Stories
Stories, interviews, insights and reflections from SFU Public Square and our community and university partners. For summaries of past events, explore our topics section.
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2024-04-04
How Did We Get Here?
By Athena Samonte
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2024-03-28
Life in B.C. as an International Intern
By Ina Pace
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2024-03-27
Thank you and Goodbye to Silvana
By Gabrielle Parent
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2024-02-08
Ready for 2024 with SFU Ready Fairs!
By Silvana Martinez and Athena Samonte
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2024-02-07
Sustainable Housing: Achieving a Future for Everyone
Victoria Barclay, MA, UBC Department of Sociology
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2023-12-11
Redistributing Power: Drug Use and Safe Supply
Ina Pace, Research and Communications Assistant, SFU Public Square
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2023-10-03
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Sofia Sokic
Gabrielle Parent, Communications Lead, SFU Public Square
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2023-09-18
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Ina Pace
Gabrielle Parent, Communications Lead, SFU Public Square
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2023-05-24
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Gabriel Alegbeleye
Gabrielle Parent, Communications Lead, SFU Public Square
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2023-05-08
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Silvana Martinez
Gabrielle Parent, Communications Lead, SFU Public Square
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2023-04-24
Squaring Off with Tesicca Truong
Gabrielle Parent, Communications Lead, SFU Public Square
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2023-03-27
Squaring Off with Patricia Massy
Doug Hamilton-Evans, Former Communications Manager, SFU Public Square
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2023-03-13
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Nola Mellon
Gabrielle Parent, Communications Lead, SFU Public Square
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2023-03-03
Squaring Off with Am Johal
Doug Hamilton-Evans, Former Communications Manager, SFU Public Square
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2023-02-22
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Gabrielle Parent
Yeow Beng Ng, Communications Assistant, SFU Public Square
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2023-02-06
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Yeow Beng Ng
Gabrielle Parent, Communications Lead, SFU Public Square
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2022-12-14
Job Opportunity | Communications Lead
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2022-12-08
Squaring Off with Marissa Lawrence
Doug Hamilton-Evans, Communications Manager
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2022-11-29
VIDEO: September 2022 In Review
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2022-10-20
Job Opportunity | Design Coordinator
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2022-10-13
Squaring Off with Kady Wong
Doug Hamilton-Evans, Communications Manager
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2022-07-28
A decade of community engagement
Janet Webber, Executive Director
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2022-06-16
Canada Summer Jobs | Special Events Coordinator
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2022-05-31
Thank you and farewell to Chloe and Kim
Doug Hamilton-Evans, Communications Manager
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2022-04-29
Pressing Pause for Mental Wellness: Reflections from Peer Educators
Charlene Aviles, Nikita Banga, Punit Garg and Elena Le, 2021/2022 Peer Educators, SFU Public Square
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2022-02-10
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Des'ree Isibor
Kim Regala, Communications and Events Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2022-01-20
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Chris Louie
Sakshi Taneja, Program Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2022-01-18
Meet SFU Public Square’s 2021-22 Peer Educators!
Meet our latest cohort of Peer Educators! Four SFU students joined our team this fall to create space for crucial dialogue, inspire action and learn more about the student experience.
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2021-11-22
On Equity: An interview with Naisha Khan
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-11-16
On Equity: An interview with Melina Laboucan-Massimo
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-10-20
On Equity: An interview with Ruth Mojeed Ramirez
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-09-28
Recommended Resources from Chief Leanne Joe
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2021-09-28
On Equity: An interview with Sxwpilemaát Siyám (Chief Leanne Joe)
Kim Regala, Communications & Events Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-09-15
On Equity: An interview with Chuka Ejeckam
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-08-31
On Equity: An interview with Alexander Dirksen
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-08-10
On Equity: An interview with Tina Strehlke
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-07-19
On Equity: An interview with Meenakshi Mannoe
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-06-17
"Learn to walk with your head up and smile": A conversation with Elder Margaret George
Kim Regala, Communications & Events Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-06-09
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Cassandra Graves
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-06-08
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Dennis Limbo
Kim Regala, Communications & Events Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2021-05-07
Pandemonium Series Takeaways
Meg Holden and Aphrodite Bouikidis, SFU Urban Studies
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On Equity: Interview Series
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2020-03-24
A time to keep our distance while strengthening our connections
Andrew Petter, President and Vice-Chancellor, Simon Fraser University
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2020-04-01
Community-driven research supports seniors with technology
Doug Hamilton-Evans, Research & Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2020-04-01
Designing Inclusively: Creating accessible digital spaces
Eliza Lim, Office Volunteer, SFU Public Square
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2020-06-19
National Indigenous Peoples Day
Chloe Sjuberg Assistant, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2020-06-19
Reflecting on Black history, racism and slavery in Canada
Chloe Sjuberg, Assistant Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2020-09-21
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Kim Regala
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2020-10-06
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Rachel Dee
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2020-10-13
Michael Alexander retires as Director of City Conversations
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2020-10-26
A conversation with the 2020 Sterling Prize Committee
Kim Regala, Communications & Marketing Assistant, SFU Public Square
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2020-11-06
Meet the SFU Public Square Team: Hân Phạm
Chloe Sjuberg, Communications Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2020-11-24
Meet the Peer Ambassadors!
