SFU BEEDIE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS 2017–2018 ANNUAL REVIEW

SFU BEEDIE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

2017–2018 ANNUAL REVIEW

SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY’S BEEDIE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS is home to those who believe in the power of business to spark new ideas, fuel social innovations, and advance society. Through teaching and learning powered by world-class research, meaningful community engagement, and a global outlook, SFU Beedie takes business education beyond the walls of academia and empowers people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to reimagine the role of business in tackling society’s most significant challenges.

Cover photo shows a “scramble crossing”, a distinctive and innovative solution that allows pedestrians at busy intersections to cross the street efficiently, moving in all directions at once.

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Outlook, the magazine that offers you an insight into what we do and what makes us tick at SFU Beedie.

I feel deeply honoured to serve as Dean of this very special business school. I truly believe that SFU Beedie is exceptional, both in our vision and understanding of our purpose as an institution, and in the way we go about our work. This starts with our Calling:

WE DEVELOP INNOVATIVE AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS LEADERS WITH A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE THROUGH EDUCATION, INSPIRED BY RESEARCH AND GROUNDED IN PRACTICE.

We refer to this as our Calling because it represents more than a strategic goal or priority; it is a philosophy that underpins and

informs every aspect of how we operate, from teaching and research through to curriculum design and recruitment.

We take our Calling very seriously. We understand that education is transformational for our students; it has the power to change lives. But we also understand that in order to make the greatest impact, we must look beyond our school. We must collaborate with other faculties within the university, and we must forge deep connections with organizations and individuals our wider communities, both locally and globally.

Outlook aims to show how we are taking this philosophy and applying to our daily practice at the school. I hope it will give you a sense of the very special community we are building.

Sincerely, Ali DastmalchianDean, Beedie School of Business

MESSAGE FROM OUR DEAN

1 MESSAGE FROM OUR DEAN

4 SCHOOL OVERVIEW

8 FINANCIAL REVIEW

9 RESEARCH

14 GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

18 INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

24 SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

28COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

30STUDENT EXPERIENCE

33CAREER SUCCESS

34APPLIED LEARNING

36BUSINESS CO-OP

38ALUMNI

39ADVANCEMENT

40LEADERSHIP TEAM

Operating across three campuses in the major cities of Burnaby, Surrey and Vancouver in British Columbia, SFU Beedie is creating the business leaders of tomorrow through management education programs for both undergraduate and graduate students. Graduate programs are delivered through SFU Beedie’s Segal Graduate School. Inspired by world-class research, deep relationships with our local and international business communities, and commitment to building a sustainable future, SFU Beedie’s core activities focus on three strategic pillars: Global Outlook; Innovation and Entrepreneurship; and Social Responsibility.

ONE OF CANADA’S MOST INNOVATIVE BUSINESS SCHOOLS.

OUTLOOK SFU BEEDIE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

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Pioneering programs that are the first of their kind in Canada:

EXECUTIVE MBA

MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY MBA

EXECUTIVE MBA IN INDIGENOUS BUSINESS AND LEADERSHIP

SFU Beedie’s 3-campus model maintains a strategic and inherent connection with BC’s most important urban communities and their economies

SFU Beedie belongs to the 1% of business schools worldwide that are accredited by both AACSB and EQUIS

3,800+ UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

10,000INDUSTRY CONNECTIONS ACROSS

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SUSTAINABILITY NETWORK AIMS TO ADVANCE GLOBALLY WITH $2.45 MILLION SSHRC PARTNERSHIP GRANTThe Embedding Project, a global sustainability initiative founded by Professor Stephanie Bertels has received a $2.45-million, seven-year Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The project will use the funding to further its work in developing a new global forum for knowledge-sharing and dialogue on sustainability. The goal: to become a globally recognized knowledge resource for organizations seeking to advance their sustainability performance.

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GERVASE BUSHE NAMED ONE OF HR’S MOST INFLUENTIAL THINKERSProfessor Gervase Bushe has made the list of the 30 Most Influential Thinkers globally in the field of Human Resources for the second year in a row, after being named at number seven in the 2017 rankings.

JOY CRAMER APPOINTED TO LEAD INDIGENOUS PROGRAMSJoy Cramer, a former Deputy Minister with the Province of Manitoba, has been appointed to the newly created position of Director, Indigenous Programs. In her new role, Cramer will lead the school’s strategy to grow Indigenous programming, integrate Indigenous learning into the mainstream curriculum, and increase engagement with Indigenous communities.

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INAUGURAL RECIPIENTS OF RYAN BEEDIE LEADERSHIP AWARDS NAMEDThe first five students to receive the new Ryan Beedie Leadership Awards have been named. Mia Dommann, Musa Fortin, Katie Low, Bradley Ma, and Kirsten Milic will each receive $20,000 over four years in recognition of their commitment to leadership while in high school.

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BUSINESS OF DESIGN STUDENTS LAUNCH MAKERSPACE AT SFU SURREYStudents in SFU’s Business of Design program, an interdisciplinary collaboration created by SFU Beedie and SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology, have created _space, an 1,800 sq ft prototype makerspace located at SFU’s Surrey campus.

SFU BEEDIE STUDENTS AMONG SURREY’S TOP 25 UNDER 25 AWARDSSFU Beedie was once again well represented at the Surrey Board of Trade’s annual Top 25 Under 25 Awards for 2018, with six SFU Beedie students or alumni appearing in the list as well as two further students who have taken interdisciplinary programs at the school.

SARAH LUBIK AMONG EXPERTS TO CONSULT WITH CANADIANS ON DIGITAL AND DATA INNOVATIONDirector of the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship, Professor Sarah Lubik has been named one of six innovation experts who will lead the Government of Canada’s recently launched national consultation on digital and data transformation. The experts will host roundtable discussions across the country that will inform the federal government on how Canadians want to drive innovation in a data economy, prepare for the future of work and ensure that citizens have trust and confidence in how their data is used.

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STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS SHOWCASE INNOVATIONS AT OPPFESTA student venture that best exemplifies consideration for People, Planet, and Profit (known as the triple bottom line) won the grand prize in SFU’s eighth annual Opportunity Fest (OppFest) on March 22, 2018. The event, sponsored by Vancity, attracted young entrepreneurs from a variety of SFU faculties, as well as high school entrepreneurs. They gathered at SFU’s Surrey campus to showcase their innovative ventures and vie for prizes in a range of categories at the largest OppFest event yet.

SFU BEEDIE NAMED HOST OF JDC WEST, WESTERN CANADA’S BIGGEST BUSINESS COMPETITIONIn January 2019, SFU Beedie will host JDC West, the biggest and most prestigious business competition in Western Canada. Taking place over three days from January 11 to 13, JDC West will bring approximately 1,300 attendees with 600 undergraduate delegates from 12 of the leading post-secondary institutions across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.

