BC MBA GAMES 2021: An Exhilarating Experience
My journey with SFU has just begun! Less than 2 months ago, I started my MBA Program at Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University. And the last two[…]
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Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Student Stories: How to Make Sustainability a Lifestyle
As we move ahead in this century, new words are being coined, and of all those, the buzzword is Sustainability. The dictionary defines it as “avoidance of the depletion of[…]
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Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Student Stories: My Journey as a Mexican International Student in Vancouver, Canada
I arrived in Vancouver at the end of September of 2019, so I was fortunate enough to know a bit of the city for 6 months pre-covid. I was excited[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Grappling with Canada’s Genocidal History: 10 Ways to Work Toward Reconciliation and Decolonization this Canada Day
Amidst the recent news of the discovery of mass and unmarked graves at multiple residential schools, you may be feeling wary about participating in your usual Canada Day celebrations. You[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Student Stories: How to Build Community Online
As cliché as it may sound, these are unprecedented times. But as they say, time and opportunities wait for no one. In the past year, many of us have lived[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Student Stories: Pursuing an MBA from a Non-Traditional Background
I worked at summer camps and in the outdoor education industry for nearly a decade. I started as a camp counsellor and kept working at various camps until my most[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Pop-up Case Competition Challenge: CECU Marketing Strategy
The break between the Spring and Summer terms of our Full-Time MBA program turned out to be more exciting and challenging than we could have imagined. A pop-up case competition,[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
SFU Beedie School of Business’ Net Impact Case Competition & The Importance of Climate Justice
If you have read previous case competition reflections on this blog, you will know that competing is no small task. As a member of the Beedie School of Business’ Net[…]
Alumni Experience · Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Career Journey Series: Life Lessons from Gurwinder Singh, SFU Beedie’s Director, Graduate Career Management Centre
The Career Journey Series is aimed at learning more about the career experience of leaders at our school. We hope to present their leadership lessons, principles and values. This would[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Leadership Through the Decades: Lessons from CEO Gordon Keep
Carrying forward my experience of interviewing two very different CEOs, for my second blog, I am presenting the excerpts from the interview that I conducted with Gordon Keep – CEO,[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Top 5 Ways to Maximize your MBA Experience (Part I)
I used to work as a busy auditor. Taking about two years off to sit in a classroom might seem unreal as compared to my previous deadline-driven life. It seems[…]
The Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
Last week I had the pleasure to attend the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing held in Houston, TX. This conference is the world’s largest gathering of women technologists.[…]
Admissions Tips · Graduate Experience
The Case for Bike Commuting
I have some very important information to share with next year’s MBA cohort: bike commuting is the best way of getting around Vancouver. For those planning on living between 2-10[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Importance of Bonding
People come to business schools to improve their careers, not their social life. However, if you really want to live your MBA experience to the fullest, you need to think[…]
Tips for Managing Multicultural Teams
Diverse teams can be challenging and in today’s multicultural workplaces, managers need to know how to leverage differences to maximize performance outcomes. As MBA candidates at the Beedie School of[…]