2023 Annual Report: Impacting our Communities Through Connection

For the DeGroote School of Business, 2023 was a year defined by the connections we made as a School – locally, nationally and globally. 

As we look back on the year, we celebrated the impressive success of our students, highlighted alumni making a difference in their communities, strengthened corporate partnerships and recognized excellence across DeGroote’s teaching and research faculty. 

The central theme of this year’s Annual Report is Connection – the importance of human connection and collaboration in an ever-evolving business world. 

The articles featured in DeGroote’s 2023 Annual Report highlight our core values of collaboration, community, inclusivity, innovation and integrity by showcasing student, alumni and research stories that demonstrate the meaningful impact and positive change DeGroote is having in business and society. 

2023 Highlights:  

• Teamwork: DeGroote’s JDCC team highlights the importance of teamwork as it earned ‘School of the year’ 

• Housing affordability crisis: Our PhD student explores how Airbnb is impacting local rental markets 

• Sustainable fashion: One researcher investigates how donating used clothing may be doing more harm than good 

• Bringing research to the community: We launched the innovative McMaster Digital Transformation Research Centre (MDTRC) Mobile User-Experience Lab (MUXL) which allows researchers to take their research tools on the road to go directly into local communities. 

Discover how the DeGroote community is connecting together in the 2023 Annual Report.