On Friday, March 19^th, Concordia University’s downtown campus will stage its sixth annual Sustainable Business Conference (SBC). Organized by the John Molson Sustainability Group (JSG), the event will see business leaders, professors, and students reunite to share ideas about how the corporate world can develop and implement initiatives for greener business.

With terms like ‘eco-friendly’ and ‘footprint reduction’ quickly rising among marketing buzz-phrases, the conference will present how some companies are taking these issues above and beyond the jargon. Events include a mix of individual and panel speakers drawn from both globally recognizable companies such as IBM, to local enterprises including Montreal’s Public Transit Agency (STM).

Please see attached poster and schedule for more details, or visit www.jsg-jmsb.ca. Tickets are $10 each and the event is open to the public. For more information, please contact us at jsg@jmsb.concordia.ca.

To save your spot, make sure that you’ve registered by using the form on the right.

To find out more about the event, visit our event page at http://www.sifeconcordia.com/projects-events/venture-medium/

See you Saturday.

The 4 rounds of the contest were held at Entreprise Rent a Car, TD Bank, CGI and Avon. The contestants were asked to solve real problems that the companies were facing on topics ranging from human resources to marketing.

10 Contestants were quickly narrowed down to the final 3. Matthew Barazin came out on top and was award

ed a $500 cash prize as well as a trip for 2 to New York City compliments of Voyage Campus (http://www.voyagescampus.com/en/index2.asp).

We’d like to congratulate all the contests on their participation and making it to where they did. We’d also like to thank the participating companies and sponsors for helping us out with the event.

Come try out and take part in this amazing opporunity to apply your classroom learning to REAL situations faced by actual companies! This is a great addition to your CV, and some of our contestants in the past have even been offered jobs on the spot!

This years Apprentice will be Concordia Vs. McGill, so make sure to come try out and represent JMSB.

First Prize: All inclusive trip for 2 to New York City presented by Voyage Campus!

If your interested in being involved, please contact apprentice@sifeconcordia.com

The Concordia Entrepreneurship and Management Association (CEMA) and official Students in Free Entreprise (SIFE) were among the teams competing in the semi-finals at the Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship (ACE) 2009 SIFE National Competition in Toronto. This is the best ever result for the team and places the group in 8th position across Canada. Over forty Canadian universities took part in the competition.

Team members that competed at the Toronto event include Gabriel Obadia, Philip Barrar, Allysha Carr, Jonathan O’Connell, Eric Pelsise, and Amanda Paquin.

While the team did not advance to the final round, they delivered a solid performance for a young and promising team with four years of competition experience. Team members include Jimmy Bakakis, Nicole Latour, Amanda Paquin, Eric Pelsise, Shannae Donaldson, Allysha Carr, Philip Barrar, Karin McCullock, Jonathan O’Connell, Gabriel Obadia, Adam Haroun, and Charles-Antoine Dupont.

The SIFE competition covers six educational topics: Market Economics, Success Skills, Entrepreneurship, Financial Literacy, Environmental Sustainability, and Business Ethics.

For a second consecutive year, JMSB was awarded 2nd prize at the HSBC Financial Literacy Competition category.

The team also went on to win the “Most Improved Team in Canada” award to underscore their dramatic growth and overall improvement.

Three team members were nominated for awards and Jonathan O’Connell brought home one of the six Founder’s Bursary awards. The $2,500 prize is awarded to students for their team leadership and outstanding contributions to their school’s SIFE program.

The team will be training for their next competition soon: the group is among six Canadian universities selected to compete in the Walmart SIFE “Green for the Greater Good Challenge” sustainability competition.

The Concordia Entrepreneurship and Management Association (CEMA) and official Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team won second place and a thousand dollar prize at the SIFE Regional Championships in Toronto.
The team competed in League B of the Financial Literacy Challenge category against seven other teams including Ryerson and Bishops University. Toronto University won first place in League A while York University won first place in League B.
The team, consisting of Jonathan O’ Connell, Amanda Paquin and Jalal Hasbini, presented CEMA’s primary community outreach program, RISE, aimed at educating high school students in entrepreneurship and finance. Supporting team members included Terence Richardson, Jimmy Bakakis, Karin McCullock and Jessica Brasil. The team was coached by Eric Pelsise, Fadi Abu Shakra and faculty advisor Tom O’Connell. The thousand dollar prize will be reinvested the association’s SIFE programs.
The team now move on to the next level of the competition, the 2008 ACE National Exposition taking place in Toronto on May 12-14.