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Business & Tourism Newsletter Vol. 30 Fall 2024

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Business & Tourism Newsletter Vol. 26 Fall 2019

Business & Tourism Newsletter Vol. 25 Winter 2019

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Media coverage 2025/2026

  • Nova Scotia business professor on what a ‘technical’ recession means for Nova Scotia, June 1 [Global] – part-time professor Ed McHugh is featured.
  • Negotiations resume in Nova Scotia long-term care strike, May 27 [Global] – Part-time business professor Ed McHugh is featured.
  • Bermuda College and MSVU sign new tourism and hospitality management degree agreement, May 26 [MSVU, Bernews, Academica, Education News Canada, The Royal Gazette]
  • 2026 MSR Research Colloquium, The Mystical and Research: Dwelling at the Threshold of Knowing. Led by Dr. Tianyuan Yu.
  • MSVU’s 2026 Student Award Winners Exemplify Excellence Across Disciplines, April 20 [Education News Canada]
  • MSVU’s 2026 Student Award Winners Exemplify Excellence Across Disciplines, April 15 [MSVU]
  • Spectators will face consequences for altercation at minor basketball game, April 12 [CBC] – part-time business professor Ed McHugh is featured.
  • New grocery stores eye N.S., raising hopes for lower food prices, April 7 [CTV] – part-time business instructor Ed McHugh is featured.
  • Halifax residents struggle to find money for fun as the cost of living continues to rise, April 1 [Global News] – Business Instructor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies Announces 2026 Winners, March 27 [Newswire] – Charles Anderson, BBA student, is a recipient.
  • Promoted as Canadian but is it Canadian?, March 18 [The Current] – part-time business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • Analysts warn increases in gas and diesel prices in the Maritimes could have big impacts, March 9 [Global] – part-time business professor Ed McHugh is featured.
  • MSVU student Charlie Anderson wins prestigious Frank H. Sobey Award, March 3 [Education News Canada]
  • Strickland and Smith earn ACAA awards, March 5 [Mount Mystics] Keezaidra Smith is a BBA student
  • MSVU student Charlie Anderson wins prestigious Frank H. Sobey Award, Feb 27 [MSVU]
  • Low-cost dining option gives Halifax residents something to chew on, Feb 23 [CityNews] – Deanna Struthers Tourism Lab Instructor is featured
  • Frank H. Sobey Awards for Excellence in Business Studies Announces 2026 Winners, Feb 17 [Education News Canada] – Charles Anderson is a current MSVU BBA student.
  • Students take the lead as Vincent’s restaurant welcomes diners for 2026 season, Feb 10 [MSVU]
  • 75 years of paying it forward, Jan 28 [CTV] – Tourism Assistant Professor Paulette Cormier-MacBurnie is interviewed.
  • Caritas Day 2026: Marking the 75th anniversary of the fire that destroyed Mount Saint Vincent, Jan 28 [MSVU]
  • Bermudian students get familiar with Halifax university, Jan 27 [The Royal Gazette]
  • Investing in Experience: How WIL Is Shaping Canada’s Workforce Future, Jan 27 [Education News Canada]
  • Investing in Experience: How WIL Is Shaping Canada’s Workforce Future, Jan 22 [MSVU Co-op and WIL Centre]
  • The year that was, 2025 in Colchester County (part 2), Jan 18 [Truro News] – The article references the partnership announced last fall between Millbrook First Nation and the Kinu Tourism Project at MSVU.
  • Top 10 MSVU stories of 2025, Dec 23 [MSVU]
  • How to cut spending in 2026, Jan 4 [CBC Maritime Connection] – Instructor Ed McHugh (Business Administration) is the featured guest.
  • Cost of living impacting Maritime gyms, Jan 2 [Global Maritimes – advance to the 0:30 mark] – Instructor Ed McHugh (Business Administration) is interviewed.
  • Last minute holiday shopping rush, Dec 24 [Global Vancouver – advance to the 0:55 mark] – Instructor Ed McHugh (Business Administration) is interviewed.
  • National trends point to Canadians spending less this holiday season, Dec 22 [CBC] – Instructor Ed McHugh (Business Administration) is interviewed.
  • Student Spotlight: Meet Tanner Saunders, Dec 3 [MSVU] – Tanner is a Bachelor of Business Administration student with a major in Management and minor in Nonprofit Leadership.
  • Enterprise Canada Expands Atlantic Operations with Acquisition of Harbourview Public Affairs, Dec 3 [Enterprise Canada] – “Rob Batherson joins as Senior Leader, Atlantic Canada. … He has been recognized with numerous honours, including the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, Honorary Director of Neptune Theatre, and the Chancellor’s Award from Mount Saint Vincent University.”
  • MSVU welcomes 2025 Women’s Wall of Honour inductees, Nov 24 [MSVU]
  • Sales Season, Nov 21 [CTV – Advance to the 18:53 mark] – Part-time business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed about November/December consumer spending habits.
  • Millbrook First Nation and MSVU join to promote Indigenous tourism education, Nov 10 [Halifax Examiner]
  • MSVU Announces Anya Walcott as Student Wellness Champion, Oct 30 [MSVU]
  • MSVU celebrates fall 2025 graduates, honorary degree recipient, Oct 19 [MSVU]
  • Millbrook, MSVU announce partnership for Indigenous tourism project, Oct. 8 [Truro News, MSVU, Nation Talk]
  • Costco interested in 3rd Halifax location, but municipal roadblocks in the way, Sept 18 [Global] – part-time business professor Ed McHugh is featured.
  • The impacts on businesses as utilities increase, Sept 11 [News 95.7] – part-time business professor Ed McHugh is featured (1:26:56)
  • Oland Brewery threatens to leave Halifax due to rising utility costs, Sept 10 [Global] – part-time business professor Ed McHugh is featured.
  • ‘I don’t really use it’: Canadians split on value of Canada Post ahead of strike vote, July 20 [CTV] – part-time business professor Ed McHugh is featured.
  • Artificial Intelligence and the rise of popularity, June 24 [CTV] – part-time business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed (26:19).
  • ‘You feel betrayed’: Halifax professor sees spike in cheating by students using AI, June 20 [CTV] – part-time business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.

