Lazaridis Hall
The new home of Laurier’s SBE and the Department of Mathematics will cement our university’s standing as an institution that creates great Canadian business leaders.
Help us Build Canada's Best Business School
Wilfrid Laurier University has one of the best ecosystems for a business school that you will find anywhere in Canada. We have a nurturing environment fostered by some of Canada’s finest business scholars. We have 28,000 business and economics alumni leading some of the world’s top brands. We immerse our students in real world challenges that put their classroom learning to the test. This makes our school great. But, we aim to be the best. Laurier is redefining business education. Join us in Building Canada’s Best Business School.
-Dean Micheál Kelly
How to Get Involved
You - our friends and alumni, and the leaders of our community and country - can help Laurier prepare our country’s future business leaders for extraordinary success in the new economy. Your help will make Canada’s future business leaders ready for the global economy.
Our Funding Priorities
To achieve the vision of being Canada’s Best Business School, we are investing in our best assets: our people. With your help, we will serve the needs of businesses and the community, advance our faculty’s knowledge and make an impact in students’ lives.
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Student Scholarships
Whether a scholarship, bursary or a blend of both, student awards recognize and support excellent students and those in need.
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Professorships and Chairs
Our outstanding professors are leaders in research and teaching. By advancing knowledge and practice in their fields, they serve business and society.
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International Initiatives
More global opportunities for co-op placements, study terms, student exchanges, seminars, workshops and conferences means more well-rounded graduates entering the workforce.
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Entrepreneurship
10 years ago we began encouraging undergraduate and MBA students to close their textbooks and get their hands dirty by starting their own businesses. Our entrepreneurial offerings are continuing to grow today.
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Excellence in Business Education
Practical situations such as co-op work terms, case competitions, and international exchanges are an important part of our teaching philosophy.
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Startup Fund
This course gives students the chance to invest in new business and learn first-hand the work that goes along with it.
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Find out how you can help
Read more about how we will be Canada's Best Business School.
Introducing the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics
We are delighted to enter into an exciting new partnership with Mike Lazaridis and to name our school in his honour. The name may be new, but the Lazaridis School of Business & Economics carries a long-standing commitment to immersive learning that has made us the top undergraduate business school in Canada – and one of the best in North America.Our new name reflects a transformative partnership in management education and the global vision of entrepreneur and philanthropist Mike Lazaridis.