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- Archival Film Flashes Back to 70s Student Life
- Manuscript Traces SFU's Architectural History
- Early University News Publications Now Digitally Available
- Digitized Programs Commemorate SFU’s Opening & Installation Ceremonies
- Archives Celebrates Fall Convocation with Release of Digitized Programs
- Films Capture Visual History and Sentiment of Time Gone By
- Lost and Found: Simon Fraser Letters
- Oral History Provides Glimpse into Mind of SFU’s First Chancellor Gordon Shrum
- Early SFU Photos Tell a Story That Frames Our World
- Aerial Photos Capture Campus Landscape & Photographer’s Legacy
- You have what...?!! and other interesting things you didn't know about the SFU Archives
- Charting the course of history: documenting SFU's early days from the student perspective (Part 1)
- Charting the course of history: documenting SFU's early days from the student perspective (Part 2)
- Helping others find their history in the future: Preserving the records of the Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry at SFU
- Preserving the sparks of global revolution in the Adbusters Media Foundation fonds
- Reflections of a co-op student
- Debunking popular myths and conspiracies with the Barry Beyerstein fonds
- In "The Beginning...": First student film returns to SFU
- "Got any pictures of Terry Fox?"
- My summer in the archives: a co-op placement retrospective
- Seeing the world through Arthur Erickson's eyes
- Beer (records) in the Archives!
- Quartet in the Quadrangle: PSQ Records Come to SFU
- Navigating silences and filling gaps: finding Black stories in the Archives
- Boxes, boxes, and more boxes: my summer co-op at SFU Archives
- Finding queer joy in the SFU Archives: Out On Campus records now available
- Glossary
Published Research using Archive Resources
SFU Archives supports personal and academic research in a wide range of fields. The following list is a sample of works that reference material in the Archives' research holdings. For details on archival fonds consulted for a specific research publication, please contact the Reference Archivist at archives@sfu.ca or 778-782-3805.
Books and Theses
Bates, Barbara. Pioneering of the Simon Fraser University Daycare: The Early Years 1965-1974. 2019. Simon Fraser University, PhD dissertation.
Grau, Christoph. Die Psychiatrie in China: Von der späten Kaiser- bis zum Ende der Republikzeit (1898-1949). 2013. Free University Berlin, MA thesis.
Johnston, Hugh. Radical Campus: Making Simon Fraser University. Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 2005.
Jones, Hilary, et al. Remembering SFU on the Occasion of its 50th Birthday. Ed. Maurice Gibbons. Burnaby, Simon Fraser University Retirees Association, 2016.
McCutcheon, Doug. A History of Beekeeping in British Columbia from 1950 to 2000. Vancouver, BC Honey Producers' Association, 2013.
Merchant, V.E. A Charter Student at SFU. Vernon, self-published, 2020.
Mitchell, David J. W.A.C. Bennett and the Rise of British Columbia. Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 2005
Pleshakov, Jo. Thorley Park to Brock House: From Family Home to Heritage Landmark, 1912-2012. Vancouver, Brock House Society, 2012.
Reimers, Mia. "BC at its Most Sparkling, Colourful Best": Post-war Province Building through Centennial Celebrations. 2007. University of Victoria, PhD thesis.
Rossi, Dino. Mountaintop Mayhem: Simon Fraser University, 1965-1971. 2003. Simon Fraser University, MA thesis.
Sethna, Cristabelle and Steve Hewitt. Just Watch Us: RCMP Surveillance of the Women's Liberation Movement in Cold War Canada. Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018.
Sia, Rosanne. Making and Defending Intimate Spaces: White Waitresses Policed in Vancouver's Chinatown Cafes. 2010. University of British Columbia, MA thesis.
Stouck, David. Arthur Erickson: An Architect's Life. Vancouver, Douglas & McIntyre, 2010.
van Haaften-Schick, Lauren, et al. Seth Seigelaub: "Better Read Than Dead", Writings and Interviews, 1964-2013. London, Koenig Books, 2020.
Wells, Karin. The Abortion Caravan: When Women Shut Down Government in the Battle for the Right to Choose. Toronto, Second Story Press, 2020.
SUBMIT A PUBLICATION
The SFU Archives is happy to promote and display publications that reference material in our holdings.
Submit a Researcher Publication on the online form or contact us at archives@sfu.ca.