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SFU Beedie Net Impact Case Competition welcomes Western Canada MBAs
May 29, 2014
The Beedie School of Business will this weekend host the inaugural SFU Beedie Net Impact Sustainability Challenge Case Competition.More...
Globe and Mail: New strategies to recruit women pay dividends
May 27, 2014
The following is an excerpt from the full article published in the Globe and Mail on May 23, 2014.More...
Beedie Talks: MBAs learning over lunch
Apr 23, 2014
By Tako Young. On a typical weekday lunchtime, one can expect waves of MBA students at the Beedie School of Business to flood out of the lecture room to take a well-deserved lunch break. Recently, however, scores of eager students have stayed put in the classroom to continue their learning experience – this time to glean knowledge from their own classmates.More...
Beedie MBAs bag bronze at HEC Montréal Sustainability Challenge
Mar 25, 2014
A team of Beedie School of Business MBA students has earned a top three finish at the prestigious HEC Montréal Sustainability Challenge 2014 case competition.More...
The XX Factor: Women outnumber men in Beedie MBA program
Mar 3, 2014
Think of a typical MBA class. Does your mind’s eye see a class of smart, intense men? Well, you’d be wrong – if you were at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. This year, the full-time MBA program – that classroom you were thinking of – is comprised, more than half, of females. (Who are equally smart and equally intense.)More...
Beedie welcomes inaugural part-time MBA cohort
Jan 22, 2014
The Beedie School of Business is pleased to welcome the first cohort of students to its newest graduate program, the part-time MBA at Surrey. The new cohort was welcomed to the school at an opening reception and orientation at the SFU Surrey campus on January 10, with classes beginning the following week. “We are very pleased by the caliber of students in the program, as well as their enthusiasm and commitment to this opportunity,” said more »More...
Beedie recognized in list of Canada’s top ten MBA programs
Oct 31, 2013
MBA programs at the Beedie School of Business have been recognized in a new ranking of the top ten MBA programs across Canada. The Canadian Business MBA rankings focus on programs that provide students with value for money. They identify programs providing good classroom experiences that do not remove participants from the workforce for an extended period, while also producing an increase in salary in comparison to tuition. The Beedie School of Business was recognized more »More...
Financial Post: Teaching women to be more confident about their achievements
Sep 26, 2013
The following article was published in the Financial Post on September 25, 2013. Colleen Collins likes to illustrate the difference between men and women moving up the executive ranks with an anecdote. “If a woman sees a job with 12 requirements, and she can meet 10 of them, she won’t think she’s qualified to apply. But a man with only two of [the 12] skills believes he is,” says the former associate dean for Simon more »More...
Higher learning offered in Surrey city centre by Beedie School of Business
Sep 6, 2013
The following article was published by BC Business on September 3, 2013. The Surrey campus opens its doors to the city’s first graduate business program. After years of asking for more local business programs, Surrey will see its first MBA program launch in January. The part-time degree was created for SFU’s Surrey campus after years of consulting with local business organizations and businesses themselves, according to Colleen Collins, associate dean of the Segal Graduate School more »More...
Anthony Chan – TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award winner 2013
Aug 23, 2013
Anthony Chan’s long-term affiliation with the Beedie School of Business has given him a unique insight into the needs of the students – one that not only benefits those he teaches, but as the winner of the TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award for 2013, has undoubtedly benefited him too. Chan, a lecturer in Beedie’s Management Information Systems (MIS) area, actually studied for his undergraduate degree at Simon Fraser, where he majored in MIS. After more »More...