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      • January
        • Graduate Liberal Studies' Dr. Stephen Duguid now professor emeritus
        • Congratulations to the 2017 Staff Achievement Award recipients from across FASS
        • Comics a way to express ideas about health
        • Alumni Profile: Jon Robinson, Public Policy
        • An interview with Rhys Kesselman: Thoughts on an Illustrious Career in Policy
        • Students from across FASS sweep inaugural Student Learning Commons Undergraduate Writing Contest
        • FASS Graduate Students Up for Public Choice Award in National Competition
        • Gerontology launches new student blog
        • Communicating with babies--studies show moms and dads can differ in approach
        • Autism and Aboriginal families: new project to shed light on health inequity in BC Aboriginal communities
      • February
        • Graduate Student Profile: Justine Mallou, Political Science
        • Jeremy Brown Wins 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award
        • New book on Secwépemc people garners critical praise
        • FASS students and faculty featured in annual Office for Aboriginal Peoples Newsletter
        • 2018 RADIUS fellows include FASS alum, students, and staff
        • Urban Studies' Meg Holden awarded 2018 President's Award for Leadership in Sustainability
      • March
        • Master's students from the School of Public Policy win national case competition
        • Chancellor Anne Giardini named Influential Woman in Business
        • Meet Gerontology's new postdoctoral fellows, Dr. Theodore Cosco and Dr. Sue Peters
        • Prize-winning book brings 10, 000 years of Shuswap First Nation history to life
        • Economics' Arthur Robson appointed Fellow of the Canadian Economics Association
        • Staff Profile: Rose Baik, Coordinator, Student Recruitment & Advising, FASS Surrey
        • History welcomes new visiting scholar, Dr. Katrina Jagodinsky
        • Art & Mindfulness event addresses mental health barriers
        • Chris Lewis, First Nations Studies alum, appointed deputy chair of SFU Board of Governors
        • Curious 73-year-old joins study tour to explore Spain’s Islamic history
        • Recognize, render and redirect: Supporting faculty to support students with mental health challenges
      • April
        • Conference aims to improve diagnosis and support for women and girls with autism
        • Claire Trépanier honoured by L'Ordre Des Palmes académiques
        • Psychology alum earns 2018 BC Community Achievement Award
        • 4th Annual SFU World Literature Student Conference a hit and a win for organizers and attendees alike
        • SFU Political Science student named one of Surrey's "Top 25 Under 25"
        • English's Colette Colligan uses big data to mine new insights into media coverage of the Oscar Wilde trials
        • History's Mark Leier engages students with teaching portfolios and a simple question
        • Surrey highschooler studying philosophy at SFU nets international human rights prize
        • SFU Undergraduate Research Symposium presents original research by students from across FASS
        • Linguistics' Dr. Maite Taboada harnessing Big Data to combat fake news
      • May
        • Political science prof Michael Howlett named Canada Research Chair in Policy Innovation for Climate Change
        • Recognize, Render and Redirect: Supporting Faculty to Support Students with Mental Health Challenges
        • SFU's Doug McArthur wins 2018 Lieutenant Governor silver medal for public administration
        • Recognize, Render and Redirect: Supporting Faculty to Support Students with Mental Health Challenges
      • June
        • In Memoriam: Meiyu Li
        • SFU and NATO Defense College sign Memorandum of Understanding
        • Convocation Award Winners, 2018
        • Convocation Profile: Paul Hagen, History
        • Convocation Profile: Micaela Evans, Gender, Sexuality and Womens Studies and First Nations Studies
        • Convocation Profile: Samuel Thiak, Political Science
        • Convocation Profile: Kaitlyn Thompson, Linguistics
        • Convocation Profile: Anoop Virk, International Studies
        • Convocation Profile: Samaah Jaffer, International Studies and World Literature
        • FASS Employee Achievement Awards
        • First Nations Studies undergraduate Melanie Mercer earns student essay award from Blue Metropolis Literary Prize
