Department News

Marina Bishara will soon graduate from SFU. In her last year as a political science major (Honours) with an extended minor in French, she’s reflecting on her experience at university and beyond.

SFU political science alumnus Michael Thorburn has been chosen as one of 145 Schwarzman Scholars to complete a fully-funded, one-year master's degree at Beijing's Tsinghua University.

We had no idea our summer would take us not only to Belgium, Italy, Latvia, Romania - but also to Kosovo!

Simon Fraser University (SFU) PhD alumnus and former instructor Nancy Teeple is heading to Vermont in January to take up the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Peace and War Studies at Norwich University.

In 2017, Maja Lampa made a long journey. She left Hong Kong, where she had been studying since 2015, and came to Simon Fraser University (SFU). Lampa chose to do her degree at SFU because she was looking for a sense of community.

Natasha Mhuriro didn’t plan on majoring in political science when she began her studies at Simon Fraser University (SFU). She started her academic life with a double major in business administration and economics. However, she realized that her passion for female empowerment and community service wouldn’t be fulfilled if she continued on her current path.

Professor Rémi Léger was part of the organizing committee at The Symposium on the Francophonie in British Columbia that took place at SFU Burnaby on October 4th and 5th.