�鶹Լ�� Desautels Faculty of Management - Laurette Dube's Recent Media Coverage

Tata Consultancy Services to grow AI and analytics capabilities in Montreal

�鶹Լ�� — Fri, 22 Mar 2024 16:43:15 +0000

Headquartered in Mumbai, the Tata Group is a multibillion-dollar conglomerate with operations in more than 100 countries. Their information technology services arm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is expanding its operations in Montreal. They’re investing in a state-of-the-art IT services delivery facility that will provide TCS customers with a range of technology solutions, including AI, machine learning, cloud computing, and advanced analytics.

BCom alum’s paper on the financial literacy of immigrants an FCAC finalist

�鶹Լ�� — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:33:59 +0000

�鶹Լ�� Desautels graduate Avneet Bhabra (BCom’23)’s research paper “23% and Counting, but Not ‘One Size Fits All’: Helping Canada’s Immigrants Strengthen Their Financial Knowledge” has been published by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) on Canada.ca. Focusing on financial literacy amongst immigrants in Canada, the paper was selected as a finalist in the undergraduate category of the FCAC’s 2023 Building Better Financial Futures Challenge.

Delve: AI-griculture, A High-Tech Approach to Decarbonizing Agricultural Food Supply Chains

�鶹Լ�� — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 19:21:59 +0000

One of the largest contributors to climate change worldwide, the agricultural food supply chain crosses international borders and reaches across industries and sectors. Reducing its environmental impact requires complex, high-tech solutions like artificial intelligence—and the people to implement them at the right time, in the right places.

�鶹Լ��-led MiXR platform will connect Canada’s food and beverage sector

�鶹Լ�� — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 17:04:24 +0000

Thousands of restaurants and retailers across Canada sell food and beverages, and the logistics of getting these products where they need to be are complex. A new platform is using data to make it all more efficient. Led by Professor Laurette Dubé, Scientific Director of the �鶹Լ�� Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), MiXR will optimize resources throughout the food and beverage sector.

COVID-19 pandemic creates new opening for innovation in primary care

�鶹Լ�� — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 20:08:59 +0000

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to highlight weak points in global healthcare systems, Professor Laurette Dubé identifies an opportunity for large-scale innovation with primary care at the centre.

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Strengthening the economy through convergence and innovation

�鶹Լ�� — Thu, 05 Nov 2020 20:10:46 +0000

Professor Laurette Dubé joins The Future Economy to discuss how convergence and innovation can work together to build Canada’s economy.

Quebec’s new COVID-19 ad campaign exposes virus impact

�鶹Լ�� — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 19:30:06 +0000

The Quebec government is rolling out a new public health campaign featuring individuals who have first-hand experience with the severity of COVID-19. Professor Laurette Dubé comments on the polarizing responses to fear campaigns.

Toward a more resilient convergence economy

�鶹Լ�� — Fri, 04 Sep 2020 18:08:58 +0000

Contrary to the prevailing model, a convergence economy emphasizes resilience over hyper-competitiveness, writes Professor Laurette Dubé in an op-ed for the Montreal Gazette.

Professor Dubé awarded funding for new study

�鶹Լ�� — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 18:33:14 +0000

The Government of Canada has announced funding of $1.2 million for 17 projects to be led by researchers across the country that will analyze baseline data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Desautels and FAES interdisciplinary research with �鶹Լ�� food startup and Montreal community organization highlighted at the 2018 Montreal Summit on Innovation (MSI)

�鶹Լ�� — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:10:35 +0000

Joëlle Rondeau, Research Assistant, �鶹Լ�� Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE)

As part of C2 Montreal, the 2018 Montreal Summit on Innovation (MSI) showcased the social impacts of 10 collaborative research projects through an interactive circuit on May 23.

Takeaways from the 2018 Manulife Prize winner

�鶹Լ�� — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 16:50:15 +0000

Distinguishing between healthy living and fitness fads

At this year’s Manulife Prize ceremony, hosted at Maison Manuvie in collaboration with the �鶹Լ�� Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), Manulife Prize winner Professor Jean-Pierre Després presented an overview of his research, emphasizing the prevailing gap between science and so-called healthy living practices. According to him, the difference between what we know and what we do is staggering.

Jean-Pierre Després wins 2018 Manulife Prize

�鶹Լ�� — Thu, 29 Mar 2018 14:13:11 +0000

$50,000 award recognizes research pioneer who screened for abdominal obesity and acted to prevent it

�鶹Լ�� annonce que le docteur Jean-Pierre Després est le lauréat 2018 du Prix Manuvie 2018 pour la promotion d’une santé active

�鶹Լ�� — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:06:26 +0000

Le prix, d'une valeur de 50 000 $, récompense le pionnier de la recherche pour la détection et la prévention de l'obésité abdominale

�鶹Լ�� announces Dr. Jean-Pierre Després as the 2018 Winner of the Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health

�鶹Լ�� — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 16:05:24 +0000

$50,000 award recognizes research pioneer who screened for abdominal obesity and acted to prevent it

Montreal - March 22, 2018

�鶹Լ��, in association with Manulife and the �鶹Լ�� Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE), is pleased to announce that Dr. Jean-Pierre Després, Professor at the Department of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine at Université Laval and pioneer in developing screening techniques for visceral obesity, is the winner of the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.

