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CEO of LifeLabs on compassion and integrity in the work place

Sep 26, 2014

Health care in Canada is changing rapidly, requiring businesses to be more efficient, effective, and agile, and if you aren’t you are yesterday’s news. This was one of the many observations President and CEO of LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services, Sue Paish, shared during the fall 2014 series of CKNW 980’s “The Chief Executives”.

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Donovan Woollard of RADIUS selected as a BALLE Local Economy Fellow

Sep 18, 2014

BALLE (the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) today announced its third cohort of BALLE Local Economy Fellows – 17 leaders from across North America chosen as the top pioneers of the Local Economy Movement. Donovan Woollard of Beedie School of Business’ social innovation lab and venture incubator RADIUS, has been selected to join the third cohort of BALLE Local Economy Fellows.

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HSBC Bank Canada and Teck win SFU diversity awards

Sep 17, 2014

A trio of awards recognizing outstanding efforts in promoting diversity in business were presented today at the Simon Fraser University 2014 Nancy McKinstry Awards for Leadership in Diversity.

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New course opens entrepreneurial avenues

Sep 15, 2014

A new course offered this fall by two SFU professors will open entrepreneurial avenues to undergraduate students in all faculties. The 200-level introductory course, BUS 238: Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Innovation, emphasizes cooperative, team-based approaches to entrepreneurship and innovation. Available to any student who has 12 or more credits, the course will make upper-division business classes accessible.

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SFU launches interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration

Sep 15, 2014

A new interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship and Innovation concentration offered by Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business and its partners will teach undergraduate students the teamwork, problem solving, and creativity skills that are increasingly required to create opportunities after graduation.

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Introducing Rosalie Tung, President-Elect of the Academy of International Business

Sep 12, 2014

As the new President-elect of the Academy of International Business (AIB), Beedie School of Business Professor Rosalie Tung is well placed to reflect upon the importance of AIB in today’s fast-paced business world.

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British Columbia’s place in the “Asian Century”

Sep 12, 2014

AIB Fellows’ International Executive of the Year Dominic Barton on B.C.’s evolving role in the global economy.

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RBC Global Asset Management boss on the value of education

Sep 9, 2014

The global business world is in a constant state of flux, and in order to stay relevant successful business people must constantly educate themselves. This was just one of the many insightful business tips delivered by John Montalbano, CEO of RBC Global Asset Management, in the first of the fall 2014 series of CKNW 980’s “The Chief Executives”.

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Beedie partners with Emily Carr to tackle sustainability through entrepreneurship

Sep 8, 2014

This summer, undergraduates at SFU’s Beedie School of Business and Emily Carr University showcased and sold sustainable products of their own design in the culmination of the interdisciplinary entrepreneurship platFORM program.

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New Dean welcomes Beedie graduate students

Sep 2, 2014

As the first day of the new academic year heralds the start of a journey for students beginning their programs, this year also marks a landmark for the Beedie School of Business, as it finds itself under the tutelage of a new Dean.    

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