Talking about teaching: Brown bag lunch sessions
Feb 28, 2013
Our own Teaching and Learning Group launched Talking about Teaching Brown Bag Lunch Sessions on February 1. The purpose of Talking about Teaching is to create a learning community for our teachers. The initiative brings teachers together, in community, to share things they are doing to engage students, provide opportunities to discuss and model characteristics of quality teaching, to get support with teaching challenges, and to try out new ideas or concepts before introducing them […]More...
Canadian Universities Sweep 10th International CaseIT Competition
Feb 26, 2013
The following article was published by the CIO Association of Canada “The Future of Canadian IT is in Good Hands.” For the first time since its inception in 2004, the International CaseIT competition, hosted annually by MIS (Management Information Students) at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business, and co-sponsored by the CIO Association of Canada – Vancouver Chapter, three Canadian teams have captured all three podium spots. This year’s sixteen qualifying teams hailed from […]More...
Beedie Senior Lecturer Anne Macdonald wins SFU Excellence in Teaching Award
Feb 21, 2013
Anne Macdonald, a senior lecturer of accounting at the Beedie School of Business, has been named recipient of Simon Fraser University’s 2012 Excellence in Teaching Award, the highest honour of its kind awarded to faculty at the university. The Excellence in Teaching award is presented annually to three teachers from across the university who possess the ability to stimulate students creatively and critically, are enthusiastic about student learning and innovation in teaching, are able to […]More...
Beedie social media research scores twice in ScienceDirect’s Top 25 Hottest Articles
Feb 19, 2013
The latest ScienceDirect ranking of business, management and accounting research sees Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business leading the field in social media research. The ranking lists the 25 Hottest Articles in business, management and accounting, and includes two research articles from Beedie School of Business faculty, both of which focus on the topic of social media. Ranked in the top three three in the list is the article, “Social Media? Get Serious! Understanding […]More...
“Birth of a new sector”: SFU-MIT study shows technology start-ups driving burgeoning bio-nano industry
Feb 18, 2013
Entitled “Global Bio-Nano Firms: Exploiting the Confluence of Technologies”, the study shows that the integration of knowledge from the biotech and nanotech spheres has been driven by so-called “De Novo” firms -- technology start-ups typically borne of research labs and tightly integrated with universities. The radical innovation at the heart of this emerging space -- described as the birth of a new sector -- opens up opportunities for new companies at the intersection of these two fields.More...
Information-management the key skill for today’s grads
Feb 15, 2013
The following article was published by The Vancouver Sun on February 14, 2013 Modern technology means workers must learn to cope — and thrive — under an an avalanche of data coming from all sides By Vivian Luk, Special to The Sun The working world as we know it is changing fast. And the graduates of today better be prepared for it. Graham Dodd knows that just by watching his children do their homework […]More...
Beedie social enterprise Fusion Kitchen hosts Pakistani culinary class
Feb 13, 2013
Fusion Kitchen, a community-minded entrepreneurship initiative that was founded by two Simon Fraser University students and fostered in the Beedie School of Business Social Entrepreneurship Accelerator, recently hosted a special event focused on the culinary traditions of Pakistan. Entitled “A Taste of Pakistan”, the gathering of gourmands took place on February 8. In groups of three, Beedie students, and alumni, as well as newcomers to Fusion Kitchen, worked together to cook up a five-course Pakistani meal […]More...
Nelson Lah named Chair of Beedie’s Business Technology Management Advisory Board
Feb 7, 2013
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University has announced the appointment of Nelson Lah, Partner and Director of leading IT and business process services provider CGI, as Chair of the Business Technology Management (BTM) Advisory Board. Lah has a history of strategic leadership, innovative approaches, mentorship, and community-university service. Before joining CGI, he worked as Chief Technology Officer and Executive Director at the BC Ministry of Citizens’ Services. The BTM certificate is aimed […]More...
SFU establishes academic partnership with Canadian entrepreneurship program The Next 36
Feb 7, 2013
Simon Fraser University has become an official academic partner of The Next 36, Canada’s leading undergraduate entrepreneurship development program. The partnership further solidifies SFU’s reputation as a Canadian leader in fostering entrepreneurship and innovation, and for developing the next generation of founders and leaders of new ventures. As academic partner of The Next 36, SFU will support the organization’s vision of increasing Canadian prosperity through the creation of high impact entrepreneurs, and encourage its top […]More...
Beedie students and alumni vie for Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize
Feb 6, 2013
Students and alumni from the Beedie School of Business will put their business development skills to the test as they compete for $5000 of cash prizes in the annual Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize Competition. The Beedie School of Business will once again be strongly represented in the competition, which is open to the public and will be held from 2 – 5pm on February 13 in room 4600 of the Segal Graduate School, with […]More...