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LSG Launches “Aboriginal Leadership Exchange”, in partnership with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB)
Nov 9, 2009
The Learning Strategies Group, in partnership with the Industry Council for Aboriginal Business (ICAB), launched the pilot of a unique exchange program that provides Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal senior leaders with the opportunity to learn about each other’s workplaces, social environments, and decision-making processes to help facilitate better business relationships. We are excited to be working with ICAB on this innovative pilot project, it’s a first in Canada and it provides us with a unique opportunity more »More...
Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – November 6
Nov 9, 2009
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending November 6, 2009.More...
Professor Leyland Pitt Receives Honorary Doctorate
Nov 9, 2009
Professor of Marketing, Leyland Pitt will be receiving an honorary doctorate (PhD Honoris Causa) on November 9th awarded by the Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden. This honour is in recognition of Leyland’s work in the areas of eCommerce and Internet Marketing in general, and specifically for his contributions to the establishment and development of the PhD programs in marketing and eCommerce within the Division of Industrial Marketing, eCommerce and Logistics at the Lulea University more »More...
SFU Ranked #1 in Maclean’s University Rankings
Nov 6, 2009
Award-winning students and faculty and a significant commitment to research activity and library spending combined to help SFU win top spot for the second year in a row in the 2009 annual Maclean’s ranking of Canada’s comprehensive universities. The comprehensive category includes 11 universities that have a wide range of undergraduate and graduate programs and professional degrees as well as significant research activity. The rankings consider a variety of factors, including expenditures on student services, more »More...
SFU Business Names Sustainability Entrepreneur in Residence
Nov 4, 2009
SFU Business may be the first University business school in Canada to appoint a Sustainability Entrepreneur in Residence. LEED-accredited (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and former SFU Business Assistant Professor – Entrepreneurship, Dr. Boyd Cohen, will occupy this unique position. Dr. Cohen stepped away from the academic tenure track to focus full time on his own sustainable initiative launched in 2008, 3rd Whale Media (www.3rdwhale.com). 3rd Whale Media is the leading provider of mobile more »More...
Media Matters – SFU Business in the News – October 30
Nov 2, 2009
How SFU Business fared in the news for the week ending October 30, 2009.More...
The Economist Covers MOT MBA Alumni Company Saltworks Technology
Oct 29, 2009
MOT MBA Alumni and Saltworks Technology founders, Ben Sparrow and Joshua Zoshi, have been featured in the current issue of The Economist. Past winners of the New Ventures BC Competition, Saltworks Technology addresses the issues of the production of potable water through a desalination process that is designed to be economical, environmentally sensitive and sustainable. This year, Saltworks has completed a solar capture station in the Okanagan for heat capture testing, has partnered with the more »More...
SFU Business’ Pink Rangers Win RBC Mini Innovation Challenge
Oct 27, 2009
RBC announced the winner of its RBC Mini Innovation Challenge. For the 2009 competition, the challenge for student proposals was about organizations and social innovation: “Organizations that support Social Innovation and create social good will do better if they can work together but currently mechanisms do not exist that support easy and effective group-to-group collaboration. Suggest innovative ways to allow these organizations to connect and collaborate.” A total of 51 teams registered, with SFU representing more »More...
PhD Candidate Colin Campbell Heads Up New AMSQ Column
Oct 27, 2009
Starting with the November 2009 Academy of Marketing Science Quarterly newsletter, PhD candidate in Marketing, Colin Campbell, has started up an interview series with the assistance of AMSQ Editor, Theresa Flaherty. The column is titled “New Minds meet Great Minds” and will pair PhD students in marketing with established marketing academics for each interview. The first installment features Anjali Bal (PhD Marketing, SFU) interviewing Dr. Jagdeish Sheth, the Charles H. Kellstandt Professor of Marketing at more »More...
BC Hydro Gets First McKinstry Award
Oct 26, 2009
BC Hydro, which has women in six of its 10 senior management team positions, is the first recipient of SFU’s new Nancy McKinstry award for leadership in gender diversity. McKinstry, now retired, is a former vice-president of Odlum Brown Limited and past chair of the SFU board of directors and of the Investment Dealers Association of B.C.More...