Kim Regala, Communications & Marketing Assistant, SFU Public Square
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2019-05-15
Confronting the Disinformation Age
Asmita Lawrence, SFU Community Ambassador
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2019-04-18
Sentiment Manipulation Through False Information
Jessie Strongitharm, Student, SFU CMNS 253
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2019-04-13
Big Data... Bad Data? How Can We Stop the Latter From Occurring
Karugi Gathumbi, Student, SFU CMNS 353
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2019-04-12
In-faux-mation: John Gray
John F. Gray, CEO/co-founder Mentionmapp Analytics Inc.
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2019-04-04
Who Needs Vaccinations When You Have Healing Crystals?
Jasmine Kaur, Student, SFU CMNS 353
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2019-02-13
Introducing the SFU Public Square Peer Ambassador Program!
Kady Wong, Program Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2019-01-07
The Post-Truth Era — Should We Be Worried?
Luis Fischer, International Program Intern, SFU Public Square
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2018-11-20
Vancouverites—We Don’t Have to Be Amsterdam to Be a Cycling City.
Renee McMillen
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2018-10-24
Truth and Democracy
Fergus Linley-Mota
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2018-10-18
How Can Youth Be Engaged in Civic Happenings?
Serena Yang
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2018-09-17
The Road to Leadership
Kady Wong
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2018-08-08
The Well-Tempered Volunteer (with apologies to Johann Sebastian Bach*)
Karen Dar Woon
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2018-07-24
The Role of Public Space in Civic Life
Landon Hoyt
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2018-06-25
accessCITY: Creating safe pathways and social connections for all!
Laura Lam, Alex Yallouz, Naina Varshney and Shazeen Tejani
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2018-05-31
The Devil Plays With Five-Year Plans
Janet Webber
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2018-05-23
Who Do We Think We Are?
Jillian Stirk
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2018-04-12
Exploring the Future of Work After Graduation
Sarah Duggan
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2018-04-03
My International Experience at SFU Public Square
Emily Blixt
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2018-02-20
My Job Now: Alexander Dirksen
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2018-01-31
What About Me? Older Adults in the Workforce
Karen Dar Woon
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2018-01-15
My Job Now: Charles Gauthier
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2018-01-08
My Job Now: Mohammed Alsaleh
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Canada's World Survey 2018 Report and Findings
SFU Public Square
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2017-12-12
My Job Now: Matt Kump
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2017-12-05
Waste in Vancouver
Asim Waqif
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2017-11-23
The Rise of Solar Power
Henry Tran
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2017-10-24
My Job Now: Kevin Quinlan
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2017-10-02
My Job Now: Lizzy Karp
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2017-09-19
Why Eat Local?
Iulia Sincraian
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2017-09-12
My Job Now: Nathan Nunn
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2017-07-02
Becoming Canadian
Kady Wong
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2017-06-30
What Makes Canada so Unique
Alyn Engelhardt
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2017-06-21
DiverCity Games
Joey Zhang
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2017-05-31
Student or Citizen
Isabel Cullather
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2017-05-15
My Experience with 6 Degrees YVR: Are you Home?
Alyn Engelhardt
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2017-03-27
Interview: The Environment Needs Canada
Sandra Hipsz
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2017-03-08
Happy International Women's Day!
Parvin Doroudian
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2017-02-28
What is Cultural Diplomacy and Why Does it Matter?
Kevin Cherney
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2017-02-23
From 2011 to 2036 - Canada: A Look at Ethnocultural Diversity and Immigration
Aishwarya Singh
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2017-02-22
From Simon Fraser University to the World
Alexis Chan
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2017-02-15
Intolerance for Islamophobia: Love Over Hate, a Rally Against Bigotry
Annita Bhuiyan
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2017-02-15
Who Needs Canada? Immigrants Need Canada: My Personal Immigration Story
Tynan van Wyk
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2017-01-31
SFU Public Square 2017 Community Summit asks, Who Needs Canada?
