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KPMG teams up with SFU Beedie to equip auditors with advanced skills in digital and cognitive analytics

Dec 4, 2018

Unique graduate program focused on evolving role of artificial intelligence and machine learning KPMG in Canada has teamed up with Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business (SFU Beedie) to develop and deliver a unique program that will take audit professionals’ digital skills to the next level. The industry-leading program – named Digital University – will focus on technology and data analytics to help prepare KPMG’s auditors for the fast-changing world of machine learning, artificial […]

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Undergraduate duo advance to KPMG International Case Competition

Mar 12, 2015

Beedie School of Business undergraduate students Alex Mason and Mthabisi Mhlanga will take to the international stage to represent Canada in the KPMG International Case Competition.

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Beedie undergraduates victorious at local KPMG Ace the Case competition

Feb 26, 2015

Two undergraduate students from the Beedie School of Business will compete for the chance to represent Canada after emerging victorious at the KPMG Vancouver Ace the Case Competition.

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Beedie named Academic School of the Year at JDC West

Jan 23, 2013

SFU’s Beedie School of Business captured the Academic School of the Year award at the prestigious JDC West case competition, held from January 18 to 20 at the University of British Columbia, edging out stiff competition from 11 other leading Canadian business schools to claim the title. The Academic School of the Year award is presented to the team which achieves the highest overall finish in the JDC West competition’s ten academic categories. In addition, the […]

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Beedie students to represent Canada in global KPMG Ace the Case competition

Feb 27, 2012

Two undergraduate students from the Beedie School of Business have won the opportunity to represent Canada at the prestigious KPMG International Case Competition (KICC). Christian Jeffery and Juan Pablo Leal won the local and national stages of the Ace the Case competition and will now go on to compete at the KICC with the rest of their team in Hong Kong this April. According to the official KPMG announcement: “KICC will provide Christian Jeffery and […]

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New study finds women not well represented on Canadian corporate boards

Nov 16, 2011

CBDC issues call to action to replace retiring directors with diverse candidates TORONTO , Nov. 16, 2011 /CNW/ – Some disconcerting findings on the lack of diversity in the boardrooms of Canada’s largest corporations were released today in the Canadian Board Diversity Council’s Second Annual Report Card, produced in partnership with the Beedie School of Business. While 73 per cent of corporate board members feel their boards are diverse, the reality is that women are […]

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