        • History's Mark Leier and Psychology's Jodi Viljoen recognized for excellent graduate supervision
        • Philosophy's Dr. Lisa Shapiro earns Ulrike Detmers Elisabeth of Bohemia Prize
        • In Memoriam: Maha El Meseery, School of Interactive Arts & Technology
        • 2018 Cormack Teaching Award Winners
      • July
        • 2018 Community Engagement Initiative funded proposals announced
        • Welcome to Dr. Sean Zwagerman, New FASS Associate Dean for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
        • SFU Economics welcomes new faculty member Kevin Schnepel
        • Ivan Coyote named 2018-2019 Writer in Residence
      • August
        • Psychology postdoc partners with BC Hydro to study how innovative light therapy can improve mental health and addictions treatments
        • Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies launches 2017/18 Newsletter
        • International Studies student enlivens vacant storefronts in Surrey, BC
        • Deanna Reder elected to the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars
      • September
        • New Faculty Profile: Heather Bliss, Linguistics
        • American community at SFU helps to get out the US vote
        • Welcome Dr. Maite Taboada, FASS Associate Dean of Research for Fall 2018
        • Gender Equality Activist Ellen Woodsworth Receives Rosemary Brown Award for Women
        • 2018 FASS Autumn Reception and Cormack Teaching Symposium
        • Keeping the spirit of Gandhi alive at SFU
        • New Faculty Profile: June Scudeler, First Nations Studies and Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
        • Welcome: New FASS Faculty Members
        • Psychology PhD student finds suprising data on dating violence
        • Psychology grad earns 2018 Terry Fox Gold Medal
        • 2018 FASS Autumn Reception and Cormack Teaching Symposium
        • Prison tours increase student empathy towards prisoners and staff
      • October
        • SFU Political Science organizes event to inform BC voters in preparation of upcoming referendum on electoral reform
        • 2018 Dean's Medals of Excellence
        • Convocation Profile: Don Shafer, MA, Graduate Liberal Studies
        • 2018 FASS Employee Achievement Awards
        • Convocation Profile: Soraya Janus, MA Criminology
        • Sociology's Ann Travers featured on Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Blog
        • Convocation Profile: Alex Garcia Fuentes, International Studies
        • Sociology & Anthropology Grad Student Yun Zhang on the International Teaching Assistant Program
        • Faculty Profile: Jodi Viljoen
        • Faculty Profile: Mark Leier
        • 2018 Cormack Teaching Symposium: The craft of teaching and putting yourself in your students' shoes
      • November
        • Undergraduate Student Profile: Rébecca Brassard, Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies and Political Science
        • SFU Psychology places high on Times Higher Education World University Subject Rankings
        • Field School Notes: International Studies
        • Field School Notes: Criminology
        • Video: How FASS graduate students and postdocs can access $15 000 in Mitacs funding
        • Criminology professor Gail Anderson's expertise in forensic entomology helps exonerate American woman imprisoned for 17 years
        • Travel Report: Benjamin Dipple, History
        • Travel Report: Panagiotis Delis, History
        • Travel Report: Gyuzel Kamalova, Sociology and Anthropology
      • December
        • FASS Courses Open Spring 2019
        • Welcome Ruby Campbell, new FASS Director of Advancement
        • Undergraduate student Natalie Lim earns top honour with CBC Poetry Prize
        • New Faculty Profile: Laurel Weldon, Political Science
        • International Studies student Raymond Messier on his summer of international search and rescue ambassadorship
        • Travel Report: Sarah Vanderveer, Sociology and Anthropology
        • Travel Report: Songwei He, History
    • 2017
      • January
        • Christine Kim and Helen Leung on the Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research
        • SFU creates institute for tech research on healthy aging
        • Anthropology MA student examines lifestyle of Mexican migrant agricultural workers
        • Congratulations to Our Recent Order of Canada Recipients
        • First Nations Language Centre races to preserve B.C. First Nations languages
      • February
        • Graduate Student Profile: Noortje de Weers, Linguistics