Media coverage 2024/2025

  • Pet store added to Nova Scotia Loyal program, June 17 [Global] – Part-time Business professor Ed McHugh is featured.
  • Frugal but fun summer plans, June 12 [CTV Atlantic] – Part-time Business prof Ed McHugh is featured (starts at 1:17)
  • On the phone-in: We discuss the growth in the Indigenous tourism sector, June 11 [Maritime Noon] – Bradley Paul, Kinu Tourism Project Coordinator is featured.
  • Mya Peets wins 2025 Deloitte Scholarship, June 5 [The Royal Gazette] – Mya Peets is a current MSVU BBA student.
  • MSVU celebrates spring 2025 graduates, honorary degree recipient, May 16 [MSVU]
  • Kinu Tourism Project, student honoured at NSITEN Awards, May 7 [MSVU]
  • Recognizing excellence: MSVU’s 2025 student award winners, April 22 [MSVU] – Casey Oakey-O’Grady was awarded the Business Administration Co-op Student of the Year award.
  • Cost of living major issue in federal election, many Maritimers say, April 21 [CTV] – Part-time Business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • Crosby Foods changing packaging to showcase Canadian heritage, March 31 [CTV] – Part-time Business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • How Canadian businesses with American names are dealing with the trade war, March 27 [CTV] – Part-time Business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • MSVU’s latest co-op student award winners making their mark, March 26 [MSVU, Education News Canada]
  • MSVU celebrates exceptional co-op employers, March 26 [MSVU]
  • Shoppers flock to N.S. Hudson’s Bay stores as liquidation begins, March 24 [CTV] – Part-time Business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • Deadline set to use Hudson’s Bay gift cards as liquidation of all stores set to start, March 17 [Global] – Part-time Business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • From tariffs to coupons, the power we have as consumers to stand up for Canada, March 7 [Local Lens with Sheldon Macleod] – Part-time Business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • Loblaws reporting 10 per cent bump in Canadian product sales, Feb 28 [CTV] – Part-time Business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • ‘We’ll work our way through this’: How Canadians can stay positive amid Trump tariffs, March 5 [Global] – Part-time Business professor Ed McHugh is interviewed.
  • Vincent’s teaching restaurant open to all this February/March, Feb 24 [MSVU]
  • Today’s phone-in: are multi-level marketing schemes legitimate side hustles or a grift?, Feb 12 [Maritime Noon] – Ed McHugh (BUSI PT Faculty) is featured (starts at 14:00).
  • Find your community, then thrive: The world of student societies at MSVU, Feb 10 [MSVU]
  • Bermudian students get familiar with Halifax university, Jan 27 [The Royal Gazette]
  • BCIT part of national network to increase entrepreneurship and research commercialization in Canada, Jan 28 [BCIT] – MSVU is a co-applicant institution.
  • It’s All in the Family at the Mount, Jan 30 [MSVU] (Keigan Feron is a BBA student)
  • MSVU community giving back this Caritas Day, Jan 29 [MSVU]
  • University president returns for alumni event at BUEI, Jan 16 [The Royal Gazette] – Featuring Dr. Joël Dickinson.
