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CaseIT organizers overcome adversity to host another successful virtual competition in 2022

Apr 25, 2022

This year’s CaseIT competition once again proved a testament to the adaptability and quick thinking of its student organizers. Having to pivot to a virtual conversation just two months before the start of the competition created unique challenges—but the organizers ultimately rose to the occasion and successfully hosted another year of the CaseIT competition at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. Beginning in 2004 as an internal case competition at SFU Beedie, CaseIT has now expanded […]

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SFU Beedie team finishes strong in top Western Canada case competition

Feb 10, 2022

A team of undergraduates at SFU’s Beedie School of Business delivered a strong performance this year at the Jeux du Commerce (JDC) West case competition in January, the most prestigious event of its kind in Western Canada. The SFU Beedie team took home second place in two major categories, Academic School of the Year and School of the Year, as well as podium finishes in nine out of the 13 competition categories. Since 2006, JDC […]

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From “energizing” to “yikes!”: Faculty members talk about their return to in-person teaching

Nov 30, 2021

We recently asked five faculty members to describe their return to in-person teaching in one word. Kathleen Burke, a university lecturer in the Beedie School of Business, said the experience was “energizing.” Taco Niet, an assistant professor in the School of Sustainable Energy Engineering, chose “surreal.” Leanne Johnson, a lecturer in the Master of Publishing Program, gave us “yikes!” Ash Parameswaran, a professor in the School of Engineering Science, said it “felt really good” (we […]

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SFU Beedie undergraduates triumph in major case competition

Jan 28, 2021

A team of undergraduates at SFU’s Beedie School of Business delivered another outstanding performance at the JDC West case competition, the most prestigious event of its kind in Western Canada, to be named both School of the Year and Academic School of the Year. JDC West has run since 2006, bringing together around 600 undergraduate delegates from the leading business schools across BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba to compete in a range of disciplines, including […]

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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 […]

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SFU Beedie hosts interdisciplinary analytics hackathon

Dec 9, 2019

Data-savvy students from across Simon Fraser University competed in SFU Beedie School of Business’s fourth annual business analytics hackathon on November 16, 2019. The interdisciplinary competition, sponsored by Vesta Properties, brought together 26 teams of three students to compete in analyzing data and presenting their findings. Of the 78 total students taking part, 32 were business students or business joint majors, while the remaining 46 were from other faculties, studying subjects including statistics, economics, data […]

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SFU Beedie’s unique orientation experience aims to help increase success for its new students

Sep 19, 2019

In early September, Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business hyped up 300 of its students at a pep rally as they broke up into teams and faced off against one another in a unique cross-campus competition at SFU’s Burnaby Campus. The pep rally and cross-campus competition is a part of SFU Beedie Launch—a three-day orientation program designed to help ensure student success at the university. The new students, coming directly from high school, learned […]

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SFU Beedie entrepreneurship programs to expand with federal funding support

Jul 26, 2019

Two key SFU initiatives, one focusing on entrepreneurship and another advancing clean technology research, will benefit from nearly $3 million in federal funding from Western Economic Diversification Canada (WD). Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection is receiving more than $1.9 million to expand its youth entrepreneurship program to underrepresented faculties, and engage with industries so that student innovators can work to solve industry challenges in key areas, such as health, sustainability, and creative technologies. The funds […]

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Aspiring entrepreneurs in high school can now get a head start on earning university credits

Jun 28, 2019

Youth Entrepreneurship Leadership Launchpad (YELL) Canada has teamed up with Simon Fraser University (SFU)’s Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship (CIE) to develop and deliver a unique initiative for aspiring entrepreneurs in high school looking to get a head start with their SFU education. Students graduating from YELL with a B or higher will receive high school credit and are eligible to apply for SFU university credit. This collaborative initiative is a Canadian first that gives university […]

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Tech e@SFU start-up wins third place in global sustainability competition

Jun 18, 2019

The SFU student founders of technology start-up Novion have won third place in the global Enzen Hackathon after competing against more than 650 companies. The three-phase hackathon sought solutions for tackling worldwide energy, water and environmental challenges. Novion grew out of the Technology Entrepreneurship@SFU program (Tech e@SFU), where John Nguyen, who is graduating from SFU’s Beedie School of Busines, Devpreet Bhullar, who graduates this month from mechatronic systems engineering, and mechatronic alumnus Refayet Siam teamed […]

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