NEWS & EVENTS

March 28, 2024
 

UNIVERSITY NEWS

ADVANCING YUKON FIRST NATIONS

SFU is proud to recognize Regional Chief Kluane Adamek (Aagé) with an Outstanding Alumni Award in the Service to the Community category. Adamek exemplifies values-driven leadership and is a global voice for environmental action.

 

ADVANCING PRINTABLE SENSORS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE

Vincenzo Pecunia, from SFU’s School of Sustainable Energy Engineering, led a team of more than 100 experts from 57 research institutions worldwide in developing a comprehensive roadmap for next-generation printable sensor technologies. Sensors can help people make more informed decisions about how they use resources and improve homes, cities, the environment, security, health care and more. 

 

HIGHLIGHTING THE URGENCY FOR CHANGES IN THE PENAL SYSTEM

A new study led by SFU criminologist Amanda Butler reveals the alarming risk of reincarceration for former prisoners with substance use and co-occurring disorders; 70 per cent of these individuals return to prison within three years. This study used a population-based sample that accounted for all 13,109 adults released from B.C. correctional facilities over a two-year span.

 
 

RESOURCES + OPERATIONAL UPDATES

MARCH 31 IS INTERNATIONAL TRANSGENDER DAY OF VISIBILITY

SFU celebrates and honours the trans people in our communities. It is also a day to acknowledge the increased visibility and awareness of the transgender community's triumphs and struggles. Explore some of the work being done by SFU community members:

 

SFU Mail is migrating to Exchange Online by summer 2024, which requires all third-party apps connecting to SFU Mail to be assessed for security and privacy. Please review and update your external apps before the April 5 deadline.

 

SPOTLIGHT YOUR RESEARCH AND EXPERTISE WITH THE MEDIA

Contact mediarelations@sfu.ca with ideas/topics. Possible themes for April and beyond are:

  • New research and stories, including student stories and new books
  • 2024 B.C. election preview (to Oct 19) and Canadian politics and electoral reform
  • New research related to World Health Day (Apr 7) and Earth Day (Apr 22)
  • Seasonal: Early start of the wildfire season, drought, allergies, total solar eclipse (Apr 8), 40th Anniversary of Vancouver Sun Run (Apr 21) and running-related research
  • Local: Gas prices, B.C.’s Short-Term Rental Accommodation Act (May 1), toxic drug supply
  • National: Interprovincial migration, surge pricing and surcharge economy, car theft, Bank of Canada interest rate announcement and monetary policy report (Apr 10), 2024 federal budget (Apr 16), international relations, greenwashing, cost of living and food insecurity, real estate
  • International: World conflicts and protests, AI effects on society
 

LONG WEEKEND CLOSURE AND NEWSLETTER NOTICE

All SFU campus offices will be closed Friday, March 29 and Monday, April 1 for Good Friday and Easter. Campuses will resume operations Tuesday, April 2. 


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FEATURE EVENT

FULL PROGRAM & TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE

April 6-7 | Hosted by SFU School for the Contemporary Arts & FASS

This two-day, student-led film festival features exclusively Indigenous filmmakers and creatives from across Canada. It is presented in five program themes and each ends with a Q&A session.

 

Until April 6 | Hosted by SFU Galleries & SFU Contemporary Arts

This Audain Gallery exhibition was created by third-year Visual Arts students and is conceived in companionship with the work of Imam Issa, the Spring 2023 Audain Visual Artist-in-Residence. Many of the works reflect on questions about the self-in-the-world, interpersonal and interspecies connectivity, belief systems, identity and abstraction.

 

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