        • International recognition for Criminology's pioneering forensic entomologist Gail Anderson
        • New cohort of Squamish speakers hopes to revitalize language
        • SFU economist runs the numbers on speed dating
        • Study: giving a gift that reflects you rather than your valentine strengthens relationships
        • Research Profile: Tina Adcock, History
        • SFU honours FASS Connections Mentorship Program
      • March
        • Research Profile: Dr. Colette Colligan Discovering Wilde Data
        • Graduate Student Profile: Andrew Czink, GLS
        • Psychology student shares four tips for couples in a long distance relationship
        • Award for best dissertation won by Criminology's Evan McCuish
        • Students win at Model NATO Competition
        • Graduate Profile: Reema Faris, GSWS
        • A FASS sustainability champion wins President’s Award for Leadership in Sustainability
        • Hope Caldi wins national award for her public policy recommendations
        • Criminology's Sheri Fabian receives SFU's highest honour for teaching
        • Alumni Profile: Robert Bittner, GSWS
        • Undergraduate Profile: Sarah Duggan, International Studies
      • April
        • Research Profile: Eirini Kotsovili, Hellenic Studies
        • Staff Profile: Terri Evans, Urban Studies
        • History professor Kelm invites students to co-create syllabus
        • Jordan Abel Shortlisted for Griffin Poetry Prize
      • May
        • Study suggests drug criminalization undermines global HIV efforts
        • Photovoice Exhibit Explores Immigration, Aging, and Lived Experiences
        • PhD Student Lindsey Bannister on Writer in Residence Programs
        • Gloria Gutman, Gerontology, Invested into the Order of Canada
        • GLS alumna Roberta Staley on women in media and gender equality in Afghanistan
        • Graduate Student Profile: Alex Thumm, Urban Studies
        • History Undergraduate Student Jazmin Hundal Receives 2017 George Paris Award in Scottish Studies
      • June
        • Criminology grad recognized for volunteerism and academic achievement
        • Convocation Profile: Jennifer Cooper, Political Science
        • Convocation Profile: Julie Andreyev, GLS
        • Convocation 2017: Matty Taghipour, BA, advocating for restorative justice
        • Convocation 2017: Billie Joe Rogers, PhD, evaluates a BC program for indigenous youth
        • Convocation 2017: Bangladesh research, co-op readies MA student Kirk Hepburn for career
        • Graduate Convocation Medal Winners, 2017
        • Convocation Profile: Kelsey Wilson, World Literature
        • Convocation 2017: SFU experience “life-changing” for Lucia Pecnikova, BA
        • Convocation 2017: Glenyth Caragata, PhD, research on understanding older drivers’ needs
        • Dionne Brand to receive honourary degree and give Shadbolt Lecture
        • 2017 FASS Convocation Speakers
        • Study on Aging and Resiliency Benefits from New CIHR Funding
        • Jordan Abel Wins the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize
        • Nancy Olewiler, Public Policy, Named a 2017 YWCA Woman of Distinction
      • July
        • GSWS study results in new support services for LGBTQ+ newcomers
        • Video by Director of World Literature program featured in The Tyee
        • Faculty Research Profile: Dr. John McDonald, Psychology
        • Students launch second edition of De Voix Vives
        • Danielle Murdoch returns to place that kindled her passion for criminology
        • Graduate Student Profile: Laura Kadowaki, Gerontology
      • August
        • Travel Report: Robin Bunton, Department of History
        • Tamara O’Doherty takes a community-based approach to research and teaching
        • Alumni Profile: Jakub Burkowicz, Sociology
        • 2017/2018 interim Aboriginal University Preparation Program
      • September
        • Dr. Evan McCuish has a strong background in research collaboration
        • Graduate Student Profile: Nadine Boulay, GSWS
        • John Harriss (International Studies) named Royal Society of Canada Fellow
        • Coaching Hockey in China: How a Political Science and Economics Major Spent His Summer
        • Research Profile: Tanya Broesch, Psychology
        • Video connects World Literature community
      • October
        • 2017 Dean's Medals
        • SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council presents calls to action for reconciliation to SFU President Andrew Petter.
