Stephen Hawking rightly said, “Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it.” However, I’d revise that to say that “Meaningful work gives us direction in life.”[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
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[…]
One of the key aspects of the SFU MBA experience is the program’s cohort-based learning structure in which a group of students are assigned to specific teams for an entire[…]
A few of my colleagues and I hosted an event last week called “Planting the Seeds of Hope”* — a fundraiser for the Alan & Ghalib Kurdi Foundation. This[…]
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.[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
As part of SFU’s cross-cultural study team touring the regions of British Columbia, I had a unique opportunity of meeting some remarkable individuals from the First Nations, listening to stories[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
On Friday, March 11, four students from the Master of Science in Finance program earned second place in Professional Risk Managers’ International Association (PRMIA) Risk Management Challenge in Chicago, Illinois.[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
After countless ideas, discussions, and hours of work, our team was ready for the big weekend. We finished a marketing class in Vancouver, and then we were off to San[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
So you may be wondering, what do MBA students do with their free time on weekends? In between studying for our classes, we can be found participating in many case[…]
I could see how a student might approach an MBA as a purely academic exercise and how this could result in missing valuable chances for personal growth that are not[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) is a student led organization that connects all graduate business students at the Beedie School of Business. The executive team, which consists of: the[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
I totally get it, as an MBA student you’re busy. You’re tackling classes, readings, projects, work, family, kids, pets, hobbies and pretty much everything else in between. It’s not easy[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Connect. Inspire. Impact. That was the theme of this year’s inaugural BC MBA games held in Nanaimo, BC, organized by Omar Karim and Vancouver Island University (VIU). Overall, the weekend[…]
转眼来温哥华已经快一年，MBA 的课业也已接近尾声。这一年里有过想要放弃的冲动，有过欢欣鼓舞的时刻，有过迷茫无措的烦恼，还有一些小小的感悟。于是很高兴有机会写这篇博客。能将这些思考的碎片稍作整理，记录下来与人分享，总是一件开心的事情。
Admissions Tips · Graduate Experience
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[…]
