“Jonathan Suter, BCom'05: I believed there had to be a better way.”
SimpleTax
“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
Student Spotlight: John Sibbald, BCom'18
Queen's Entrepreneurs' Competition (QEC) celebrates 25 years
“I found that once I started thinking about how economic growth can transform societies, it was difficult to think of anything else.”
International changemaker
A vintage summer
Capitalize for Kids: Jeff Gallant & Kyle MacDonald, BCom'11
“Chris Labelle, BCom'14: Winning the pitch competition validated all of our hard work.”
Mosaic
Remembering Bill Miklas
“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
Getting an edge: Emmanuel Genene, BCom'20
Flight to freedom: Miriam, Humaira and Trina Ghiacy
Hayley Rushford, BCom'15, and Prof. Kate Rowbotham
Making waves: Janet Longmore, BCom'79
“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
Student Spotlight: Dakota Lavery, Comm'20
“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
Ecovention: Jennifer Wright, BCom'93
The great British bake shop: David Caldana, BCom'99
Queen's Small Business Consulting wins big
Student Spotlight: Heather Evans, BCom'16
Chefs Plate finds success: Patrick Meyer and Jamie Shea, BCom'11
Better medicine: Carolyn Snider, BCom'96
From accounting to the CFL: Danny Brannagan, BCom'09
Going global
Considering different perspectives: Stephani Kingsmill, BCom'88
“When she heard Jeremy proclaim that electric bikes were the next big thing, she immediately got to work.”
Amego Electric Vehicles
Student Spotlight: Erin Palmeter, BCom'18
On October 1, 2015, the School adopts a new name – Smith School of Business.
Smith School of Business
Student Spotlight: Hannah Gardner, BCom'18
Time capsule dedication
“David was given the opportunity to choose one of three 'once in a lifetime' experiences.”
Gold Business Winner
Student Spotlight: Bonnie Zhang, BCom'19
AutoShare: Kevin McLaughlin, BCom'89
Young Urban Farmers: Chris Wong, BCom'07
CBC's Next Great Prime Minister Competition: Robert Marsh, BCom'07
“Douglas Peters, BCom'63, a future cabinet minister, did not go to university directly out of high school.”
Better late than never
Unata: Chris Bryson, BCom'06
Concussion recovery technology: Colin Harding, BCom'17
The evolving news business: Michael Nowlan, BCom'82
Lloyd & Co. Bespoke Tailoring: Talon Lloyd, BCom'15
Goodes Challenge kicks-off
“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
“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
Frosh week chorus line
Big League CFO: Erin Crowe, BCom'93
COMMitment dinner 2005
Bella bikes: Helen Vasilevski, BCom'92
Teaching award winner "energized": Peggy Cunningham
Student Spotlight: Paul Vollmershausen, BCom'18
“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
“Within six weeks, Michael Organ's, BCom'88, website had more online traffic than the United Way.”
Helping busy people make a difference
Frosh week changes
“The difference with the 30% Club is that it’s a campaign.”
A seat at the table
RateHub on Dragon's Den
Up and away: Doug Wightman, BCom'04
“Time Auction makes it 'more enticing for people to get involved and help others.'”
Time Auction
A master of reinvention: Gord Ray, BCom'93
Across the continents: Rahim Lalani, BCom'11
Celebrating Dan Monieson
Goodes Hall opens, named to recognize benefactor Mel Goodes, BCom’57, LLD’94.
Goodes Hall opens
What women want: Joanna Griffiths, BCom'05
Student Spotlight: Aysha Tabassum, Comm'22
MobyTrip travel app: Misha Plotkine, BCom'10
Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (and Centre for International Management) are established.
Two new centres are established
Canadian Art Magazine’s Top 10: Scott Lyall, BCom'87
“Nancy Jenkinson, BCom'82: I’d never really lost the dream that I was going to end up in the mountains.”
Reigniting career passion
437 Swimwear: Hyla Nayeri and Adrien Bettio, BCom'17
Goodes Hall Expansion
Marketer, mentor, legend: Ken Wong inducted into the Marketing Hall of Legends
Career Mashup: Vanesa Cotlar, BCom'15
Niu Body's natural, vegan skincare: Connie Lo, BCom'15
Student Spotlight: Shirley Lin, BCom'18
The Gist: making sports inclusive
Marilyn Shurtleff and Marjorie Peart retire
A gap year in Africa: Clarisse Lau, BCom'09
Pursuit of happiness: Neil Pasricha, BCom'02
Dean, teacher, researcher, leader: John Gordon on over 25 years at the School
Parallel paths at Loblaw
Smith School of Business Announcement
An unexpected career move: Eva Wong, BCom'00
The Lawrence legacy
Change agent: Tanya van Biesen, BCom'91
“Bram Warshafsky and Rachel Zimmer, BCom'10: Marketers were being asked to do more with less.”
5Crowd Inc
Digital nomad: Vanessa Cotlar, BCom'15
Frosh week cheer
Games that teach: Jane Wu, BCom'12
Foodies without borders: Erin Maynes, BCom'07
Halfpipe hopeful: Jeff Batchelor, BCom'12
Fun in the craft brewing scene: Ryan Peterson, BCom'13
Open for business: moving into Goodes Hall
“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
Commerce Alumni: Smith staff and faculty
Student Spotlight: Kanak Nagee, BCom'18
Student Spotlight: Zain Safdar, BCom'18
Vacation Fund: Erica Pearson, BCom'14
In and out of hot water: Dave Jackson, BCom'91
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