EIGHT ALUMNI HONOURED IN BUSINESS IN VANCOUVER 2018 FORTY UNDER 40 AWARDSEight SFU Beedie alumni were among the winners of Business in Vancouver magazine’s 2018 Forty under 40 Awards. The eight alumni honoured with awards are Benjamin Britton, Josh Carr-Hilton, Graham Collings, Kylie Dickson, Matias Marquez, Kylie McMullan, Dianne Sparrow, and Denise Williams. The award recipients are from a wide range of SFU Beedie’s programs, with the undergraduate BBA, the MBA, Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership and Invention to Innovation (i2I)programs all represented.


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FINANCIAL REVIEW

ENDOWMENT INCOME

NON-CREDIT AND EXECUTIVE EDUCATION REVENUE

UNIVERSITY ALLOCATION

PROGRAM DELIVERY AND NEW INITIATIVES

OPERATING EXPENSES

TEACHING AND RESEARCH SUPPORT

SALARIES AND BENEFITS

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RESEARCH

Dr. Stephanie Bertels’ Embedding Project helps organizations integrate authentic social and environmental sustainability into their DNA.

As awareness of their social and

environmental impacts grows, many

businesses want to improve the way

they operate. But what steps can

business leaders take to truly embed

sustainability deep into the fabric of

an organization?

The Embedding Project is a global

sustainability initiative founded

and led by Dr. Stephanie Bertels,

Associate Professor at SFU Beedie

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question. Through her research,

Bertels developed a framework

for embedding sustainability

that helps companies inventory,

prioritize, and focus their efforts to embed sustainability across the

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organization. Bertels and her team work with companies to apply the framework, facilitate safe peer-learning opportunities for companies, and develop useful tools and resources tailored for sustainability practitioners supported by a rigorous research process.

The project brings together academic researchers from six institutions (SFU Beedie, Cambridge University’s Judge Business School, MIT’s Sloan School of Management, Rotterdam School of Business, HEC Montreal, and University of Cape Town’s Graduate School of Business). It also partners with dozens of global companies, including British Columbia’s sustainability leaders Teck Resources, the Port of Vancouver, and QuadReal, to help these companies integrate social and environmental factors into their core decision-making.

The knowledge and resources developed by the Embedding Project are shared through two primary methods of engagement: regional peer-to-peer networks, where companies assess and compare their efforts and engage in structured peer coaching; and global communities of practice. These communities convene

on significant topics, with leading companies sharing and developing best practices and co-creating tools and resources. Each is facilitated by expert researchers.

The project also hosts a variety of innovative teaching materials and resources on its knowledge portal to educate the next generation of business leaders in how to embed sustainability.

The project has received extensive support and recognition. In 2016 it was recognized by Clean50 as one of Canada’s top 15 sustainable initiatives. In 2018, the project won the Academy of Management’s inaugural International Impactful Collaboration Award. It has also received a $2.45-million, seven-year Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) in 2017.

“We look forward to supporting companies and their executive teams and boards as they embed sustainability into the core of their businesses. Students, researchers, and companies will all benefit from the opportunity to work together to advance corporate sustainability,” says Bertels.

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IN CANADA IN 2016–2018 FOR PUBLISHING IN 4 TOP MANAGEMENT JOURNALS (UT DALLAS RANKINGS)

IN CANADA IN 2017/18 FOR PUBLISHING IN 24 ELITE JOURNALS(UT DALLAS RANKINGS)

IN CANADA IN QS GLOBAL MBA RANKINGS IN 2018

IN CANADA IN QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKING FOR 2018

AMONG BUSINESS SCHOOLS IN CANADA FOR 2017–2018 (RANKING WEB OF WORLD BUSINESS SCHOOLS)

RESEARCH RANKINGS

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“World-class research underpins everything we do at SFU Beedie. Our research increasingly involves collaborative partnerships with our local, global, and Indigenous communities, and supports the school’s strategic vision by focusing on its three major themes of global perspectives, innovation and entrepreneurship, and socially-responsible business. Our faculty are at the forefront of thinking in their fields, enabling them to provide our students with the latest insights and most advanced theories.”BRENDA LAUTSCH, ASSOCIATE DEAN, FACULTY DEVELOPMENT & RESEARCH

SSHRC INSIGHT GRANT SUCCESS RATES 2011–2017 COMPETITION YEARS

SFU BEEDIE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESEARCH GRANTS AMOUNT 2011–2018

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A new study investigating the phenomenon of ‘workaholism’, whose sufferers feel compulsively driven to work long hours and feel guilty when they are not working, has found that—as might be expected —it can have negative impacts on both mental and physical health.

What is more surprising, is that these health issues are correlated to workaholism only when a person has low engagement in their work; for those who feel highly engaged and enjoy their work, the study found that having an obsessive work

RESEARCH

IS WORKAHOLISM BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH?

mentality doesn’t necessarily lead to negative health outcomes.

“Engagement is key,” says Lieke ten Brummeluis, Assistant Professor of Management and Organization Studies at SFU Beedie, “There’s a big difference between workers whose propensity to overwork and inability to detach after hours stem from absorption in the challenges their job presents (in other words, engagement) and those for whom it reflects, say, anxiety about the job or obsessive ambition.”

The researchers analyzed questionnaire responses from 1,277 workers at a large international financial consulting firm, as well as medical screening results from 763 of that group.

The results showed that working long hours on its own was not an indicator that someone would suffer stress-related physical symptoms, such as headaches or stomach upset, or the risk factors for heart disease and diabetes.

However, workaholism was significantly associated with stress-related physical complaints. But evidence that these would lead to heart disease or diabetes was found only for employees with below-average work engagement. Workaholics with above-average engagement showed no sign of being at risk for these serious health disorders. Indeed, their risk factors were lower than those of non-workaholics, suggesting a surprising health benefit of working compulsively at something one loves.

IT DEPENDS HOW ENGAGED YOU ARE IN YOUR JOB, FINDS SFU BEEDIE STUDY.

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That question was raised in experimental research undertaken by Professor Brent McFerran of SFU Beedie, together with Kelly Haws of Vanderbilt University and Joseph Redden of University of Minnesota.

The investigators conducted a series of seven experiments in which consumers used a product over a period of time. Some participants were made aware of the price of the products, while others were not. Researchers found that enjoyment of the experience declined faster for people who were aware of price.

In one experiment, two groups of participants selected five songs online and listened to each song three times. One group saw the song’s price of 99 cents displayed as they were listening, but the price was not listed for the other group.

The participants then rated the songs on a scale of 1 to 100. After listening the first time, both groups gave most songs a rating of approximately 80. After listening the third time, the group with price awareness had dropped to a rating of about 30, while the other group had only dropped to 60.

“The effect of observing prices on enjoyment only emerged over time, not at the start of an experience,” McFerran says.

