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Restaurant sustainability initiatives lose ground during COVID-19
Experts from Lang's School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the hospitality industry's sustainability initiatives.
Across Canada, restaurant sustainability initiatives are taking one step forward and two steps back as full-service restaurants struggle to weather the most daunting winter season in recent memory.
Canada’s commercial real estate market adapts to a new reality
Lang real estate and entrepreneurship faculty explore how the work-from-home mandate has impacted the commercial real estate industry and forced businesses to adapt their HR strategies.
NFL Canada, NBA Canada among industry reps at student networking event
Earlier this week, students from the Guelph Sports Management Association (GSMA) hosted their annual networking night aimed at providing University of Guelph students the opportunity to meet and network with sport industry representatives.
Lang students continue to find success at annual JDCC competition
Lang business students started the year off strong with another successful performance at JDC Central (JDCC), the largest undergraduate business school competition in Central Canada.
Thirty-three of Lang’s top students competed in the competition, which brings over 600 student delegates together from Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. This year’s event was held virtually and featured competitions for academic cases in 8 business disciplines, parliamentary-style debates, eSports tournaments, social competitions, and charity contributions.
Lang’s recruitment event returns with one-on-one virtual networking
Despite the challenges of the pandemic, Lang’s largest winter semester recruitment event will return this week with over 26 employers registered to meet and network with Lang business students. Although the Commerce Job Expo will take place virtually this year, the online setting will still provide students with the opportunity to network with employers and make one-on-one connections.
Imagined scarcity drives panic buying during COVID-19 pandemic
Marketing and consumer studies professor Dr. Sunghwan Yi explores the factors that contribute to excessive, panic buying during the COVID-19 lockdowns.
When the COVID-19 pandemic first brought the world to its knees in March 2020, incidents of panic buying began to make headlines around the globe. From Brazil to India, hygiene products and grocery staples flew off shelves in record time.