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Staff Achievement Award
Growing entrepreneurship key to success for Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection director
Aug 12, 2021
An innovative and entrepreneurial mindset are central to leadership at SFU, and nowhere is that more exemplified than recent Staff Achievement Award for Innovation winner, Janice OBriain. The Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship’s Director of Programs, OBriain says innovation at SFU has changed phenomenally in her time at the university. While SFU has always been rich in innovative research, when she started with Venture Connection (now Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection) at its launch in 2008 there […]More...
SFU Beedie staff member wins Staff Achievement Award
Mar 19, 2021
Zahraa Hawili has been volunteering in one form or another since she was in Grade 7. What started as an outlet for her as a shy and quiet child at school has grown over the years to become an important part of her life and identity. “Who I am today is probably largely attributed to my volunteering,” she says. “It helped shape who I am.” As she grew older, volunteering and making an impact became […]More...