PRICEAWARENESSIS A BUZZKILL

Everyone has experienced the excitement associated with acquiring something new—and the feeling of that novelty wearing off as the new item, whether a car, a song or a type of food, starts to lose its shine. But what factors affect how quickly our enjoyment declines, and our prized new possessions become ‘old hat’?

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Embracing diversity and international experiences helps students thrive as they navigate the global business community.

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

PLANET OF OPPORTUNITY

members were born in Canada. In total, some 24 different languages are spoken by core faculty members. In addition, they have co-authored published research with collaborators from 36 countries in just the last five years.

The school also leverages its partnerships with academic institutions, research centres, professional associations and think tanks around the world to provide meaningful experiences for its students.

These opportunities include interacting with more than 45 business schools through exchange programs for students, faculty and staff, an international co-operative education program, international partnership programs, and international field projects.

Increasing student mobility is one of SFU Beedie’s goals. Currently, between 20 and 25 per cent of undergraduates spend one semester at one of SFU Beedie’s global partners as an international exchange. The goal is to increase it to between 30 and 50 per cent over the next few years, Dastmalchian says.

SFU Beedie also has one of the largest co-op programs in Western Canada. In summer 2018, between 10 and 15 per cent of the co-op placements were overseas.

“Eventually I would like to see that opportunity for all our students,” says Dastmalchian. “We believe this is way for them to learn more about the world, and grow and become better managers.”

To underscore the importance of a global outlook, a new mandatory course—the International Applied

For business leaders, possessing a global outlook is essential in today’s increasingly connected world.

At SFU Beedie, inspiring students in both the graduate and undergraduate programs with a global outlook is one of the key pillars of the school’s mission. It is manifested through the rich diversity of students, faculty and staff, in the programs it offers, the multidisciplinary research it undertakes, and through the multiple experiential opportunities to interact with SFU Beedie’s strategic partners around the world.

“We want graduates who are innovative and creative, who are responsible to society, who understand the world, and who have a global perspective,” says Dean Ali Dastmalchian. “It’s important to not only understand and respect different cultures, but also understand history and geopolitics. That will solve a lot of problems in the world and make us all better people.”

SFU Beedie’s reputation as a business school has enabled it to attract faculty and staff from around the world. Only 44 of 93 core faculty

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Project—is being introduced in the full-time MBA program. Students will be required to identify an issue or research subject for an overseas organization, come up with recommendations over the course of a semester, and deliver them in person during a 10-day visit. It is designed to not only give them a global perspective on an issue, but also provide an opportunity to learn how to communicate effectively in a foreign setting.

“It’s just one of several ways that SFU Beedie is ensuring its curriculum lives up to the school’s mission”, says Andrew Gemino, Associate Dean, Graduate Programs.

“Our feeling is we have to move to a place where business leaders are people who are sensitive to their organization, to the globe and to people, and who are trying to make positive impacts inside their organization and globally,” Gemino says. “The goal is to increase people’s awareness of social and global issues, and get them thinking about positive actions for change. It’s part of being a manager in the 21st century.”

Undertaking research into evolving issues and global trends is also crucial to SFU Beedie’s mission.

For example, SFU Beedie is a member of the GLOBE Project—Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness—an organization co-founded by

Dastmalchian. It has 300 members from 70 countries dedicated to studying the relationships among societal culture, leadership and organizational practices.

The Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies, a partnership with the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, carries out research, outreach and training activities on business issues that are relevant to Canada’s interests in the Asia-Pacific region.

The Centre for Global Workforce Strategy carries out multidisciplinary research on issues surrounding effective workforce management strategies on a global scale.

Several of SFU Beedie’s faculty conduct research consistent with this global outlook, such as Mila Lazarova, Jing Li, Rosalie Tung, and Danny Shapiro. They are recognized leaders in international business who work with industry and students to better understand other cultures.

“We are already walking the talk; I want us to run the talk,” Dastmalchian says with a laugh. “We have the determination, the resources and the culture within our business school to do this and support from the business community.

“The quality of our faculty and the work they are doing internationally is just outstanding. I am proud of the impactful nature of the research that our faculty does locally and particularly globally.”

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PERCENTAGE OF UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

INTERNATIONAL CO-OP WORK TERMS COMPLETED IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS

BUSINESS PREFERRED PARTNERSHIPS WITH

SCHOOLS OUTSIDE OF CANADA

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“The goal is to increase people’s awareness of social and global issues, and get them thinking about positive actions for change.”

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So many, in fact, that she decided to complete not just one, but two terms abroad: the first at National Taiwan University (NTU) and the second at the Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

The term at NTU gave Vancouver-born Lo the opportunity to connect with her Taiwanese heritage and learn more about the culture her family had grown up in, as well as studying in a very different teaching and learning environment.

Her term in Italy was initially more challenging, but Lo adjusted quickly, becoming accustomed to the Italian lifestyle and language, and making a varied circle of friends. She also took the opportunity to travel in Europe, visiting eight different countries and more than 15 cities for the first time.

“I grew both personally and professionally, thanks to my exchange experiences,” she says. “I’m not the type to give up to begin with, but I definitely feel that exchange has made me a much stronger person than before.”

SFU Beedie’s study abroad program gave undergraduate student Scarlett Wu the opportunity to achieve a notable milestone: she is the first SFU student to complete an exchange at the prestigious University of California Berkeley’s (UCB), Haas School of Business.

Originally from China, Wu had spent three years studying at SFU Beedie and was completing an internship with PwC in Hong Kong when she made the decision to apply for the exchange at UCB. She was ready for a new challenge to take her out of her comfort zone, while continuing to work towards her degree.

“I love travelling, but I also don’t want to defer my graduation, so visiting a new place while earning credits at the same time sounded really attractive,” she says.

During her term at UCB, Wu benefited from the school’s exceptional teaching and academic reputation, which will stand her in good stead if she decides to pursue graduate school after completing her degree. She also took full advantage of the opportunities available to her: travelling in California, meeting people from different cultures, and even overcoming her fears by going skydiving for the first time.

“It sounds scary to get out of

Annie Lo has a hard time narrowing down the things that appealed to her about studying abroad.

“There were so many aspects to studying abroad that attracted me,” she says. “The opportunity to immerse yourself in an entirely new and different culture, to meet and befriend students from all over the world and expand your global connections, to take classes that are not offered within SFU Beedie but still have the credits transfer back, and so many more.”

your comfort zone, but actually the most challenging part is just taking the first step,” says Wu. “I gained confidence and I am more independent since I got back. I am not afraid of doing anything by myself now.”

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How does a business school create an environment to cultivate entrepreneurs and industry-busting ideas?

INNOVATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

ADVENTURE CAPITAL

You can find the same confluence of innovation and entrepreneurship, and people working to solve problems at SFU Beedie.

