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The University of Guelph’s College of Business and Economics (CBE) has been named Champion of the United Nations initiative Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) for another two-year period. Over the next two years, CBE will continue to contribute to thought and action leadership on responsible management education in the context of the United Nations sustainable development agenda and will actively engage in the PRME Champions’ flagship project, “Mainstreaming the SDGs in PRME Institutions.” 

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Dean of U of G’s College of Business and Economics (CBE) Julia Christensen Hughes will soon head to Davos, Switzerland to attend the highly publicized World Economic Forum on January 23-26, 2018.

^{Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in The Conversation Canada.}

Food is increasingly in the day-to-day consciousness of Canadians. Consumers are hearing more about food in the media and in the broader conversation.

Name: Lauren Chan
Graduation year: 2016
Program: Bachelor of Commerce - Hotel and Food Administration (HAFA - co-op)

The Centre for Business and Student Enterprise (CBaSE) recently hosted their Hub Incubator Program Pitch finals, bringing together U of G based start-ups with a panel of industry experts and mentors. This pitch-styled competition awarded the business that demonstrated the most potential for sustainable growth and best embodied the University’s mission to “improve life”. Jerry Ennet, a University of Guelph engineering student, was awarded the People’s Choice Award for his 3D printing company.

MA Leadership alumnus Amani Hitimana is committed to serving the vulnerable population and bringing positive change to his community and abroad. He has always had the passion to help others, but If you ask him it was his the University of Guelph's MA in Leadership program which gave him the tools and skill set he needed to achieve his professional goals. 

Accounting alumna Camille Gardiner (BComm '16) has been placed on the CPA Canada’s prestigious honour roll for the Common Final Examination (CFE). The examination is a part of the qualifying process to become a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA).

Gardiner is one of 69 CFE candidates to be listed on the honour roll, out of 5,581 who passed the exam.  She is currently working as a Senior Associate in Assurance for PwC LLP in Waterloo, ON.

Faculty from the College of Business and Economics contributed key research and expertise to the 2018 Canada’s Food Price Report. The 8th annual Report was released today by the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute and Dalhousie University.

The College of Business and Economics is proud to host the 2^nd Qualitative Accounting Research Symposium from November 30 to December 1. This symposium serves as a high-profile forum for scholars interested in qualitative accounting and gives them a platform to discuss accounting practices and research issues from diverse methodological and theoretical perspectives.