Northern university business students showcase their abilities

“I can’t believe how the Northern Ontario Business Case Competition put what we learned in four years into focus in one day,” says Algoma U business student Michael Campbell. The brainchild of Cathy Denomme, associate professor in the Department of Business and Economics at Algoma, the competition, supported by the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation, brings together students from all the northern universities – nearly 100 of them on March 31, 2016 for the 10th annual competition. The students are put into teams of three or four, and given three hours to come up with a solution to a real-world business problem, which they present to a panel of judges. The competition is followed by a dinner and awards ceremony. “It’s a great opportunity for the students to apply what they’ve learned, knowing they’re being judged by future employers,” says Denomme. “It’s equally helpful for the employer-judges to get a look at the latest crop of business students.”