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Beedie’s Co-Laboratorio Peru initiative facilitates planning dialogues

Aug 11, 2016

Series of working sessions discuss collaborative governance in Peruvian natural resources.

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Globe and Mail: Bookstore challenge opens new chapter in learning for SFU undergrads

Jan 8, 2016

Hands-on learning is increasingly a staple of business school education, with students expected to apply theory from the classroom to real-world situations.

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CMA Centre for Innovation: Introverts in the Executive Suite

Nov 27, 2015

One of the hottest topics in research on leadership these days is the revelation that contrary to conventional wisdom, introverts can thrive as leaders of large organizations – and indeed have a multitude of personality traits that can bring success to their role that extroverts cannot offer.

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Undergraduate students put business education into action through SFU bookstore

Nov 3, 2015

An innovative new partnership between SFU’s bookstore and a class of Beedie School of Business undergraduate students could point to a new direction in the future of university bookstores – as a laboratory for putting business education into action.

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SFU students unveil international projects to achieve United Nations goals

Apr 9, 2015

Beedie School of Business and Faculty of Environment (FENV) students at Simon Fraser University will address globally gripping challenges when they unveil a package of proposals for the United Nations (UN) on Monday, April 13.

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Beedie partners with Emily Carr to tackle sustainability through entrepreneurship

Sep 8, 2014

This summer, undergraduates at SFU’s Beedie School of Business and Emily Carr University showcased and sold sustainable products of their own design in the culmination of the interdisciplinary entrepreneurship platFORM program.

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SFU student innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration highlighted at Opportunity Fest

Apr 11, 2014

Undergraduate student entrepreneurs from across Simon Fraser University gathered to celebrate innovation at the fourth annual Opportunity Fest, a marketplace-style showcase of student creativity, entrepreneurship and innovation. 

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Innovation into action

May 17, 2013

Beedie’s Executive Education serves up leading-edge programming for professionals Innovation is at the heart of Executive Education offerings from SFU’s Beedie School of Business – making a pivotal link between academia and the professional world. The Executive Education team at Beedie collaborates with organizations and leaders seeking powerful ideas and innovative approaches for driving their industries forward – designing everything from short courses and workshops to industry dialogues and corporate MBAs. A recent example: Earlier […]

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MBA Elizabeth Velasque joins Mitacs Accelerate program

Nov 28, 2012

The following article was published by the Vancouver Sun on November 24, 2012. BY GILLIAN SHAW, VANCOUVER SUN For some, inventing is easier than selling Mitacs Accelerate program is a national partnership that aims to develop Canada’s next generation of innovators Michael Gilbert is waging a war on bedbugs. And he’s winning. The president and chief scientific officer of the British Columbia biotech start-up SemiosBio has figured out how to keep the pesky parasites at […]

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