  • Calling all MSVU alumni in Bermuda!, Jan 14 [MSVU]
  • Mount Saint Vincent University celebrates launch of Indigenous tourism program, Nov 22 [Global, CTV, APTN, Information Morning]
  • Mount Saint Vincent University celebrates launch of Indigenous tourism program, Nov 22 [CBC, Education News Canada]
  • Kinu Tourism Project launching at MSVU, Nov 22 [CTV Morning Live – Advance to the 14:55 mark]
  • New Kinu Tourism Project provides Indigenous-informed education, Nov 20 [Information Morning]
  • MSVU celebrates launch of Kinu Tourism Project, Nov 18 [Global]
  • Celebration event: Kinu Tourism Project at MSVU welcomes first Indigenous Student Cohort, Nov 14 [MSVU]
  • Fifty years of the Learners & Leaders Business and Tourism Conference, Oct 21 [MSVU]

Media coverage 2023/2024

  • Meet valedictorian Winny (Wei) Liang, May 13 [MSVU]
  • MSVU celebrates spring 2024 graduates, honorary degree recipients, May 17 [MSVU]
  • New N.S. tourism company that would highlight Black cultural sites faces pushback, May 6 [CBC, Information Morning] – Dr. Peter Mombourquette (Business/Tourism) is featured.
  • Celebrating MSVU’s 2024 student academic award winners, April 23 [MSVU]
  • MSVU student receives 2024 Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies, March 27 [MSVU]
  • Hands-on helper Normand Gendron embodies MSVU’s community spirit, March 15 [MSVU]
  • Vincent’s teaching restaurant open at MSVU, March 15 [MSVU, Academica, Education News Canada]
  • MSVU’s latest co-op student award winners making their mark at work, March 14 [MSVU]
  • 150 People Profile: Louisa Dolente – BBA Alum, Relationship-builder and Entrepreneur, Feb 7 [MSVU]
  • N.S. charities finding different ways to secure donation dollars, Jan 16 [CTV] – Ed McHugh is a Business part-time faculty member
  • Climate change effort requires political co-operation, Nov 29 [Saltwire] – Anthony Davis is professor emeritus (SOAN), and Michael Whalen is a retired associate professor (Business).
  • Why is flying from rural airports so expensive?, Nov 22 [CTV] – Maria Matthews (Tourism and Hospitality Management) is interviewed (starts at 54:47).
  • Goodbye, good buy: Halifax Shopping Centre sold to investment firm, Nov 20 [CTV] – Ed McHugh is a Business part-time faculty member.
  • 49th annual Learners and Leaders Conference uniting business students and professionals, Oct 19 [MSVU]
  • 2022-23 National Scholar Award recipients, Sept 15 [CCAA] – 38 Mount Mystics were recipients of the 2022-23 CCAA National Scholar Award. – Congratulations to all our Business and Tourism students!
  • The Good Stuff with Mary Berg, Sept 25 [CTV] – Ella Burns is a current MSVU student and a Tourism and Hospitality Management graduate. (starts at 22:00).
  • 2023 Atlantic Schools of Business Conference gets underway at MSVU, Sept 22 [MSVU]
  • 18 restaurants, 1 location: Take a look inside Moncton’s virtual kitchen, July 28 [CBC] – Paulette Cormier-MacBurnie (Tourism and Hospitality Management) is featured
  • ApplyBoard Announces 2023 International Alumni of Impact Winners, June 27 [Ottawa Sun] – Christine Qin Yang is an MSVU Business/Tourism alum.  

