Telfer MBA Diversity and Inclusion Case Competition

The Telfer School of Management, in partnership with EDC and Deloitte, holds a Diversity and Inclusion MBA Case Competition in Ottawa, Canada.

The competition runs in two tracks with the top two teams of each track moving on to the second round. Each team prepares its case and presents it before a panel of judges consisting of industry experts and EDC/Deloitte executives.

Our performance over the years:

2024 – 1st Place Winners
2023 – 3rd Place Winners
2021 – 2nd Place Winners
2019 – 2nd Place Winners
2017 – 3rd Place Winners

2024 Team – 1st Place

Telfer Team

Left to Right: Hargun Singh Setia, Meena A, Yogita Goyal, and Gurbani Sachdeva

The 8th edition of the competition focused on empowering local farmers of indigenous communities through the development of a cooperative business model facilitated through collaboration with members of the Saskatoon Tribal Council such as Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and One Arrow First Nation, by leveraging their communal power and expertise in wild rice cultivation.

Anne Morinville, Bethea Clarke and Liane Villemure were the coaches for the team during their prep.

2023 Team – 3rd Place

Left to Right: Shanil Panchamia, Shaurya Talwar., Amy Tang, and Liane Villemure

Amy Tang, Liane Villemure, Shanil Panchamia, and Shaurya Talwar represented JMSB at the 7th edition of the MBA Diversity & Inclusion Case Challenge at Telfer School of Management and secures the 3rd position in the competition. The competition consisted of a 2-week research mandate that challenged the teams to address global problems for a more inclusive and equitable future. The team focused on how Canfisco can help the Inuit communities of Nunavut deal with the socio-cultural and economic impacts of climate change by developing sustainable fishing practices.

Anne Morinville and Bethea Clarke were the coaches for the team and they supported the team during their preparation for the competition.

2021 Team

2nd Place Winners

Left to Right: Pamela Psihogios, Anusan Anandan, Karine Paradis, Debajyoti Saha

2020 Team

Left to Right: Amanda Rushton, Akshay Joshi, Paul Bugnon and Genevieve Roch

Here’s what Akshay Joshi had to say about his experience:

“It was an incredible experience participating in Telfer School of Management’s diversity and inclusion case competition this weekend. Through our research and discussions, I learned a great deal about the importance of diversity and inclusion in an organization, and how it is directly linked to the organization’s performance. At the competition, it was insightful to listen to other teams’ opinions and methodologies as well as their ideas for incorporating diversity in the workplace. I would like to thank my amazing teammates and our coach Professor Tim Field for giving me this great opportunity.”

Special thank you to Professor Tim Field for all the work he put into coaching and mentoring the Telfer team!