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Sylvain Charlebois, Associate Dean, CME comments on Target's entry into the Canadian market. Watch the video.

Article featured in The Ontarion.

On Feb. 25, the College of Management and Economics (CME), along with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, invited Dr. Rick Yada of the University of Guelph to speak at a gathering held at the Guelph Holiday Inn. The presentation was titled, “The Future of Food: Advancing Health & Food Safety.”

Elizabeth Kurucz, Assistant Professor from the Department of Business, is the lead author of Reconstructing Value: Leadership Skills for a Sustainable World which was released today and is due in stock with the publisher March 15.

Despite a massive snow and rain storm that overwhelmed southern Ontario Tuesday, a celebratory dinner honouring Roland Walton, president, Tim Hortons Canada, was held at PJ's Restaurant in the Atrium, Macdonald Stewart Hall at the University of Guelph in Ontario.

Walton is the 2013 Executive-in-Residence at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University and will serve until tomorrow. Each winter semester the school invites a successful and prominent industry executive to its campus to meet with students.

After the passing of his father, Ronald Tingchaleun and his mother spent every Saturday for the following eight months lining up at sales centers around the GTA in search of a new home. Ronald quickly learned how tedious and frustrating the search would become, shedding light on the lack of tools and resources available to families in similar circumstances. This experience would pave the way for LeoBold, a business started by Ronald in his final year of the Real Estate and Housing Program at the University of Guelph.

The College of Management and Economics offers internationally recognized masters available online or on campus.  Our programs are highly competitive and provide students with the foundations for careers in the private, public and non-profit sectors and for academic or research-intensive careers.

Article featured in University of Guelph News.

Roland Walton, president of Tim Hortons Canada, has been named the executive-in-residence in the University of Guelph’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) for the winter semester.

Walton will share his three decades of food service experience with students Feb. 26 to 28 during classes and special events.

HTM’s executive-in-residence program has brought industry leaders and prominent corporate executives to enhance student learning and careers for more than 10 years.

Article written by Sylvain Charlebois and featured in The Globe and Mail.

Europe is currently dealing with what is arguably one of the most embarrassing food safety incidents in history. The discovery of horsemeat in burgers – the first one was found in Ireland in early January through DNA testing – has turned into a full-blown, industry-wide investigation. Officials have revealed that lasagna labelled as beef from one big retailer of frozen foods, Findus, actually contained horsemeat; in some cases, the meat content was 100-per-cent horse.

Article featured in the Portico.

His career was proceeding just as he’d planned. Brian Morcombe, BA ’96, had a Guelph degree in management economics, his accounting certification and a job with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, one of the top firms in the country. By the time he was 26, Morcombe was already a senior manager travelling the world to work with major clients.

Shelley McPhail completed a Masters in Business Administration in Food & Agribusiness Management at the University of Guelph, and she believes the program opened her eyes to the challenges she and other farmers face on a daily basis. According to Shelley and Sylvain Charlebois, Associate Dean, CME, farmers are becoming more astute as business people and there is an appetite to learn more about food systems and agriculture.