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SFU launches new downtown graduate residences and innovation centre

Sep 27, 2016

#video-wrap { float: right; margin: 0 0 0 20px; }   Simon Fraser University has opened the Charles Chang Innovation Centre, a new graduate student residence and innovation facility in downtown Vancouver.

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Sarah Lubik to advise on Government of Canada’s Innovation Agenda

Jun 30, 2016

Sarah Lubik, Director of Entrepreneurship at Simon Fraser University, has been named one of Canada’s ten Innovation Leaders who will help form the nation’s Innovation Agenda.

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Naqib Azad leaves legacy of social entrepreneurship at the Beedie School of Business

Jun 7, 2016

When Naqib Azad graduates from the BBA program at SFU’s Beedie School of Business today, he leaves behind a legacy in empowering students to benefit society through social entrepreneurship.

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Enactus SFU students win big at National Exposition

May 12, 2016

Beedie School of Business students’ dedication to social innovation paid off at the Enactus National Exposition, as Enactus SFU took home the Capital One Financial Education Challenge award and reached the semi finals of the overall competition.

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Vancouver Sun: Potluck has a Knack for finding casual workers

May 10, 2016

The following article about Beedie School of Business full-time MBA graduates Colin Stansfield and Anna Migicovsky was published in the Vancouver Sun on May 5. By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun.

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Business in Vancouver: On welfare, can work: Vancouver social enterprise connects businesses to low-income workers

Feb 16, 2016

Knack project aims to tap earning potential of low-income people. 

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RADIUS Slingshot Venture to launch Canada’s first Zero Waste grocery store

Feb 12, 2016

A new venture housed at the Beedie School of Business’ social innovation lab RADIUS aims to solve the increasing problem of consumer-generated waste in the world’s oceans – one piece of plastic at a time.

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Vancouver Sun: A Vancouver café where conversation is part of the meal

Dec 21, 2015

Lupii in Champlain Heights serves up zero-waste vegetarian food, with a side of social inclusion.

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Vancouver Sun: Douglas Road Elementary reaps benefits of adoption

Nov 24, 2015

The following article was published by the Vancouver Sun on November 20, and features comment from Andrew Gemino, associate dean, undergraduate programs, at the Beedie School of Business. 

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SFU’s RADIUS Slingshot program to boost B.C.’s sustainable food industry

Nov 19, 2015

Insect-based protein powder, First Nations tea blends, and home-delivered healthy snack boxes are just some of the local food-related ventures that will receive a jump-start from their inclusion in SFU’s third annual RADIUS Ventures Slingshot Accelerator.

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