Despite the global #MeToo and #TimesUp movements highlighting the impact of sexual violence, within many western militaries sexual violence is still a significant problem.

Megan MacKenzie is a world leading expert on gender and the military, and over the past decade her research has shaped the debate on gender integration and military culture.

Her recent book provides insights into how patriarchy operates in the militaries of Canada the United States and Australia and offers recommendations on how to address, reduce and prevent military sexual violence. 

SFU professor of mental health and aging Theodore D. Cosco uses data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging to understand what helps people age well. His advice is to stay active, stay social—and embrace technology to stay connected.

What does a warming planet mean for the far north? SFU environmental science professor Shawn Chartrand and an international team of researchers observed rapidly forming river systems in the High Arctic, an unprecedented event caused by climate change.

The COVID-19 pandemic ushered in a rapid shift to virtual work and digitization amid sweeping social changes. SFU Beedie School of Business professor Mila Lazarova discusses how this has changed the world of work, and the broad implications of these changes for organizations and individuals.

What makes information feel true or compelling? In today’s digital society, what seems “true” can be performed, produced, scripted and dramatized. Authenticity itself is patterned on the algorithmic flows of capitalism and subject to variation, iteration and outside influence. Is it even possible to sift through the mis- and disinformation to find the authentic?

Canada 150 Research Chair in New Media Wendy Hui Kyong Chun and communications PhD student Anthony Glyn Burton's new book, Algorithmic Authenticity, brings different disciplinary approaches to understanding what is “authentic” in the age of information disorder.

In his recent book, political science professor and Clean Energy Research Group director Andy Hira observed the complete lack of formal regulation in the way companies report corporate social responsibility and socially responsible investment. Average citizens have the power to change this he says—starting with their pension funds.

Scientists have known about antimatter for more than 90 years, and they have learned a vast amount about the way it behaves. However, the question of how gravity influences antimatter had never been answered—until now.

SFU psychology professor Yuthika Girme is a relationship and singlehood scientist and director of the Secure Research Lab. She and her team study the factors in romantic relationships and singlehood that contribute to wellbeing.

Right now, fisheries managers in British Columbia and beyond can’t track salmon returns in real-time. 

Computing science professor Jiangchuan Liu and biological sciences/resource & environmental management professor Jonathan Moore are hoping to change that. They are working with the Pacific Salmon Foundation, Wild Salmon Centre and First Nations fisheries to explore the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and count wild salmon.

School for the Contemporary Arts professor Mauricio Pauly and pianist Eve Egoyan released their album Hopeful Monster this past October to wide acclaim. We spoke with Pauly about music-making, inspiration, teaching, collaboration and his enjoyment of being “lost.”