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Kyle Murray announced as the new dean of the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
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On April 19, it was announced in a news release that behavioural scientist Kyle Murray had been appointed as the new dean of the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. His five-year term commences on July 1 of this year. Murray’s areas of research include business marketing and retailing, emphasizing the specifics that lead…
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Laurier laments the loss of professor emeritus john jenkins
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Wilfrid Laurier University mourns the passing of Professor Emeritus John Jenkins, retired instructor and former dean in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. Jenkins began his time as dean at Lazaridis School of Business and Economics in 1970, assisting in the launch of the cooperative education and Master of Business Administration programs. He served…
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Lazaridis Institute announces new partners in its ScaleUp program
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis Institute has announced the next 11 companies taking part in its collaborative ScaleUp program. This will be the seventh group of companies to benefit from ScaleUp, which will begin its activities later this month. ScaleUp is a program designed to help Canadian companies, specifically tech start-ups with a high potential for…
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Study conducted by Laurier researchers finds most tech firms are planning to have employees return to office
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Researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School of Business and Economics conducted a recent research study that found that 75 per cent of Ontario technology firms surveyed would opt to have a portion of employees return to work in office if COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were lifted tomorrow. The Laurier research team had been surveying tech…
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CIBC donation goes towards Integrated Case Exercise week and women in finance
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CIBC recently announced that they are committing to donating $200,000 to the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics over a four-year period to enhance the business school and help create scholarships for women in finance. The funding is split up into multiple different sectors of the school, with $25,000 a year being donated to the…
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Women in Leadership Laurier hosts conference
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Women in Leadership Laurier (WILL) hosted their annual leadership conference this past Sunday on March 25. WILL held the conference at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics building located at Wilfrid Laurier University. The conference was an all day event running from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.. The conference this year was called ‘WILL…
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Laurier professors produce early Alzheimer’s detector
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Two professors from the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics have teamed up with BrainFX, Thought Wire and Saint Elizabeth Health Care to produce a new early detection tool for Alzheimer’s. The detection tool will be using a BrainFX screener combined with an artificial intelligence (AI) database provided by Thought Wire. Together the technology will…
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Editorial: Building Canada’s Best Business School
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When I first came to Laurier in 2015, I saw a big sign in the Schlegel Centre that said “Building Canada’s best Business school.” Even though Laurier has climbed significantly in Business school rankings over the past few years, I personally believe there are some improvements that need to be made if we want to…
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President of PepsiCo presents at Laurier
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On Sept. 26, Jason McDonell, president of PepsiCo Foods Canada, presented a talk to Wilfrid Laurier University students in the Lazaridis Hall atrium. McDonell, who graduated from Laurier with a BBA in 1996, told attendees various stories about his time as a student at the university and then about working for PepsiCo, in addition to…
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Lazaridis Scale Up Program Looking for Next Lazaridis 10
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The Lazaridis School of Business and Economics recently announced that they are accepting applications for the Lazaridis Scale-Up Program. Since the fall of 2016, the Lazaridis Scale-Up Program has been working closely with 10 Canadian technology companies who are looking to scale up and become dominant in their respective industries. The purpose of the Scale-Up…
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