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BBAs gear up for JDC West
Jun 27, 2012
The 2013 JDC West business schools showdown is six months away, but the SFU Beedie team is already hard at work to prepare for the prestigious competition. Over the past few weeks, candidates for SFU Beedie’s JDC West academic team partook in the new case competition cohort, taught by instructor Tara Immell. The students did practice cases and presentations to develop their understanding of how to analyse cases and work as a team. The team more »More...
SFU’s new MBA program targets growth in indigenous economy
Jun 26, 2012
The following article was published by The Vancouver Sun on June 23, 2012. Squamish Nation Chief Ian Campbell, like other indigenous leaders across B.C., sees accelerated business opportunities as key to his com-munity’s future. To that end, the 39-year-old chief is one of several first nations leaders signing on for a new business degree pro-gram offered by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business. “I see this as an opportunity to develop skills in business more »More...
Beedie Olympics delivers SFU spirit and funds for Right to Play
Jun 22, 2012
BURNABY, BC– As the world gears up for the forthcoming London Summer Games, a new Olympics tradition is also coming to SFU’s Beedie School of Business. The Beedie Olympics is a new student engagement initiative aimed to strengthen the Beedie community – and raise money for the global sporting charity Right to Play. The unique on-campus event will be the first of its kind to bring together faculty, alumni, and undergraduates through friendly competition. Through more »More...
Celebrating a new era on National Indigenous Peoples Day
Jun 21, 2012
As Canada reflects on National Indigenous Day and a new era for Indigenous peoples in the country, Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business is moving quickly towards the September commencement of its Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership. The program is one of many indicators that First Nations, Métis and Inuit people are entering a new era in which their communities and nations can return to prosperity. The new EMBA, the first of more »More...
New bursary for Beedie School students
Jun 21, 2012
The following is a media release issued by SFU on June 20, 2012. Contact: Reid McKenzie, mckenziereid@hotmail.com Derek Moscato, SFU Beedie School of Business, 778.782.5038, derek_moscato@sfu.ca Erica Branda, SFU Advancement, 778.782.3353, ebranda@sfu.ca Reid McKenzie, grandson of the late Alan Eyre, has donated all the assets of the Alan and Margaret Eyre Foundation to Simon Fraser University to create an undergraduate bursary for students entering the SFU Beedie School of Business. The total value of the new Alan and Margaret more »More...
Beedie students building socially impactful careers
Jun 20, 2012
As a result of economic uncertainty and a less-than-optimal employment outlook both globally and locally, some students at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University are taking an alternative path to growing their careers. In the process, they are making hands-on contributions to the economy and society through entrepreneurial activity, community engagement, and international development. A case in point is Education Generation, founded by Shawn Smith, a Beedie School of Business alumnus and more »More...
Forbes: Ambush Marketing – 7 Lessons from Beedie Professors To Win Promotional Gold At London Olympics
Jun 18, 2012
The following article was published by Forbes on June 14, 2012. Former Intel CEO Andy Grove claimed that only the paranoid survive. So should the mighty Olympic Committee watch out for the villagers in the picturesque village of Wye, 35 minutes from the site of the upcoming London Olympics? Undetered by the heavy-handed restrictions that prevent UK citizens from using the Olympic logo to celebrate the world’s largest sporting event, the local church group has just staged more »More...
BBA graduate Fahad Yasin: Continuing a family tradition
Jun 18, 2012
The following story was published on SFU News on June 7, 2012. By Ross MacDonald-Allan When undergrad Fahad Yasin collects his degree in business administration this month, his family’s association with Simon Fraser University will have returned to where it started. His father, Mohammed, graduated 30 years ago after leaving his home country, Fiji, to study at SFU. His two older sisters also attended SFU, one of whom will join him at convocation when she more »More...
Students help Vancouver reach zero waste goals
Jun 15, 2012
Students at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business are using their sustainability-in-business acumen to help the City of Vancouver and other B.C. jurisdictions reach their zero waste goals. Annually, SFU’s MBA students undertake real-world sustainability projects for clients across Canada. This year, they are working with the Recycling Council of British Columbia (RCBC) and the city in a project that is also being supported by the packaging division of Walmart Canada. Both RCBC and the city have mandated zero-waste goals, at a time when the province is moving towards “extended producer responsibility” — which puts the onus of waste disposal on product manufacturers and retailers. Students in the MBA sustainability class and the undergraduate course Managing for Sustainability (Bus 489), both taught by Stephanie Bertels, a Beedie School assistant professor, are designing companies or processes that close existing gaps in the consumer recycling landscape – from discarded computers and electronics to take-out food packaging.More...
Globe and Mail: Peter Tingling dissects employment picture in shaky economy
Jun 13, 2012
The following article was published by The Globe and Mail on June 12, 2012. Hiring is difficult enough in good times. So what happens when the economy is shaky? Some experts say hiring is easier because layoffs, such as the recent deep cuts at Research In Motion Ltd., flood the applicant pool with talent. Others say there’s too much “noise” in the marketplace as unemployed people – typically grade-C players, they say – carpet-bomb employers more »More...