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Lauren Watkins parlays Beedie experience into Next 36 stint

Mar 2, 2015

Beedie School of Business undergraduate student Lauren Watkins’ student experience has taken her to many exciting places – including internships at home with the Vancouver Canucks and further afield in China – and she now intends to leverage her latest achievement to solve a pressing social issue.

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Michael Brydon nets silver in NHL analytics contest

Aug 12, 2013

Beedie School of Business associate professor Michael Brydon has scored a top-two placing in an analytics challenge established by NHL franchise the Edmonton Oilers. The Edmonton Oilers Hackathon 2.0 saw the Oilers open up their vault of in-depth and historical data to hockey and data enthusiasts, who were asked to submit their own analyses and present a compelling case to help the club win games. Entries were scored over the course of the 2012-13 season […]

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Dallas Stars owner and Northland Properties CEO Tom Gaglardi talks hockey and hospitality at Beedie

Oct 18, 2012

Tom Gaglardi, CEO of Northland Properties Group and owner of the Dallas Stars NHL franchise, shared with a live audience at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business his experiences as head of one of Canada’s largest hospitality organizations, as well as the new owner of one of North America’s top hockey franchises. The event was part of the Beedie School of Business’ partnership with prominent Vancouver radio station CKNW, which sees SFU’s downtown Vancouver […]

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