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Student Profiles
Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies (INS) are for students pursuing a degree when their proposed course of studies cannot be pursued in any existing program. To learn about past and current students in the INS program and why it was right for them, please see their student profiles below.
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January 09, 2023
January 09, 2023
Niloufar involves mathematics, computer science, and biology in her interdisciplinary studies as a PhD student.
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March 11, 2022
March 11, 2022
Ethan is a Doctoral student in Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies whose research concerns ekphrases (i.e. descriptions) of the urban landscape of Constantinople and its monuments in eleventh and twelfth century Byzantine literature. (Graduate Dean Entrance Scholarship)
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February 17, 2022
February 17, 2022
Makhfirat is an Individualized Studies Doctoral student in the Faculty of Education whose research is focused on what factors emerge as the primary drivers of success and failure among Central Asian students at the University of Central Asia (UCA). (University of Central Asia Scholarship, Dean's Graduate Fellowship)
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October 19, 2021
October 19, 2021
Lucy Bell, a PhD student in Individualized Interdisciplinary Studies, is interviewed on BC Museums Association Podcast.
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September 15, 2021
September 15, 2021
Individualized Interdisciplinary doctoral candidate, Jennifer Chutter, is interviewed on Spice Radio about housing affordability and the federal election.
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September 17, 2021
September 17, 2021
Individualized Interdisciplinary doctoral candidate, Jennifer Chutter, writes an article about housing affordability and the federal election, and is featured in The Conversation.
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August 26, 2021
August 26, 2021
Sdahl K’awaas is the recipient of Simon Fraser University’s 2021 Nora and Ted Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy for her bravery in calling out racism in the heritage field and advocating for change.
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June 22, 2018
June 22, 2018
Spencer Greening has a gift for balancing traditional Indigenous knowledge, research, language and culture with Western scholarship, politics and activism.
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August 26, 2020
August 26, 2020
Guerin is dedicated to revitalizing hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the downriver dialect of the Halkomelem language spoken by the Musqueam people.
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November 30, 2020
November 30, 2020
Edited by SFU INS PhD student, Katherine Nichols; SFU Archaeology PhD student, Chelsea Meloche; and, SFU Archeology PhD graduate, Dr. Laure Spake.