Media coverage 2022/2023

  • Our Guest Is: Aris Hernandez, May 2 [My East Coast Experience] – Aris Hernandez is an MSVU BBA alum and current International Student Recruiter.
  • Our Guest Is: Christine Qin Yang, April 19 [My East Coast Experience] – Christine Qin Yang is an MSVU BBA alum.
  • 150 People Profile: Meet Joanne Bernard – MSVU alum, President of the Alumni Association, member of the Board of Governors and community leader, May 1 [MSVU]
  • Celebrating our 2023 academic award winners, April 20 [MSVU]
  • Meet MSVU’s latest co-op student award winners, March 16 [MSVU] Congratulations, Julia, Sophia and Fei!
  • 150 People Profiles: Deanne MacLeod – Alum and former Chair of the Board of Governors, Feb 9 [MSVU] BBA grad.
  • Bermuda Insurance Leader Dan Rance Joins Resilience to Accelerate Move Upmarket, Jan 25 [Canada Insider] – Dan Rance is a BBA MSVU grad.
  • Faculty and staff award winners celebrated at MSVU, Jan 4 [MSVU]
  • Episode 166: Amber Grosse – Evolving Embers, Dec 26 [Blackout Podcast] – Amber Gosse is an BBA MSVU alum.
  • Top 10 MSVU Stories of 2022, Dec 13 [MSVU]
  • Enterprise Holdings establishes award for Indigenous business and tourism students at MSVU, Dec 12 [Education News Canada]
  • Enterprise Holdings establishes award for Indigenous business and tourism students at MSVU, Dec 8 [MSVU]
  • 48th Annual MSVU Business and Tourism Learners and Leaders Conference – Ross Simmonds Keynote, [MSVU Business & Tourism] – Find more recordings of the conference here.
  • Data, resources needed to tackle anti-Asian hate in HRM, Nov 1, [Saltwire] – Christine Qin Yang is an MSVU BBA alum.
  • MSVU announces its 2022 Alumni Award winners, Oct 27 [MSVU, Education News Canada] Khalieha Cunningham (CBB, ‘18).
  • How do we encourage entrepreneurs? Oct 25 [Maritime Noon] – Nora Perry, Business and Tourism part time instructor and Business Advisor with the CWB, is a guest on the call-in portion of the show.
  • What Ivy League Endowment Losses Say About This Market, Oct 24 [Market Watch] – Dr. Mohammad Siddiquee (Business) is interviewed.
  • Longest-standing student business conference in the region takes place at MSVU October 13, Oct 12 [MSVU]
  • MSVU BBA alum Christine Qin Yang is helping connect NS to the world, Sept 27 [MSVU]
  • Welcoming new faculty, Sept 22 [MSVU]
  • The Student Geyser App, Sept 1 [CBC Radio] – MSVU BBA alum Megan Cook is the creator of the new student focused app.
  • Business professor says more companies to take strong stances, Aug 28 [CityNews] – BBA Part-time instructor Ed McHugh is interviewed.  
  • 2022 Public Service Bursary, Aug 16 [BerNews] – Recipient Ania Gilbert is a MSVU Business student.
  • Nova Scotian home after being stranded by Newfoundland wildfires, Aug 14 [Saltwire] – Melanie Lowe, KINU Indigenous Tourism Program Manager, is interviewed.
  • BFIS awards $287,000 in scholarships, August 2 [The Royal Gazette] – Recipient Rickai Burrows is studying Business at MSVU via Bermuda College.
  • Q&A with MSVU alum Adam Bower, NS tourism entrepreneur, July 28 [MSVU]
  • 20 Students Receive ABIC Education Awards, July 19 [Bernews] – award recipients Michae Skinner is a current BBA MSVU student and Di’Neasha DeSilva is a BBA MSVU alum.
  • Airports Council Names Monette Pasher Permanent President of Canadian Division, July 20 [Aviation Pros] – Monette Pasher is a MSVU Tourism alum.
  • Q&A with MSVU alumnus Duan Ash, athlete, coach and lawyer, BBA Graduate, July 21 [MSVU News]
  • New Indigenous Tourism Program being established at Mount Saint Vincent University, July 6 [Mi’kmaq Maliseet Nation News]
  • Grand Pre, N.S., resident Bev Greenlaw inducted into Canadian college Hall of Fame, June 30 [Saltwire] – Four recent MSVU inductees into the CCAA Hall of Fame are noted.  Jason Carlson – BBA Graduate. 
  • The CCAA Hall of Famers from MSVU!, June 27 [Parkview News]  Jason Carlson – BBA Graduate. 

