2021 News

On November 18, 2021, SFU was one of more than 40 universities and colleges across Canada that...

On December 6, SFU will host its annual memorial for the women lost in the École Polytechnique...

Sophonie Priebe remembers feeling lost and alone during her first year at SFU, wondering if there...

SFU Senate voted on September 13, 2021 to hire at least 15 Black tenured faculty. The new hires are...

SFU has signed onto the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian...

Between September 27 – October 1, SFU marked the university’s first National Truth and...

Another key milestone is reached for the First Peoples’ Gathering House project as architectural...

Learn more about the Indigenous Student Centre (ISC), a key partner in advancing reconciliation at...

Understanding the intersections between identity and systemic inequality is complex, and Carolyn...

What you learn at university, you’ll take out with you into the world. Perhaps no unit at SFU...

SFU is home to a community of students, faculty and staff who come from all around the world,...

Simon Fraser University’s new partnership with the Resilience BC Anti-Racism Network, a...

On March 24, 2021, the House of Commons voted unanimously to officially designate August 1 as...

SFU is taking an important step towards its goal of creating safer, more inclusive campus...

Over the past year, conversations about racism—specifically anti-Indigenous, anti-Black and...

Antisemitism is on the rise in Canada and around the world. SFU is no exception to this. Jewish...

Grassroots activism has been a trademark of SFU since its inception in the turbulent 60’s, and a...

Today, for the second time in as many months, we are hearing more sad and disturbing news of the...

The SFU community is no stranger to the sound of bagpipes on Burnaby Mountain. Twice a year, we...

Content warning: the beginning of this article includes mentions of specific Islamophobic hate...

As we continue to grieve the enormous loss discovered at the former Kamloops Indian Residential...

While cases of COVID-19 are beginning to drop in B.C., this is not the case around the world. There...

When lecturer Sarah Johnson approached the chair of SFU’s Department of Physics to propose the...

When Julia Lane set out to develop an inclusive and antiracist writing guide to support peer...

Ashley Edwards joined the SFU Library last year as the Indigenous Curriculum Resource Centre (ICRC)...

In the wake of the murders of 6 Asian women in Atlanta, Georgia, and in the context of a pandemic...

During January, staff working in SFU’s admissions department are typically busy processing an...

It’s getting a little crowded in Athena Guertin’s tiny downtown apartment these days. Almost...

Throughout her 19 years at SFU, Dal Sohal has demonstrated a compassionate, curious, and dedicated...

International Women’s Day is on March 8. This year, we hope you will join us as we celebrate...

In 2009, a Nova Scotia student was bullied at school for wearing a pink shirt. His classmates...

Last year, SFU President Joy Johnson committed to adding a new executive position to SFU’s...

Last December, while much of the SFU community was winding down for the holidays, the staff at...