Where to go? (cover story)

CANADA; LONDON (Ont.); ONTARIO; VANCOUVER (B.C.); BRITISH Columbia; KINGSTON (Ont.); NEW Brunswick; SAINT John (N.B.); HALIFAX (N.S.); NOVA Scotia; TORONTO (Ont.); HAMILTON (Ont.)

The article discusses the specialization of MBA programs and features of business schools in Canada. General management programs still comprise the most widely attended stream at Canadian schools offering MBAs. Larry Wynant, an associate dean at the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario in London, points out that "general manager" meant was that you were running a complex, multifaceted division, including HR, marketing and financial results. At Queen's School of Business in Kingston, Ont. and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, the emphasis is on giving tech-familiar people the necessary business and management skills. At the University of New Brunswick-Saint John, students learn about the fundamentals of business within an international context, focusing on cross-cultural organizational strategies and international business issues.There are four MBA programs tailored to entrepreneurs: the Queen's School of Business, Laurier, the University of Calgary's Haskayne School of Business and the University of Victoria. Saint Mary's University in Halifax and Victoria's Royal Roads University are two outstanding examples of schools that spend a good chunk of their energy researching and teaching the discipline. In southwestern Ontario, you'll find three of Canada's four most finely tuned marketing programs: York University's Schulich School of Business in Toronto, the Michael G. DeGroote School of Business at Hamilton's McMaster University and Brock University in St. Catharines.