- 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
Terms of Reference
- The award will be given to an individual(s) for their outstanding dedication to the university and their distinguished contribution to the public good within their community.
- "Distinguished community leadership" will be characterized by qualities such as:
- the expression and execution of high purpose and dedication to SFU and the community at large
- impact in the community which authority alone would not explain
- innovative approaches to community concerns and aspirations
- persistent efforts
- contribution to the creation of a strong sense of community
- Nominations will be sought by the President.
- Nominations will be sought each year but in any particular year an award need not necessarily be given.
- The award will be presented at an annual event.
- Posthumous awards will not be granted.
- The purpose of the award is:
- to recognize a dedication to SFU and its values and the importance of community leadership
- to honour those who have demonstrated such leadership
- to undertake a meaningful community project which is unique and which can involve key friends of the University
- to bring attention to Simon Fraser University, its activities and involvement in the community
President’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award Selection Committee
- The Committee will be comprised of previous Award winners, SFU’s President and Vice President, Advancement and Alumni Engagement.
- Notice for nominations will be sought annually. Each nomination must be accompanied by a biography and statement as to why the individual is being nominated. The nominators will remain anonymous.
- The nominating committee shall meet to determine recipient(s).
- The nominees not selected for the Award in the current year will, at the discretion of the committee, be carried forward as nominees for the following year.