WORKING GROUPS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL ADVANCEMENT |
An SFU medical school can enhance primary care and increase access to doctors in urban, rural and remote communities across B.C. Working groups have been underway to shape curriculum, space, workforce and research planning, as part of the business case for a medical school that will be submitted to the provincial government in May. These working groups are comprised of SFU leaders, external medical education experts and partners. |
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SLEUTHING SCIENTISTS SNIFF OUT FAKE ART |
Art forgery is a multi-million-dollar problem as galleries and collectors snap up what they think are legitimate pieces of work linked to famous painters.
SFU Chemistry professors have created a project that trains students to use forensic equipment to investigate works of art down to the single-molecule scale and identify forgeries.
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INDIGENOUS COMPUTATIONAL MEDIA ARTIST JOINS SFU |
Jon Corbett, an Indigenous researcher and artist, has joined the School of Interactive Arts & Technology (SIAT) as an assistant professor with a research focus on computational creativity and Indigenous and decolonial computing.
He intends to pass on knowledge from his lived Indigenous experience to SIAT students with courses that will braid together Indigenous culture and western computing technologies.
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RESOURCES + OPERATIONAL UPDATES |
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SUPPORT STUDENT WELL-BEING IN THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT |
Available to instructors and TAs/TMs, this workshop provides quick, practical strategies to support students and exchange ideas with others. Sign up and also gain access to a toolkit of strategies and templates.
The deadline to apply for Spring 2023 participation is February 24.
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The Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy looks for candidates who are doing work that challenges complacency, in any field. The award recipient is selected for decidedly unconventional and distinctly untraditional work that provokes a wide audience.
Nominations are being accepted until Wednesday, March 15.
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SFU faculty and staff are welcome to submit proposals for innovative projects that build or deepen respectful, equitable partnerships with SFU’s communities. $100,000 is available in grants of up to $10,000.
The deadline to apply is April 14, 2023.
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NI'ISJOOHL MEMORIAL POLE REPATRIATION |
February 22 | Hosted by Cassidy Centre for Educational Justice |
Join the Nisga’a delegation, alongside staff from the National Museums of Scotland, who will participate in the first public panel discussion on the Ni’isjoohl memorial pole re-p/matriation.
SFU education professor Amy Parent was among Indigenous leaders who traveled to Scotland to discuss the repatriation of a long-stolen memorial totem pole—a journey that led to an agreement for its return home. On December 1, 2022, the Nisga’a Lisims Government announced that a long-stolen memorial totem pole would be returned to the Nisga’a Nation in northwestern British Columbia.
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February 22 | Hosted by SFU Human Resources |
Join this online session that focuses on the foundational concepts of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion and how to apply them to personal and leadership roles. This session will expand your organizational leadership lens, applying change strategies and diving deeper into inclusive hiring practices. |
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