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Combining innovation with sustainability
Mar 24, 2013
Undergraduate students create innovative products to aid Vancouver’s green goals. The City of Vancouver has set itself the ambitious target of becoming the greenest city in the world by 2020. And while the action plan set out by the city is comprehensive, many smaller initiatives in the community are often overlooked. One such example of these initiatives is occurring at the Beedie School of Business, taking advantage of a partnership with the City of Vancouver more »More...
Students weave web to promote community engagement
Mar 24, 2013
A group of Beedie School of Business MBA students weaved a web of yarn in a guerilla marketing campaign to raise awareness for isolated seniors and older adults who live alone and find themselves disconnected from the community. The web was part of a wider project that required the students to design a social media strategy for a local nonprofit organization as part of their marketing and management information systems classes. The group, consisting of more »More...
MBAs take top prize at HEC Montreal sustainability case competition
Mar 24, 2013
A team of MBA students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business captured first place at the HEC Montréal MBA Sustainability Challenge case competition. The team, consisting of MBA students Erin Lane, Geordan Hankinson, Colin Knudsen and Andrew Lee, emerged victorious from a field of 12 competing universities from across Canada, the US and Denmark. The competition, held at HEC Montréal in Québec on March 16, seeks to demonstrate the relevance of addressing corporate more »More...
SFU and UBC to further global sustainable mining practices through new $25M Institute
Mar 23, 2013
Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia will lead an international coalition to help developing countries benefit from their natural resources in environmentally and socially responsible ways. The establishment of the Canadian International Institute for Extractive Industries and Development (CIIEID), funded by a $25-million grant from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), was announced last October with an aim to sharing Canadian expertise in extractive industries. The selection of SFU and UBC to more »More...
Business Career Expo 2013 highlights new CPA designation
Mar 22, 2013
For Business Career Expo 2013 Platinum Sponsors, the Chartered Accountants & Certified Management Accountants of BC, the event offered more than the chance to talk to some enthusiastic students about employment opportunities. It allowed them to spread the word about a new accounting designation – one that will soon become the preeminent program in Canada when it launches later this year. The new Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation is the result of a forthcoming merger more »More...
Subway boss delivers fresh business perspectives
Mar 20, 2013
The spring series of CKNW 980’s “The Chief Executives” continued as Margot Micallef, founder and president of investment firm Oliver Capital Partners, answered CKNW host Bill Good’s questions on business and leadership in front of a live audience at the Segal Graduate School. The event was part of an ongoing partnership between the Beedie School of Business and prominent Vancouver radio station CKNW News Talk 980 to bring leadership and business insights from some of more »More...
Beedie undergrads examine election’s effect on public transit
Mar 20, 2013
A group of Beedie school of Business undergraduate students explored how the forthcoming provincial elections will affect issues in public transit at an event held at SFU’s Surrey campus last week. The event, Get On Board SFU, featured guest speakers Gordon Price, Director of the City Program at SFU, former Board Member of Metro Vancouver & Translink, and recent recipient of the SFU President’s Award for 2012; City of Surrey councillor Tom Gill; and Nick more »More...
Opportunity Fest highlights student entrepreneurship, innovation at Beedie
Mar 19, 2013
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University will next week host the third annual Opportunity Fest, a marketplace-style showcase of student creativity aimed at seizing new opportunities and addressing perceived challenges through entrepreneurship and innovation. Opportunity Fest 2013 will be held from 6 to 9pm on Tuesday, March 26 at the mezzanine of the SFU Surrey campus. The event is open to all, with current and prospective students from all faculties, university personnel more »More...
Beedie School of Business and SHARE welcome UN PRI meeting
Mar 19, 2013
The CIBC Centre for Corporate Governance and Risk Management at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business in partnership with the Shareholder Association for Research and Education (SHARE) hosted a meeting on February 28 welcoming delegates from the United Nation’s Principles for Responsible Investing (PRI) committee. On the agenda was the role of responsible investing in ensuring risk management and building healthy, sustainable capital markets. Daniel Shapiro, Dean of the Beedie School of Business, introduced more »More...
Beedie MBAs take top prize at HEC Montreal sustainability case competition
Mar 18, 2013
A team of MBA students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business have captured first place at the HEC Montréal MBA Sustainability Challenge case competition. The team, consisting of MBA students Erin Lane, Geordan Hankinson, Colin Knudsen, and Andrew Lee, emerged victorious from a field of 12 competing universities from across Canada, the US and Denmark. The competition, held at HEC Montréal in Québec on March 16, seeks to demonstrate the relevance of addressing more »More...