        • How Vancouver Specials make Vancouver special
        • Convocation Profile: Esinam Ayesu-Attah, Sociology and Criminology
        • New Major in Labour Studies to Launch in Fall 2018
        • Grad strikes philosophy degree off long bucket list
        • Travel Report: Lindsey Bannister, Department of English
        • Convocation Profile: Roisin Elworthy, French
      • November
        • Field Notes: Anna Lechintan, World Literature
        • Mastery grading: How one professor uses tests to help his students learn
        • David Chariandy’s second novel, Brother, wins 2017 Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
        • SFU community loses Donald Grayston, humanities and religious studies scholar, retired priest, and activist.
        • Postdoctoral researcher in linguistics, Katharina Ehret, studies why online comments matter
        • World Literature Program celebrates 10 years
        • Restorative justice researcher and SFU alumnus Alana Abramson recognized by BC Ministry of Public Safety
        • Engaging in eco-friendly behaviours can promote well-being say SFU researchers
        • SFU community loses Donald Grayston, humanities and religious studies scholar, retired priest, and activist.
      • December
        • History’s Paul Garfinkel earns American Historical Association book award
        • SFU History professor and alumni named 2017-2020 Wilson Associates
        • SFU launches new initiative to champion equity, diversity and inclusion
        • International Studies Alum wins runner-up prize in #MadeBySFU contest
    • 2016
      • January
        • People Profile: Tammy Theis, GLS Student and History Staff Member
        • History's Martin Kitchen Publishes New Biography of Nazi Architect, Albert Speer
        • Traditional Languages Apps ready for testing in 2016
      • February
        • Can you predict romantic attraction? This Psychology study is trying to find the answer
        • Linguistics Manager Rita Parmar Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
        • Congratulations to Psychology's Dr. John McDonald and Dr. Marlene Moretti on their Canada Research Chair Appointments
        • International Studies Student, Claire Sieffert, Campaigns for National Eating Disorder Policy
        • Alumna Profile: Janice Morris, English
        • Governor General's Medal for the late Liz Elliott
      • March
        • Indian linguist teaches Haida language—and learns it in the process
        • Faculty Research Profile: Dr. Sonja Luehrmann, Sociology & Anthropology
        • Getting Closer With Kindness: Social Anxiety Disorder Research
        • Stephen Duguid receives Excellence in Teaching Award
        • SFU recognizes sustainability champion Wes Regan, Urban Studies student
        • GSWS Students Call for Sexual Assault Prevention & Support Centre at SFU
      • April
        • Urban Studies and Public Policy conference discusses 50 years of regional district model
        • War Narratives in the 21st Century
        • Haida experience moves Indian language scholar
        • Alumna Profile: MLA Melanie Mark, Political Science
        • Martin Andresen receives the 2016 Western Society of Criminology Fellows Award
        • SFU celebrates Tartan Day with a visit from 78th Fraser Highlanders
        • History Undergrad William Gill Receives Centre for Scottish Studies Award
      • May
        • SFU English's MATE Program focuses on Aboriginal Literature
        • Faculty Research Profile: Dr. John McDonald, Psychology
        • Archival material, teacher resources, and more now available on new “(Re)Claiming the New Westminster Waterfront” project website
      • June
        • Congratulations to Professor Emerita Sandra Djwa for her Honorary Degree from McGill University
        • White Rock politician seeks to improve public policies
        • Dr. Sonja Luehrmann receives Waldo Gifford Leland Award from the Society of American Archivists
        • From senior to señora: Margaret Torgerson’s journey in gerontology
        • Undergrad takes on the full university experience: Andreas Hovland
        • Shedding new light on sex offenders' crimes reveals surprises
        • Graduate Profile: Xueqiong Feng, BA, Economics
