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No dress code for online math course - December 3, 2009Veselin Jungic is always coming up with new ways to entice students. First, the senior math lecturer introduced his cartoon...
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Math mentorship helps aboriginal children - December 3, 2009It’s a gloomy day in Vancouver’s inner city, but the faces of more than a dozen aboriginal children shine brightly as they...
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Centre launches Pakistan Conflict Monitor - November 19, 2009The university’s Human Security Report Project (HSRP) has launched its first issue of the Pakistan Conflict Monitor, which is...
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‘One World’ winner to study down under - November 19, 2009Psychology student Ramsay Malange will head to Australia in 2010 for a year of studies after receiving a $20,000 Premier’s...
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Internship was a trip to remember - November 5, 2009When computing science student Tushar Vias was offered an eight-month internship at one of the world’s largest software firms...
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Parlez-vous français officiel? - November 5, 2009SFU’s French department is partnering with the Canada School of Public Service to provide access for Canadian university...
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The changing face of education in SE Asia - November 5, 2009SFU’s Office of International Development in Continuing Studies has been involved in a six-year multi-million-dollar Canada...
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North House shines at solar decathlon - October 22, 2009North House, an energy-efficient structure designed by students from SFU and two Ontario universities, placed fourth among 20...
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Stevenson pans ‘big five’ university demands - October 22, 2009SFU President Michael Stevenson took a diplomatic swipe during his fall convocation speech at a proposal by Canada’s "big...
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter earns BFA - October 22, 2009Singer-songwriter Sandy Scofield has won five Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards, received three consecutive Juno nominations...
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Latest multimedia equipment for SCA - October 22, 2009The School for the Contemporary Arts will use a $1-million federal grant to purchase advanced digital equipment for its new...
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Job shortage sparks co-op interest - October 22, 2009A depressed student job market is sparking extra interest in the SFU co-op program, with 855 students applying for co-op jobs...
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Smoothing the way for graduate students - October 8, 2009At many convocations for the past 31 years, Shirley Heap has been standing on the sidelines, waving to Faculty of Education...
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Striving to preserve Aboriginal languages - October 8, 2009With a flock of 17 sheep on her Barnston Island farm, a full-time faculty job at SFU’s Kamloops satellite campus, and six...
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SFU degree will improve education in Laos - October 8, 2009Leaving her family in Laos for three years while she pursued a PhD in education at SFU wasn’t an easy experience for...
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Surrey campus expanding - September 24, 2009SFU will add a further 50,000 square feet to the Surrey campus, thanks to a $10-million grant from the federal-provincial...
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SFU staffer builds houses and literacy in Mexico - September 24, 2009Poolside margaritas at a five-star beach resort usually come to mind when discussing vacations in Mexico. But SFU Advancement...
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Draft teaching and learning report issued - September 10, 2009A new emphasis on learning expectations for students is just one of the recommendations in the draft report from SFU’s Task...
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Film, audio treasures open to all - September 10, 2009The aptly named Carole Goldsmith is in charge of a little-known media goldmine at the Burnaby campus. She tends the...
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Technology MBA projects make a difference - August 5, 2009Working full-time while pursuing an MBA can be a gruelling challenge, forcing students to focus almost exclusively on their...
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Students build iPhone apps - July 23, 2009Behind the unassuming name of CMPT 275 Software Engineer I is one of Canada’s only university courses devoted to developing...
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New dialogue and civic engagement program for fall - July 23, 2009An engaged citizenry is essential for democracy—and the university’s new certificate program in dialogue and civic engagement...
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SFU, Burnaby sign elementary school lease - July 9, 2009The Burnaby Board of Education and SFU have signed a lease agreement for the UniverCity Elementary School, which is scheduled...
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New community engagement program - July 9, 2009If involving citizens in your plans is becoming central to your work, then SFU’s new Certificate in Dialogue and Civic...
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Software delivers digital access to Canadiana - July 9, 2009SFU is leading a major effort to post Canadian cultural experiences online, thanks to a new open-source software tool first...
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Library releasing new publishing tool - June 25, 2009Associate librarian Brian Owen is excited about a new open-source publishing tool the SFU Library will launch July 8–10...