SFU Beedie offers students access to a full entrepreneurship ecosystem to develop the skills they need, including innovation and entrepreneurship courses, experiential learning opportunities to put lessons into practice, access to a network of experienced entrepreneurs, and start-up incubators and accelerators to help them grow their businesses.

“Entrepreneurs are people who take innovation and create sustainable, social, and economic value,” says Dr. Sarah Lubik, Director of the Charles Chang Institute for Entrepreneurship. “And for that reason, we can work in any discipline. It’s not about making money; it’s about making change. We try to bring the community and experts from Canada and around the world to our students, so they understand the problems that are there for them to work on.”

SFU Beedie doesn’t focus in any one sector or discipline, instead nourishing ideas that can range anywhere from new food truck concepts and fuel cell applications to healthcare advances and addressing social issues.

Entrepreneurs are imaginative thinkers and innovators by nature, and it is this combination that helps them find creative new solutions to problems.

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The school’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem supports entrepreneurs at every stage of development and growth with a seemingly limitless number of programs, workshops, labs, resources, and connections to experts from around the world.

The Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection’s Early-Stage Incubator provides students, staff, and faculty members across SFU with support in developing their own startup ventures with mentorship from experienced entrepreneurs. Each team is assigned a Mentor-in-Residence, who works with them and guides them through the development process. The Incubator also provides everything from access

to industry events and networking opportunities to connections to industry experts and office space.

The Charles Chang Institute in Innovation and Entrepreneurship is the interdisciplinary home and academic hub for entrepreneurship and innovation. It provides an opportunity for people and ideas to converge in an environment that fosters entrepreneurial thinking and action. Among the many undergraduate programs offered is the Charles Chang Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, where students learn and apply market-based approaches to innovation and venture development, interacting with peers, faculty members, and experienced entrepreneurs.

“The Certificate has classes with almost every faculty so that students have an opportunity to understand people outside of their wheelhouse, and so a student from any faculty can see themselves reflected in the makeup of that Certificate,” Dr. Lubik says. “They will realize, ‘I’m already an entrepreneurship student.”

Invention to Innovation, or i2I, is a program designed to give scientists and engineers the tools to commercialize their ideas. It provides the frameworks, perspective, and techniques to contribute to new product development and commercialization in industry, whether for an existing company or a start-up. The program culminates with the Venture Pitch Competition, where graduating students present their emerging and product-ready venture pitches to a panel of judges made up of investors, intellectual property experts, and successful entrepreneurs.

RADIUS (RADical Ideas Useful to Society), a social innovation lab and venture incubator established to change business education and launch impactful solutions to social challenges, brings together students from all faculties to develop solutions to pressing social problems. For example, the Health Promotion Lab is focusing on the prevention and early detection of chronic diseases by identifying and nurturing innovative business models that support the

“All of our programs are interdisciplinary, they are team-based, they are experiential, and they are rooted in solving problems that matter and learning to drive positive change.”

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Developing a great product is one thing; successfully building a business to market it is quite another, requiring different skills. In order to bridge this gap, in 2016 Britton enrolled in the first cohort of the Invention to Innovation (i2I) program, a graduate certificate in science and technology commercialization.

“The program really clarified what it was to have a business plan and what it meant to attract investors and actually sell the value of your product in non-technical terms,” says Britton.

Since he graduated from the program, Britton’s company, Ionomr, has gone from one success to the next. They received early support and mentorship from SFU’s Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection and then moved to SFU’s Venture Labs. In 2016 they won the Hong Kong-Canada Investment pitch competition, netting nearly $30,000 in cash and services. The same year, the company won the SFU Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize. In 2017 Ionomr was named a “Ready to Rocket” company in the Cleantech Emerging Rocket category, and in 2018 they won a major international energy award, the Startup Energy Transition award at the Berlin Tech Festival.

Britton credits the i2I program with sparking this success. “Without the experience of the program and the visibility it has given me, I simply wouldn’t have made a successful company,” he says.

Ben Britton is, first and foremost, a scientist. Working with a team of SFU chemists, he developed a polymer membrane, called Aemion, which is the strongest and most durable of its kind. Other anion-exchange membranes either melt in chemical

BEN BRITTON

delivery of services or the adoption of healthful products that target at-risk populations.

SFU Beedie has also launched team entrepreneurship for-credit co-ops, including international ones, to provide students with the opportunity to have time to work on their venture after class is over. It provides a support system that can allow students to take time off and focus for a semester on determining whether a venture has “legs.” In addition, SFU Beedie

reactions or break down quickly, but Aemion’s performance is far superior.

“We make something that is ridiculously simple,” says Britton. “It also happens to be the part that breaks down the most.”

offers programs that includes hosting students from other countries who work with students for a semester, bringing different perspectives to entrepreneurship.

“We have taken a very realistic approach to innovation and entrepreneurship,” explains Dr. Lubik. “All of our programs are interdisciplinary, they are team-based, they are experiential, and they are rooted in solving problems that matter and learning to drive positive change.

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When undergraduate student Rachel Chase crossed the stage at convocation this year, she was leaving SFU Beedie with not only a business degree but also her own company. Alongside three teammates—one other business student and two from the School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering—Chase founded Zennea Technologies, a start-up that is building wearable devices to help chronic snorers.

The team came together in the interdisciplinary Technology Entrepreneurship@SFU program, which brings together mechatronics

RACHEL CHASEand business students, as well as students from any other faculty who are registered in the Charles Chang Certificate in Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

After completing the one-year program, Chase and two other team-members were able to continue working to make Zennea a success by participating in two entrepreneurship co-op (eCo-op) terms, which are paid internships that allow them to work on their venture full-time in SFU’s Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection Incubator.

Chase was also among the first

eCo-op students from SFU to cross international waters, joining the HAX accelerator program—the world’s first and largest hardware accelerator, in Shenzhen, China.

The company has won significant recognition, initially within the SFU ecosystem, winning the top prize at the 2017 Opportunity Fest competition, hosted by SFU Beedie, and subsequently winning the the best overall venture prize valued at $35,000 at the annual Coast Capital Savings Venture Prize competition in 2018.

Chase and her co-founder Nell Du were also selected for the 2018 cohort of The Next 36 a national initiative aimed at transforming Canada’s most promising post-secondary student innovators into leading entrepreneurs.

Her experience with entrepreneurship has set Chase on a new career trajectory and, whether it is with Zennea or another possible start up, she is set to continue in the field of innovation. “I don’t think I could be an analyst sitting at a desk, that’s for sure,” she says. “I would either look for an intrapreneur role or work in a different start-up.”

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THE INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM AT SFU BEEDIE

SFU Beedie supports entrepreneurial students by working alongside other SFU faculties and community partners to create a diverse ecosystem of interdisciplinary programs and opportunities, which are available to all students. This ecosystem offers a clear and continuous pathway from inspiration to venture to impact.

