Articles By: Robert Courteau

/ February 24, 2010 7:00 am

Who do you trust more: Economists or Meteorologists?

Nearing the end of honours economics, not many BU students can tell you what I'm about to.

/ November 24, 2009 12:00 am

Want to Make a Name for Yourself?

Enter TD Canads Trust’s Go Green Challenge! The third annual Go Green Challenge is underway. A challenge put forth by TD CanadaTrust and the Friends of the Environment gives university students a chance to submit their idea about reducing a community’s ecological footprint. If your idea is one of the more well-thought out ideas, you will be given $25,000 to [...]

/ November 5, 2009 7:00 am

Liberal Arts Meets Employer Demands

What employers are looking for when you graduate, and how Bishop’s is beginning to understand. As many students know, Bishop’s University is a Liberal Arts school. In other words, you receive an unbiased education, with the encouragement to take courses in many different fields. This allows our graduating students to have a general knowledge of many things, as opposed to [...]

/ October 8, 2009 6:00 am

A Successful Approach

Entrepreneurship may be new, but it’s one of the fastest growing programs at BU. First off, I must apologize for my tangent of an article. In the last edition I wrote that I would discuss networking and building a business plan here. However, I believe it is important for me to take this edition to touch upon the success that [...]

/ October 8, 2009 6:00 am

Impact: Help Me Out!

The Co-operators Youth Conference for Sustainability Leadership was held just last weekend in Guelph, and yours truly was in attendance. My four day trip to Guelph began on Wednesday night where I would be going to listen to guest speakers such as David Suzuki talk about things we can do to save the earth. This comes after an entire summer [...]

/ September 27, 2009 7:00 am

Got An Idea?

It’s not always easy making a reality out of an idea, and it’s never easy to turn an idea into a business. In the last edition of The Campus I wrote about all the ways Bishop’s University can help someone with entrepreneurial spirit. However, despite all the ways you can be aided, it comes down to you, the entrepreneur. Over [...]

/ September 9, 2009 12:00 am

Entrepreneurship at BU

When you have entrepreneurial spirit, there is nowhere more accepting than our school If you have ever thought about what it would be like to run your own business, whether it be a small company or a huge empire, you are in the right place. There are few universities in Canada that foster entrepreneurial minds like Bishop’s University. From an [...]