Alumna Julie Desharnais (EMBA’19) recently accepted a new role as the executive director of the Fondation de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont. Desharnias spent eleven years as Deputy Director General of the Dr. Julien Foundation before rising to the position of Vice President of Canadian Strategic Initiatives at the Canadian Cancer Society. Desharnais brings [...]
In the BMO Entrepreneurs category recognizing women who own and operate thriving businesses, Kate was chosen for the work as Founder and CEO of Kids Code Jeunesse. Kate Arthur leads Kids Code Jeunesse, a charity that mobilizes communities to build a better future through digital skills education. Raised [...]
Alexis Gaiptman (EMBA 2021) was named Executive Director - Canada with Humanity & Inclusion (previously known as Handicap International). This charity has a mission of working in situations of poverty and exclusion, conflict and disaster. It stands alongside vulnerable populations, including people with disabilities, to help meet their [...]
Nathalie Angibeau has worked in communications and politics for 20 years and has held various positions at UNOPS for the past 10 years. Unops is an NGO that helps the United Nations and its partners run peace and security, humanitarian and development operations, for people in need. After working [...]
Being Black in Canada, a pan-Canadian initiative from the Fabienne Colas Foundation’s Youth and Diversity Program and produced by Zaza Production, will make its Television debut this year throughout Canada. The Being Black in Canada program of the Fabienne Colas Foundation, whose objective is to improve cultural diversity [...]
Geneviève Cimon (EMBA 2020) Director, Music Education and Community Engagement National Arts Centre Geneviève Cimon was awarded one of the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA scholarships for managers of non-profit organizations (NPOs). Geneviève is the Director, Music Education and Community Engagement with the National Arts Centre (NAC). The NAC collaborates [...]
“I dedicate this national recognition to my devoted team at the Fabienne Colas Foundation and to all visible minority women out there who are working in the shadows or trying to get their voices heard.” Fabienne Colas, a current McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA participant, received the WXN 2019 Canada’s Top 100 [...]
Kate Arthur* has been named the VISA Entrepreneur / Innovation Leader of the Year 2019. Kate is the Founder and CEO of Kids Code Jeunesse, a Canadian, bilingual, charity determined to give every Canadian child access to digital skills education. Kate won the award ahead of 15 other shortlisted leaders in [...]
The McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA Program recently welcomed the class of 2021, which includes four experienced leaders who, each in their own way, have a significant impact on their respective communities. Each of them was awarded a $50,000 scholarship. These scholarships recognize their important work, and reflect the EMBA program’s [...]
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is Africa’s first network of centers of excellence in mathematical sciences. They enable the continent’s youth to shape the continent’s future through Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) education- training Africa’s next generation of leaders. Roméo Essou, who is part of this year’s [...]