UNIVERSITY NEWS

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AT SFU

This year’s global theme is Break the Bias, which asks us to challenge given norms, expectations and assumptions. In celebration of International Women’s Day 2022, we spoke with leaders, influencers and changemakers from across the university, who shared what this theme means to them.

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SFU'S RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT PICKS UP SPEED IN 2022

“Responsible investment has been a priority for the university since 2014 but with the SFU Board’s recent declaration of a climate emergency and new climate action commitments, we re-doubled our efforts to accelerate our ambitious plans,” says Alison Blair, associate vice-president, finance. Since announcing the university’s commitment to full divestment last fall, SFU’s Global equity portfolio, valued at $450 million as of December 2021, is 100 per cent fossil fuel free.

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NEW LEGAL SUPPORTS FOR SFU'S INVENTORS

SFU's Technology Licensing Office (TLO) and its new services are here to help better serve our faculty, graduate students and other university researchers in SFU’s inventor community. Kamaldeep Singh Sembi, the TLO's inaugural director and IP legal counsel, discusses what makes creating intellectual property at SFU unique and why SFU innovators should be excited for the journey ahead.

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SEEKING EMERGING THOUGHT LEADERS

Partnering with Informed Opinions, the Emerging Thought Leaders online workshop series helps prepare faculty members and researchers to speak with the media and position their research and knowledge to be covered in op-eds and media commentary.

To increase diversity in media spokespeople, preference will be given to individual applicants who identify as women, transgender, and gender non-conforming or individuals from under-represented groups, including Black, Indigenous and people of colour.

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BURNABY CAMPUS ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION UPDATES

Work will impact access to and from the upper levels of the West Parkade, from the main entrance off University Drive West. The 6000 and 7000 levels of the parkade will remain accessible from the main entrance, while all other access will be rerouted via the 8000 Level entrance at Gaglardi Way. Construction work is scheduled now through next Friday, March 11th. The week of March 14th the parkade will open again with single lane access to the upper level.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: BOARD OF GOVERNORS AND SENATE POSITIONS

Faculty are invited to apply for positions on these prominent governing bodies at the university. Ever wondered what it's all about? Check out this sneak peek from a member of the SFU community who serves on both.

FUND CHANGE THIS SUMMER

Applications for the summer term of Semester in Dialogue, Trust, Money and Power, are now open. Please share this information with undergraduate students who may be interested in exploring the practice of dialogue in academic and community settings. Applications close Friday, April 1.

FEATURE EVENT

RADICAL INCLUSION REDUX

March 8 | Hosted by Academic Women SFU

El Chenier (they/them) is the next speaker for Academic Women's Pace Circles series. El is the past president of Academic Women and author of Radical Inclusion: Equity and Diversity Among Female Faculty at Simon Fraser University (2020). A professor and oral historian in the Department of History, their teaching and research focuses on the history of sexuality in modern Canada and the United States.

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March 10 | Hosted by SFU Woodward's Cultural Programs

SFU ARTSLIVE: F-O-R-M

Join us at the SFU Surrey campus (SRY-E building) at 12:30 p.m. for a display of short dance films by F-O-R-M, exploring the limitless possibilities of the body in motion. F-O-R-M is an international, movement-on-screen festival that centers the voices of youth and emerging artists. It aims to create opportunities for each generation to inspire and learn from the other: sparking conversation, expanding networks and building community.

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YOUR BIAS BECOMES EVERYONE’S PROBLEM: ADDRESSING TRANSMISOGYNY IN THE MOVEMENT TO END GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

March 10

Join SFU's Sexual Violence Support & Prevention Office and Ryerson University as we bring together the voices and insights of trans women working in the gender-based violence sector across Canada. Together, they will engage in a dialogue about complicity, accountability and the need for change in the gender-based violence movement on the issue of transmisogyny.

INTERNATIONAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS: MARKING AND FEEDBACK WORKSHOP

March 15

Do you have burning questions about marking and providing feedback on student assignments? Are you interested in tried and true, time-saving strategies? Centre for Educational Excellence invites you to learn and share tips including using rubrics, practicing equitable marking and offering written feedback to support student learning.