- The President
- About Joy
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- 2022
- Dr. Yabome Gilpin-Jackson named SFU’s first Vice-President, People, Equity and Inclusion
- Chris (Syeta’xtn) Lewis joins SFU in advisory role on Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation
- A World of Difference: How universities must evolve in a post-COVID world
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- SFU: What's Next?
- Celebrating National Indigenous Peoples day
- Please join us for the annual appreciation BBQ
- SFU begins process to become Living Wage Employer
- Staying engaged in an increasingly polarized world
- SFU: What's Next? - Message from the President to Faculty and Staff
- SFU: What's Next? - Message from the President to students
- Search Announcement: Provost and Vice-President Academic
- Statement from the VP, PEI: Addressing Racism and Hate at SFU
- 2021
- Welcome new SFU students
- UPDATED Jan. 6: My response to Dec. 11 event in SFU dining hall
- Celebrating Black History Month
- The University’s Role and Contributions to a Just Recovery Over the Next Decade
- Inspired by meetings with SFU Faculty and Staff
- Looking forward to Summer and Fall
- Opinion: This is why SFU is backing the Burnaby Mountain gondola
- External Review of December 11, 2020 Event
- Facing the future with hope
- President's statement on TransMountain Expansion Project and support for a fire hall on Burnaby mountain
- The road ahead
- Stronger Together: SFU, the pandemic and lessons for a better future
- SFU to observe moment of silence at 2:15 PM today
- Taking action: Reconciliation at SFU
- Join SFU President Joy Johnson for a tour of Burnaby campus
- Message from the President: Residential school findings
- Dr. June Francis appointed Special Advisor to the President on Anti-Racism
- My response to the open letter from SFU faculty and staff
- Resources and ways to support scholars in Afghanistan
- BC Vaccine Card
- Masks required on all SFU campuses, vaccine card required for residence, athletics, dining, events and others
- Vaccine declaration and follow-up screening at SFU
- Return to campus planning updates
- Welcome Back
- Work to review contract vs. in-house cleaning and food services
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
- SFU and SFSS united in commitment to climate action
- Inclusion benefits us all
- Moving forward with kindness
- SFU commits to full divestment from fossil fuels
- Safety on SFU's campuses
- Thank you!
- Temporary shift to remote learning January 10 – 23, 2022
- 2020
- Statement on academic freedom
- Welcome back faculty and staff
- Welcome back students
- Statement on scholar strike
- Reflections on my first 30 days
- Taking care of ourselves, taking care of each other
- Equity, diversity and inclusion commitments
- Statement on SFU's Athletics Team Name Change
- Finding connection in times of adversity
- Wishing you a safe and restful holiday break
- Op-ed: SFU helping drive social, economic innovation in time of crisis
- 2022
- President’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award
- Strategic Plan
- Approach
- How to participate
- What we're hearing
- April 4, 2022: Updates and reflections
- April 19, 2022: Updates and reflections
- SFU: What’s Next? phase one results now available
- Research assistants shape SFU: What’s Next? analysis
- SFU: What’s Next? – Message from the President to Faculty and Staff
- SFU: What’s Next? – Message from the President to Students
- Search announcement: Provost and Vice-President Academic
- SFU: What’s Next? Phase 2 results now available
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Working together to overcome transit troubles this week
Students and many others at Simon Fraser University rely on public transit for safe and reliable access to our three campuses.
It’s deeply concerning, therefore, that Bus and SeaBus services have been reduced in recent weeks due to a labour dispute at Translink, and more troubling still that these services may cease altogether for a few days later this week.
In the face of this situation, we need to prepare ourselves for a high degree of disruption, especially for students on our Burnaby campus, who will soon be heading into final exams.
I want to assure the university community that SFU’s administration is working to minimize the impact of transit cutbacks on students by asking instructors and supervisors to be flexible about accommodating those who are most impacted.
If you face challenges getting to campus, please talk to your professors and supervisors to see what accommodations may be available. Possible options include allowing students or staff to work or participate remotely; modifying or postponing activities; and offering alternative means for classes or exams.
We’re in this together and it’s important that we support one another.
I urge those who drive to the Burnaby campus to arrange carpools with classmates and colleagues. Bus riders should seek alternative means of transportation in advance of the strike action slated for Wednesday. Additional free parking will be available on Burnaby campus.
For more information about these and other transportation options, please visit http://www.sfu.ca/parking/transit-strike.html.
At a time of year in which students are already under pressure to complete course requirements and to prepare for exams, it is important that we be mindful of the additional stress that this disruption places on them and on the entire university community.
While there are no easy solutions, I believe that, by working together, being flexible and showing understanding, we can do much to reduce the adverse impacts of this disturbing situation for the benefit of all.