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SFU’s largest gift creates unprecedented scholarship to empower equity-deserving students

Dec 8, 2020

Simon Fraser University is pleased to announce that alumnus Lance Uggla and his family are committing $34.1 million to support 10 exceptional undergraduate students per year to study at SFU. This is the largest gift ever received in the university’s history and the largest gift of its kind ever given to a Canadian university. The gift will establish the Uggla Family Scholarship for students who may not otherwise be able to afford a university education […]

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Long-time SFU friends Joe and Rosalie Segal honoured for lifetime of leadership

Nov 16, 2017

Joseph (Joe) and Rosalie Segal are legendary philanthropists whose generosity has touched countless lives and organizations—and had a transformative impact on Simon Fraser University. In honour of National Philanthropy Day (Nov. 15), the distinguished couple is being honoured for their extraordinary community leadership by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Vancouver Chapter and its first Giving Hearts Lifetime Achievement Award. The recognition does not stop there. Joe and Rosalie have fostered the same spirit of giving […]

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Beedie Alumni Celebration: Ryan Beedie extols the virtues of family values

Mar 14, 2016

A strong sense of moral values passed down from father to son has stood Ryan Beedie in good stead throughout his career. Prioritizing doing the right thing over financial cost has ensured long-term success for the Beedie Group since Ryan’s father, Keith, established it in 1954 – and Ryan has no intention of abandoning these values now.

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BBA alumni named on BIV’s Forty Under 40

Oct 28, 2015

Beedie School of Business alumni Manny Padda and Raman Randhawa have been ranked among B.C.’s top entrepreneurs, executives and professionals in the 2015 Business in Vancouver Forty Under 40 awards.

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BC Business: Why Ryan and Cindy Beedie give back

Feb 25, 2015

The following article was published by BC Business on February 24, 2015.

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Beedie Group celebrates 60 years in business

Apr 4, 2014

Family that runs B.C.’s largest industrial property developer are also front-rank philanthropists.

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Joe Segal: Risk and Reward

Sep 24, 2012

Namesake and builder of SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business on leadership, entrepreneurship and taking life chances. Joe Segal has never been one to mince his words – whether the topic is start-ups, philanthropy or the meaning of life. That’s a reflection of his gritty and inspired personal and business story. But it’s also an outcome of the values the namesake of SFU’s home for graduate business programs is so well known for: honesty, generosity, […]

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Ryan Beedie: Independent Spirit

Sep 21, 2012

A historic and record-setting $22 million gift from alumnus Ryan Beedie and his father Keith underscores Ryan’s longstanding relationship with Simon Fraser University and the Beedie School of Business. — On February 11, 2011, when Ryan Beedie and his father Keith made a record $22 million gift to Simon Fraser University’s business school, a bold statement was made not only about the future of the newly-named Beedie School of Business, but also about the school’s […]

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