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Deloitte wins Beedie School of Business diversity award
Sep 19, 2012
Deloitte was today announced as the winner of the Simon Fraser University Nancy McKinstry award for leadership in diversity. The SFU Beedie School of Business corporate award recognizes an organization that exemplifies the values of diversity in the workplace. One of Canada’s leading professional services firms, Deloitte was recognized for its commitment to diversity, in particular the diverse composition of its staff, management and board. The award was presented to Deloitte’s Karen Keilty at a sold-out breakfast more »More...
Beedie School of Business to host Startup Canada entrepreneurship dialogue
Sep 14, 2012
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University will next week play host to Startup Canada Vancouver Town Hall, an open dialogue and networking session for Vancouver’s entrepreneurship sector. The event will be held at SFU’s Segal Graduate School of Business in downtown Vancouver on September 18, and is the result of a partnership between SFU, BCIT, Discovery Foundation, Emily Carr University of Art + Design and UBC. It will bring together Vancouver’s entrepreneurs, more »More...
Entrepreneur and Dragon Jim Treliving dishes out business wisdom for launch of Beedie CKNW CEO Series
Sep 13, 2012
Jim Treliving, co-owner of international retail franchises Boston Pizza and Mr. Lube, and one of the celebrated “dragons” on the reality television program Dragons’ Den, today shared insights and experiences from his expansive and colorful career in business with a live audience at the Beedie School of Business. The event was part of the Beedie School of Business’ partnership with prominent Vancouver radio station CKNW, which sees SFU’s downtown Vancouver campus play host to “The more »More...
Nancy McKinstry award pays dividends for Alice Longhurst
Sep 12, 2012
No one could ever accuse Alice Longhurst of being indecisive. In spring 2011 she was working at the Women’s Executive Network (WXN), with no plans to return to higher education. One month later, she was enrolling in the MBA program at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. The Beedie School of Business is the national education partner for WXN, and it was through her director-level position at the WXN in Toronto that Longhurst was first introduced more »More...
Jumpstarting bright student ideas
Sep 11, 2012
A group of Simon Fraser University students is at work helping their peers start businesses by “jumpstarting” their entrepreneurial thinking. A new eight-week accelerator, called JumpStart, targets individuals with ideas that could be launched into businesses, providing support and resources. Five teams have been accepted into a pilot program. “JumpStart is for students who are unsure about getting their ideas off the ground and simply don’t know the next steps,” says Chantelle Buffie, program manager more »More...
Beedie PhDs lead the field at Academy of Marketing Science conference in Atlanta
Sep 5, 2012
Four PhD students from the Beedie School of Business played prominent roles at a prestigious Marketing Science conference held in Atlanta, Georgia recently. Current Beedie PhD students Adam Mills and Kirk Plangger were joined by Beedie PhD alumni Anjali Bal and Colin Campbell at the Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Cultural Perspectives in Marketing Conference. The conference ran from August 28 to September 1, with a theme of Thriving in a New World Economy. The more »More...
Beedie School of Business set to host CKNW CEO Series
Sep 4, 2012
The Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University is partnering with prominent Vancouver radio station CKNW News Talk 980 to bring some of British Columbia’s top business minds – ranging from the president of Lululemon Athletica to the founder of HootSuite – to SFU in a forthcoming series of exclusive CEO interviews. “The Chief Executives”, a series profiling some of the country’s top executives, will be held at SFU Vancouver. Hosted by CKNW host more »More...
Beedie MIS Prof. brings networking for women to major conference
Aug 31, 2012
Professor Dianne Cyr continued the Beedie School of Business’ long history of supporting women in business when she organized and hosted a networking event for women in information systems at a major conference recently. The Beedie-sponsored networking reception was part of the Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), held in Seattle, Washington from August 9 to 11. AMCIS is the annual research conference of the Association for Information Systems, the premier global organization for academics, more »More...
2012 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award winners announced
Aug 31, 2012
Professor Sudheer Gupta and recent PhD recipient Todd Green have been announced as the winners of this year’s TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award. The prestigious award is the highest teaching honour of its kind in SFU’s Beedie School of Business. Since 1990, Beedie School of Business students, faculty and alumni have nominated teachers from both undergraduate and postgraduate programs for the award. The nominations are then scrutinized by the Teaching Effectiveness Committee, who select more »More...
Alannah Cervenko aims high after MBA experience
Aug 24, 2012
Beedie School of Business MBA student Alannah Cervenko has accomplished a lot in the last year of her life. But as she prepares to move on from the MBA program to one of the world’s largest mining companies, she intends to use the experience she has gained from it in order to accomplish even more in the future. Cervenko graduated from UBC in 2006 with a degree in Psychology, before going on to work as more »More...