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Physiotherapist and business owner takes her venture to the next level with EMBA program

Feb 27, 2023

Andrea Mendoza, a physiotherapist and business owner, knew that in order to take her business to the next level, she needed to gain a better understanding of the financial and business aspects of running and expanding her clinic. That’s when she decided to enrol in the Executive MBA program at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business. Mendoza entered the field of physiotherapy with a focus on pediatrics, working with children and teens with sports […]

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SFU Beedie Executive MBA alumni win SFU’s largest entrepreneurship competition

Apr 22, 2021

Labora Consulting Services Corp. has won the top prize in SFU’s 10th annual Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize competition, taking home a $35,000-prize package. Labora’s AgTech platform provides a simple and secure digital payroll service to farmers enabling their seasonal agricultural workers to transfer remittances back home. The founders, Rene Blanco, Jaspal Brar and Ryan Klatt developed the idea for Labora while completing the Executive MBA program at SFU Beedie. In 2019, Labora won the Top Idea […]

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SFU Beedie celebrates 50 years of its Executive MBA

Dec 13, 2018

Alumni, faculty and staff of SFU’s Beedie School of Business spanning the past five decades gathered in Vancouver for a special reception celebrating the 50th anniversary of the school’s Executive MBA (EMBA) program. SFU President Andrew Petter addressed the audience of more than 200 at the event, honouring the evolution of the business school and contribution to the university as a whole since its foundation. Petter shared the stage with Ali Dastmalchian, SFU Beedie’s Dean, […]

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Beedie’s Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership featured in Globe and Mail

Nov 16, 2017

The Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership program at the Beedie School of Business, the first of its kind in Canada, has been featured in an article in the Globe and Mail. Director of the Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership program, Mark Selman, discusses how the launch of the program in 2012 came after years of consultation with Indigenous communities. Click here to read the article in full at the Globe and […]

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SFU Beedie alumni trio appointed parliamentary secretaries

Dec 10, 2015

Three alumni of SFU’s Beedie School of Business have been appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the position of parliamentary secretaries.

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Beedie leading the way in BC’s Northwest

Sep 2, 2015

New MBA is geared towards Northwest BC Industries.

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EMBA graduate to blaze new trails

Jun 11, 2015

The following article was published by SFU News as part of their Convocation special.  By Diane Luckow.

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SFU launches MBA focused on northwest BC industry

May 19, 2015

Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business is launching an MBA specifically addressing the industry issues of BC’s northwest.

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BC Business: SFU’s new MBA in aboriginal business

Mar 30, 2015

The following article was published by BC Business on March 30, 2015. By Jessica Barrett.

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SFU’s Beedie School of Business partners with Canadian Association of Management Consultants

Mar 10, 2015

MBA students at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business can now fast track their way to a career in management consultancy thanks to a new partnership with the Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC-Canada).

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