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WHO'S NEWS?

Nadine Caron, surgeon, role model, and Action Canada fellow.

by Christine Hearn
Photography by Linda Mackie

She was a star basketball player at SFU; now she’s a star in a whole other firmament. She is a surgeon, a role model for Aboriginal youth, one of Maclean’s “100 Canadians to watch,” a champion of the Canadian health-care system, and an Action Canada fellow.

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SFU SURREY'S INTERACTIVITY LAB

By Sharon J. Proctor

There's nothing conventional about SFU Surrey's interactivity lab. What seems familiar . . . is quite unfamiliar actually. Even the campus is a bit surreal. It's located in the large Central City shopping mall, a bulky reinforced concrete building complete with office tower and large parkade. You walk among shoppers, shops, and mall displays to get to SFU's entrance. And the instant you pass through the double glass doors, you're transported from the smells and sounds of crowds, merchandise, and fast foods to a subdued academic milieu.

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REACHING NEW HEIGHTS
By Christine Hearn

As the university enters its 40th year, a new capital campaign is being launched. The fund-raising initiative has already raised $85 million.

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THE JIM RIMMER COLLECTION
By Eric Swanick

He is "one of Canada's most remarkable typographic figures" according to noted University of Toronto Press book designer Will Reuter. He has been a commercial artist, type designer, book designer, and mentor to countless younger artists in a career that started with a printing apprenticeship in 1950. New Westminster's Jim Rimmer is an icon in the book and typography world.

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A MILESTONE ANNIVERSARY
By Tim Kelley

SFU turns 40.
One of the most audacious and improbable achievements in the history of higher education occurred on September 9, 1965. That's when Simon Fraser University opened its Burnaby campus to its first students.

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