        • Graduate Profile: Katarina Bogosavljevic, BA, Criminology
        • Graduate Profile: Sarah Wu, MA, Gerontology
        • Graduate Profile: Daniel Mundeva, MA International Studies
        • Dean of Graduate Studies Awards for Excellence: Eric Beauregard, Criminology
        • 2016 FASS Convocation Speakers
        • Graduate Convocation Medal Winners, 2016
        • Undergraduate Convocation Award Winners, 2016
      • July
        • Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Professor Emerita in Political Science and GSWS, Receives 2016 John Galbraith Prize in Economics
        • 2016 Cormack Teaching Award Winners
        • How SFU and First Nations Keep Endangered Languages Alive
      • August
        • Graduate Liberal Studies student, Shawk Alani, organizes photography workshop for Syrian refugee children
        • Department of French launches De Voix Vives, an online journal of student poetry and prose in French
        • Criminology's Eric Beauregard recognized for excellence in supervision
        • New app from First Nations Language Centre preserves Shuswap legend
      • September
        • Alumni Profile: Kathleen Stephany, Psychology
        • Alumni Profile: Jocelyn Vieth, Gerontology
        • Dr. Jodi Viljoen, Psychology, on Using Evidence-based Practices to Treat Young Offenders
        • Graduate Research Profile: Karen Sawatzky, Urban Studies
        • Adaptation to Climate Change Team: School of Public Policy
      • October
        • Sociology & Anthropology Convocation 2016
        • English Alumna Lucia Lorenzi receives Governor General’s Award
        • Habiba Zaman, GSWS, Honoured by Hohai University
        • Research Profile: Luba Petersen, Economics
        • 2016 Dean’s Medals
        • Convocation Profile: Fredrick (Levi) Wilson, First Nations Studies
        • Convocation Profile: Cameron Young, Economics
        • Convocation Profile: Alana Abramson, Criminology
        • Convocation Profile: Linda Chen, Economics
        • Convocation Profile: Joy Walcott-Francis, GSWS
      • November
        • Students stand up against extremism and radicalization
        • Melek Ortabasi, World Literature, invited to University of Washington
      • December
        • First Nations Language App Showcased at SSHRC’s Fall Forum
        • The 2016 Cormack Teaching Symposium is now online
        • Graduate Profile: Brittany French, Philosophy
        • SFU Economics alumnus to serve Ghana as vice-president
        • Christina Wong, Psychology, Organizes the Street Store
    • 2015
      • January
        • Research Award for Psychology's Lara Aknin
        • Eldon Yellowhorn on Copylefting Cultural Heritage, and the Possibilities of Historical Archeology
        • Alumni in the Community: Maple Ridge Mayor Nicole Read and New Westminster Mayor Jonathan Cote
        • FASS Recipient, 2014 SFU Outstanding Alumni Award
      • February
        • Political Science and International Studies Students Represent SFU at Model Nato Youth Summit
        • Bill Reid Centre Relocates to Burnaby Campus
        • Department of Linguistics Delegation to Jawaharlal Nehru University
        • Institute for the Humanities Hosts Karen Ferguson Lecture on Black Leadership in America
        • School of Public Policy Team Wins National Policy Case Competition
      • March
        • Alumnus Profile; Reid Standish, International Studies
        • FASS 2014 SFU Teaching Excellence Award Winner
        • Jeffrey Checkel, International Studies, wins Humboldt Research Award
        • FASS Students Compete in Three Minute Thesis Competition
        • 2014 FASS Staff Achievement Award Winners
      • April
        • Faculty Profile: Judith Sixsmith, Public Policy
        • Psychology Alumni Ashley Monks Uncovering Hidden Role of Sex Hormones
        • On the Write Track
      • May
        • Faculty Profile: Andrea Geiger, History
        • Janelle Adsit and Ashley Atkins Represent FASS at SFU’s Inaugural Postdoctoral Research Day
        • Anika Tilland-Stafford on her forthcoming book, Is It Still a Boy? Heteronormativity in Kindergarten
      • June
        • GSWS Student Caroline Doerksen Receives Pride Legacy Award
        • Convocation Profile: Nathan Murray, Economics BA