*Separate from SFU Beedie

321INSPIRATIONAL EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION

HANDS-ON EXPERIENCEAND SUPPORT

FOLLOW-ONACCELERATION 2017–2018 OUTLOOK SFU BEEDIE

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Re-framing organizational decision-making through the lens of sustainability and social responsibility.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIT Y

PROGRESSAS USUAL

Over the past decade, corporate social responsibility has increasingly become a standard business practice. And with more and more people looking at what companies are doing to benefit society as a whole, expectations will continue to rise.

Over the past decade, corporate social responsibility has increasingly become a standard business practice. And with more and more people looking at what companies are doing to benefit society as a whole, expectations will continue to rise.

SFU Beedie has long been committed to social responsibility as a guiding principle and strategic pillar, and has forged a leadership position among business schools in integrating social responsibility into every facet of its operations. A commitment to social responsibility can manifest itself in myriad different ways, and there are numerous, diverse examples of how this guiding principle influences SFU Beedie’s thinking and practice.

Jamal Nazari, Associate Professor of Accounting, is a leading researcher on how companies report their social and environmental performance in a corporate governance context; Chang Hoon Oh, Professor of International Business, is conducting pioneering research into sustainability in multinational resource extraction


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companies; Dara Kelly, Associate Professor of Indigenous Business, is an award-winning researcher in Indigenous economic development. These individual faculty members work in widely varied fields, but they all represent the same ethos of social responsibility.

This ethos is reflected in the SFU Beedie’s programs and course content. The school was one of Canada’s first signatories to the United Nations’ Principles for Responsible Management Education, and it has incorporated core sustainability classes in its MBA programs for more than a decade.

It is also incorporating courses on Indigenous business into its core programs. Six years ago, SFU Beedie launched its Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership at the Segal Graduate School, the only accredited program of its kind in North America and one of a few in the world. The lessons and content from that program have now become an important part of all SFU Beedie programs.

“Expanding on our Indigenous business programs, we’ve been able to integrate an introduction to Indigenous Peoples and Business into all of the SFU Beedie MBA programs,” says Joy Cramer, Director, Indigenous Programming. “MBA graduates now leave SFU Beedie with an understanding about who Indigenous people are in the context of the relationships between Canada and Indigenous peoples and why as a business leader these interests should be taken into account when building strong respectful relationships with regard to Indigenous engagement.”

At the intersection of the two pillars of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Social Responsibility lies Social Enterprise, and SFU Beedie has a pioneering group supporting the school’s local communities through innovative ventures. The school hosts RADIUS (RADical Ideas Useful to Society), a social innovation lab and venture incubator. It was established in 2013 to develop programs in a collaborative environment to develop innovative responses to tough social and environmental issues.

Housed at the Charles Chang Innovation Centre in downtown

Vancouver, initiatives supported through RADIUS include the Binners Project, which supports informal recycling collectors in the nearby Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, which faces significant social and economic challenges.

A key feature of SFU Beedie’s initiatives is that they make a real impact in the community, whether that be local enterprises, or the wider Canadian or even international business world. The Embedding Project, founded and led by SFU Beedie’s Stephanie Bertels, is a global research project that helps companies around the world embed social and environmental factors across their operations and decision-making processes.

“We work with dozens of large, multinational companies to help them embed sustainability across their organizations,” Bertels says. “For example, we are working with financial institutions to help them see what sustainable finance can look like. Our students help them think through what that might look like in a range of different sectors, such as agriculture, oil and gas, real estate and more.”

The school is influencing policy as well as business. Professor Eric

“We are change-makers, here to change the world and industry, and do things differently.”

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Joy Cramer is SFU Beedie’s Director of Indigenous Programs. A former Deputy Minister with the Province of Manitoba, Cramer is also an alumnus of SFU Beedie’s pioneering Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership (EMBA IBL), which she completed as part of the 2014 cohort. In her current role with SFU Beedie, Cramer leads the school’s strategy to grow Indigenous programming, integrate Indigenous learning into the mainstream curriculum, and increase engagement with Indigenous communities.

To reach these goals, Cramer has several priorities. She aims to attract investment from corporate donors to support new research and create case studies and resources that focus on the unique issues around Indigenous business. She also plans to expand executive education in the discipline, and to build global partnerships with universities in the U.S., New Zealand and Australia.

“I am excited to build on the work that has already been done at SFU Beedie, with the aim of creating

Werker has been appointed by the provincial government of British Columbia’s Emerging Economy Task Force, which the goal of ensuring British Columbians around the province can benefit from advances in innovation and technology.

SFU Beedie’s students are also active in developing social responsibility. The school has a chapter of Enactus, a global, student-led organization that uses entrepreneurial action as a catalyst for progress. It helps students develop skills and empower them to become future leaders, while making positive impacts in the community.

In addition to Enactus, SFU Beedie has a Net Impact chapter—one of 350 chapters around the world —to provide a vehicle for making positive environmental, social and economic impacts by advocating for responsible and sustainable business practices.

SFU Beedie is walking the talk in its own endowment investments, embedding sustainability in its student-run investment funds, which are among the largest of their kind in North America. Because the school is a signatory to the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment, students must incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in how they manage the fund.

“It’s about making an impact,” says Dean Ali Dastmalchian. “Our faculty and students are here to make things happen. We are change-makers, here to change the world and industry, and do things differently. That is part of our vision.”

a world-leading offering for Indigenous business education,” she explains.

“We are already speaking with potential partner companies that wish to support this important work, as we seek to develop the resources and tools we need to make real progress and move Indigenous business education forward.”

Cramer is a citizen of Sagkeeng First Nation, with maternal ties to Sandy Bay First Nation, both of which are in Manitoba and were signatories to 1871’s Treaty 1. As she seeks to develop Indigenous programming at SFU Beedie, she draws on her rich background of experience in senior governmental roles and in Indigenous advocacy, including almost 20 years in various positions within the Manitoba provincial government. She has also gained a deep understanding of the needs and aspirations of Indigenous people through her work in Indigenous communities.

PROFILE

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Enactus SFU is a non-profit undergraduate student organization that creates innovative programs to address social, environmental, and economic issues in the community. Members of Enactus SFU identify issues within the local community and seeks to overcome these challenges through innovative ventures. The organization helps students to develop new skills and empowers them to become future leaders, all while making a positive impact in the community. In the past five years, Enactus SFU has dedicated over 73,000 hours to improve the lives of over 6,600 individuals.

SFU Beedie’s chapter of Net Impact is run by graduate students at the Segal Graduate School committed to make a positive environmental, social, and economic impact by advocating responsible and sustainable business practices. The organization’s goal is to demonstrate the relevance of embedding sustainability into business through events, education, and networking.

Net Impact members organize the annual Net Impact SFU Sustainability Challenge, where teams of graduate students from accredited business schools across North America compete on a live case, presenting solutions to a panel of experienced judges.

