- About Joy
- Priorities
- Conversations
- Statements
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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
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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
- 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
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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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2022
- President’s Distinguished Community Leadership Award
SFU: What's Next?
Dear students, faculty and staff,
As president of SFU, one of my jobs is to tell the story of this university—to explain to the world who we are, where we’ve been, and perhaps most importantly, where we’re going.
In 1965, SFU opened its Burnaby campus to 2,500 students. More than 50 years later, that “radical campus” has established itself as one of the leading universities in Canada. We’ve built a community from the ground up on Burnaby Mountain and established vibrant learning spaces in Surrey and Vancouver. We’ve delivered world-class teaching and learning experiences and hosted world-class research and scholarship, and we’ve done it all with community and social impact always front of mind.
Most recently, the pandemic has forced us to find new ways of collaborating and to reckon with the systemic inequities baked into our institution’s founding. We are currently in a moment of upheaval and change, one filled with uncertainty but also tremendous potential. We are a university on the verge of bigger things.
So the question I have for you all is: SFU, what’s next?
How do we take the lessons we’re learning from COVID-19 and use them to shape our processes, protocols and activities moving forward?
How do we define who we are as a community?
What ideas and priorities are most meaningful to us, and what do we commit to as an institution?
Where are we going next, and how do we want to get there?
These aren’t questions that I can—or should—answer on my own. They are questions for all of us, and I want to hear from you.
Over the next few months, we’re holding a community conversation to ask some of these big questions and give you the opportunity to answer them—and to shape what’s next for SFU.
This week, we’re starting two discussions on ThoughtExchange to reflect on some our proudest SFU moments and share the differences we think SFU should make in the world. Join me for this discussion and check back regularly to see how the conversation is evolving.
Moving forward, there will be lots of ways to participate, from live discussions to surveys and online submissions, and I encourage you to share your thoughts using one or all of these forums. Please visit www.sfu.ca/whats-next to learn more about all the ways you can engage. If you have questions about this project, you can contact the What's Next team at whats_next@sfu.ca.
I can’t wait to hear from you, and to write this next chapter of SFU’s story together.
Sincerely,
Joy Johnson