Media coverage 2021/2022

  • Where are they now? June 2022 [CEWIL] – MSVU alumae Melanie Lowe is the new Program Manager of the Kinu Tourism Project Pan-Atlantic Initiative
  • Indigenous Top Ten, June 15 [Academica] – MSVU’s National Indigenous History Month message and the announcement of the Kinu Tourism Program are featured in the top 10.
  • MSVU’s new tourism program, June 10 [CBC Mainstreet Part 1, Part 2] – Catherine Martin, a member of the Kinu Tourism Committee at MSVU, speaks about the new program.
  • Indigenous tourism program coming to N.S. university as calls grow to showcase Mi’kmaw culture, June 8 [Global, CTV Kitchener (25:22), TravelSmart, NationTalk]
  • N.S. university will be home to Canada’s first Indigenous tourism program, June 6 [CTV online, CTV Atlantic broadcast, CBC online, CBC’s Maritime Noon, Cape Breton Post, The Telegram, Saltwire, MSVU, Education News Canada, Academica, and many more]
  • Youth Well Being in The Workplace: Panel 2, May 30 [Centre for Employment Innovation] – Current MSVU BBA student Templeton Sawyer is a panel speaker.
  • Meet Valedictorian D’Vaughn Rolle-Johnson, May 16 [MSVU]
  • Celebrating MSVU’s 2022 academic and athletics student award winners, May 12 [MSVU]
  • Unexpected Opportunity Leads to a Career for Bursary Recipient, May 1 [Atlantic Business] – Templeton Sawyer is a current BBA student.
  • Annual TEAM event raises more than $42K in support of MSVU Tourism & Hospitality program, April 21 [MSVU]
  • MSVU celebrates exceptional co-op employers, March 18 [MSVU, Educational News Canada]
  • Celebrating the 2021 Mount Co-op Students of the Year, March 17 [MSVU] – Ella Burns, Tourism and Hospitality Management student, AND Kathrine McEwen, Business Administration student. Well done!!
  • NS Premier Tim Houston to be featured in MSVU Business & Tourism fireside chat series, March 2 [MSVU]
  • HR expert to explore the future of work during MSVU Business & Tourism fireside chat, Feb 4 [MSVU]
  • MSVU Department of Business and Tourism to host 47th Learners & Leaders, Jan 20 [MSVU]
  • Tourism grad finds niche in offering local, non-traditional travel experiences, Jan 11 [MSVU]
  • Bermuda College Annual Report & Statements, Nov 27 [BerNews] – The largest cohort in 10 years (15 students) graduated from MSVU this year.
  • Chef Michael Smith to be featured in MSVU Business & Tourism fireside chat series, Nov 23 [MSVU]
  • Halifax councillor Pam Lovelace elected as deputy mayor, Nov 23 [Global] – Halifax councillor and deputy mayor Pam Lovelace is a MSVU alum with a certificate in Business.
  • Former university dropout becomes Mount Saint Vincent valedictorian, Nov 20 [CBC] Megan Cook BBA Graduate.
  • Staycation-style study tour takes MSVU tourism students behind-the-scenes of NS tourism sector, Nov 10 [Education News Canada]
  • Staycation-style study tour takes MSVU tourism students behind-the-scenes of NS tourism sector, Nov 8 [MSVU]
  • Meet Megan Cook, MSVU valedictorian for fall 2021, Nov 1 [MSVU]. Megan graduated with a BBA.
  • Atlantic Canada’s 30 Under 30 Innovators, Nov 1 [Atlantic Business] – Templeton Sawyer is a BBA MSVU student.
  • President and CEO of SimplyCast Saeed El-Darahali to be featured in MSVU Business & Tourism fireside chat series, Oct 29 [MSVU]
  • Champion of women in business and governance Deborah Rosati to be featured in MSVU Business & Tourism fireside chat series, Sept 21 [MSVU]
  • ‘There’s really no service like this’: Recent MSVU grad hopes to launch student organization app next year, Aug 25 [HalifaxToday]
  • Reopening of the international travel industry, Aug 9 [CBC Mainstreet Part 1, Part 2] – Professor Maria Matthews (Tourism and Hospitality Management) is interviewed.
  • ABIC supports future of international business, Aug 4 [The Royal Gazette] – MSVU student Brianna Correia is an ABIC scholarship recipient from the BBA program.
  • Atlantic universities join forces to attract Indigenous, Black students to business, July 9 [CBC]