COMMUNITIES IN CLASSROOMS.CLASSROOMS IN COMMUNITIES.NET IMPACT

A business school is only as strong as its community. SFU Beedie students learn by engaging with a highly engaged network of business leaders and organizations in the greater Vancouver area, across British Columbia, Canada and internationally.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

CASE STUDY

ENACTUS SFU

CASE STUDY

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Harnessing the power of this network is ingrained in the culture of the school. SFU Beedie faculty and staff across the school work across a range of initiatives designed to cultivate deep ties with these communities.

The Career Management Centre (CMC) runs the successful Mentors in Business program, which connects students with established professionals for support and guidance. Since the program’s launch in 2011, a total of 1,635 mentor/mentee pairings have been forged over 14 cohorts. More than half of the mentors involved in the program are SFU Beedie alumni, who are remaining actively connected to the community.

Students also have the opportunity to hear first-hand from industry

professionals through the CMC’s Speakers on Campus initiative, which has brought 1,290 speakers to the school since 2015.

The Student Engagement Offices, both graduate and undergraduate, also benefit from the continuing involvement of alumni and the wider business community. Each year, dozens of individuals return to the school to help with coaching and judging case competitions, passing on their experience to the next generation.

It is still a young school, but SFU Beedie already benefits from a large and highly engaged community of alumni and supporters that is growing by the year.

“SFU Beedie students have access to a unique and extremely valuable network. Whatever career path they choose, we have the ability to connect them with advice, mentorship, and guidance from established leaders in their field.”KIRK HILL, ASSISTANT DEAN, EXTERNAL RELATIONS

MENTORS IN BUSINESS

14 cohorts of Mentors in Business program completed since program launch in 2011

51% of mentors are SFU Beedie alumni

1,635 student/mentor pairings since 2011 SPEAKERS ON CAMPUS HIGHLIGHTS 2015–2018

1,290 industry professionals participated

31% SFU Beedie alumni

90% faculty driven requests (for in-class activities)

10% student event requests (CMC & student clubs) EVENTS 2013–2018

58 alumni events

91 research centre events


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BUILDING CULTURE

The student experience at SFU Beedie goes far beyond what happens in the classroom. All students, from undergraduates to those in the various graduate programs at the Segal Graduate School, are encouraged to explore their potential and discover new interests through a wide range of available co-curricular activities.

Beyond learning about management and leadership theory, students can put those lessons into practice while they are still studying. This might mean joining the student organizing committees for one of SFU Beedie’s hosted case-competitions, such as CaseIT, which attracts Management Information Systems undergraduate students from around the world to SFU, or the Net Impact Sustainability Challenge, contested by graduate students from across North America.

Alternatively, it might mean joining student clubs or industry specific groups, such as the

STUDENT EXPERIENCE

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In January 2019, SFU Beedie will host JDC West, the biggest and most prestigious business competition in Western Canada.

Taking place over three days from January 11 to 13, JDC West will bring to SFU approximately 1,300 attendees with 600 undergraduate delegates from 12 of the leading post-secondary institutions across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. In addition to competitors, almost 300 volunteers from across the university and the wider community in Burnaby, as well as more than a hundred professional partners, will come together to deliver this major event.

SFU Beedie has been a regular competitor since the first edition of

Student Marketing Association or SFU Management Consulting Career Preparation Program, which provide learning and networking opportunities for students interested in a particular career path.

Peter Tingling, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs for SFU Beedie, is unapologetically proud of the school’s effort in helping raw talent mature into confident professionals. “We do several things very well, and one that is key is something I describe as the difference between watching a movie and acting in a play,” he says.

It also acknowledges that success in business is about more than knowing—it is about doing. It is this philosophy that informs SFU Beedie’s emphasis on experiential learning, whether through co-curricular activities, student clubs or co-op work terms.

“If we define experiential as getting involved in different things, we have co-curricular opportunities such as case competitions, the hands-on managing of projects, and many student clubs that are conduits to tons of events and activities,” says Tingling. “We encourage new students to regard all this as a buffet they should start sampling immediately.”

“Everything we do is geared towards helping young talent to help themselves—and what we’re doing works.”

JDC West in 2006, enjoying substantial success over the years, including being named Academic School of the Year in 2013. This will be the first time that SFU Beedie has hosted JDC West.

“Every year, JDC West unites a tightknit community that celebrates excellence and camaraderie. Since 2006, this competition has been the highlight of thousands of undergraduate student experiences,” says Mavis Lum, Co-Chair of the JDC West 2019 Organizing Committee. “We are enjoying the process of bringing this competition to life at SFU Beedie, and we’re proud to work with so many community partners who are just as excited as we are to see it in January.”

COMPETITIVEBUSINESS


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Each year, a team of SFU Beedie MBA students attends the MBA Games, an annual event attracting students from across Canada to compete against one another in athletic, academic and team spirit categories. The MBA Games has become a regular feature of the MBA experience for SFU Beedie students, who have competed with enthusiasm and success over the years.

The 2018 event was held at the University of Ottawa, and saw the SFU Beedie team win the Spirit trophy, which is a combination of school spirit, fundraising goals towards the charity partner (in this case the Moosehide Campaign), and academics.

“My experience at the MBA Games was one of the best parts of my MBA,” says Lauren Ireland, who participated in the 2018 event as SFU Beedie’s Spirit Captain.

“It allowed me to build my network within the SFU MBA programs, and really get to know my fellow classmates. At the same time, I was able to build my external network, especially with the other BC schools. As the Spirit Captain, I was able to work on my leadership skills and really see success when we won the Spirit Award at the 2018 Games!“

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MBA GAMES

“I believe, in a graduate level program, student learning and experience shape around the level of their engagement. As an example, SFU Beedie provides many extracurricular opportunities like all kinds of events and speeches, case club and case competitions and mentorship programs. I enjoyed participating in many of these activities and it turned out to be extremely valuable in my learning journey in MOT MBA.”

- PEYMAN KHANSARI, MBA CANDIDATE, MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY MBA

“Along with the academic knowledge I would gain, building my professional network was a huge priority for me through my MBA experience. The cohort I studied with gave me a great group to add to my network,

but I wanted more. I wanted to engage in a variety of the additional programs and services that SFU Beedie offered to round out my MBA experience and take advantage of these one-in-a-lifetime value-added opportunities during my program. From the MBA Games, to our Net Impact Chapter, to the Graduate Business Students Association, I chose to be involved in a variety of co-curricular activities. The time spent outside of the classroom and involved in SFU Beedie life was incredibly valuable and I know my level of satisfaction with my degree was ultimately heightened by choosing to embrace the maxed-out schedule of participating in these great opportunities.”

