Our Impact

Isabel Vidri

Supply Chain Planner, Alumni 

“LIFT has taught me how to stay connected within and ever-changing world.”

Sabrina Dammholz

Finance Major, UBC Sauder student 

"Growing with the SSE-Kenya program from my first year until now has been a major highlight of my university experience. The impact of sharing knowledge in these entrepreneurial communities is tremendous for all stakeholders involved: knowledge and community for the entrepreneurs and expanding perspectives, innovative thinking, and collaboration to do good for the Sauder students. It leaves ripple effects in both communities of entrepreneurial spirit."

Reilly Kagetsu

Finance Major, UBC Sauder student 

"Nothing beats seeing your students process your lecture material and proactively implement it into their business. If there is one thing for certain, no other student I have met has such a fantastic opportunity to spark social change from tens of thousands of kilometres away as Sauder students do through LIFT Kenya." 

Rachel Kim

Marketing major, UBC Sauder student 

"2020 and 2021 were certainly challenging years, but our team was ready to face the challenge and work together; we came up with unique strategies to continue our work, and continued making impacts across the world. To me, this resilience and continuous action is what Sauder is all about, and I am so proud to be part of the team." 

Ashley Tay

CPA & PMP, Alumni 

“As an LIFT trainer, witnessing [participants'] resilience and prevailing through all obstacles has been the most rewarding and inspiring experience yet.”

Jessalyn Chen

Marketing Major, UBC Sauder student 

"Being a part of LIFT this year has completely changed my outlook on my journey as a student. I never thought I would be in a position so early in my career to actively change lives across the world. " 

Felicia Fung

Accounting, Alumni 

“Over the past year, the words LIFT and opportunity have become synonymous to me. Witnessing the grit and high-fighting spirit of each entrepreneur has inspired me to stay hungry for growth and continue striving to create an impact in both my professional and personal life. In what I initially perceived to be an opportunity to give back, I realize now that I been given so much more.”

Alice Ko

Accounting & Marketing Major, UBC Sauder student 

"More than ever before, LIFT has shown me the value of business school and what good it can do for others in the world. Being able to work with Sauder students to apply, challenge, and learn business thinking on a truly global scale — that is what makes Sauder different. " 

Tyler Sheardown

Accounting Major, UBC Sauder student 

“LIFT has been an integral part of my journey through Sauder and helped me to develop friendships, public speaking abilities and a variety of other immensely important skills. I am extremely grateful for this program and I highly recommend it to all Sauder students, and staff.”

Jonathan Chan 

Accounting Major, UBC Sauder student 

“While I have had experience in event planning and mentorship through club involvement in the past, LIFT offered opportunities to expand my skillset while getting to know amazing individuals within the UBC Sauder community who are also passionate about using their business skills for good.”

Janelle Ho

Strategy Analyst, Alumni 

“My greatest takeaways from LIFT were two-fold: 1) the unparalleled value of relationships I built both locally and globally and 2) redefining "grit". In retrospect, LIFT was the pinnacle of all the lessons, tools and hours put into my BCom and easily the most meaningful experience of my degree.”

Lawrence Leung

Senior Director Corporate Internal Audit, Alumni 

"A way for me to pay it forward, not only to the entrepreneurs we train, but also to the next generation of Sauder alums. being a role model for future alums that we can care and contribute whilst pursuing our personal ambitions."

• Within Canada, alumni from cities such as Toronto, Vancouver and Kelowna.
• Internationally, alumni from US (San Francisco, Texas, Seattle, New York) & England (Hackney, London), Germany, Denmark, Austria, and Uruguay.