        • Student Profile: Claudia Arrieta, International Studies
        • 2015 FASS Convocation Speakers
        • 79-year-old Meg Penner Graduates with a Master’s in Humanities
        • SFU Wrestler Collects BA in English on Way to 2015 Pan Am Games
        • Degree Helps New Westminster Mayor Solve Real World Problems
        • Criminology's Dr. Ehsan Jozaghi and his Commitment to Research in Harm Reduction
        • Graduating Sociology Student Kevin Kimoto Co-founds Social Venture
        • Life through Autofiction: French MA Graduate, Laurence Gavreau Sinotte, on Québécois Novelist Nelly Arcan
        • Undergraduate Convocation Award Winners, 2015
        • Psychology's Dr. Samuele Zilioli receives Governor General's Gold Medal
        • Graduate Convocation Medal Winners, 2015
        • Surviving Grad School: History’s Mark Leier and Artist Sam Bradd Illustrate Advice for Graduate Students
      • July
        • Criminology Study: Bullies have Highest Self Esteem, Social Status
        • Krishna Pendakur awarded the William Lyon Mackenzie King Chair at Harvard University
        • Being Kind May Help Your Social Life
        • 2015 Cormack Teaching Award Winners
      • August
        • History Professor Willeen Keough Engages the Community through Oral History
      • September
        • Terry Fox Gold Medal Award Recipient - Zoya Jiwa
        • 2015 Dean’s Medals
      • October
        • Nathan Lyndsay awarded Rosemary Brown Undergraduate Scholarship in Social Justice
        • Sara Diamond, Digital Media Arts Pioneer, on her "Early Days" at SFU
        • Remembering Canada's Difficult Histories: Japanese Canadian Oral History
        • Bad Guys, Good Bugs: Criminology's Gail Anderson on Forensic Entomology
        • Suicide Research Prompts CIHR Banting Fellowship
        • Stephen Collis co-recipient of Sterling Prize for Work in Sustainable Energy and Materials Policy
      • November
        • Surviving Grad School: History’s Mark Leier and Artist Sam Bradd Illustrate Advice for Graduate Students
        • Study Tracks the Development of Fairness in Children
        • Dr. Marlene Moretti’s Connect Parent Group wins BC Premier’s Award for Innovation
      • December
        • New Book Explores Art and Reconciliation: The Land We Are
        • Interview with John Craig, FASS Dean: 2010-2015
        • Syrian Refugees to have Major Impact on B.C. Economy
        • Feminist Research for Positive Change: the FREDA Centre
    • 2014
      • January
        • UPDATE: Renewed Interest in FASS Student Project "Harassment on TransLink"
        • SFU’s Institute for the Humanities: 30 Years of Public Engagement and Counting
        • FASS Student Delegation to Taiwan
        • Dara Culhane: Hear Me Looking At You
        • Twins confident of a career in law after studying Political Science at SFU
      • February
        • SFU Leaders in Public Engagement: Dr. Marlene Moretti of the Department of Psychology
        • SFU’s Research Chair in Environmental Criminology, Dr. Graham Farrell, on Criminology’s “Dirty Little Secret”
        • Alumna Profile: Jennifer Scott, English
        • The Elephants in Vancouver’s Sustainable Food Movement
        • Metro Vancouver Housing Under SFU Microscope
      • March
        • SFU Policy Case Team in Toronto: How Seven Days Turns into 20 Minutes
        • Gendered Tensions Across History: Dr. Lara Campbell on Emerging Research and Contexts
        • Indigenous Literatures in Canada
        • Student Profile – Aleks Besan, International Studies
        • Historian Willeen Keough Takes on Housing Justice Struggles
        • Alumnus Profile: Benjamin Hendriksen, Public Policy
      • April
        • Tricycle Symbolizes Freedom for Residential-School Children
        • Bev Davino, Psychology, wins 2013 Staff Achievement Award
        • Marjorie Griffen Cohen Honoured With Lifetime Achievement Award
        • Scientists Discover Brain’s Anti-distraction System
        • Study Says We’re Over the Hill at 24
        • Faculty Profile: Chung-hye Han, Department of Linguistics
        • “Learning to Tell Our Academic Stories in Different Ways”: Dr. Sasha Colby
        • SSHRC Storytelling Finals for FASS Students