- ERIN DESAUTELS, MBA ALUMNUS

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The mission of SFU Beedie’s Career Management Centre (CMC) is to empower business students and alumni with skills for career success, and to create lasting stakeholder relationships with business students, alumni, faculty, and the business community.

The CMC’s dedicated staff of career development experts works closely with students to provide students with the resources that they need for successful long-term career management. This includes program-specific Career

EXPERT CAREER SUPPORT

“We want every graduate of ours to launch a fulfilling career. We look for innovative ways to support experiential learning programs by creating impactful connections and engaging opportunities with the business community.” GURWINDER SINGH, DIRECTOR OF THE CAREER MANAGEMENT CENTRE AT SFU BEEDIE

90%

98%

PERCENTAGE OF UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT 2 YEARS POST GRADUATION

PERCENTAGE OF GRADUATE PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT 9 YEARS POST GRADUATION

Management Program, one-on-one career advising, mentorship and networking opportunities, and a robust collection of online resources, all designed to help students achieve their career goals.

The team also maintains strong connections to industry, working with employers to help them connect with the right students and alumni from SFU Beedie’s programs through a variety of on and off campus recruitment opportunities.

CAREER SUCCESS


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Experiential learning—putting lessons to the test in real-world environments—is central to the educational philosophy at SFU Beedie. Both graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in equity investments have the opportunity to do just that through the school’s two student-managed investment funds, investing real money on behalf of the university.

APPLIED LEARNING

REAL MONEY.REAL EXPERIENCE.

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Students in the MSc in Finance program can join the Student Investment Advisory Service (SIAS) fund, currently comprising $18 million of the university’s Endowment Fund. SIAS is in its 18th year and is one of the largest student managed funds in all of North America. Five years ago, a gift from the Beedie family allowed the school to extend this experience to undergraduate students through the $6 million Beedie Endowment Asset Management (BEAM) fund.

“For students, running an investment fund is very different from their academic work. The students are not answering questions, they’re making decisions,” says Glenn Powers, Faculty Advisor to the SIAS fund.

“While much of their focus is on specific stocks and bonds, these programs are about more than that. Students learn to choose leaders, to recruit and motivate new team members, and to build operational processes. They are not competing with each other for a grade; they are figuring out how to collaborate in order to compete against a benchmark.”

The funds replicate the experience

of running an investment company. Students are responsible for investment decisions, they determine the merits of an investment and whether it complies with policy, and they are accountable for the results.

“BEAM is the best part of the SFU Beedie’s Finance Program that has no equivalent at the whole university,” says Yuliya Kim, a second-year portfolio manager in BEAM. “BEAM is not a monopoly game, there is real money involved, and every investment decision made has its consequences, right or wrong. What I love the most about BEAM is that you are given a chance to become a specialist in your field and be fully accountable for ideas.”

The SIAS fund has delivered benchmark-beating performances since its inception, with performance competitive with the commercial investment managers the endowment uses. Many SIAS and BEAM alumni, who have gone onto senior roles throughout industry—including pension investing, risk management, insurance, investment banking and wealth management—got their first taste of investment through the funds.

“ BEAM is not a monopoly game, there is real money involved, and every investment decision made has its consequences, right or wrong.”


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Business Co-op continues to grow at a steady rate, with a record 729 work placements in 2018, the highest ever. Employers hire SFU Beedie Co-op students for two reasons: to fulfill an immediate staffing need, but also to ‘test-drive’ candidates for continuing employment after graduation. Posting a professional job with Business Co-op is free and employers know that all Co-op applicants have already completed a curriculum that prepares them for work in the real world. Approximately 10% of Co-op placements are outside Canada, with China providing the largest numbers of job opportunities, followed by Germany.

Business Co-op is an optional program that gives students the opportunity to work with employers in all sectors, whether private, public or NGO. Co-op students compete for real job offers and work full time for four or eight-month periods.

BUSINESS CO-OP

EARN WHILE YOU LEARN

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Business Co-op has recently developed Advanced Workshops that build upon basic professional knowledge covered in mandatory CMC Passport workshops. Advanced Co-op Workshops teach how to build exceptional documents and interview skills based on direct feedback from hundreds of current Co-op employers during site visits each semester. Co-op is cyclical: every semester, Co-op staff screen and admit new applicants, and facilitate workshops and online courses for new and

returning students. The team networks with employers to generate meaningful Co-op opportunities, and visits students on work terms to ensure a positive experience for both students and employers.

While SFU Beedie has around 30% international students, visa student participation within Business Co-op is at 40%, and the team offers customized pre-employment coaching for visa students to ensure they are competitive.

“Co-op allowed me to start paving my marketing career with an awesome small company that encouraged me to become more confident in my skills and abilities. I’m looking forward to translating this valuable experience into my future marketing career.”SHARON HUANG (CURRENT CO-OP STUDENT)

“The relationships I cultivated through Co-op opened the doors to opportunities I can pursue, and have now secured me a full-time, well-paying job following my graduation. Instead of chasing employers and jobs, I was chased; as a student, that’s a good feeling to have.”MARK TRENDELL-JENSEN (CO-OP ALUMNUS)

PERCENTAGE OF INTERNATIONAL CO-OP STUDENTS

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31.73%30.29%

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32.80%

28.15%

30.89%

19.51%17.43%


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A GLOBAL LAUNCHPAD

Completing a program at SFU Beedie gives alumni lifetime membership into an exceptional group of leaders, innovators, and game-changers around the world. SFU Beedie’s more than 25,000 alumni are making an impact in 83 countries on six continents.

ALUMNI

SFU Beedie supports its alumni community by hosting alumni events around the world, whether in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto or as far afield as London, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The diversity of the alumni community is reflected by the variety of events offered ranging from program and region specific networking receptions and beer tastings, to events that include the

whole family such as the annual Baseball and Barbecue at Nat Bailey Stadium which takes place each summer, and complimentary LinkedIn photo shoots to ensure alumni are supported throughout every stage of their career.

In addition to the formal events and initiatives, SFU Beedie also supports events championed by alumni. Alumni-led events and

initiatives are organized by engaged alumni and include anything from informal pub nights and game nights to annual reunions with classmates and peers. Many SFU Beedie alumni stay connected with one another long after graduation and the school helps to support these important relationships.

Many SFU Beedie alumni remain highly engaged with the school, sharing their experience and expertise and giving back to the community. They are shaping the next generation of student talent by volunteering in a wide range of roles: as mentors, case competition coaches or judges, panellists at events, and classroom speakers.

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The Office of Advancement fosters relationships with alumni, volunteers, and friends of SFU Beedie to encourage philanthropic support for students, research, programs, and initiatives that support the mission of the school. The team has overseen a number of impactful gifts over the past year:

ADVANCEMENT

The Independent Contractors and Businesses Association (ICBA) committed nearly $1 million to endow the Philip Hochstein Fellowship to support the study of free trade, open markets, and economic growth by researchers, academics, and students. Philip Hochstein was ICBA’s president for 30 years after starting as the ICBA’s lone employee in 1986.

