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