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Kathleen Burke awakens students through classroom engagement
Feb 1, 2016
Beedie School of Business senior lecturer Kathleen Burke’s first teaching position was an awakening – both figuratively and literally.More...
Globe and Mail: Bookstore challenge opens new chapter in learning for SFU undergrads
Jan 8, 2016
Hands-on learning is increasingly a staple of business school education, with students expected to apply theory from the classroom to real-world situations.More...
Breaking through the ‘Fourth Wall’
Dec 18, 2015
Symphony musicians, to their audience, would appear to have a simple job: in black and white uniforms, arrive with their instruments, play with passion and perfection, receive applause, then leave for home.More...
Breaking through the ‘Fourth Wall’
Dec 18, 2015
Symphony musicians, to their audience, would appear to have a simple job: in black and white uniforms, arrive with their instruments, play with passion and perfection, receive applause, then leave for home.More...
SFU Beedie School of Business students raise $30k for Canadian Cancer Society
Dec 9, 2015
Students at Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business this semester leveraged a project management class project to raise funds for cancer – and after narrowly failing to reach their ambitious $30,000 target, dipped into their own pockets to make up the shortfall.More...
Globe and Mail: Programs give startups a ‘hedge against failure’
Nov 12, 2015
The following is an excerpt from an article published in the Globe and Mail on November 4, 2015. By Jennifer Lewington, Globe and Mail.More...
Speakers on Campus brings real-world perspectives to the classroom
Nov 5, 2015
The Beedie School of Business’ Speakers on Campus program this month celebrates one year of successfully connecting business education with real world industry experience.More...
Undergraduate students put business education into action through SFU bookstore
Nov 3, 2015
An innovative new partnership between SFU’s bookstore and a class of Beedie School of Business undergraduate students could point to a new direction in the future of university bookstores – as a laboratory for putting business education into action.More...
Beedie pilots new crowd funding platform to boost JDC West
Nov 2, 2015
In 2013 when the SFU JDC West team was named Academic School of the Year, the scenes of euphoria among the victorious students were both heartwarming and inspirational in equal measure. Now a new crowd-funding initiative at the Beedie School of Business is aiming to make such scenes an annual occurrence.More...
EMBA IBL students engage with industry and community leaders
Oct 1, 2015
Some of Canada’s most respected leaders of extractive resource companies and First Nations communities attended the Beedie School of Business on September 29 to impart leadership insights upon the students of the Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership.More...