The William Saywell Professorship in Asia Pacific Business Endowment was established with a generous gift from Dr. William Saywell, SFU’s fifth president and one of Canada’s first academic students of modern China.

BMO Financial Group made a gift of $500,000 to create new opportunities in Indigenous business education in BC. The donation supports research on Indigenous business in the Canadian context and teaching of Indigenous issues across all programs, and endows an award for a student taking the Executive MBA in Indigenous Business and Leadership. The gift was made in honour of BMO’s former Vice-Chairman and Honorary Director, Dr. John Ellis who, at 103 years of age, has been involved with the university since inception.

In 2017/18, 326 generous donors contributed $4.4 million to support initiatives

that help to build a better SFU Beedie.

ALUMNI. $784,464.

DONOR SOURCE

GIFT DESIGNATION

CORPORATIONS. $1,090,253.

FOUNDATIONS. $600,565.

FRIENDS. $1,928,574.

STUDENT SUPPORT $914,643

FACULTY AND DEPARTMENT SUPPORT $2,112,083

RESEARCH $301,000

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT $637,630

GIFT IN KIND $438,500

$4,403,856

BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE


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LEADERSHIP TEAM

PETER TINGLINGAssociate Dean, Undergraduate Programs Associate Professor, Management Information SystemsPeter is an award-winning educator and a leading researcher in the field of organizational decision-making, in particular focusing on professional sports teams. He has had a long association with higher education and has taught at several business schools. Prior to academia, Peter had more than two decades of industry experience working in a number of senior line and staff positions as well as consulting to a diverse range of Fortune 500, government, and start-up organizations across North America.

KIRK HILLAssistant Dean, External RelationsAs Assistant Dean, External Relations, Kirk’s portfolio includes marketing and communications, alumni engagement, employer relations, the graduate career management centre, sponsorship, association management, and providing event and conference services for the school. Kirk began his career at SFU Beedie in 2003. He holds an undergraduate degree from Arizona State University and an MSc in Organizational Behaviour from the University of London, Birkbeck and is a holder of the Institute of Corporate Directors Director designation.

CAROLYN EGRIAssociate Dean, Research & International William J.A. Rowe EMBA Alumni Professor Professor, Management and Organization StudiesCarolyn is a pioneer in research related to corporate environmental and social responsibility, which is also a focus of her teaching. A prolific researcher, she has published on cross-national differences in corporate environmental social responsibility practices as well as managerial values and influence tactics. Carolyn devotes considerable time to service in her academic community which includes being an Associate Editor for Business & Society journal as well as serving on a variety of academic journal editorial boards.

BRENDA LAUTSCHAssociate Dean, FacultyAssociate Professor, Managementand Organization StudiesBrenda holds a doctorate in Industrial Relations and Human Resource Management from the M.I.T. Sloan School of Management and a Master in Industrial Relations from Queen’s University. She’s among the top ten per cent of faculty on the Beedie Teaching Honour Roll. She teaches and conducts research on negotiation and alternative dispute resolution, new work arrangements, work-life balance, qualitative research methods, and the effect of flexible work on work and life outcomes.

ANDREW GEMINOAssociate Dean, Graduate Programs Professor, Management Information SystemsAndrew is an award-winning teacher who has twice received the Canada Trust Distinguished Teacher award from SFU Beedie. His academic research focuses on information technology project management, business systems analysis and the design of technology-mediated collaborative environments. Andrew holds a National Sciences and Research Council of Canada (NSERC) grant to study the effective communication of information system requirements.

ALI DASTMALCHIANDean, Beedie School of Business Professor, Management and Organization Studies and International BusinessAli is an international an award-winning, teacher, facilitator, and researcher. Ali brings 20+ years’ experience in leadership roles at Canadian universities, previously serving as Dean of the Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria (2002-2012) and in the Faculty of Management at the University of Lethbridge (1997-2002). Ali is also the President and Chair of the Global Leadership & Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness (GLOBE) Foundation.

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“Universities and business schools play a vital role in giving students the knowledge and skills they need to make an impact. SFU Beedie has shown a commitment to building deep connections with the wider business community. The Beedie School of Business Advisory Board ensures that the school’s programs remain relevant and effective in producing world-class graduates who are ready for the workplace. As an alumnus of the school and frequent SFU volunteer, I am proud to serve as Board Chair and to be involved in shaping the future of SFU Beedie.”BARRY MACDONALD , ADVISORY BOARD CHAIR

BEEDIE ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSGOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKFundamental to good governance is the need for a strong advisory board. While operating within the overall university structure, the school has established the Beedie School of Business Advisory Board to assist in the accomplishment of its mission and objectives. The individuals on the Board provide expertise, guidance and direction in support of our commitment to relevant education and research, focused on the changing needs of business and the economy. Board members serve a three-year term.

CHAIR: BARRY MACDONALDCorporate Director and Chair of the Board, CPABC

INCOMING CHAIR: EVALEEN JAAGER ROYPrincipal, Jaager Roy Advisory, Inc.

PAST CHAIR: ELIO LUONGOChief Executive Officer and Senior Partner, KPMG LLP

ANDERS ASPLINGFounding Secretary General, Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI)

RYAN BEEDIEPresident, Beedie

JÉRÔME BONSenior Associate Dean, Tongji SEM, Emeritus Professor ESCP-Europe

AMIEE CHANCEO, Norsat International

ROBIN DHIRPresident, Twin Brook Developments Ltd. & Strategic Advisory, Fasken

ROBERT FOORDPresident and Managing Partner, Kal Tire, Inc.

JAMIE GRAY-DONALDVP Sustainability & EHS, Enterprise Innovation, QuadReal Property Group

MINGYU GUANPartner & Vancouver office Founding Partner, McKinsey & Company

DANA HAYDENPresident, Hayden Consulting Services

CATHERINE HEATHVice President, Portfolio Manager, Leith Wheeler Investment Counsel

SANDRA HORVATHSenior Director Business Development, Sage Software

STACY KUIACKDirector, BTY Group

KENZIE LAU-KWONGPartner, Leaders Quest

JAMES LEECEO, Carfield International Limited

GREG MALPASSFounder, CEO, Enabler, Traction on Demand

PATRICK NANGLECEO, Modo

MARIA PACELLASenior VP & Portfolio Manager, Private Equity, PenderFund Capital Management Ltd.

HAROON RASHIDDirector, Paradigm Gateway Ltd.

LORNE SEGALPresident, Kingswood Properties Ltd.

LILLIAN TANManaging Director & Senior Advisor, Bank Julius Baer

ROD TAVERNEROwner, Rolling Mix Concrete

NESLIHAN TÖZGEFounder & Senior Consultant, Blue Ocean Change Management

LIN ZHOUDean, Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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