Featured reads

  • November 01, 2021

    November 01, 2021

    Coming from an immigrant family, I understood how hard it was for newcomers to learn English and quickly adjust (and often assimilate) to a new life in Canada. In this Marketing Assistant opportunity, I found through SFU Surrey - TD Community Engagement Centre, I was able to find my voice as a designer that aligned with my background and values...

  • October 20, 2021

    October 20, 2021

    How did you decide to go to SFU? I attended the sessions presented by the different universities and visited the campuses for their information sessions. In high school, I joined a summer film camp at the SFU downtown campus...

  • October 13, 2021

    October 13, 2021

    I was once a student who just used to attend classes and then head straight home afterwards. I thought that this was what the life of a commuter student was...

  • April 01, 2021

    April 01, 2021

    Graduating can be scary: when you complete a bachelor degree, it means entering society, like getting a job, becoming an adult, and looking “successful”. As a 4th year student, I still find it extremely stressful to graduate because of the fear of not knowing if I have prepared myself enough before entering the “real” world.

  • January 28, 2021

    January 28, 2021

    Getting an interview is a positive sign but it could be very challenging because it requires a lot of preparation while maintaining your schoolwork and other commitments. Being rejected by those countless interviews was the worst feeling I had experienced because I felt devalued.

  • December 18, 2020

    December 18, 2020

    Bark, bark, bark, bark, yip, bark, bark, bark, bark, yip, bark, bark, bark, bark, yip, yip yip, bark, bark, bark, bark, bark, whiiiiiiiine. Bark… bark, bark! Yip, yip, bark, bark.

  • December 18, 2020

    December 18, 2020

    If I were to be completely honest, I put off searching for my first SIAT (School of interactive arts and technology at SFU) co-op job for quite some time. There was something about jumping from the classroom to a company.

  • December 17, 2020

    December 17, 2020

    It's been a challenging year for many of us! We put together this video to thank everyone on this tough journey.

  • December 17, 2020

    December 17, 2020

    Taran is a determined volunteer who is a criminology major and doing a minor in learning disabilities. She started volunteering with the SFU Surrey-TD Community Engagement Centre in the beginning of 2020 with Racing Readers.