UM Today UM Today University of Manitoba UM Today UM Today UM Today
News from
Asper School of Business
UM Today Network

Asper School of Business News Archive

thumbnail

Asper School of Business News

Asper 2025 Local Favourites Contest

February 1, 2025 — 
Contest terms and conditions

woman, wearing a white blazer and black top, with happy expression looking into the camera

Asper School of Business News

Asper MBA alum and Treaty One Development Corporation CEO Kathleen BlueSky honoured as 2025 AACSB Influential Leader

January 27, 2025 — 
Kathleen BlueSky [MBA/15] has received recognition from AACSB International (AACSB)—the world’s largest business education association—in its 2025 Class of Influential Leaders, a group of 24 outstanding entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs from AACSB-accredited business schools.

, , , , , , ,

Asper School of Business News

Manitoba’s premier post-secondary leadership program invites applicants for Cohort 7 of interdisciplinary, pan-provincial learning opportunity

January 23, 2025 — 
Applications are now open for the seventh cohort (2025/26) of the President’s Student Leadership Program (PSLP), Manitoba’s premier post-secondary leadership development opportunity, funded through a fellowship for successful applicants and housed at the Asper School of Business.

, , , , ,

Overhead view of a forest with green leaves

Asper School of Business News

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba 2nd-last in dollars devoted to mining, energy & forestry projects, federal inventory says

January 23, 2025 — 
Only tiny P.E.I. has less construction planned or underway on major natural resources projects

, , ,

Asper School of Business News

Bringing values to ventures

January 21, 2025 — 
Matt Schaubroeck [MBA/17] is Principal and CEO of Leverage Point Consulting, where he works with start-ups and founders seeking to pursue business that has a positive impact on the world—fellow entrepreneurs with the drive not just to start a business but to do business differently. The role is a natural fit for Schaubroeck, a founder who thrives in the execution.

, , , , , , ,

Asper School of Business News

Asper International Exchange program signed 12 new partnerships in 2024, expanding experiential learning options for students

January 16, 2025 — 
Last year 99 students represented the Asper School of Business around the world, gaining insights in global business, supply chain, finance, marketing, and more across five continents. In 2024, the Asper Exchange Program signed 12 new partnerships, continuing to expand options for students with over 60 business school partners in over 30 countries around the world.

, , , ,

Dr. Yik Au

Asper School of Business News

CBC Manitoba: Manitoba agri-food industry wary of potential trade war with U.S. as premiers close ranks

January 16, 2025 — 
Premier Kinew calls for 'Team Canada' long-term economic strategy

, , ,

Supporting Open Dialogue and Academic Freedom

January 8, 2025 — 
Update from President Benarroch on public statements

,

Asper School of Business News

BComm Spotlight

January 6, 2025 — 
When Lily Francis is presenting a case in competition, something clicks into place, and suddenly it’s just her and the judges. She isn’t thinking about the hours of practice and case preparation; she isn’t worried about being “too much” (a holdover from a lifetime of being a big talker); she isn’t fixated on the ideas that didn’t make the cut; and she isn’t second-guessing her delivery. No, as Francis puts it, when she is presenting, everything else goes away.

, , , , ,

Train tracks in black and white (photo by: Justin Lawson)

Asper School of Business News

CTV Winnipeg: New train detection system on track to alert motorists, first responders about railway traffic

January 3, 2025 — 
New train detection system on track to alert motorists, first responders about railway traffic

, , , ,

© University of Manitoba • Winnipeg, Manitoba • Canada • R3T 2N2

Emergency: 204-474-9341