- The President
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- 2022
- Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson named SFU’s first Vice-President, People, Equity and Inclusion
- Chris (Syeta’xtn) Lewis joins SFU in advisory role on Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation
- A World of Difference: How universities must evolve in a post-COVID world
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- SFU: What's Next?
- Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples day
- Please join us for the annual appreciation BBQ
- SFU begins process to become Living Wage Employer
- Staying engaged in an increasingly polarized world
- SFU: What's Next? - Message from the President to Faculty and Staff
- SFU: What's Next? - Message from the President to students
- Search Announcement: Provost and Vice-President Academic
- Statement from the VP, PEI: Addressing Racism and Hate at SFU
- 2021
- Welcome new SFU students
- UPDATED Jan. 6: My response to Dec. 11 event in SFU dining hall
- Celebrating Black History Month
- The University’s Role and Contributions to a Just Recovery Over the Next Decade
- Inspired by meetings with SFU Faculty and Staff
- Looking forward to Summer and Fall
- Opinion: This is why SFU is backing the Burnaby Mountain gondola
- External Review of December 11, 2020 Event
- Facing the future with hope
- President's statement on TransMountain Expansion Project and support for a fire hall on Burnaby mountain
- The road ahead
- Stronger Together: SFU, the pandemic and lessons for a better future
- SFU to observe moment of silence at 2:15 PM today
- Taking action: Reconciliation at SFU
- Join SFU President Joy Johnson for a tour of Burnaby campus
- Message from the President: Residential school findings
- Dr. June Francis appointed Special Advisor to the President on Anti-Racism
- My response to the open letter from SFU faculty and staff
- Resources and ways to support scholars in Afghanistan
- BC Vaccine Card
- Masks required on all SFU campuses, vaccine card required for residence, athletics, dining, events and others
- Vaccine declaration and follow-up screening at SFU
- Return to campus planning updates
- Welcome Back
- Work to review contract vs. in-house cleaning and food services
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
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- Temporary shift to remote learning January 10 – 23, 2022
- 2020
- Statement on academic freedom
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- Reflections on my first 30 days
- Taking care of ourselves, taking care of each other
- Equity, diversity and inclusion commitments
- Statement on SFU's Athletics Team Name Change
- Finding connection in times of adversity
- Wishing you a safe and restful holiday break
- Op-ed: SFU helping drive social, economic innovation in time of crisis
- 2022
- President’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award
- Strategic Plan
- Approach
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- What we're hearing
- April 4, 2022: Updates and reflections
- April 19, 2022: Updates and reflections
- SFU: What’s Next? phase one results now available
- Research assistants shape SFU: What’s Next? analysis
- SFU: What’s Next? – Message from the President to Faculty and Staff
- SFU: What’s Next? – Message from the President to Students
- Search announcement: Provost and Vice-President Academic
- SFU: What’s Next? Phase 2 results now available
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Honouring the contributions of Indigenous Peoples
Sunday June 21 marks National Indigenous Peoples’ Day, part of National Indigenous History Month that we celebrate in Canada each June. It is a time to reflect upon and appreciate the unique heritage and extraordinary contributions of Canadians of First Nations, Inuit and Métis ancestry.
This year, the need for collective action to advance the cause of reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples has never been more urgent. The devastating consequences of discrimination against Indigenous peoples, including the impacts of the residential school system, the numbers of murdered or missing Indigenous girls and women, and the continuing prevalence of anti-Indigenous racism and violence, call upon us, now more than ever, to support Indigenous Peoples, and to build a more equitable and inclusive society.
As a public educational institution, Simon Fraser University bears a special responsibility to promote reconciliation through our educational programming, cultural practices, hiring of Indigenous faculty and staff, and support for Indigenous students. Though much remains to be done, thanks to the commitment of many dedicated people across our campuses, we have made steady progress in recent years.
Guided by the 34 calls to action set out in the SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council (SFU-ARC) report, Walk This Path With Us, we continue to follow the direction provided by our community. And this week, the university made further progress towards the realization of another of the ARC Report’s calls to action, when B.C. Minister of Advanced Education, Skills and Training Melanie Mark announced support for a First Peoples’ Gathering House on the Burnaby campus.
On June 21, SFU will host a virtual Indigenous Honouring Ceremony at which representatives of the university will gather with Elders, family, friends and community members to celebrate the 143 Indigenous students who graduated from SFU during the past year. These new alumni have shown remarkable determination in completing their studies, and each one adds momentum to the process of reconciliation.
Congratulations to the students we celebrate this week, and thank you to all those who have supported our reconciliation efforts at SFU. By helping to build a brighter future for Indigenous students and their communities, we help to build a brighter future for all Canadians.