Holding Space for Community
SFU Public Square holds space for SFU and its communities to learn together and work towards equitable and sustainable solutions to our world's complex challenges.
You are welcome here.
Upcoming Events
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Maria Ressa | How to Stand Up to a Dictator
Join us at this SFU Vancouver Speaker Series event where this Nobel Peace Prize Laureate will discuss the threat disinformation campaigns pose to our increasingly polarized democracies.
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Explore Topics
Climate + Environment
Addressing how to respond to climate change politically, economically, socially and culturally with a lens of equity and justice.
Media + Information
Exploring the power of ideas. Engaging with the technologies, politics and economics of media and the people and practices of journalism.
Indigenous Voices
Conversations led by Indigenous people about Indigenous histories, languages, arts, cultures, rights and resilience, reconciliation and decolonization.
Equity + Justice
Look here for events and resources around issues of decolonization, reconciliation, anti-racism and dismantling systems of oppression.
Arts + Culture
Supporting the arts with book launches, poetry readings, artist talks and conversations about the artistic process and arts funding.
Future of Work
AI and automation. The pandemic. The gig economy and the precariat. Unions and labour power. Navigate the future of work with us.
Community Building
How to weave connections, overcome isolation and build up our social infrastructure. Explore conversations on community organizing, social innovation and grassroots activism.
Featured
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A decade of community engagement
Janet Webber, Executive Director
SFU Public Square turned ten this year! Our executive director, Janet Webber, reflects on the past decade of community engagement and how we continue to grow, learn and change in relationship with our partners, our community and the team members who have shaped SFU Public Square.
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