2011 Part-Time MBA Blog

Are you a UBC or SFU student changemaker eager to create a social venture and secure seed funding for your initiative? This is your opportunity to learn how to launch, lead, and implement your venture in the community!

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The David Lam Library is hosting two Datastream training sessions on Thursday September 22^nd in room DL 125:

 10:00a.m.-11:00 a.m. (Beginners)
2:00p.m.-4:00p.m. (Advanced)

Datastream is an international and interdisciplinary database of business and economic time series, used by academics and journalists to find current and historical data in the areas of business, economics, finance, engineering, manufacturing, and land and food systems. 

If you are interested, please email christina.sylka@ubc.ca to confirm your attendance.

Both sessions will be taught by Annie Xu, Senior Investment Management Specialist from Thomson Reuters and graduate of Sauder’s BCOMM program.  Annie has provided training and instruction to various universities and organizations, including University of Toronto, University of California LA, Ryerson University, Coastal Carolina University, Laurier University, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, TD, Royal Bank, Teacher Retirement System of Texas, Templeton Franklin and various asset management firms.

Faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to attend either or both sessions. 

If you have areas in which you are specifically interested or any Datastream related questions you would like to have addressed during the sessions, please contact Annie.Xu@thomsonreuters.com, so she can customize her sessions further.

Datastream is currently available on standalone machines in CLC 222 (the PC Lab in the David Lam Library), the Humanities and Social Sciences Division of Koerner Library, and the PhD lab.

Phelps Centre for the Study of Government and Business Invite you to the public lecture, “Can Green Power Save Us from Climate Change?”

 Presented by Professor M. Scott Taylor, Canada Research Chair in International, Energy and Environmental Economics, University of Calgary, Alberta

 October 7, 2011 (Friday)
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.    Public Lecture
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.    Reception

See your Vista site: Sauder Masters Workshops – 2011 Part-Time MBA under: Home Page›General Announcements  for additional information and registration instructions.

This message is being posted on behalf of the Canaccord Learning Commons:

Welcome to the start of the year Sauder! To kick off the year we’d like to invite you to join us as Linda Stewart, former Vancouver Police Department constable and experienced negotiator, shares her experiences dealing with crisis and conflict in the streets of Vancouver.

You’ll hear how this legendary and compassionate cop  successfully managed dozens of situations, as well as get a sneak peek at scenes from the upcoming documentary based on her career, Riding with Madonna.

Join us September 28^th from 5:30pm – 7:00pm in Room 182 (Victoria Learning Theatre) at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.

To attend you must RSVP here.

Questions or comments? Email Alex Monegro at alex.monegro@sauder.ubc.ca or Jan Wallace at jan.wallace@ubc.ca

Are you a student passionate about social entrepreneurship & international development? Do you love business and would you like to put your business skills into a great use at the same time? If, yes, we are looking for you!
Each year, Sauder Africa Initiative (now entering 7^thyear of operation) selects enthusiastic, creative, and dedicated group of students to help combat extreme poverty in Kenyan slums and spend an incredible summer teaching the Kenyan youth.  Visit your Vista site: Sauder Masters Workshops – 2011 Part-Time MBA under: Home Page›General Announcements  for additional information.