Academic Outreach for the BC Mainland Chapter of the Project Management Institute. Developing exciting opportunities for students across BC.
Academic Outreach Objectives:
To establish mutually beneficial partnerships with Post-Secondary and Registered Education Providers for the BC Mainland Chapter.
1) We work with Academic Institutions to achieve formal accreditation of their current Project Management related curriculum.
2) We offer affordable membership in the PMI BC Student Chapter and access to our 2,000+ PMP professionals at v
01/19/2012
We support the BTM Program at SFU Beedie School of Business and are looking for ways to work together to increase value for everyone involved.
Launch of the Certificate of Business Technology Management (BTM) In June of 2011, the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University launched the Certificate of Business Technology Management (BTM) -- an industry-rec...
01/19/2012
Academic Outreach will be speaking at Simon Fraser University in mid-February to raise awareness of the program. More details to come.
Faculty of Business Administration - Beedie School of Business, SFU, Canada Part of Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business is a business school that offers undergraduate BBA program, MBA programs in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
The Project Management Essentials presentation at UBC Sauder Career Centre took place this past Monday. We would like to encourage all of those who participated to please reach out to Milos at: [email protected] for more details on the Apprenticeship Program. We will provide a detailed program guide to those who are interested. We would like to hold a second event with a panel of Project management Professionals from various industries here in Vancouver. More details to be provided.
The date for the UBC presentation and workshop has been set for January 16th on Main Campus. Further details to come!
01/05/2012
Appnovation Technologies confirmed as first official Business Partner of the Apprenticeship Program! Academic Outreach is very proud of this exciting development. PM Apprenticeship opportunities will soon be available for CAPM certified candidates...
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Academic Outreach will be speaking at UBC in January! We will be presenting our Apprenticeship and Transitions Programs and raising awareness of how project management can fit into your early career plans. More details to come in the new year.
12/16/2011
The Difference Between CAPM & PMP The CAPM is a certification for Certified Associate in Project Management. The PMP is a certification for a Project Management Professional. Both are certifications that the Project Management Institute offers to project managers.
The Apprenticeship and Transitions Programs will be operational in the first quarter of 2012. Academic Outreach is speaking with UBC Sauder, UBC Continuing Studies, SFU Beedie School of Business, SFU Continuing Studies, BCIT and Langara in preparation for the roll out. Our portfolio of business partners is growing quickly. Opportunities for PM Apprenticeship will soon be available. Contact us at: [email protected] for more information.
09/20/2011
Milos is going to be at the UBC Ignite! Conference this Friday, Sept 23rd, and will be raising awareness of the Academic Outreach Program among students.
http://www.igniteubc.ca/
We'd like to announce that Julie Foxcroft has been appointed the Academic Outreach Ambassador to the University of British Columbia (UBC). Julie will be working with staff and students at UBC on raising awareness for our partnership programs and the exciting opportunities for students.
07/18/2011
The Academic Outreach program is currently working with the Business Outreach program on the development of a Project Management specific Internship Program, providing our student members with the opportunity for PM related experience once they've achieved CAPM certification.