- The President
- About Joy
- Priorities
- Conversations
- Statements
- 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
- SFU and SFSS united in commitment to climate action
- Inclusion benefits us all
- Moving forward with kindness
- SFU commits to full divestment from fossil fuels
- Safety on SFU's campuses
- Thank you!
- Temporary shift to remote learning January 10 – 23, 2022
- 2020
- Statement on academic freedom
- Welcome back faculty and staff
- Welcome back students
- Statement on scholar strike
- 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
- How to participate
- 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
- Executive
- Executive Searches
- Contact
Congratulations to the class of 2019
Convocation is a special time at Simon Fraser University – the skirling of the bagpipes, the congregation of friends, family and special guests, the parade of academic gowns gliding across the AQ reflection pond.
Congratulations to our graduates! This week we celebrate your achievements, acknowledge your hard work, and contemplate the unlimited possibilities of your future.
In addition to eight convocation ceremonies involving our eight faculties, SFU will hold an Indigenous Honouring Feast in recognition of the 164 Indigenous students who earned credentials in the 2018-19 academic year. This record number of Indigenous graduates includes five PhDs, 67 master’s degrees, and 60 graduates from our Indigenous language cohort.
We couldn’t be prouder of these and all our newest SFU alumni.
Also this week, SFU will confer honorary degrees on six extraordinary individuals:
Norman Armour (Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa): Cultural visionary, arts advocate and interdisciplinary artist who has spent the past three decades creating a vibrant arts community in Vancouver.
Chief Robert Joseph (Doctor of Laws, honoris causa): Hereditary chief of the Gwawaenuk First Nation and a peace-builder who has devoted his life to promoting reconciliation amongst Canada’s Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.
Ruby Peter (Sti’tum’at) (Doctor of Laws, honoris causa): Coast Salish elder who for six decades has brought her love of Hul’q’umi’num’ cultural traditions to her language teaching and linguistic research.
Joseph Schwarcz (Doctor of Science, honoris causa): McGill University professor and award-winning chemist who shares his passion for science through informative and entertaining public lectures, media appearances, and numerous books.
Dava Sobel (Doctor of Science, honoris causa): Award-winning science reporter and author whose many best-selling books have made an outstanding contribution to the public’s understanding and appreciation of science, and of the role of women in science.
Jennifer Wade (Doctor of Laws, honoris causa): Co-founder of Vancouver’s Amnesty International chapter, and justice advocate who has devoted her life to championing human rights, social justice and education.
Finally, a shout out to the hundreds across the university who have been working hard to prepare for Convocation. From Facilities Services to Ceremonies & Events to Student Services, and many others in between, it takes the combined efforts of a large and dedicated team to make SFU’s convocation ceremonies so very special.