WHAT TO DO IF THERE ARE DISRUPTIONS TO YOUR IN-PERSON COURSE |
Elizabeth Elle, Associate Vice-President Teaching and Learning, has compiled some guidance, ideas and best practices to help instructors manage during this return to in-person learning. |
|
|---|
|
|
SFU PROFESSOR PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF SURREY TO ADVANCE HEALTH EQUITY |
Newly named to a $1.15 million Applied Public Health Chair in the area of Sex, Gender and Healthy Cities, Meghan Winters and her collaborators are developing ways to integrate health equity considerations into the city’s urban planning and population health interventions.
The new chair will fund Winters’ REsearch and ACtion for Healthy Cities (REACH-Cities) program, an initiative that focuses on how cities can welcome and support people of all genders.
|
|
|---|
|
|
LAST SUMMER'S HEAT DOME RAISED TEMPERATURES AND ANXIETY |
SFU researchers with the Mental Health and Climate Change Alliance found significantly higher anxiety levels following the heat dome. They believe their study, published in the Journal of Climate Change and Health, is among the first of its kind to demonstrate direct links between mental health concerns and climate change-related weather events. |
|
|---|
|
|
CAN SUSTAINABLE OPTIONS MAKE FASHION WASTE SO LAST SEASON? |
What alternatives are available to post-consumer clothing waste? In this week's Scholarly Impact, Naomi Krogman, dean of SFU's Faculty of Environment and professor of resource and environmental management, discusses her research on fast fashion waste and solutions to redirect textiles from landfill. |
|
|---|
|
|
Inspired to make a tangible difference for those who have experienced trauma, SFU Faculty of Education researcher Masahiro Minami discusses how science is helping trauma victims in Rwanda. |
|
|---|
|
|
RESOURCES + OPERATIONAL UPDATES |
|
|---|
|
|
COMMEMORATING INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY |
Today, January 27, is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In commemoration of the day, we remember the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
Antisemitism is hate, and it is not acceptable at SFU. If you or someone you know is experiencing discrimination or hate, help is available. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the available resources at SFU and to reach out for support if you need it.
|
|
|---|
|
|
REMINDER TO WEAR PROPERLY FITTED, THREE-LAYERED MASKS |
Public health guidance strongly encourages the use of properly fitted three-layer masks, which should fit comfortably over the mouth and nose with no gaps around the face. Proper mask usage is part of the layers of protection that will continue to keep us safe. Various safety supplies can be ordered via SFU Facilities Services. |
|
|---|
|
|
MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD ABOUT SFU'S PROPOSED MEDICAL SCHOOL |
SFU is proposing a medical school that includes a three-way partnership with the First Nations Health Authority and the Fraser Health Authority to guide the vision and leverage expertise.
We hosted an online information session for Indigenous members of the SFU community on January 20, 2022. To follow up, we’re inviting SFU Indigenous faculty, staff and students to provide additional input, regardless of whether they attended the info session. Please complete the survey by Friday, February 4.
In order to ensure that Indigenous SFU community voices are prioritized in this survey, we ask that others refrain from completing it.
|
|
|---|
|
|
February 2 | Hosted by SFU Public Square |
In India, the importance of health care providers' work during the COVID-19 pandemic has been seen, but it has also increased violence against them. At the next President's Faculty Lecture, Vaibhav Saria, assistant professor of gender, sexuality, and women's studies, will explore this contradiction by discussing the complexities of health care in India. |
|
|---|
|
|
February 7 - 11 | Hosted by SFU Centre for Educational Excellence, Student Learning Commons, Student Services & Fraser International College |
CELEBRATE MULTILINGUALISM AT SFU |
According to the Fall 2020 Undergraduate Student Survey, 63 per cent of SFU students speak a language other than English at home. SFU faculty and staff also speak many languages in addition to English. That linguistic diversity is a strength worth celebrating—and that’s exactly what will happen during Celebrate Multilingual SFU week from February 7 to 11.
Participate in this series of primarily virtual events and explore how multilingualism can be an asset in the classroom and beyond.
|
|
|---|
|
|
 |
February 1 - Onward (weekly) |
Pop by for your weekly dose of inspiring music and dance as we return to shared community spaces and gather in celebration of a diversity of creative voices.
-
Burnaby campus: Tuesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
-
Surrey campus: Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30 p.m.
|
|
|
|
Ever admired the voice and speech of a presenter and wondered what techniques make them so effective? Join this workshop to learn methods used by professional actors to change speech from sounding monotonous and boring to dynamic, animated and spontaneous. |
|
|
|
|
Have content to share with the SFU community? Submit it to this newsletter.
Looking for a past newsletter? Visit the archive.
|
|
|---|
|
|
|
.png)