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Entrepreneur’s co-op features ‘mini Dragon’s Den’ - June 25, 2009Student entrepreneurs with a new start-up or a good business idea can now participate in the co-op education program’s new...
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Celebration of SFU Authors - June 11, 2009It’s a party for the published. SFU Library is accepting submissions for its 2008/09 Author Recognition Event. A reception in...
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Multicultural Canada second phase funded - June 11, 2009The federal departments of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages just announced $400,000 in grants to the SFU Library to...
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Faculty of Health Sciences seeks accreditation - June 11, 2009The Faculty of Health Sciences is seeking to become the first program in Western Canada, and only the second in the country,...
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Diesel 101: girls’ mechanics camp - June 11, 2009Girls entering Grades 10-12 who are interested in engineering or trades careers can still register for Hands-on Diesel 101, a...
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International dual degree yields first grad - June 11, 2009Although he’s just 22 years old, recent SFU graduate Mark Chua can now add "trailblazer" to his list of credentials. The newly...
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Nothing ventured, nothing gained - June 9, 2009Contemplating a hot business idea? Discuss it with an expert at Mentor Meet, SFU Venture Connection’s new, weekly café drop...
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Prof lauds graduate: “Way to go, Mom!” - May 28, 2009SFU professors occasionally get to watch their own children cross the stage during convocation ceremonies. Not too many get to...
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African visit changed co-op student’s life - May 28, 2009A three-month international co-op term in Dzaleka refugee camp in Malawi, Africa proved to be a life-altering experience for...
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Math wizard charts new algorithmic territory - May 28, 2009Bunnies with stripes or spots, a dress that changes colour as you move or a near-perfect re-creation of the missing pieces of...
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Love of learning drives silver medallist - May 28, 2009If Yi (Joyce) Zhang can manage risk the way she manages time she’ll be one crack actuary. During her four years in SFU’s...
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Banknotes trump musical notes - May 28, 2009From trumpeter to banker—Clio Straram’s education and career path is just as eclectic as that of the other 39 students...
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First MATE grads: Canada’s first - May 28, 2009Eleven graduates from Canada’s first and only graduate program for teachers of English will cross the SFU convocation dais on...
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SIAT courses alter grads’ career directions - May 28, 2009Jenny Thai and Alex Skibicki aren’t too worried about what comes after graduation June 5. The two graduates of the School of...
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Love of animals sparked criminology career - May 28, 2009What does one loveable mutt have to do with the career path of SFU’s most recent Gordon M. Shrum undergraduate gold medal...
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Scholarships, bursaries need a boost - May 14, 2009SFU’s 2009 campus campaign to raise funds for student scholarships and bursaries is in full swing until June 30 and the need...
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Co-ops: accelerating careers in slow times - May 14, 2009Abid Shivji is among a growing number of SFU students who are using their co-op work experience during a shaky economy to...
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Student entrepreneurs shine on world stage - May 14, 2009It’s proving to be a stellar year for SFU Business undergrads as they reap top awards at home and abroad. In April, Tim...
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New FD grade a student’s record of shame - April 30, 2009Is there a grade worse than F? There is now at SFU: It’s called FD–failed for academic dishonesty–and it’s the last thing you...
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Summer dialogue goes urban green - April 30, 2009Exploring food, community and urban sustainability—that’s the theme of this year’s Summer Institute in Dialogue at the...
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Are you prepared? - April 30, 2009How much water do you need to survive for 72 hours? Who should you contact in an emergency, or when your security is...
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Punjabi classes connect communities - April 30, 2009Students in Punjabi Beginners Level I at the Surrey campus are young and old, male and female, Caucasian and South Asian. But...
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Expressions of Diversity - April 30, 2009Learn about Muslim culture in London, England, July 20–31, during a two-week program co-sponsored by SFU’s Centre for the...
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Surrey adds first-year cohort business program - April 30, 2009Next fall, SFU Business will add a pilot program called BusOne to the growing list of first-year cohort offerings at the...
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SFU launches three new faculties - April 2, 2009Effective April 1, SFU has three new faculties resulting from a university-wide consultation process and subsequent...
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FIC money funds Africa scholarship - April 2, 2009SFU has created a new Africa scholarship financed by royalty money it receives from Fraser International College. The $40,000...
