Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia,Canada,with three campuses,all in Greater Vancouver:Burnaby,Surrey,and Vancouver. The 170-hectare (420-acre) main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain,located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from downtown Vancouver,was established in 1965 and comprises more than 30,000 students and 160,000 alumni. The university was created in an effort to expand higher education across Canada.
The University of Victoria (UVic) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich,British Columbia,Canada.
Pamela Goldsmith-Jones is a Canadian politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada,she served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country from 2015 to 2019. Previously,she was Mayor of West Vancouver,British Columbia,from 2005 to 2011.
Stanley Jack Shapiro is Professor Emeritus of Marketing at Simon Fraser University. He has served as dean of McGill University's School of Management and dean of Business Administration for Simon Fraser University.
The University of Victoria Faculty of Law is a law school at the University of Victoria in Victoria,British Columbia,Canada. The school grants JD,JID,LLM,and PhD degrees in law.
Canada West is a regional membership association for universities in Western Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information,schedules,results,and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media. This is similar to what would be called a college athletic conference in the United States. Canada West is one of four such bodies that are members of the country's governing body for university athletics,U Sports. The other three regional associations coordinating university-level sports in Canada are Ontario University Athletics (OUA),Atlantic University Sport (AUS),and the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).
Brandt Channing Louie OBC is a Canadian accountant and businessman. He is the President and CEO of H.Y. Louie Co. Limited,and Chairman of London Drugs Limited.
Andrew J. Petter is the chair of Innovate BC,a provincial Crown agency responsible for supporting innovation and growth in the technology sector in British Columbia.
SFU's Beedie School of Business is the business school at Simon Fraser University (SFU) with multiple campuses across the Lower Mainland in British Columbia,Canada. Simon Fraser University was founded in 1965 and by 1982,the business discipline had grown to sufficient size to become its own distinct faculty,and the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree was established. In 2022,SFU Beedie celebrates its 40th anniversary.
The Peter B. Gustavson School of Business is a business school at the University of Victoria located in the municipality of Oak Bay,British Columbia. Originally the school was called the UVic Faculty of Business,but on October 22,2010 the name was changed when Peter B. Gustavson donated $10 million to the school.
Catherine McGregor was an educator and political figure in British Columbia. She represented Kamloops in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.
Terry Beech is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of Burnaby North—Seymour during the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Barbara J. Rae is a Canadian businesswoman. She was the first female chancellor of Simon Fraser University (SFU) and former CEO of Office Assistance.
Rolf Walter Mathewes is a Canadian paleoecologist. He is a full professor and former associate dean of science at Simon Fraser University.
Tamara Rowanne Vrooman,,is a Canadian businesswoman and civil servant who currently serves as chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank. From 2007 until July 2020,she served as the CEO of Vancity Credit Union. During the COVID-19 pandemic in British Columbia,Vrooman left Vancity to accept a position as the president and CEO of Vancouver International Airport and the 12th chancellor of Simon Fraser University. Vrooman has previously served as British Columbia's first and youngest female deputy minister of Finance.
Evaleen Jaager Roy is a Canadian businesswoman.
Claire Georgina Cupples is a Canadian microbiologist. She is a Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University. Her research focuses on the causes,consequences and prevention of mutations in microbes and in humans.
Elicia Maine is a Canadian academic. She is the W.J. VanDusen Professor of Innovation &Entrepreneurship within Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business. She was the founding educational coordinator for New Ventures BC,and the founding Academic Director of Invention to Innovation (i2I),an award-winning graduate program in science &technology commercialization offered in traditional and online formats. Within Simon Fraser University,she serves as Associate Vice President,Knowledge Mobilization &Innovation,providing oversight of SFU Innovates.
