 | Beedie School of Business NewsThe following article about Beedie School of Business full-time MBA graduates Colin Stansfield and Anna Migicovsky was published in the Vancouver Sun on May 5. By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun. Read More... |
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 | Beedie School of Business NewsBusiness in Vancouver: On welfare, can work: Vancouver social enterprise connects businesses to low-income workersFeb 16, 2016Knack project aims to tap earning potential of low-income people. Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsGoldcorp boss on gold driving economies: CEO SeriesNov 05, 2013The fall 2013 series of “The Chief Executives” concluded with Charles Jeannes, President & CEO of Goldcorp, discussing the significant impact the extractive sector has on the Canadian economy, which has resulted in gold becoming Canada’s number one export – totaling some $14.5 billion a year. Jeannes was speaking with Bill Good as part of an ongoing partnership between the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University and prominent Vancouver radio station CKNW News […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsJacqui Cohen, President and CEO of Army & Navy, sat in front of a live audience at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business to share her insights and experience as head of one of Western Canada’s most iconic discount retail store chains. The event was part of the Beedie School of Business’ partnership with prominent Vancouver radio station CKNW, which sees SFU’s downtown Vancouver campus play host to “The Chief Executives”, a series of […] Read More... |
 | Beedie School of Business NewsLast week, when Cervenko was invited by a friend to a private “Cocktails with the Canucks” function in downtown Vancouver, she hastily grabbed her playoff towel on her way out the door not knowing what to expect of the event. In the back of her mind, she had big plans for the white space on the towel. A Simon Fraser University MBA student, Cervenko needed some star power for a social media project. The assignment: partner with a local non-profit and create a social media strategy with the objective of raising financial support or awareness for this organization. Cervenko and her group chose The Dugout — a drop-in centre on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside that hosts one of the longest-running Alcoholics Anonymous programs in Vancouver. “The reason I thought about The Dugout was because in the 1970s and ’80s it would stay open late so that their clients could have a warm and safe place to watch the Canucks games,” says Cervenko. “But because of a lack of funding they don’t have the resources to stay open late anymore.” Read More... |