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Stevenson floats ideas for academic reform - April 2, 2009While President Michael Stevenson spoke at length about SFU’s financial difficulties during his President’s open forum last...
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Prep school making the grade - April 2, 2009One bright spot in the state of SFU’s affairs is Fraser International College (FIC), the private college adjacent to the...
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Year’s top co-op student - April 2, 2009The Canadian Association for Cooperative Education has named Kate Mueller, a molecular biology and biochemistry undergraduate...
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Students spice up aboriginal cooking school’s strategic recipe - April 2, 2009A Surrey-based First Nations culinary school has a new recipe for success, thanks to a creative group of Simon Fraser...
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Environment faculty takes root - April 2, 2009Spring has arrived and so has SFU’s newest faculty, the Faculty of Environment. The university’s green faculty encompasses...
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Teaching with environmental impact - April 2, 2009What do you get when you take a group of students out of the classroom for six weeks and teach them outside in a natural...
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Where there’s WIL there’s a way - April 2, 2009Work Integrated Learning (WIL), the one-stop shop for career and volunteer-related learning and development, is going green. A...
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Coming out on top - March 19, 2009An SFU Business undergraduate team is among 16 finalists in L’Oréal EStrat, the world’s biggest online business simulation...
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Canadian textbook version year’s best - March 19, 2009Pearson Education, Canada’s largest educational publisher, has selected a textbook by SFU Business professors Andrew Gemino...
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CASE-IT winners - March 5, 2009SFU Business has announced the 2009 winners of its CaseIT competition, North America’s largest undergraduate management...
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Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs - March 5, 2009The federal government is contributing up to $1.2 million in 2008-09 to ensure students can continue to attend French...
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New health partnership - March 5, 2009SFU has signed a memorandum of understanding with Fraser Health to develop and integrate collaborative training, education...
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New Greentech forums - March 5, 2009Climate change is responsible for a lot of things. One of them is the rapid global move toward ‘greentech’, the development...
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SFU’s ‘Friends of Simon’ - March 5, 2009Fourth-year psychology student Tiffany England visits Roy Stibbs elementary school in Coquitlam twice a week to tutor kids...
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Reading World Literature - February 19, 2009SFU’s World Literature program will present a free public lecture by Harvard University visiting professor David Damrosch ...
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Dropouts cost us $1.3 billion a year - February 19, 2009SFU researcher Olena Hankivsky estimates that high school dropouts cost Canada’s social and criminal justice systems more...
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Teaching teachers to teach writing - February 19, 2009Wendy Strachan, formerly director of SFU’s Centre for Writing Intensive Learning in the Faculty of Arts, is passionate about...
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Big Ideas Imagined for BC - February 19, 2009On Feb. 23 more than 150 B.C. community leaders will gather at SFU’s Wosk Centre for Dialogue for an Imagine BC Summit. It is...
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Encouraging transitions - February 19, 2009Under a new pilot program, the first of its kind in B.C., students can earn a college and university degree concurrently....
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Spring enrolment up - February 5, 2009SFU continues to attract more international students. This spring’s figures reveal a 47-per-cent increase in new...
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Multi-media project aims to raise awareness of Chinese Head Tax - February 5, 2009SFU’s Learning and Instructional Development Centre (LIDC) is getting $200,000 from Ottawa to fund a multi-media project to...
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Reversing the brain drain - February 5, 2009About 50 SFU graduate students will use data from Boeing Canada’s Richmond-based AeroInfo Systems division to find ways to...
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New faculties driving increased fall enrolments - February 5, 2009Early fall 2009 enrolment in new faculties is exceeding expectations. "We’ve had over 7,000 applications for Fall 2009 already...
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SFU Business student wins BBM scholarship - January 8, 2009José Domingo Mora, an SFU Business PhD candidate, has received a $4,000 BBM Canada scholarship from the Canadian Association...
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Teaching task force seeks more input - January 8, 2009It’s a new year and the Task Force on Teaching and Learning is looking for further community involvement, says associate VP...
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Green light for green faculty - January 8, 2009A new environment faculty is set to open April 1 this year after receiving its final green light in December when senate...
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