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January 28: HTM Professor To Discuss Tipping on CBC-Q

Tipping anywhere between 15% and 25% on your restaurant bill is ingrained in the culture of North America, but University of Guelph hospitality professor Bruce McAdams argues the practice has negative consequences for the restaurant industry and society overall. Listen to Bruce McAdams' interview on CBC - Q with Jian Ghomeshi. 

 

January 25: U of G Enhancing Ties, Facilitating Solutions in East Africa

Article featured in The University of Guelph News.

University of Guelph leaders will travel to Tanzania this month to host a workshop on improving social, economic and environmental sustainability in East Africa.

There they hope to strengthen U of G’s long-standing connections and help engage a wide range of stakeholders in solving regional problems.

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Fresh Perspective on Sustainability from a CME Alumnus

We reached Kent Santin at his post graduate campus, Columbia University, in New York City where he is currently pursuing his Masters in Sustainability Management. “The program draws upon the most sophisticated environmental measurement tools, cutting-edge environmental science, and world class management and policy studies to help students fully understand the systematic and organizational role of sustainability in any organization.” (http://ce.columbia.edu/sustainability-management)

January 23: How to be out of the office but still at work

Article featured in The Globe and Mail.

Dr. Sara Mann, Associate Professor of Strategic Human Resource Management & Organizational Behaviour comments on the shifting standard for a five-day-a-week office arrangement.

It was a snowy, bitter morning in Toronto, but lawyer Allan Rakowsky was getting ready to head out for a round of golf after finishing a consultation with a Bay Street client. The fact that he was in Florida was business as usual for him and his client back in Canada.

January 22: Flex Your Entrepreneurial Muscles

The 2013 Nicol Entrepreneurial Competition challenges entrepreneurial-minded students to develop business plans for innovative products and services.

Who Qualifies: Teams can consist of 1-3 students, the majority of whom must be full-time undergraduates from any faculty or field at the University of Guelph.

January 16: HTM Professor Retires After Twenty-Seven Years

CME would like to congratulate Iain Murray on his recent retirement after twenty-seven years of dedicated service to the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University of Guelph.

Professor Murray has a B. Comm. Hotel and Food Administration and a M.Sc. Consumer Studies from the University of Guelph and a PhD from Kansas State University. He joined the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management faculty in 1985 and has been associated with the School since 1971.

January 11: Brace Yourself for Higher Food Prices

Article by Sylvain Charlebois featured in the Montreal Gazette

GUELPH, Ont. — Last year, Canadian consumers experienced only modest increases in food prices. In fact, not only did food prices in general barely go up, but prices for fruit and vegetables decreased by more than 8 per cent. Unfortunately, this year will be a different story. Several forecasts predict food prices will go up anywhere from 1.5 per cent to 3.5 per cent, probably exceeding our national inflation rate.

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