2026 海角社区 Desautels EDI Inter-Area Research Conference
Organized by the EDI Committee and the EDI team at 海角社区 Desautels.
The main purpose of the EDI Inter-Area research conference is two-fold:
- to provide researchers with opportunities to learn about, understand, and discuss EDI research works from across different areas.
- to promote scholarly interactions with respect to EDI research, which can help generate more research collaborations among scholars from local community.
Date: April 16th, 2026, Thursday,
Location:听Armstrong 365, 海角社区, 3420 Rue McTavish, Montr茅al, QC H3A 3L1
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9:00-9:15 |
Registration |
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9:15-9:20 9:20-9:30 |
Welcome Opening remarks |
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9:30-10:30 |
Session 1 鈥淪exual risk management: How women professionals navigate ambiguous interactions at work鈥� 鈥淗ow women and men differentially evaluate professional women in asynchronous video interviews鈥� |
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10:30-10:50 |
Break |
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10:50-11:50 |
Session 2 鈥淭he AI Equity Paradox: When Algorithmic DEI Decisions Undermine Minority Consumer Fairness Perception鈥� 鈥淐urating Communication, Organizing Opinions: |
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11:50-13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00-14:30 |
Session 3 鈥淐an CEO Activism Boost ESG Ratings?鈥� 鈥淭ensions, Resistances, and Counter-Resistances in the Implementation of 鈥淢othering legitimacy: The role of mothers in supporting daughters鈥� legitimacy as successors in an adverse societal context鈥� |
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14:30-14:35 |
Closing Remarks |
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14:35-15:15 |
Closing Networking and Future Conference Discussion Session |
Note: A 15-minute presentation from a presenter, a 5鈥�10-minute discussion, and a Q&A from the audience. Total 30 minutes are allocated to each paper.
Past conferences
2025 海角社区 Desautels inter-area EDI research conference
Organized by the EDI Committee and the EDI team at 海角社区 Desautels.
The main purpose of the EDI Inter-Area research conference is two-fold:
- to provide researchers with opportunities to learn about, understand, and discuss EDI research works from across different areas.
- to promote scholarly interactions with respect to EDI research, which can help generate more research collaborations among scholars from local community.
This event was help on May 8, 2025.听See Program
Conference program
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9:15-9:20 |
Welcome |
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| 9:20-9:30 | Opening remarks by Lisa Cohen |
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9:30-10:30 |
Session 1 (Organizational Behaviour and Strategy & Organization) 鈥淭heorizing with respect: Methodological principles and practices to generate diverse theories |
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10:30-10:50 |
Coffee Break |
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10:50-11:50 |
Session 2 (Operations Management and Marketing) 鈥淒o Minority-Owned Labels Help or Hurt Minority Businesses? |
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11:50-13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00-14:30 |
Session 3 (Information Systems, Accounting, and Finance) 鈥淏oard Gender Diversity Reforms and Inventory Management Efficiency鈥� by Dongyoung Lee 鈥淪egmented Multipliers: Evidence from Welfare Cuts鈥� by Jim Goldman |
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14:30-14:35 |
Closing Remarks |