        • Sandra Djwa: Biographer Extraordinaire
      • May
        • Honours Students Establish Undergraduate Psychology Journal
        • Engaging Book Ecologies: Dr. Margaret Linley on Digitizing SFU Library’s Lake District Collection
        • Glen Lowry: Alumnus Profile
        • Student Profile: Leanna Mitchell
      • June
        • William Doulome: Emerging Educator and Advocate for the Visually Impaired
        • Infrastructure Versus Aftershock: Keren Zaiontz and Peter Dickinson on Performance, Global Mega-Events, and Human Rights
        • PhD Student Adam Vaughan Examines Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System
        • 2014 Cormack Teaching Award Winners
        • Workshop on the History of the Philosophical Concept of Pleasure
        • Dara Culhane: Performance Studies for Teaching and Practicing Ethnography
        • Undergraduate Convocation Award Winners, 2014
        • Graduate Convocation Medal Winners, 2014
        • Researchers to Expand Child Exploitation Web-Crawler
        • Economist Arthur Robson Awarded John Rae Prize
      • July
        • Alumna Profile: Kim Mulder, English
        • The Last Cartographer: Creating Digital Fiction in SFU’s Digital Pathways Workshop
        • Alumna Profile: Layli Antinuk, Humanities
      • August
        • Canadian Documentary Series Features SFU Professor
        • Staff/Alumna Profile: Lynn Kool, Political Science
      • September
        • Student Profile: Raied Haj Yahya, International Studies Honours Student
        • Research by Psychology's John McDonald Covered in Major Popular Science Magazines
        • Terry Fox Gold Medal Award Recipient - Jeremy Pearce
        • Study Finds Seniors Among Homeless Concerns
        • 2014 Dean’s Medals
      • October
        • Safety and Autonomy in Trans Self-Identification: Call for Preferred Names at SFU
        • Want to Feel Good? Spend Money on Someone Else Says Researcher
        • Bodies at Sea – Ocean Oxygen Levels May Impact Scavenger Response
        • FASS Student Convocation Speaker
        • Convocation Profile: Amarachi Nnah-obgonda
        • Convocation Profile: Julie Shum's MA Highlights Seniors’ Housing
        • Faculty Profile: Kendra Strauss, Labour Studies
      • November
        • PhD Student Laura Booi Takes her Message About Dementia Around the World
        • Award for ICURS Director Patricia Brantingham
        • Alumna Profile: Jennifer Shutek, History
        • History Major Takes 2014 Student Entrepreneur of the Year Award
        • Faculty Profile: Historian Jack Little
      • December
        • Research Profile: Tamir Moustafa, Jarislowsky Chair in Religion and Cultural Change
        • Post-Doc Profile: Sarah Canham, Gerontology
        • Faculty Profile: Dr. Mark Blair, Cognitive Science
        • Student Profile: Gurpreet Seehra, French
        • Student Profile: Matthew Sebastiani, Economics
    • 2013
      • January
        • Mark Blair on Discovery Channel Talking about Gamer Skills
        • Sandra Djwa's Bio on Poet P.K. Page on Short List for Charles Taylor Prize
        • Ellen Vaillancourt, CCSMSC, Awarded the 2012 SFU Staff Achievement Award for Work Performance
        • Christine Harper, Economics, Awarded the 2012 SFU Staff Achievement Award in Humanitarism
      • February
        • Gordon Receives Diamond Jubilee Medal
        • Sophie McCall, English, Named as Finalist for Canada Prize in the Humanities
        • Neoliberal Diet Comes Under Attack
        • Fall 2012 Student Photo Contest Winner
      • March
        • SFU Students to Attend Model NATO Summit
        • Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship Awarded
      • April
        • FASS Student Photo Contest Spring 2013
        • Carole Gerson Awarded 2013 Tremaine Medal and Watters-Morley Prize
      • May
        • MATE accolades for Tom Grieve
        • What Dr. Steve Collis is ‘Undoing’ with Revolutions and Occupations
        • The Return to Lacan
        • 2013 Cormack Teaching Award Winners Announced
      • June
        • Julie MacArthur Receives Dean's Convocation Medal
        • Jodi Yager Receives Dean's Convocation Medal
        • Xianghua Wu Receives Dean's Convocation Medal
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