Ethics, Responsibility, & Sustainability

Seminar Series – Dr. Saeed Rahman – Strategic Shifts Toward Regenerative Sustainability

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Last week Friday the School of Business launched their 2019/2020 Seminar Series with a presentation by the faculty’s newest member, Dr. Saeed Rahman. Saeed’s current research interests include ecological knowledge, regenerative sustainability, systems theory, social-ecological systems perspective, organizational unlearning, climate change governance, and reverse innovation. His research on ecological knowledge focuses on exploring how agriculture/agri-food businesses … Read more

Enactus UFV 2018-19 Update

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We reached out to UFV Business instructor and Enactus faculty rep Darrell Lim, to provide us with an update on what Enactus has been doing over the past year. “Our UFV Enactus team has expanded on their business and entrepreneurial skills in a multitude of areas over the last 12 months; including operating a student … Read more

2019 Sustainability Case Competition

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The 2019 Sustainability Case Competition took place on March 15th, 2019 and featured 5 student teams presenting their solutions to a local sustainability challenge. This year’s challenge: How can the University of the Fraser Valley work with the region (Fraser Valley Regional District) to respond and prepare for becoming a zero waste society? Student teams presented … Read more

Gain the Enactus Project Management Certification

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Enactus is an experiential learning platform, helping students to unleash their entrepreneurial spirit and develop the talent and perspective essential to leadership in our ever-changing world (enactus.ca). The Enactus Project Management Certification — is a digital certificate which will be connected to your LinkedIn profile. Students who are active in the local Enactus club at UFV, take on … Read more

UFV BBA program first to receive EPAS accreditation in Western Canada

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The UFV School of Business has been awarded EPAS accreditation for its BBA program. EPAS is an international program accreditation system operated by EFMD. EPAS standards ensure that programs are designed and delivered so that they are both academically rigorous and have practical relevance. Dr. Frank Ulbrich, Director of the School of Business, says: “Receiving … Read more

Rotterdam students visit the UFV School of Business

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This week the School of Business hosted 22 students and 2 faculty from the Rotterdam Business School of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences. This student visit is a result of a one week faculty exchange in 2016 where 3 faculty from the Rotterdam Business School visited UFV and 3 UFV Faculty visited Rotterdam. RUAS became an international … Read more

‘Giving Voice to Values’ – A PRME seminar for Business faculty

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The faculty members and staff from the School of Business met last Friday for a lunchtime round-table discussion of Giving Voice to Values: A global partnership with UNGC PRME to transform management education. The article centers around an operational belief that at their core, most human beings have an understanding of ethical behavior stemming from … Read more

Business Students win first place, peoples’ choice award at CityStudio HUBBUB

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BUS 478 students, Aanam Gill, Carly Engelbrecht, Nicholas Point, Whitney Point, and Jared Shury received the Peoples’ Choice Award (first place) for their business design project entitled, “The Hive”. Voting was done by city staff, university personnel, and the public attending the displays held by CityStudio at City Hall. The challenge, as presented by the … Read more

UFV Enactus team shines at regional exposition

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On March 1, 2018, four University of the Fraser Valley students and their faculty advisor traveled to Calgary, Alberta to take part in the Enactus Western Canada Regional Exposition. The students represented UFV at the exposition which featured schools from UBC all the way to U of S in Saskatoon. Enactus is a community of entrepreneurial … Read more