- About Joy
- Priorities
- Conversations
- Statements
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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
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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
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2020
SFU to observe moment of silence at 2:15 PM today
As we continue to grieve the enormous loss discovered at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, and reflect on the lasting devastation caused by residential schools, I am holding Indigenous students, faculty, staff and community members in my thoughts. The burden you have been made to carry is too heavy. I stand in solidarity with you.
The university has lowered its flags, which will remain at half-mast until June 8, marking one hour for each of the 215 children whose lives were lost. SFU and the SFSS encourage the community to observe a moment of silence at 2:15 p.m. today, May 31, to honour their lives.
Supports are available. Please reach out if you need help.
- Students: The Indigenous Student Centre has created a list of resources: https://www.facebook.com/SFU.ISC/posts/4304700889539878
- Faculty and staff: The employee and family assistance program is available for faculty, staff and their immediate families: https://www.sfu.ca/human-resources/efap.html
- Community:
- The Indian Residential School Survivors Society is available at 1-800-721-0066 along with a 24-hour crisis line at 1-866-925-4419 for those who need immediate support.
- The KUU-US Crisis Line Society provides an Indigenous-specific crisis line available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It's toll-free and can be reached at 1-800-588-8717
- The First Nations Health Authority offers support specifically for survivors and families who have been directly impacted by the Indian Residential School system.
I ask faculty and staff to seek ways to offer support for those who are navigating trauma. Consider flexibility on deadlines or attendance, and familiarize yourself with the supports listed above.
There is more we can and must do, as individuals and as a community. Today, the work is to be present for one another, to hear and understand the stories of residential schools, and to extend deep respect to the Indigenous members of our community who continue to be affected by colonialism and the horrific legacy of residential schools.
Sincerely,
Joy Johnson
President and Vice-Chancellor
Simon Fraser University