Research Highlights

Anna’s McGill research group was invited to share early findings from an ongoing project ‘Building Sustainable Indigenous Enterprises’ at the first Opportunity Fair hosted by Tewatohnhi'saktha, the economic development commission of Kahnawake. Participating ROOTS members: Jordan (with her research poster as an Integrated Management Student Fellow), Aditi, Anna, Juliette, & Sunu

Based on a qualitative study of a Russophone bank in Kazakhstan, EunJoo and Anna discuss how language is often a basis for exclusion, discrimination, and conflict in society, making it an important dimension of diversity and inclusiveness in the workplace.

On the Integrated Management Student Fellowship showcase day, Juliette presented a research poster about how Fair Trade social enterprises can survive and thrive through economic cycles. 

How can today’s businesses build deeper relationships for long-term value creation? At the Canadian 10th Annual Fair Trade Conference, Johanna and Sonali explored how a conscious investment in forming, maintaining, and strengthening deeper social ties can generate trust, loyalty, and collaboration, ultimately contributing to long-term value creation for all participants in the business ecosystem.