JOIN US IN CELEBRATING NATIONAL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY |
SFU invites everyone to tune into a live-streamed Indigenous Drumming Ceremony on Monday, June 21, at 11 a.m.
SFU Surrey and the Office for Aboriginal Peoples warmly welcome the public and the SFU community to honour the First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities across the country. For more information, please visit the Office for Aboriginal Peoples' event page.
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For 40 years, Perry Giguere, also known as Perry the Poster Man, distributed posters around Vancouver. Remarkably, he kept nearly 250,000 of them. His foresight to preserve some of the visual history of the LGBTQIA2S+ community is an important record of past activities for marginalized groups. Now SFU Library has some of the vivid visual collection that captures this ephemeral history. |
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Different measurements of the expansion speed of the universe disagree with each other. This controversy, known as the “Hubble Tension,” is one of the hottest topics in cosmology. When SFU physics professor Levon Pogosian and colleague Karsten Jedamzik from the Université de Montpellier published their proposal to solve the “Hubble Trouble” the cosmology community was over the moon. |
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RESOURCES + OPERATIONAL UPDATES |
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FEELING STRESSED OR OVERWHELMED? THERE'S HELP AVAILABLE |
We invite you to learn more about the resources available for you and your dependents through Homewood, SFU’s Employee Family Assistance Program. A Lunch 'n Learn info session for leaders will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, June 23 from 12-1 p.m. |
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The centre portion of University High Street, west of the Tower Road intersection, will be closed on Saturday, June 19. Please follow detour signage and direction from on-site traffic personnel. For more information, visit the Traffic Notices page. |
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SFU's Community-Engaged Research Initiative is accepting applications for their Community-Engaged Research Funding Program. The program supports student participation in community-engaged research and art-creation projects. SFU faculty actively practicing community-engaged research or whose research involves CER methods are eligible to apply. Applications are due July 5. |
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THE NEWSLETTER WILL BE ON VACATION JULY 1ST
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Please note that the What's On newsletter will not be circulated on the upcoming statutory holiday, Thursday, July 1. Early submissions for upcoming faculty & staff events and announcements are greatly appreciated. |
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June 18 | Hosted by SFU School for the Contemporary Arts |
SPARKING SCHOLARLY CONNECTION |
Five academics from SFU, the University of Regina and the University of Kansas are coming together for a transdisciplinary discussion on Black creativity in the arts, sciences, technology and business.
This dialogue is motivated by a lack of knowledge connections between Black faculty, staff and students across our institutions and in the communities these institutions are meant to serve. The conversation will centre on the panellists' research and its usefulness to the Black communities they are connected to — or in too many cases, not connected to.
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June 22 | Hosted by Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion |
EXPLORING GENDER-BASED TERMINOLOGIES |
While we may be familiar with the terms, it is important that we continue to expand our understanding of the nuances and distinctions between "gender expression" and "gender identity." Join the discussion to learn more and advance your allyship journey with the LGBTQ2+ community.
As part of SFU’s partnership with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, faculty and staff have free access to this webinar. Select “I work for a CCDI employer partner” and use your SFU email address during registration.
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