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Sitting is the new smoking: Using design thinking to tackle a public health challenge
Students from McMaster's Innovation by Design (IBD) course recently shared their experiences tackling the "epidemic" of sitting.
“AI and the wave of mass innovation”: Canada’s Next Top Ad Exec partners with Microsoft
Microsoft Canada has partnered with the DeGroote School of Business for the 13th season of Canada's Next Top Ad Exec.
New research looks at how to integrate peer support workers into clinical settings
Gillian Mulvale says the lived experience can improve the quality of care across the health system.
A class reunion: Emerging Health Leaders graduates break bread and swap leadership stories
The first cohort of the Emerging Health Leaders program catch up on where their leadership journeys have taken them
Catherine Connelly is decoding the workplace dynamic
Catherine Connelly’s research is all about people’s behaviour and motivations.
How to stay relevant in the workplace: Maximize the human skill no machine can perform
Accountancy is changing and evolving. The profession can move with the tide, adapt and evolve.
DeGroote intern students big winners in Google contest
Two DeGroote intern students announced as big winners during the World Economic Forum as part of a recent contest for Google
McMaster remembers Ron Joyce
Ron Joyce was a generous philanthropist and a dedicated volunteer. We are saddened by his loss.
Easing the Transition for Refugees and Communities
Navigating the complexities of being a refugee, Honig and McKnight seek ways to ease this transition into a new community.
Transforming undergraduate education at DeGroote begins with new teaching model and new building
The BCom program is being transformed, and thanks to a generous gift, a new building for collaborative learning has been announced.
DeGroote’s Erin Reid is flipping gender-based research on its head
Reid is studying “time policing” or how employers and colleagues monitor men and women’s time differently in the workplace.
Intellectual capitalist: For DeGroote’s Nick Bontis, blended learning is the future of education
As Director of DeGroote’s new Blended Learning Part-Time MBA, Bontis oversees a program that combines online learning with classroom work.