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Ernie J Zelinski Undergraduate Award for Individual Creativity
The endowment supporting the Ernie J Zelinski Undergraduate Award for Individual Creativity was established at Simon Fraser University in 2026 through a generous gift from Ernie J Zelinski.
At least one award, valued at a minimum of $4,000, will be granted annually to an undergraduate student who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in the Beedie School of Business who has demonstrated creativity through imagination and original ideas in business coursework and/or in extracurricular activities. Preference will be given to students with a declared concentration in Marketing and/or Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
About Ernie J Zelinski
Ernie J Zelinski is an international best-selling author, innovator, independent publisher, prosperity life coach, and unconventional career expert. He is an authority on the topics of entrepreneurship, early retirement, and applying creativity to business and leisure. In addition to an Engineering degree, Ernie has an MBA.
Ernie’s twenty books have been published in twenty-two languages in twenty-nine countries and have sold over 1,125,000 copies worldwide. His retirement bestsellers The Joy of Not Working and How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free together have sold over 800,000 copies and have been featured in international media such as USA TODAY, Oakland Tribune, Boston Herald, Toronto Star, Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Ernie lives by the mantra that he first introduced in his Life’s Secret Handbook, and his wish is that the respective winners of this award do the same:
“Be a LEARNER first; become a MASTER second; and remain a STUDENT forever.”