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Olympian lands ‘dream job’ with help of Management of Technology MBA
Oct 20, 2020
As a former Olympic swimmer, Scott Dickens is accustomed to moving fast. Even so, he was surprised by how quickly the Management of Technology (MOT) MBA program at SFU’s Beedie School of Business helped him switch lanes into a new career. Dickens entered the two-year, part-time MOT MBA program at SFU Beedie’s Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver in 2018. He managed his studies alongside his role as a business development manager at RBC. He was hoping more »More...
SFU Beedie alumnus Emily Davies helps students find their passions
Oct 15, 2020
On paper, Emily Davies’ (BBA ’15) career path looks like a business student’s dream. After graduating from SFU’s Beedie School of Business, Davies secured a coveted role with RBC Capital Markets, working in equity research and investment banking. Just over two years later, she joined boutique investment management firm Linde Equity, where she is now a Partner. But it could all have been very different. Davies attended an art school and was active in a more »More...
SFU remains #1 comprehensive university in Canada, according to Maclean’s Magazine
Oct 8, 2020
Simon Fraser University is once again Canada’s top comprehensive university according to Maclean’s Magazine’s 2021 university rankings. The university has ranked number one for 12 of the past 13 years. “SFU is proud to be named top comprehensive university by Maclean’s, a distinction that reflects our commitment to innovative education, world class research, and deep engagement with our communities, locally and internationally,” says SFU President Joy Johnson. “With our ongoing work to advance key priorities more »More...
Investment challenge goes virtual
Sep 25, 2020
The Linde Davies Investment Challenge, co-founded by SFU Beedie alumnus Emily Davies (BBA ’15), will be going ahead in an online format for 2020. The challenge offers undergraduate students an opportunity to gain experience of the investment world, while competing for a prize pool of $10,000. Applications are open until October 1, 2020, but spaces are limited to 30 teams of three students. Each team must include at least one female student. Students my register more »More...
Professor Andrew Gemino named dean, pro tem, SFU Beedie School of Business
Sep 24, 2020
SFU professor Andrew Gemino has been appointed as the dean, pro tem, for SFU’s Beedie School of Business, effective Sept. 28, 2020. Gemino will serve in this role until Aug. 31, 2021 while a search is conducted for a new dean. A professor at SFU since 1998, Gemino has served as associate dean for graduate programs at SFU Beedie since 2017, and was previously associate dean of the undergraduate program. “I am honoured to serve as SFU more »More...
Award-winning entrepreneur training program celebrates inaugural year and expands
Sep 24, 2020
Mitacs and the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University (SFU Beedie) have renewed a partnership to offer the Invention to Innovation (i2I) program for graduate students. Over seven months, i2I Skills Training equips participants with the frameworks, perspectives, and techniques to develop an innovation mindset and commercialize their inventions while overcoming marketplace challenges. Created by SFU Beedie, the program recently won international recognition after AACSB International — the world’s largest business education network — highlighted more »More...
Remembering Dr. Ali Dastmalchian, Dean of the Beedie School of Business
Aug 14, 2020
SFU is saddened to share that our colleague and friend, Dr. Ali Dastmalchian, Dean of the Beedie School of Business, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. “Those who were fortunate to work with Ali remember him as a brilliant, kind and devoted colleague, always ready to mentor and advise,” said Andrew Petter, SFU President and Vice-Chancellor. Dr. Dastmalchian was widely respected in Canada and internationally for his extraordinary leadership and research abilities. He was more »More...
SFU brings international innovators together to turn science into solutions
Aug 11, 2020
With a growing urgency for universities to address global challenges with breakthrough innovations, the demand for entrepreneurial scientists is on the rise. On Aug. 4 and 5, the Beedie School of Business’ Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship drew together 395 attendees from 38 countries in 22 time zones at the digital 2020 R & D Management Symposium, Invention to Innovation: Creating the Conditions for Impact, to re-define how universities, policymakers and industry can advance research-based innovation and respond more »More...
New global ranking positions SFU high for innovation, entrepreneurial spirit
Jul 8, 2020
A new global ranking that measures “real contributions to society” places Simon Fraser University in the top 35 universities in the world for innovation, entrepreneurial spirit and industrial application. On a global scale, the World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI) ranks SFU 34th for innovation, 29th for industrial application and seventh for its entrepreneurial spirit. The WURI rankings, developed by the Institute for Policy and Strategy on National Competitiveness (IPSNC), aim to complement other existing more »More...
Indigenous student weaves together traditional knowledge with business education
Jun 22, 2020
The Executive MBA in Indigenous Business Leadership (EMBA IBL) at SFU’s Beedie School of Business is designed to weave together executive business education with traditional Indigenous knowledge, and one student graduating from the program in 2020 has literally done just that. As a part of her final project, artist Angela George (qʷənat), who is from the Squamish Nation and lives and works at Tsleil-Waututh, created a weaving that represents complex models of governance in a more »More...