Statements & Speeches - SFU President's Office
Dr. Michael Stevenson, President Emeritus
(President and Vice-Chancellor January 1, 2001 - August 31, 2010)
2010
- Speech to Inaugural "Gathering of the Clan" Breakfast
June 29, 2010 - Convocation Address
June 2010 - Remarks to the Global Civic Policy Society Public Salon
June 9, 2010 - Welcome Address to the Distinguished Community Leadership Award Gala Dinner
April 21, 2010 - Speech at Banquet, AUCC Meetings
April 14, 2010 - Remarks at Gala Performance of Robert Lapage's Blue Dragon
February 5, 2010
2009
- Seasonal Reception Presentation
December 3, 2009 - Statement at Bernd Dittrich Memorial
November 23, 2009 - Remarks to the President's Gala Dinner at SFU Surrey
October 22, 2009 - Convocation Address
October 2009 - Convocation Address
June 2009 - Land Economics Without the Latin: Reflections on Development at Simon Fraser University - Presentation to Lambda Alpha International
May 9, 2009 - Speech at Banquet, Conference on Chinatown and Beyond
May 14, 2009
2008
- Seasonal Reception Presentation
December 4, 2008 - Convocation Address
- October 2008
Convocation Address
June 2008
2007
- Speech at the Official Launch of the Campaign to relocate SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts as part of the Woodward's redevelopment
November 13, 2007 - Remarks at the Opening of an Exhibition of Paintings by Noel Hodnett
October 19, 2007 - Convocation Address
October 2007 - Statement on Proposed Boycott of Israeli Universities
July 9th, 2007 - Convocation Address
June 2007
2006
- Presentation to Campus 2020 - public speakers' forum
November 14, 2006 - Address to the Sixtieth Anniversary Celebration of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China
September 16, 2006 - Offical Opening of SFU Surrey Campus
September 8, 2006 - Convocation Address
June 2006 - Paths to Innovation and Excellence: Reflections on the 40th Anniversary of Simon Fraser University - Address to the Vancouver Board of Trade
May 25, 2006
2005
- People on the move: the balance of trade in human capital between Asia and Canada - keynote address to the Conference, "'People on the Move': The Transnational Flow of Chinese Human Capital," The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
October 20, 2005 - A new niche for a new university: The creation of distinctive ICT programmes at Simon Fraser University - presentation to the International Forum for University Presidents on Information Communications Technology Education (IFUP-ICT Education), Beijing, China
October 17, 2005
- Convocation Address
October 2005
- Convocation Address
June 2005
- Threading the Needle: Academic Freedom and Offensive Behaviour - Presentation to the BC Civil Liberties Association
March 31, 2005
- Cultural Diversity and British Columbia's Future in the International Economy - Speech to the Vancouver Board of Trade
February 18, 2005
2004
- Address to the Hillel Gala Dinner
December 5, 2004 - Filling the Gaps in Education for Health: SFU's New Faculty of Health Sciences - a presentation to the Westminster Medical Association's Cam Coady Awards of Distinction dinner
October 15, 2004
- Convocation Address
October 2004
- Convocation Address
June 2004
- University Governance and Autonomy: Problems in Managing Access, Quality and Accountability - Keynote Address to ADB conference, Denpasar, Indonesia
April 26, 2004
- Convocation Address for His Holiness The Dalai Lama, Professor Shirin Ebadi, and The Most Reverend Archbishop Desmond Tutu
April 20, 2004
- Welcoming Address to Daniel Igali Gala Dinner
March 17, 2004
- Remarks to the University Open Forum
January 29, 2004
- Diversity and the University - A presentation to the Canadian Club of Vancouver
January 22, 2004
2003
- Convocation Address
October 2003 - Opening Remarks to The University Presidents' Council of B.C. Annual General Meeting
September 26, 2003 - Convocation Address
June 2003 - University Access and the Knowledge Economy
April 15 & June 11, 2003 - Address to the meeting of the Western Canadian Deans of Arts and Science
March 21, 2003
- Supply and Demand Problems in B.C. Universities: Creative Responses at SFU
March 18, 2003
- Remarks to the University Open Forum
Thursday, January 23, 2003
2002
- Convocation Address
October 2002 - Ceremony Opening SFU Surrey
Monday, September 9, 2002
- Convocation Address
June 2002
- The Public University and the Private Sector Creating a New Partnership: Remarks to the Vancouver Board of Trade
Tuesday, May 28, 2002
- The Human Factor - Building the Skills Base for Innovation:
Presentation to the B.C. Innovation Summit
Friday, May 24, 2002
- Remarks at Ceremony Announcing The Segal Centre for Graduate Management Studies
Thursday, January 24, 2002
2001
- Integrating the Intellectual Spirit of the Sciences and Humanities in the 21st Century: Presentation to International Forum of University Presidents, East China Normal University
Shanghai - October 16, 2001 - Convocation Address
October 2001
- Convocation Address
June 2001
- Politics and Education: Reflections on Contemporary Dilemmas
A Presentation to The Vancouver Institute
March 24, 2001
- Installation Address
February 1, 2001
