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10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

the closest I've lived to my mom in 10 years but I can't see her until the Canada/US border opens up. I remember The time I flew my brother in from Canada for Holidazzle so that my husband and I could go dance all night, stay out really... View Details

June 2018 (Revised October 2020)
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Global Brand Management of Anheuser Busch InBev's Budweiser

By: Jill Avery

Brian Perkins, chief architect of the $6 billion Budweiser brand, was excited about 2018, in which the company would launch Budweiser into several new markets in Africa and Latin America. He was feeling the pressure to finalize a global brand strategy that would define... View Details

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01 Sep 2005
News

Cooper Elected Alumni Board President

president last year. Cooper, a native of South Africa, moved to Canada 24 years ago. He and a physician partner founded Scienta Health in 2004 to focus on preventive health care. View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

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Kathleen Hebert

dealerships throughout Canada." As an undergraduate student in Kingston, Ontario, Kathleen "focused on marketing while developing my understanding of business fundamentals." She spent one summer as a marketing intern with BMW View Details

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Luc Sirois

Windsor/Detroit. “We’ve touched a nerve, and what we’ve unfolded so powerfully in Canada has been replicated just as strongly in other countries,” says Sirois. “The reaction is intense and immediate.” The 45-year-old’s cofounding of... View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Technology; Nonprofit / Government

24 Apr 2014
News

A champion for First Nations

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, Favel led the development of two national firsts for Canada: the First Nations Bank of Canada and the Saskatchewan Indian Gaming Authority. In addition to serving as chancellor of the university,... View Details

03 Oct 2019
News

Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care

health care systems. Toronto Club President Kazi Ahmed (MBA 2011) US: Public and Private Paradigms,” and featuring panelists Cleveland Clinic Canada CEO Mike Kessel and Chief Medical Director Khalil Sivjee, M.D. L-R: Khalil Sivjee,... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Health, Social Assistance

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Patrick Akl

with people from different cultures.” Bringing together multiple perspectives, multiple pieces After completing his MSc at the University of Toronto, Patrick went to Advanced Micro Devices in Markham, Canada where he worked on eight... View Details

04 Dec 2014
News

Hacking Health Care

Windsor/Detroit. “We’ve touched a nerve, and what we’ve unfolded so powerfully in Canada has been replicated just as strongly in other countries,” says Sirois. “The reaction is intense and immediate.” The 45-year-old’s cofounding of... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

16 Sep 2013
News

Canada’s Native Son

owned by the aboriginals in Canada and has since distributed $750 million to First Nations). As the CEO of One Earth Oil and Gas, Favel has worked with aboriginal Canadians to access and develop Canada's oil sands—the second-largest oil... View Details

Keywords: First Nations; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Educational Services; Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry; Agriculture

02 Aug 2024
HBS Case

How a Mission to Cut Food Waste Launched a Multimillion-Dollar Venture

On a hectic Friday in October 2016, Josh Domingues wondered if he had made a mistake quitting the security of a well-paying job managing contracts for professional hockey players to start a new venture selling nearly expired groceries at discount prices. After all, a... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Information Technology

01 Sep 2004
News

Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)

was just a gleam in a lot of eyes. It’s been a great success. In traffic tonnage, Halifax is now third in Canada behind only Vancouver and Montreal, both much larger metropolitan areas. When my wife and I packed up to come back to Nova... View Details

Keywords: Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture

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John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship | MBA

John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship Additional Harvard Funding John H. McArthur Canadian Fellowship offers a financial award of $20,000 to Canadian students during their time at HBS. Awards are available to Canadian citizens or Canadian permanent residents who have... View Details

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Jeff Chochinov

Like many Canadians, I didn't feel that patriotic until coming to the US, and this was not brought on just from the numerous currency and pronunciation jokes. My time here has made me realize what is great about Canada and, more... View Details

24 May 2017
News

John H. McArthur, MBA 1959, DBA 1963

Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1934 Born, Burnaby, Canada 1957 Earns BCom, Forestry, University of British Columbia 1959 Earns MBA 1962 Joins HBS faculty 1963 Earns DBA 1980 Appointed Dean, HBS 1983... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

02 Apr 2019
News

Remembering William Wilder

prestigious securities firms (now CIBC Wood Gundy), and of Consumers Gas, at the time the country’s largest natural gas distributor. In addition, he served on the boards of Royal Bank of Canada, Canada Life Assurance, Noranda Mines, and... View Details

23 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19

developed nations accounted for 5.43 percent of GDP, whereas in developing nations the total was far less at 3.30 percent. South Korea came in at 15.05 percent of GDP, the United States at 12.42 percent, and Canada 8.81 percent. Ethiopia,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

17 Apr 2014
News

York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition

and has a staff of 25 employees. It raised $1.2 million in May 2013 from iNovia Capital, Real Ventures, and White Star Capital and has advisors from TripAdvisor, Google, Expedia, and Facebook. Busbud was named as one of the "Top 20 Most Innovative Companies" in View Details

Keywords: New Venture Competition; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

Robert R. McCormick

When McCormick inherited The Chicago Tribune from his uncle, it had less than 200,000 subscribers, was the third largest newspaper in Chicago, and was barely surviving. McCormick helped place the paper on solid financial ground even acquiring timber land in View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

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Canadian Club | MBA

Canadian Club The mission of the Canadian Club is to provide a sense of community for Canadians studying at HBS and to promote an awareness of Canada within the HBS community. We also seek to foster ties between current HBS students and... View Details

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