Feb 18, 2021 | Meet, See things differently
Who is that person running the Zoom classroom? Getting to know your professors is one of the joys of the UVic MBA in Sustainable Innovation, and we thought we’d get the conversation started with some quick facts about a few of them. (See other Study Break...
Feb 10, 2021 | Meet, See things differently
By Aaren Madden. Originally published in the fall/winter 2020 issue of Business Class magazine. Photo: UVic Photo Services. What Tony Yacowar, BCom’11, remembers most about the entrepreneurship specialization at Gustavson is how deeply satisfying it was when all the...
Feb 1, 2021 | Learn, Meet, See things differently
By Lindsay Brookes, BCom ’15 On Friday January 15, 2021, I had the pleasure of leading a workshop at the 17th Annual Workplace Skills Conference to the third-year BCom students. There were 70 students in attendance with a great level of engagement. The theme of...
Jan 28, 2021 | Lead, See things differently
By Sudhir Nair, Gustavson associate professor Covid-19 has now been a part of all our lives for 10 months now. For me the immediate concern was safety – how do I ensure my family are safe? The fact that I had parents and in-laws who were in India where the virus was...
Jan 11, 2021 | Meet, See things differently
By Stacey McLachlan. Originally published in the fall/winter 2020 issue of Business Class magazine. Photo: UVic Photo Services. For Marc Gaucher, MBA ’93, enrolling in the University of Victoria’s MBA program back in 1991 wasn’t just a chance to become an...
Dec 15, 2020 | Meet, See things differently
By Ruth Ormiston, Gustavson External Relations Co-op Student. Gustavson’s Executive Mentor Program pairs BCom students with a mentor, a member of the local business community. Mentors can help students develop confidence as they enter the business world, hone their...
