Highlights & Awards

At Simon Fraser University, we are proud of every major achievements our students accomplish. Here we celebrate the winners of prestigious awards like the Convocation Medals, Dean of Graduate Studies Awards for Excellence, and other major awards.

Dean of Graduate Studies Awards for Excellence

  • February 07, 2022

    February 07, 2022

    Former Graduate Program Assistant, Department of Mathematics

  • February 07, 2022

    February 07, 2022

    Former Graduate Program Assistant, Department of History

  • February 07, 2022

    February 07, 2022

    Professor in the School for the Contemporary Arts

Major Award Recipients

  • June 01, 2023

    June 01, 2023

    Tiara Cash completed her master's degree in the Department of Psychology where she researched the relationship between life transitions and everyday acts of kindness as a strategy for boosting well-being in first-year university students.

  • June 01, 2023

    June 01, 2023

    Dr. Xiaolin Sun completed her PhD in the Department of Economics where she explored the mechanisms behind social programs, for instance, investigating the effects of electricity grids on employment and healthcare programs on expenditure to demonstrated the power of econometrics in comprehending intricate systems and informing evidence-based decision-making.

  • June 01, 2023

    June 01, 2023

    Dr. Lovedeep Gondara completed his PhD in the School of Computing Science in the Faculty of Applied Sciences working on enhancing machine learning performance while using decentralized data and ensuring that data privacy is intact