Engaging Students with Food Industry and Community Stakeholders to Explore Innovation that Addresses Food Insecurity

�鶹Լ�� — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 18:22:34 +0000

By Nii Addy and Joëlle Rondeau

The �鶹Լ�� Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) and Impact Hub Montreal (IHM) supported Enactus �鶹Լ�� to organize the first Food Convergent Innovation Forum on November 30, 2017.

2018 Manulife Prize: Call for Applications

�鶹Լ�� — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 19:45:07 +0000

Are you leading research that promotes Active Health?

Apply for a chance to be recognized

�鶹Լ��’s Desautels Faculty of Management and the �鶹Լ�� Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) are pleased to announce the call for applications for the 2018 Manulife Prize for the Promotion of Active Health.

MCCHE helps food companies stay ahead of technology

�鶹Լ�� — Tue, 05 Dec 2017 21:30:22 +0000

Rapid technological advancement is disrupting the status quo across numerous domains, including in agriculture and food markets.

In response, the �鶹Լ�� Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) and the National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM) are hosting a series of relevant executive development programs from December 5-6.

MCCHE is at the centre of efforts to support Indian pulse production

�鶹Լ�� — Thu, 11 May 2017 13:39:25 +0000

The Pulse Innovation Platform of the �鶹Լ�� Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics (MCCHE) brings new methods of food production and marketing to India.

Companies and universities tackle obesity through pulses

�鶹Լ�� — Fri, 11 Mar 2016 15:08:45 +0000

To discover new ways of promoting pulses like lentils and peas to tackle obesity and undernutrition, the Desautels Faculty of Management at �鶹Լ�� has launched a platform that enables companies and institutes to work together towards improving the nutrition of food products.

The Global Pulse Innovation Platform (PIP) aims to boost consumption of protein-rich pulses, a sustainable food product that helps prevent and manage chronic diseases such as diabetes.

Using foods high in sugar, fat as rewards can lead to obesity in children

�鶹Լ�� — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:33:36 +0000

You’re late getting out the door and your six-year-old isn’t co-operating. You know it isn’t the best parental decision you’ve ever made but you offer him a treat if he agrees to obediently put on his shoes and get into the car. What’s the harm in that?

A study co-authored by Laurette Dubé of �鶹Լ��’s Desautel Faculty of Management suggests there could be long-term consequences to these types of actions, especially if they become a regular routine.

Civil Society appeals to policymakers to declare malnutrition as a medical emergency

�鶹Լ�� — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 20:15:32 +0000

Almost eight million children in India are severely malnourished and have nine times higher risk of death compared to normal children. These children deserve to live. In January 2015 over 100 organisations and individuals collectively urged the government to take action and save the lives of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) through the Generation Nutrition Campaign.

L'épidémie d'obésité: un échec de la médecine?

�鶹Լ�� — Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:14:07 +0000

Depuis 30 ans, les approches médicales et diététiques ont montré leurs limites.

... "Derrière chaque obèse, il y a un individu, et cet individu ne peut être dissocié de l'écosystème dans leque il se trouve.", ajoute Laurette Dubé, professeure à la faculté de Management Desautels et présidente et présidente fondatrice et directrice scientifique du Centre de la convergence en santé et économie de l'Université �鶹Լ��.

Christine Lagarde, Joe Oliver, Christian Noyer, Lawrence H. Summers, Jean-Claude Trichet, Philippe Couillard and Several other Political and Economic Leaders to Open the 20th Conference of Montreal

�鶹Լ�� — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 19:30:39 +0000

Organized by the International Economic Forum of the Americas, the 20^th edition of the Conference of Montreal will begin on June 9, 2014, under the theme of “Economy, Governance and Pension“.

Why do anti-hunger and anti-obesity initiatives always fall short?

�鶹Լ�� — Tue, 24 Sep 2013 21:18:12 +0000

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With widespread hunger continuing to haunt developing nations, and obesity fast becoming a global epidemic, any number of efforts on the parts of governments, scientists, non-profit organizations and the business world have taken aim at these twin nutrition-related crises. But all of these efforts have failed to make a large dent in the problems, and now an unusual international collaboration of researchers is explaining why.

Professor Laurette Dubé receives Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

�鶹Լ�� — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 15:41:58 +0000

Professor Laurette Dubé has been awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in February 2013 for her dedication to her peers, her community, and to Canada. This commemorative medal was created to mark the 2012 celebrations of the 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada. The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal is a tangible way for Canada to honour Her Majesty for her service to this country. At the same time, it serves to honour significant contributions and achievements by Canadians.

Dubé to World Health Summit: More collaboration needed to tackle non-communicable diseases

�鶹Լ�� — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:02:06 +0000

Addressing the World Health Summit in Berlin in October, Professor Laurette Dubé warned that the current dominant approach to combating an exploding global epidemic of diabetes and heart disease is too narrowly focused to succeed.

�鶹Լ�� Green Revolution 2.5 workshop to boost Gates global food effort

�鶹Լ�� — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 14:11:35 +0000