Media coverage 2020/2021

  • Halifax-based Podcast Aims to Inspire Future Leaders, June 9 [Global] – Templeton Sawyer is a BBA student at MSVU.
  • Lindell proud to finally get degree after a decade of stops and starts, May 20 [Royal Gazette] – Lindell Foster is a 2021 BBA graduate through the MSVU partnership with Bermuda College.
  • Celebrating our 2020/2021 academic award winners, April 29 [MSVU]
  • MSVU student creating app to help other students stay organized, April 8 [Halifax Today]
  • Digging into social enterprise at MSVU, April [Business Voice – pg. 10]
  • Iain Rankin encourages students to explore, April 7 [allNovaScotia – subscription required] – Premier Iain Rankin’s MSVU Business & Tourism fireside chat is featured.
  • Yang Developing Inspiring Career Path, April [My East Coast Experience] – An article featuring MSVU BBA alum Christine Qin Yang.
  • A piece featuring MSVU Business student Megan Cook (a 2021 winner of the Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies), April 6, [News 95.7 – segment starts at 37:52] – Megan is interviewed about an app she is developing to help students stay in school.
  • Former university dropout developing app to help keep students in school, April 4 [CBC] – MSVU student Megan Cook is interviewed.
  • The Danish model, plus 5 more alternatives to LTC as we know it, April 2 [Ottawa Citizen] – Dr. Don Shiner (Business Administration) is featured.
  • Premier Iain Rankin to be featured in MSVU Business & Tourism fireside chat series, March 31 [MSVU]
  • MSVU student named recipient of Frank H. Sobey Award for Excellence in Business Studies, March 18 [MSVU]
  • MSVU business and tourism students lend their expertise to local nonprofit, March 2 [MSVU]
  • An Optimistic Perspective on Tourism and Hospitality after COVID-19, Feb – Professor Paulette Cormier-MacBurnie
  • MVSU alum named Premier-designate of Nova Scotia, Feb 8 [MSVU, HuffPost, others] Iain Rankin is a BBA Graduate.
  • MSVU Business Administration program in HR management receives national accreditation, Feb 1 [Academica]
  • MSVU Business Administration program in HR management receives national accreditation, Jan 28 [MSVU]
  • Cannabis entrepreneur Christine Halef to be featured in MSVU Business & Tourism fireside chat series, Jan 26 [MSVU]
  • KPMG Congratulates New CPA Professionals, Jan 20 [BerNews] – Ranisha Simmons is BBA MSVU alum.
  • Three MSVU BBA alumni named ‘Most Inspiring Immigrants’ in the Maritimes, Jan 18 [MSVU, Education News Canada]
  • Welcoming our new faculty, Rhonda Bursey, Jennifer Guy and Maria Matthews, Jan 14 [MSVU]
  • Pursuing the dream of being a professor with Germaine Chan, Dec 15 [Back to School Again] – Dr. Germaine Chan (Business Administration) is interviewed.
  • MSVU varsity alum Katherine Brien: Life lessons on and off the court, Dec 7 [MSVU] BBA graduate.
  • Cox & Palmer adds six associates to Halifax office. Nov 19 [The Lawyer’s Daily] – Sarah Stevens is an MSVU alum.
  • Leaders in Tourism: Virtual event in support of MSVU Tourism and Hospitality program, Nov 10 [MSVU]
