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Interim Department of Business Chair Fred Pries has been appointed to the Auditing and Assurance Standards Board for a 3 year term beginning on April 1st until March 31, 2015. 

Prof. Sylvain Charlebois, Acting Dean of the College of Management and Economics, appeared on CTV’s Canada AM Tuesday. He discussed supply management in Canada and what the agricultural economy would look like in the post-supply management era.

As an award-winning researcher and teacher, Charlebois is an expert in food distribution and safety. The author of two books and numerous articles, he is now writing a book on global food safety systems. He belongs to the national expert advisory committee of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Prof. Ken Smith, Associate Dean of Executive Programs, had an opinion/editorial published in Sunday's Toronto Star on the globalization of the food industry.

In today's Guelph Mercury, Acting Dean Sylvain Charlebois and Prof. Tatiana Astray write about the need for policy reform at both the international and domestic levels to position the Canadian dairy industry in a competitive place in the global market. Read the full story

The Governing Board of the Institute of New Economic Thinking (INET) together with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) have jointly awarded Department of Economics Prof. Ross McKitrick a $107,250 grant for his 3-year project “State-Contingent Environmental Policy”.

The CIGI-INET Program on New Economic Theory, Practice and Governance serves to advance research on issues of critical importance to economics and international governance.

Julia Christensen-Hughes, Dean of the College of Management and Economics, has received the 2012 gold award in the educator category from the Ontario Hostelry Institute (OHI). It was presented to her at a gala at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto Thursday night.

Save the Date
 
Monday, June 25, 2012
Royal Woodbine Golf Course
Toronto, ON
Registration: 7:00am   Shotgun Start: 7:45am
Team Scramble Format (fun for all skill levels)
Lunch following golf

Unanimously selected by the committee, this year's recipient of the Lincoln Alexander Outstanding Leader Award will be Martin Connell.

“Organizational onboarding” is the area of study that most interests Department of Business Associate Professor Jamie Gruman. Organizational onboarding is the socialization process organizations use to help new hires adjust to new roles and jobs. For larger organizations onboarding is a deliberate process, a function of HR to acclimatize newcomers. Smaller organizations may not even consider the importance of this process.

“Successful onboarding can significantly impact productivity and turnover, and reduce costs for employers,” Gruman explained.

Today's Globe and Mail article "Niche Executive MBA Courses Make Inroads", quotes Ken Smith, Associate Dean of Executive Programs and features two graduates of the MA (Leadership) program. Read the full article.