Ian Bryce
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2016-10-28
ReThink Food Follow-up: Spartan Gardens
Marie Louka, Program Intern, SFU Public Square
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2015-11-13
Downtown Vancouver Re-Imagined
Downtown Vancouver BIA (DVBIA)
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2015-10-29
Vancity Guest Post: 2015 Community Summit
William Azaroff, Vice President, Community Investment, Vancity
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2015-10-29
We the City Poem
Andrew Petter, President and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University
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2015-10-20
Event Recap: Politics & Planning – Vancouver's Next Planning Director
Christine Ackerley
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2015-09-22
The Future of St. Paul’s Hospital
Katelyn McDougall
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2015-09-01
Re-imagining Our Downtown Together
Sarah Beley
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2015-08-12
Is it time to remove Vancouver's viaducts?
Harleen Khangura
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2015-08-04
How public engagement can help find the right questions
Mark Beaty
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2015-07-20
How the living wage policy could impact post-secondary students in BC
Harleen Khangura
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2015-06-25
New Hires: Introducing Tesicca and Mark
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2015-04-16
Community Engagement Begins with You!
Cherie Wee
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2015-03-30
Vancouver Commits to Shift to 100% Renewable Energy
Yuri Artibise
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2015-03-18
Reflections on the 2015 SFU Surrey Open House
Yuri Artibise
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2014-10-22
Strategic volunteering: Lessons from a mature student
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2014-06-10
Inspiring the youth vote with Elections Canada
Katelyn McDougall
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2014-01-10
"Viable diplomacy" in Taiwan
Mark Friesen
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2013-10-21
An Eye to the Future: A Look at BC Jobs Plan
Linda Watt, Writer, Film and Television, Environmental Sector; Volunteer, SFU Public Square
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2013-10-09
Participants at Our Future, Our Voice are eager for change
Jackie Pichette, Research and Communications Officer, SFU Public Square
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2013-09-27
Youth Employment Stressors
Dan Ward, Research Assistant, SFU Public Square; Political Science degree, Concordia University
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2013-09-19
Our Future, Our Voice: A message to my fellow youth
Jackie Pichette, Research and Communications Officer, SFU Public Square
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2013-08-29
100 Community Conversations Provincial Tour
Marissa Lawrence and Mark Friesen, Provincial Outreach Coordinator and Outreach Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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2013-07-25
We Are BC
Sarah Van Borek, Director, We Are BC
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2013-06-27
How far should public decision-making go?
Mark Friesen
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2013-06-01
What Dialogue in a Public Square Looks Like
Mark Friesen
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Innovator Profile: Stephanie Wiriahardja
Michaela Klassen, Volunteer, SFU Public Square
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Innovator Profile: Andrea Creamer
Jackie Pichette, Research and Communications Officer, SFU Public Square
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Innovator Profile: Mike Yeung
Dan Ward, Research Assistant, SFU Public Square
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Innovator Profile: Julien F. Thomas
Kate Affleck, Volunteer Outreach Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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Innovator Profile: Sharon Manson Singer
Jackie Pichette, Research and Communications Officer, SFU Public Square
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Innovator Profile: Sarah Van Borek
Connor Curson, Community Outreach and Research Assistant, SFU Public Square
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Innovator Profile: Tara Mahoney
Jackie Pichette, Research and Communications Officer, SFU Public Square
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Innovator Profile: David Sadler
Mark Friesen, Community Outreach Coordinator, SFU Public Square
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Innovator Profile: Michael Alexander
Jackie Pichette, Research and Communications Officer, SFU Public Square
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2013-10-21
Why Do We Stay Unconnected?
Novia Shih-Shan Chen, PhD Candidate, Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, Simon Fraser University; Assistant Festival Director, SFU Public Square Alone Together Film Festival
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2012-12-19
Regional Transportation is Vital to Provincial Economic Growth - Are we Moving Forward or Backwards?
Claire Havens
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2012-11-30
Seeking and sharing the intercultural histories of Vancouver; view to the past, guide for the future
Naveen Girn
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2012-11-21
Rethinking Justice New Perspectives on Old Challenges
Brenda Morrison, Ph.D
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2012-11-14
The role of business in creating resilient cities: Why community relationships are worth it
James Yang
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2012-10-11
Facebook: The social capital network?
Jackie Pichette
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2012-09-18
Connecting a City with One Voice
Sarah Van Borek
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2012-08-25
The search for the modern “third place".
Bob Ransford