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Expert panel dissects role of state-owned enterprises in Canada
Dec 10, 2012
The Beedie School of Business in partnership with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada brought together some of the country’s leading experts in Canada-Asia business affairs in hosting a panel discussion on the role of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in Canada’s economic and political future. The event was held by the Beedie School’s Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies, and aimed to clarify the most important issues in the role of SOEs in the more »More...
Alumnus Ivan Wong wins CA Canada gold medal
Dec 7, 2012
A recent graduate of the Beedie School of Business has topped the National Honour Roll for the 2012 Uniform Evaluation (UFE) in Western Canada. Ivan Wong, having completed his BBA degree in accounting with first class honours in June 2012, has earned the Chartered Accountants of Canada Gold Medal and cash prize of $2,500 for the highest standing in Western Canada. A current articling student with KPMG in Vancouver, Wong has achieved an impressive 4.26 more »More...
Beedie team nets silver at IIBD case competition
Dec 4, 2012
A team of Beedie School of Business students today captured silver in one of Asia’s most rigorous case competitions, the International Institute for Business Development (IIBD) Case Competition. The team, consisting of BBA students Iris Luong, Renee Chau, and Stefanie Klein, along with MBA student Rob Graham, was one of six teams selected to compete in the final from an initial field of 28 entrants from 12 different countries worldwide. The team was awarded a more »More...
Leading the way in diversity
Dec 1, 2012
Annual SFU Nancy McKinstry Awards focus on diversity in business. Since 2009, the Beedie School of Business has hosted the Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity to recognize organizations that are demonstrating leadership in workplace diversity. Each year an award is presented to the organization which exemplifies the values of diversity in the workplace, and a scholarship is presented to an SFU student who exemplifies leadership in promoting opportunities for women in business. This more »More...
MBA connection plants seeds for Saltworks founders
Nov 30, 2012
The following article was published by the Financial Post on November 27, 2012. BY DENISE DEVEAU, FINANCIAL POST MBA programs build entrepreneurs’ bonds Since graduating from the Richard Ivey School of Business’s Certificate in Entrepreneurship program in 2006, Bill Hennessey has opened a number of ventures, including an online lobster company, a cleaning products packaging operation and an experiential marketing firm. In fact, he’s a true dyed-in-the-wool entrepreneur having run his first “business” at the more »More...
Entrepreneurship, innovation must be taught: Op-Ed by Ian McCarthy
Nov 29, 2012
Opinion: As host to top-ranked research universities, British Columbia stands much to gain from fostering talented young people By Ian McCarthy, Vancouver Sun As a business school professor, one of the questions I hear most often from industry and government leaders in their effort to bolster economic growth, is: “Can we teach entrepreneurship and innovation?” It is a question that pops up with regularity, in part because there is a perception that great entrepreneurs and more »More...
Fusion Kitchen wins BC social innovation competition
Nov 28, 2012
A Beedie School of Business student social enterprise start-up has been selected as one of three university project winners in new province-wide community engagement competition, BC Ideas. The start-up, Fusion Kitchen, was chosen in the BC Ideas University Solutions Investment category, for putting forth an idea which creates positive social impact in BC communities. Fusion Kitchen employs immigrant women to lead cooking classes, in the process sharing their food and cultures, while learning transferable skills more »More...
MBA Elizabeth Velasque joins Mitacs Accelerate program
Nov 28, 2012
The following article was published by the Vancouver Sun on November 24, 2012. BY GILLIAN SHAW, VANCOUVER SUN For some, inventing is easier than selling Mitacs Accelerate program is a national partnership that aims to develop Canada’s next generation of innovators Michael Gilbert is waging a war on bedbugs. And he’s winning. The president and chief scientific officer of the British Columbia biotech start-up SemiosBio has figured out how to keep the pesky parasites at more »More...
Tackling global sustainability
Nov 26, 2012
The Responsible Minerals Sector Initiative fosters dialogue for the mineral sector worldwide. In April 2012, participants from around the world congregated in Vancouver to talk about the future of the mineral sector. The gathering was not a typical conference or seminar, but rather the beginning of a continuing conversation to tackle the toughest questions that must be addressed if the mineral sector is to demonstrate sustainability and responsibility over the coming decade. The event, GEMM more »More...
Integrating global responsibility and sustainability with business education
Nov 22, 2012
The following article was first published by the Globe and Mail as a special information feature in the November 2012 issue of Report on Business Magazine. Since launching Canada’s first Executive MBA in 1968, Simon Fraser University’s School of Business has gained a reputation for program development that meets the shifting demands of an increasingly global marketplace, as well as for its world-class research. In 2011, the newly named Beedie School of Business built on more »More...