SFU will be closed from Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022, through to Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, reopening on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023.

In order to thrive and survive, businesses need to become resilient in the face of increasingly frequent shocks from climate change, wars, pandemics and the attendant economic, social and political disruptions. SFU Beedie School of Business professor June Francis says businesses can improve their resiliency by drawing upon the diverse range of capitals found in the wider community.

Naomi Krogman, dean of SFU’s Faculty of Environment, has been gifted a paddle carved by Gitkinjuuas, an artist and Hereditary Chief of the Haida Nation. This is in recognition of the faculty’s support of the Coastal Voices project — a group of scientists and Indigenous knowledge holders decolonizing research to combat food insecurity for coastal First Nations.

Angie Lamarsh, chair of SFU’s Board of Governors, has been named one of B.C.’s top business leaders, in Business in Vancouver’s annual Forty under 40 Awards.

The Bennett Library will reopen, and regular in-person services will resume on Thursday, November 24.

The Warren Gill Award for Community Impact was named to honour the legacy of former SFU Vice-President Warren Gill, who helped build SFU’s definition of the university as an integral part of our community. If you know an SFU staff member who deserves recognition for their outstanding work, please submit a nomination by Dec. 9.

Members of the SFU community, including students, staff and faculty, who published in 2022 are invited to submit their works to SFU Library's annual Celebration of SFU Authors. Deadline to submit is Jan. 19.

SFU’s newly launched Course Experience surveys provide instructors and the university community with crucial insights into the student learning experience. But there’s one question the surveys can’t answer: how do you get students to fill them out? With the Fall 2022 Course Experience surveys now officially open, we asked instructors across SFU to share their tips and strategies for encouraging students to complete them.

With just two weeks of classes left for Fall 2022, this is one of busiest times of the year at SFU. We asked faculty members to share their tips and strategies for navigating end-of-semester demands in ways that support themselves and their students.