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• Full time • Part time • EMBA • MBA/JD • MBA/MA • Sustainability• Business Innovation and Creativity • Marketing
The MBA program at the SFU Beedie School of Business is filled with individuals from diverse educational and professional backgrounds. This helps create an interesting dialogue both inside and outside of the classroom. Staff members are extremely interested in seeing students succeed and are always willing to help. Students with an interest in social and environmental concepts are able to tailor the program to their interests, allowing for a unique perspective on business and sustainability. Whereas some schools may have a sustainability stream, all full-time MBA students at SFU are required to study this important business sector.
Using a strongly applied approach, the full-time MBA program combines theory and application to provide students with a foundation in business. The core curriculum incorporates social and environmental themes by offering required sustainability, innovation, and entrepreneurship courses. The MBA program is filled with case studies, lectures, and guest speakers incorporating social and environmental concepts. Students are encouraged to learn and practice what it means to be socially and environmentally responsible in a business and academic context. Students have the ability to pursue a number of extracurricular activities and events to strengthen their knowledge and application of social and environmental concepts. These activities include case competitions, conferences, and research projects.
The MBA program provides students with the ability to work with real-world clients on sustainability-related initiatives. Students are able to apply their skills from economics, marketing, and finance to make strategic recommendations. Many SFU students bring social and environmental issues into school projects. This has included meeting with nonprofit organizations, social entrepreneurs, and socially responsible companies to offer business services. SFU has a close relationship with RADIUS, a Vancouver-based social innovation lab and venture incubator. The university also offers many discussion sessions at the local Center for Dialogue, where students are encouraged to converse about issues such as poverty and health care. Further, the school’s Career Management Center assists students in seeking jobs and opportunities for students interested in pursuing careers in social and environmental sectors.
http://beedie.sfu.ca/ Prominent Faculty
• Stephanie Bertels, Sustainability • Mark Wexler, Ethical Decision Making • Leyland Pitt, Marketing
Prominent Alumni
• Lindsay Mclvor, Consultant, SPAN ONS
• Alannah Cervenko, Health Communications Specialist, Teck Resources Limited • Colin Stansfield, Communication and External Relations, EcoTrust Canada
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Loan Forgiveness available to graduates going to work in the nonprofit sector. Preparing students to be
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is better than [email protected]The SFU Net Impact chapter at the Beedie School of Business is very active in providing students with an opportunity to learn, engage, and change the way things are done in the community. Some of the chapter’s key events and programs include movie and documentary screenings, networking events, a school-wide no-waste week, and waste-reduction recycling initiatives. This year featured the school’s first external case competition, the Sustainability Challenge. MBA programs from western Canada
participated. The competition also featured a number of high-caliber judges who provided valuable feedback and insight. With a total prize amount of $3,000, The Sustainability Challenge will now become an annual event of the Beedie program and is set to grow in forthcoming years.
The chapter continues to collaborate with SFU’s Graduate Students Business Association and has forged new relationships with the SFU School of Resource and Environmental Management, RADIUS (the university-based social venture incubator), the Net Impact Vancouver professional chapter, and the graduate Net Impact chapter at the University of British Columbia. Triple bottom line principles are integrated into student life through the sustainability course that is part of the MBA curriculum. Through the course, students have the opportunity to participate in real-world applications within the Vancouver community to help implement sustainable solutions for positive environmental and social impact. Further, the school provides full sponsorship for selected members to attend various local, national, and international conferences and events, including the HEC Sustainability Challenge in Montreal and the annual Net Impact Conference.
The school’s Career Management Center assists students in seeking jobs and opportunities for students interested in pursuing careers in social and environmental sectors. As part of the school’s annual networking event, there is a strong effort to include a number of sustainability and social/ environmental companies.
By collaborating with SFU’s career center, students are provided with a range of networking opportunities. SFU staff and faculty have helped Net Impact members with volunteer and job opportunities and helped students liaise with speakers and leaders in the business community.
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