  • Michael Hyatt was a self-made millionaire by the age of 25, Nov 2 [The Sheldon MacLeod] – Jeff McKinnon talks about the latest speaker Michael Hyatt in the Department of Business and Tourism’s Fireside Chats series (Nov 2 – 1 p.m.)
  • Meet Valedictorian Abbie Hodder, Bachelor of Business Administration (Co-operative Education Option) – majors in Accounting and Management, Oct 28 [MSVU]
  • Meet the MSVU 2020 Valedictorians, Oct 28 [MSVU]
  • Ben Cowan-Dewar on his “bad” idea, Oct 28 [allNovaScotia – subscription required] – Ben Cowan-Dewar was the guest speaker at the Business and Tourism Fireside Chat on Oct. 27, hosted by Professor Jeff McKinnon.
  • Self-made millionaire by age 25: Tech entrepreneur Michael Hyatt to be featured in MSVU fireside chat series, Oct 28 [MSVU]
  • Advancing Black Women in Leadership: Online forum takes place Oct 30 and Nov 6, Oct 21 [MSVU]
  • Business & Tourism Fireside Chat to feature Ben Cowan-Dewar, Co-founder CEO, Cabot Links, Oct 15 [MSVU News]
  • With family separated by a border, N.S. couple finds unique way to marry, Oct 13 [CBC] – Groom Alex Leckie is a BBA student at MSVU.
  • Atlantic Canadian College & University Tour, Oct 5 [Bernews] – MSVU is participating in the first-ever virtual Atlantic Canadian college and university tour for prospective students living in Bermuda.
  • The goal of the fireside chats with MSVU’s Business & Tourism department, Sept 28 [The Sheldon MacLeod Show] – Professor Jeff McKinnon is interviewed on this upcoming series (2 p.m.)
  • Fireside Chats to feature business and tourism leaders, Sept 22 [MSVU]
  • MEET THE CANDIDATE Shawn Cleary, Sept 15 [The Chronicle Herald] – Shawn Cleary teaches part-time (Business) at MSVU.
  • Charlottetown man opens barbershop that will specialize in cutting hair for people in Black community, Sept 11 [The Chronicle Herald] – Luke Ignace is currently studying management at MSVU.
  • 3 Bermudians Awarded Butterfield Scholarships, Aug 26 [BerNews] – Alneisha Outerbridge is a Business Administration student at MSVU.
  • Nicole Moberg promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Thrive, Aug 26 [Patch] – Nicole Moberg is a graduate of MSVU’s Hospitality and Tourism program.
  • Virtual field trips, immersive videos and international speakers: How universities are adapting due to COVID-19, Aug 12 [Chronicle Herald] — Dr. Peter Mombourquette (Business & Tourism) is interviewed.
  • Program spotlight: MSVU Business and Tourism department takes extra-curricular program online too, July 14 [MSVU]
  • Navigating COVID-19: The Future of Tourism & Hospitality Webinar, July 9 [Halifax Chamber Commerce] – Dr. Candace Blayney, Paulette Cormier and Maria Matthews (Business Administration and Tourism & Hospitality Management) talk about the future of tourism and hospitality.
  • Leaping into online learning with haste, July [Business Voice] – Dr. Peter Mombourquette (Business and Tourism & Hospitality Management) is featured (pages 15-18).

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