Truth as a Measure of Life and Politics Convocation address by president Michael Stevenson Photography by Marianne Meadahl

I add my warm welcome, on behalf of Simon Fraser University’s faculty, staff, and students to this extraordinary convocation. Extraordinary because of the impact on human history made by those we honour here today. Extraordinary because a still very young and secular university honours those who have worked within ancient religious traditions – Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. And extraordinary because, in our own tradition of outreach and response to the community, we have chosen not to confine this ceremony within the precincts of the university, but to share an historic occasion with the whole community in the heart of this great city.

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New Face, New Place

By Christine Hearn
Photography by Greg Ehlers

Freshman Andy Gavel moves into a new residence on campus; his father, Lee, lived in Shell House when it was new.

Film student Andy Gavel is 17 and has just moved into his room in SFU’s new eight-storey residence buildings. Thirty-four years ago in 1967 his dad, Lee, now the university’s director of campus planning and development, moved into a room in the new Shell House. From his dorm window Andy can look across at Louis Riel House, where his dad later lived.

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Spinning Success from Science

By Sharon J. Proctor
Illustration by Philippe Béha

The university takes research to the marketplace in a big way.

Even though technological advances are deeply affecting our lives, it’s impossible for most of us to understand how or why they work. In fact, they’re often so steeped in theoretical physics, chemistry, mathematics, and/or engineering that only university or industry researchers can create them. Enter SFU.

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