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Two SFU Beedie students honoured in Surrey Board of Trade’s Top 25 Under 25 for 2022
Apr 22, 2022
Two SFU Beedie students have been named among the Surrey Board of Trade’s Top 25 Under 25, out of a total of nine SFU students and alumni. The winners were recognized at an awards ceremony and gala on Wednesday, April 20, co-sponsored by SFU’s Beedie School of Business. The 12th annual Surrey Board of Trade celebrates the incredible initiatives of Surrey’s youth aged 25 years or under. The awards honour business or community-minded people under more »More...
Over 300 celebrate youth innovation and unlock their potential at Opportunity Fest 2022
Apr 20, 2022
Opportunity Fest 2022 (OppFest) is Simon Fraser University’s largest showcase of entrepreneurial projects. Hosted by the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship at SFU’s Beedie School of Business and made possible by Prospera Credit Union, this year’s hybrid celebration brought together over 300 students, industry professionals, junior innovators, volunteers and spectators. The showcase grew to a national scope, with participants dialling in from Atlantic Canada and guest mentors tuning in from Ontario. OppFest brings together ambitious young leaders from elementary and high school programs PowerPlay and YELL through to more »More...
SFU Beedie alumnus Amanda Chor on a mission to embed sustainability into corporate culture and communities
Apr 19, 2022
When Amanda Chor saw that SFU offers sustainability-focused business courses, she decided to embark on SFU Beedie’s Corporate, Environmental and Social Sustainability (CES) certificate program, anticipating that its courses would be interesting and helpful for learning new perspectives. What she did not expect, however, was for the program to kickstart a passion for sustainability that would bolster her career and give her a personal mission. Now, Chor is the sustainability manager for one of the more »More...
Medical tech startup takes home top SFU entrepreneurship competition award
Apr 13, 2022
ODEN Health Solutions Inc. has been named Top Venture in SFU’s 11th annual Coast Capital Venture Prize competition, taking home a $30K prize package. ODEN is a medical device company committed to providing life-saving assistance for everyone regardless of social or economic situation or geographical location. Its inaugural product in development is a self-contained wearable device that is capable of monitoring vital signs of users, detecting opioid overdoses, and notifying emergency services of the overdose in order more »More...
From L’Oreal to Google: SFU Beedie alumnus Stephanie Wong talks careers and motherhood
Apr 8, 2022
Riding rollercoasters at the Google conference in Disneyland and visiting the L’Oreal Paris skincare labs in New York are only a couple of the many career highlights on which Stephanie Wong can look back fondly over the past ten years. After graduating from SFU Beedie, Wong started out working in brand strategy for L’Oreal’s flagship brand, L’Oreal Paris. Then, as an Account Executive at Google, she led some of Google’s top clients through their digital more »More...
The Ali Dastmalchian Memorial Fund
Apr 8, 2022
SFU’s Beedie School of Business is pleased to announce the Ali Dastmalchian Memorial International Study Abroad Award, in memory of our late dean, Dr. Ali Dastmalchian. Ali was an avid supporter of students’ international experiences and a driving force behind SFU Beedie’s internationalization strategy. To honour his leadership and to continue his vision to strengthen SFU Beedie’s global outlook, friends and colleagues donated generously to establish an endowed award in his name. This new award, more »More...
SFU Beedie Talks with Chancellor Tamara Vrooman
Apr 1, 2022
Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business hosted a special evening of conversation with Tamara Vrooman, CEO and President of the Vancouver Airport Authority (YVR) and SFU Chancellor. Prior to this, she was President & CEO of Vancity, Canada’s largest community credit union with $28 billion in assets, Deputy Minister of Finance for the Province of British Columbia, and Secretary to the Treasury Board and CEO of the Public Sector Employers’ Council. Tamara is joined more »More...
2021 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Award winners announced
Mar 15, 2022
Shauna Jones and Michael Parent have been named the winners of the 2021 TD Canada Trust Distinguished Teaching Awards, the highest teaching honour of its kind at SFU’s Beedie School of Business. Parent is a professor of management information systems and marketing at the Segal Graduate School of Business, while Jones is a senior lecturer well-known for teaching BUS 202 – Foundations in Collaborative Work Environments. Each year, SFU Beedie students, faculty, and alumni nominate their favourite more »More...
SFU Beedie professor Rosalie Tung selected as next Editor-in-Chief of prestigious international business journal
Mar 8, 2022
Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business Professor Rosalie Tung has been selected to serve as the next Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS). The only international business journal to be included in both the Financial Times journals list as well as the UT Dallas list of leading business journals, JIBS is the top-ranked journal in the field of international business. The announcement comes from the Executive Board of the Academy of more »More...
SFU Beedie professor Jing Li wins award for case study in global competition
Feb 28, 2022
Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business faculty member Jing Li has been named a winner in The Case Centre’s 32nd Awards and Competitions, a global competition celebrating excellence in case writing and teaching. Li won the Strategy and General Management category award for her case study, Amazon Goes Global 2020. The Case Centre Awards and Competitions have been presented annually since 1991 and recognize worldwide excellence in the case method of teaching. A cornerstone more »More...