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Faculty member recognized as one of SFU’s Newsmaker of the Year winners

Feb 5, 2024

SFU Beedie congratulates Aviva Philipp-Muller for being named SFU’s 2023 Emerging Thought Leader (ETL) Newsmaker of the Year for her timely media engagement since completing SFU’s media training program last year. Philipp-Muller’s commentary on the World Health Organization’s aspartame report was particularly impactful last year and earned her mentions across more than 60 Black Press Media outlets alongside two colleagues: 2021 Social Media Newsmaker Award winner Scott Lear, and Lindsay Meredith, a former winner of the President’s Award […]

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SFU Beedie faculty member receives KD Tocher Medal for research into spread of rumours on social media

Jan 24, 2024

SFU’s Beedie School of Business congratulates Assistant Professor Chaitanya “CK” Kaligotla on receiving the KD Tocher Medal from the Operational Research Society (ORS). The award recognizes Kaligotla’s paper Diffusion of Competing Rumours on Social Media as an outstanding contribution to the philosophy, theory or practice of simulation published in the Journal of Simulation. The paper, based on research conducted by Kaligotla for his doctoral thesis, is co-authored with Enver Yucesan and Stephen E. Chick. It […]

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Celebrating innovation: SFU Beedie’s Andrew Harries inducted into BC Tech Innovators Hall of Fame

Jul 19, 2023

SFU’s Beedie School of Business is proud to announce that faculty member Andrew Harries has been inducted into the 2023 BC Tech Innovators Hall of Fame. This honour comes as BC Tech celebrates its 30th anniversary, and the Innovators Hall of Fame is a joint initiative with the Government of British Columbia to recognize outstanding leaders in the tech industry who have left a lasting impact on the province. Andrew Harries has a remarkable track […]

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SFU Beedie alumni Charles Chang and Denise Williams honoured with 2022 Outstanding Alumni Awards

Jul 5, 2022

Simon Fraser University is recognizing two inspiring SFU Beedie alumni, among four SFU alumni, with the 2022 Outstanding Alumni Award: world-class entrepreneur and business mentor, Charles Chang, and trailblazing digital equity advocate for Indigenous peoples, Denise Williams. Our remarkable alumni are making positive impact around the world in fields such as business and philanthropy as well as technological development and community service, and contributing to a brighter, more equitable future for all. Read more about […]

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The Ali Dastmalchian Memorial Fund

Apr 8, 2022

SFU’s Beedie School of Business is pleased to announce the Ali Dastmalchian Memorial International Study Abroad Award, in memory of our late dean, Dr. Ali Dastmalchian. Ali was an avid supporter of students’ international experiences and a driving force behind SFU Beedie’s internationalization strategy. To honour his leadership and to continue his vision to strengthen SFU Beedie’s global outlook, friends and colleagues donated generously to establish an endowed award in his name. This new award, […]

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2021 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award winners announced

Mar 15, 2022

Shauna Jones and Michael Parent have been named the winners of the 2021 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Awards, the highest teaching honour of its kind at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. Parent is a professor of management information systems and marketing at the Segal Graduate School of Business, while Jones is a senior lecturer well-known for teaching BUS 202 – Foundations in Collaborative Work Environments. Each year, SFU Beedie students, faculty, and alumni nominate their favourite […]

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Growing entrepreneurship key to success for Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection director

Aug 12, 2021

An innovative and entrepreneurial mindset are central to leadership at SFU, and nowhere is that more exemplified than recent Staff Achievement Award for Innovation winner, Janice OBriain. The Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship’s Director of Programs, OBriain says innovation at SFU has changed phenomenally in her time at the university. While SFU has always been rich in innovative research, when she started with Venture Connection (now Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection) at its launch in 2008 there […]

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SFU Beedie professor wins prestigious award

Jul 26, 2021

SFU Beedie professor Rosalie Tung has been awarded the John H. Dunning Academy of International Business (AIB) President’s Award, in recognition of her outstanding service to the AIB and the field of international business. The AIB is the leading professional association of academics in international business around the world, representing the world’s top researchers and universities. Professor Tung was selected in recognition of her distinguished service to the AIB as both President (2015 – 2016) […]

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SFU Beedie professor honoured by Western Academy of Management

Apr 26, 2021

David Hannah, an Associate Professor of Management and Organization Studies at SFU’s Beedie school of business, has been honoured by the Western Academy of Management (WAM) with the organization’s Joan G. Dahl Award. The award, which was presented at WAM’s 2021 conference, is presented for “extraordinary contributions to the innovation and creativity of WAM, and/or to the professional growth and development of its members.” WAM is a regional affiliate of the National Academy of Management. “WAM […]

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SFU Beedie Assistant Professor honoured for work in Indigenous business

Apr 17, 2020

The Confederation of University Faculty Associations of British Columbia (CUFA BC) has named Beedie School of Business Assistant Professor Dr. Dara Kelly as the winner of its Early in Career Award for 2020, for her work focusing on Indigenous business theory. This award recognizes the contributions to the non-academic community made by faculty members who are at an early point in their careers. Kelly is from the Leq’á:mel First Nation, part of the Stó:lō Coast […]

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