitment dinner 2005
“Forever glad that I was 'Feeling fine in '89' as a Commie.”
Pat Baldwin, BCom'89, remembers his days in Commerce.
Queen’s Board of Trustees votes to create a separate School of Commerce and Business Administration.
A separate School of Commerce and Business Administration is created
Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11
Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16
Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15
Inaugural QBET
Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum, 1949
Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13
At the close of the decade, Senior Matriculation followed by four years of study were required in the Commerce program.
Four years of study is required
“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”
Mosaic
Early Nineties Memories from Commerce: Tracy Jenkin, BCom'94
Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17
60s Snapshot
The Gist: making sports inclusive
MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10
#StillHaveMyFroshWeekTee: Peggy Steele, BCom'99
Going global
Time capsule dedication
ICBC: five years of tradition
30s Snapshot
“Helen Bronskill, BCom'48: The war was over, the world was our oyster, and everyone was going to be alright.”
Memories from a women in Commerce in the 40s
The Lawrence legacy
The School of Business officially becomes a separate faculty with its own Dean.
School gets its own dean
Memories from the 70s
Ice Storm '98
Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18
John Abbot, BCom'72: My BCom made me a better artist
The computer lab opens
Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06
“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
Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14
Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87
From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09
Opening of 'The Commons'
‘Water Bowl’ of ‘38
“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”
Reigniting career passion
Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends
Bachelor of Commerce Curriculum, 1998
Launch of the first business degree program in Canada – Queen’s three-year Bachelor of Commerce – the genesis of Smith School of Business.
First business degree program in Canada launches
“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”
A seat at the table
90s Snapshot
Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15
“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”
Amego Electric Vehicles
Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big
Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy
Frosh week changes
“Merv Daub, BCom'66: We were just in front of the more radical wave of the sixties. Guys were starting to grow their hair long. I wore a beard, which was unheard of in Commerce, and certainly unheard of on the football team.”
Memories of the 60s
“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
Frosh week cheer
A vintage summer
“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”
Time Auction
Goodes Hall Expansion
Favourite professors from the 40s
Parallel paths at Loblaw
Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91
50s Snapshot
“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
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.
Two new centres are established
Dunning Hall opens on the corner of University Avenue and Union Street.
Dunning Hall opens
First Chartered Accountant extension courses are offered, making Queen’s the exclusive provider of CA education in Ontario and elsewhere.
Chartered Accountant extension courses
Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02
Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15
“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
Commerce's first home: 75 Union Street
Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11
“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
AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89
Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93
Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20
70s Snapshot
John Purkis, BCom'48, on the Class of '48
On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.
Smith School of Business
Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18
Memories of the 80s
ICBC 20 during Ice Storm '98
“Dave Wilson, BCom'64: I didn’t care much about getting into Berkeley, but I did care about marching at half time.”
Tricolour Award Winners
Although the forties began with rising enrolment numbers, the war soon took its toll.
War took its toll
Remembering Bill Miklas
“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
Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79
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