- About Joy
- Priorities
- Conversations
- Statements
- 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
Past Recipients
Established in 1986, the President’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award was created to recognize and honour individuals or organizations for distinguished service to the BC community.
These community leaders share SFU’s commitment to community engagement. All recipients have exemplified distinguished leadership through longstanding service, innovation, and the expression and execution of high purpose and service that have impacted BC and contributed to the creation of a strong sense of community.
| 2021 | Brandt and Belinda Louie |
| 2019 | Mike Harcourt |
| 2018 |
Madhu and Hari Varshney |
| 2017 | Lis and Bruce Welch |
| 2016 | Frances and Samuel Belzberg |
| 2015 | Lorne Davies |
| 2014 | Ronald Cliff Sr. |
| 2013 | Val and Dick Bradshaw |
2012 |
Martha Lou Henley |
2011 |
Jacob ‘Jack’ Austin |
2010 |
Carole Taylor and Art Phillips |
2009 |
Leslie and Gordon Diamond |
2008 |
Michael Audain |
2007 |
Peter Bentley |
2004 |
Jane and George Hungerford |
2003 |
Jack W. Poole |
2002 |
Vickie Cammack and Al Etmanski Philip W. Owen |
2001 |
Sheahan and Gerald McGavin |
2000 |
Michael Smith |
1999 |
Vancouver Foundation |
1998 |
Doris and Jack Shadbolt |
1997 |
Carol Henriquez |
1996 |
Young Women's Christian Association of Vancouver |
1995 |
Barbara Rae Milton K. Wong |
1994 |
Barbara Brink David G. McLean |
1993 |
George Gaffney The Salvation Army |
1992 |
Joseph Segal |
1991 |
Jack Diamond |
1990 |
Jack Farley Junior League of Greater Vancouver |
1989 |
Jack P. Blaney |
1988 |
Arthur S. Hara |
1987 |
Elizabeth Jane and Robert G. Rogers |
1986 |
Patrick L. Reid |