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Open access: Removing the barriers to information sharing
By Rania Nasrallah-Massaad Never was information sharing so relevant as at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. In early 2020, before the World Health Organization declared a pandemic,...
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Leading Yourself and Your Teams Through Uncertainty
The last 15 months have been turbulent to say the least. We have gone through many changes in the way we live, work and relate. Whether we’ve liked it or not, we’ve had to call on and build up...
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Telfer Emerging Researcher Award 2021 — Antoine Sauré
By Rania Nasrallah-Massaad The Telfer School of Management is pleased to announce that Professor Antoine Sauré is the recipient of the 2021 Emerging Researcher Award, for his tremendous...
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Employers Miss Out on Talent by Overlooking Workers Living With Disabilities
Businesses increasingly see diversity in the workplace as positive for their operations, according to a Conference Board of Canada survey of Canadian organizations.
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Telfer Forum - Learning Health Systems: Facilitating Health Care Innovation and Integration
Health care leaders and professionals have been working to make the health care system more agile and integrated. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exposed and accelerated the need for this transformatio
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Pregnancy Loss: Workplaces Must Recognize Its Physical and Emotional Toll
Organizations and governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the need for policies that support employees who have experienced pregnancy loss.
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Ensuring food security during extreme weather events by building supply chain resilience
By Rania Nasrallah-Massaad One of the major lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic is how frail supply chains are during a crisis. With borders shutting down to travel and uncertainty about...
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Family Businesses: When Gender Bias Influences Entrepreneurial Support for the Children
A new Telfer study shows that gender preference influences how entrepreneurial families prepare the next generation and support their business education and careers. When nurturing the...
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The Painful Collision Between Work Life and Pregnancy Loss
With recent celebrity disclosures of pregnancy loss making headlines, more women are taking to social media to share similar stories of pain and disclosure.
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Entrepreneurship Policies through a Gender Lens
Originally published on LinkedIn on May 14, 2021 We are delighted to announce the release of the report, Entrepreneurship Policies through a Gender Lens by the Organization for Economic...
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Family Businesses: Two female leaders on gender bias and entrepreneurial support
A new Telfer study shows that traditional families with businesses often treat their children differently based on gender, including in succession planning and entrepreneurial education. We...
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Improving wildfire emergency evacuation responses by modelling best outcomes
By Rania Nasrallah-Massaad In 2020, while the world was confronting the COVID-19 pandemic, record-breaking wildfires were emerging globally, devastating Brazil and the Amazon, the...
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When will Canadian health care fully ride the digital connectivity wave?
Originally published on Policy Options on May 5, 2021 It is impossible to imagine our world today without internet, digital transactions, video conferencing or exchanges with family and...
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Employees Want Genuine Corporate Social Responsibility, Not Greenwashing
Described as the “moral face of globalization,” CSR initiatives focused on solving societal and environmental concerns are increasingly expected by society, especially younger generations.
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Mass Vaccination: The Battle Will Not Be Easily Won
Mass vaccination against the novel coronavirus presents significant, if not unprecedented, logistical challenges. The scientific battle to find the vaccine was won in just a few months.
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Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility: How Well-Connected and Diverse Boards Can Help Companies Tackle the World’s Biggest Challen
A new Telfer study suggests that a well-connected and influential board can help companies address the world’s biggest challenges. A Telfer alumna believes that information advantage and...
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Canada Has Everything It Needs to Innovate but Fails to Invest Enough In R&D
Innovation is crucial if companies are to take on the rising market competition that forces them to stand out from the crowd. Canada needs to invest more in order to stimulate innovation.
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Do Women-Focused Capital Funds Actually Help Women, or Are They Just ‘Pinkwashing?’
An increase in the number of women-focused capital funds promises to help address gender gaps in the provision of financial capital.
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The Future of the Family Business: 4 Strategies for a Successful Transition
Millennials differ more from their parents than the last two generations, exhibiting a greater sense of purpose, willingness to move abroad and eagerness to explore new opportunities.
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Does a company’s CSR performance depend primarily on its location?
Social and environmental performance is now a key issue, not only for companies but also for investors, regulators, and governments around the world.
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