Articles from:February 2025

• Goodman School to honour global supply chain leader Julie Dell’Aniello

  Wednesday, February 05, 2025 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE – February 4, 2025 – R0018

  Julie Dell’Aniello, a global leader in supply chain management, will share insight into her career when she is honoured as the Goodman School of Business 2025 Distinguished Leader.

  Dell’Aniello is the President of Martin Brower Canada, a company that specializes in supply chain solutions. The Brock and wider Niagara communities are invited to hear her speak about her leadership journey during a fireside chat with Goodman Dean Barry Wright on Monday, Feb. 10 at 2 p.m.

  Each year, the Goodman School of Business honours a prominent Canadian business leader and connects the recipient with Goodman students and the community at large.

  At Martin Brower Canada, Dell’Aniello leads a team of more than 1,100 associates across seven distribution centres focused on delivering exceptional service for the company’s customers.

  “Goodman is very proud to welcome Julie to campus as our 2025 Distinguished Leader,” said Wright. “She has a proven track record of leading through change and building resilient high-performing teams, and we are excited for her to share her insights with our community.”

  While on campus, Dell’Aniello will also meet with Goodman student leaders and speak to a first-year MBA Operations Management class.

  Anyone interested in attending the fireside chat is asked to save their seat by registering on ExperienceBU or emailing [email protected]

  “Thank you to the Brock community for this recognition and the opportunity to connect with students during my upcoming visit,” said Dell’Aniello. “I am passionate about connecting with others to share my experiences and look forward to supporting individuals in their career growth.”

  Dell’Aniello started her career in Montreal after completing an engineering degree at McGill University before moving to New York City to work as a Staff Engineer at Joseph E. Seagram and Sons. She returned to Toronto and worked in various manufacturing and supply chain roles for Cascades and Canada Bread (Bimbo Canada). She also holds an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management.

  Since joining Martin Brower Canada in 2018, Dell’Aniello has held progressive leadership roles with the Supply Chain team, ultimately going on to serve as Vice-President, Supply Chain before moving into the role as President in 2021. She also serves on the board of directors for Ronald McDonald House Charities South Central Ontario and is the Canadian Chair of the McDonald’s Supplier Advisory Council.

  Past recipients of the Distinguished Leader award include Michèle Boudria, President and Chief Executive Office of McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada; Margaret Kenequanash, CEO of Wataynikaneyap Power; Bonnie Lysyk, the 13th Auditor General of Ontario; Michael Lee Chin, Founder and Chairman of Portland Holdings; Julia Deans, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Canada; and the late Ned Goodman of Dundee Corporation.

   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews: 

  *Sarah Ackles, Communications Specialist, Brock University [email protected] or 289-241-5483

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• History shows how a trade war can become a violent conflict: Brock expert  

  Tuesday, February 04, 2025 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE – February 4, 2025 – R0017

  In the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump imposing a 10 per cent levy against China and pressing a 30-day pause on proposed tariffs to Canada and Mexico, Martin Danahay is reflecting on the dangerous historical outcomes of past trade wars.

  The Professor of English Language and Literature at Brock University specifically notes that the First Opium War, fought between China and the British Empire from 1839-1842, began as a trade imbalance.

  “When China blocked the British opium trade, British traders successfully lobbied their government to attack China, ultimately forcing the removal of the trade blockade through military action,” he says.

  Danahay notes that while the current situation between the U.S. and Mexico/Canada is a reversal of that situation — imposing levies on imported goods to force action on the flow of illegal fentanyl into the U.S. from its two neighbouring countries — the use of tariffs and “belligerent” rhetoric can easily transition into military conflict.

  Another notable example, Danahay says, are the British trade restrictions imposed on American ships during the Napoleonic Wars in the early 1800s.

  “Along with forced conscription of American sailors into the British Navy, the trade restrictions led to the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States,” he says.

  Trump’s use of trade war tactics forcing concessions from Mexico and Canada is especially concerning, Danahay says, since U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has publicly shared that military force is still an option against Mexico.

  While he says it is unlikely the U.S. will invade Mexico (or Canada), it is certainly possible that an invasion of a smaller country could result from a propensity to use trade wars and violent rhetoric as the basis for foreign relations.

  Danahay says that Panama, in particular, seems vulnerable as various U.S. officials (including President Trump) have claimed that China is operating the Panama Canal, a key route in global trade.

  “President Trump has also imposed tariffs on China ostensibly because of the production of the precursor chemicals for fentanyl, which is shipped to Mexico, processed and then smuggled into the U.S., where there is a widespread crisis of addiction to the synthetic opioid,” he says. “President Trump has openly expressed a desire to take over the Panama Canal and Greenland, showing an imperialist mindset that is reminiscent of the British Empire. While many are of the opinion that Trump is unlikely to use military force, history shows that a combination of a trade war and military rhetoric can easily become the basis for war.”

   

  Martin Danahay, Professor of English Language and Literature at Brock University, is available for media interviews on this topic.

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews: 

  *Sarah Ackles, Communications Specialist, Brock University [email protected] or 289-241-5483

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