HEC Montréal takes 1st place in the 2017 Jeux du Commerce

January 10, 2017

The HEC Montréal team of 80 BAA students took 1^st place in the 2017 Jeux du commerce, held at the Université de Moncton from January 6 to 8.

This triumph means that the School has now finished in the top three 24 times in 29 years.

Coached by the School’s Competitions Committee and Guest Professor René Gendreau (Marketing), the School’s team shone in a number of categories.

The team won the Academic Cup (tied with the delegation from the Concordia University John Molson School of Business). It also brought home the Sports Cup, and won 2^nd place for the Social component and 3^rd place for Participation.

Results by competition

Academics

• Taxation case: 1^st place
• Stock exchange simulation: 2^nd place
• Marketing case: 2^nd place
• Strategy case: 3^rd place
• Organizational information systems case: 3^rd place 
• Debating: 3^rd place

Sports 

• Intercrosse: 2^nd place
• Volleyball: 3^rd place 

The Jeux du Commerce bring together nearly 1,300 BAA students from 13 universities in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick, and pit them against one another in academic, sports and social competitions. The goal is to foster closer relations among these future business and corporate leaders, create lasting connections among the participants, develop their initiative and foster healthy competition and, above all, excellence.

Congratulations to all the participants and thanks to all the volunteers and coaches! 

Delegation members: Adam El Ghazali, Adrien Thibaud, Alexandrine Pilon, André Masse, Andrew Coffey, Annabelle Bourassa, Arthur Ruello, Audrée Lavoie-Archambault, Audrey Beaudoin, Aurélie Michaud, Aurore Colliaux, Benjamin Chalier, Benjamin Maunier, Caroline Moreau, Catherine Desbiens, Céline Gemmel, Charles-Ély Legris, Claudia Trudeau, Clément Leclerc, Corentin Mercier, Daniel Carvalho, Emmanuelle Rault, Étienne Fournier, Florence Langlois, François-Nicolas Dolan, Frédérique Leblanc, Gabriel Hamelin, Gabriel Paradis, Gabrielle Lallier, Jean-Benoît Courchesne, Jean-Éric Laniel, Jeiel-Onel Junior Mezil, Jennifer Meterissian, Jérémie Lebel-Guay, Jessica Rousseau, Josée-Ann Bellehumeur, Julie Bourdon-Leblanc, Julien Desgagnes, Justine Guertin, Karine              Landry, Laura Manzi, Laurence Landry-Leduc, Laurent Loiseau, Leah Sfez, Léandre Poirier, Lise Ameline, Louis Radammelle, Lyes Hammadi, Manon Caudrelier, Manuel Boyer, Marc-Antoine Boileau-Duchesne, Marie Hilaire, Mathieu Péloquin, Maude Brossard, Maxandre Perron-Deschênes, Maxime Filiatrault-Campeau, Nicholas Pruneau, Olivier Gagnon, Oumaïma Tahiri, Robin Houenoussi, Roxana Pinsonnault-Chery, Roxanne Cardinal, Sammie Dubeau, Samuel Ferreira-Silva, Sandrine Larose, Sasha Konjkave, Sebastien Lourties, Simon Thellend, Stéphanie Bouvet, Stéphanie Llewellyn, Tanya Nadeau, Thibault Delorme, Thibault Sargenton, Thomas Côté-Parent, Valérie Lévesque, Véronique Desmarais, Véronique Gingras, Vincent Lebel, Vincent Lamarche, Yoann Le Guehennec. (photo : Comité audio radio vidéo)