Granting Agencies: Close to Half a Million Dollars for 21 MSc Students
August 22, 2011
Master of Science (MSc) in Administration students at HEC turned in a brilliant performance in the competitions by granting agencies for 2011-2012. All in all, 23 scholarships were awarded to 21 students, for a grand total of $422,500.
They were all selected by independent juries of expert researchers, based on the exceptional quality of their university work focusing on social, economic and cultural issues.
Congratulations to everyone!
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – 15 grants of $17,500
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Recipient |
MSc option |
Research subject |
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Amélie Mongrain |
Organizational Development |
The dynamics of a change management team: The specific role of change facilitators |
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Ariane Carpentier-Gauthier |
Marketing |
Alternative food distribution, a sensible choice: A study of the buying behaviour of members of a Quebec solidarity market |
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Benoît-Mykolas Savignac |
Marketing |
Resurrecting defunct brands through brand communities |
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Émilie Gauthier |
Marketing |
How do teens’ backgrounds influence their brand preferences? |
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Isabelle Melançon |
Organizational Development |
Individual coaching as a performance tool for managers in the public service |
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Louis-Félix Binette |
Management |
Factors influencing international players’ reconstruction strategies after a natural disaster: Haiti after the January 12, 2010 earthquake |
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Majda Topaloski |
Applied Economics |
Public subsidies to firms: the impact on productivity |
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Marie-Claude Lépine |
Human Resources Management |
Offering optimal customer service: the impact of organizational and individual factors and employees’ motivation to control their emotions |
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Mathieu Boldireff |
Management |
Opportunities and the business plan: evaluation and comparison |
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Pierre-Frédéric Robert |
Applied Economics |
Sensitivity of Quebec households to risk in the light of variations in certain economic variables |
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Pierre-Luc Mailloux |
Finance |
Hedging or speculation: How Canadian firms handle interest rate exposure on corporate debt |
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Sonny Scarfone |
Applied Economics |
Pricing perishable goods: consumers’ strategic responses |
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Véronique Sergerie |
Management |
Cultural entrepreneurship: coexistence of contradictory values and characteristics among managing entrepreneurs |
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Véronique St-Michel |
Production and Operations Management |
Food management and loss reduction at Quebec childcare centres |
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Véronique St-Onge |
Human Resources Management |
Use of Web 2.0 by Quebec firms in the recruitment process |
Véronique St-Michel, MSc student in the Production and Operations Management option, SSHRC 2011-2012 grant recipient
Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) – Scholarships of $15,000 per year, for a maximum of two years. The recipients are:
. Louis-Félix Binette (Management)
. Marie-Anne Bazerghi (Finance)
. Mélisende Brazeau1 (International Logistics)
. Sonny Scarfone (Applied Economics)
Institut de Finance Mathématique de Montréal (IFM2) – Scholarships of $15,000 per year, for a maximum of two years. A total of $100,000 will be awarded to the following four students, all enrolled in the Financial Engineering option:
. Alexandre Cléroux-Perrault (2-year scholarship)
. Delia Alexandra Doljanu (2-year scholarship)
. Abdelghani Sbai Idrissi (4-term scholarship)
. Tommy Thomassin (4-term scholarship)
For more information
Attend one of the two information sessions on graduate scholarships offered by granting agencies (HEC Montréal students only):
- Friday, August 26, from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m., in the Ernst & Young room of the Côte-Sainte-Catherine building
- Wednesday, September 14, from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m., in the Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton room of the Côte-Sainte-Catherine building
Visit these sites:
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1. Mélisende Brazeau was a HEC Montréal student when she applied for her grant, and is now pursuing her Master’s degree at the University of Lund, in Sweden.