- 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
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- Opinion: This is why SFU is backing the Burnaby Mountain gondola
- External Review of December 11, 2020 Event
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- President's statement on TransMountain Expansion Project and support for a fire hall on Burnaby mountain
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- 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
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- Welcome Back
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- 2020
- Statement on academic freedom
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- Reflections on my first 30 days
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- 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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SFU to honour outstanding alumni
Simon Fraser University’s graduates are our greatest contribution to the communities we serve.
Every day, this diverse network of over 160,000 alumni demonstrates the value of an SFU education. They work in every occupation imaginable. They enrich communities in every way possible. Spanning 143 countries, they truly “engage the world.”
It will be my special privilege to join with our Alumni Association this week to honour four remarkable SFU graduates at the 2019 Outstanding Alumni Awards. The annual awards recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves in their careers and contributed in significant ways to their communities.
The four honourees for 2019 are:
Isabel Ge Mahe: An innovator and trailblazer who has been instrumental in developing communication, location and motion technology for nearly every Apple product since joining the tech giant over a decade ago. Isabel was named 10th most powerful woman in international business by Fortune magazine in 2018;
Kathleen Hepburn: A luminary among young Canadian filmmakers, and acclaimed nationally and internationally for her first feature film,"Never Steady, Never Still." Kathleen is deeply committed to mentoring and building relationships with, and uplifting, Indigenous creators and young filmmakers;
Hew Choy Leong: A distinguished scientist, academic and humanitarian. Professor Hew is recognized for his groundbreaking discovery of antifreeze proteins in coldwater fish, and for transforming the global aquaculture industry while promoting environmental sustainability and food safety;
Mark Okerstrom: A visionary business leader and one of the youngest CEOs in the Fortune 500. Mark has led the Expedia Group since 2017 and has done much to encourage volunteerism and social responsibility in business practice.
Congratulations to these extraordinary recipients of the 2019 Outstanding Alumni Awards.
You inspire us with your accomplishments, and you are shining examples of SFU’s “Engaged University” vision put into practice.