New app uses Indigenous basketry patterns to teach math concepts December 12, 2018
The cedar basketry designs of the Tla’amin Nation on the Sunshine Coast can be shared with...

KPMG and SFU Beedie team up to equip auditors with advanced digital and cognitive analytics December 05, 2018
The unique graduate program will focus on the evolving role of artificial intelligence and machine...

SFU students dominate at Vancouver User Experience Awards December 04, 2018
SFU student teams' user-experience designs won big at the Vancouver User Experience (UX) Awards.

Criminology student attends 'once-in-a-lifetime' field school November 01, 2018
Harleen Atwal, a student in criminology who took part in the NATO Field School and Simulation...

International studies student travels to Mexico to observe election October 26, 2018
Joey Mitchell, an international studies student had the opportunity to travel to Mexico to observe...

Prison tours increase student empathy towards prisoners and staff October 09, 2018
Students benefited from the prison tours by an increased understanding of course materials, broader...

Mentors as classmates—entrepreneurial students reap benefits from new program October 02, 2018
Students taking entrepreneurship classes at SFU this fall are benefiting from having industry...

SFU offers new Professional Master of Arts in Heritage Resource Management September 28, 2018
The new program offers archaeologists working in the field a new way to earn the graduate degree...

B.C. announces more French-language teacher training seats at SFU September 21, 2018
B.C. will fund an additional 37 French-language teachers’ training seats at post-secondary...

Two SFU undergrads share $180,000 in Schulich scholarships September 19, 2018
New students Antonia Kowalewski and Bradley Schellenberg are Simon Fraser University's recipients...

Volunteer applications open for JDC West business competition 2019 September 11, 2018
Over the next two months, applications will open for 300 student volunteer positions at JDC West,...

Experiential learning embraces experts and engagement September 06, 2018
This fall, students taking the IAT 333 Interaction Design Methods course will be learning from some...

New economics course wrestles with poverty and inequality August 30, 2018
Are you wondering whether the rich really are getting richer and the poor really are getting...

Dispatches from the field: health sciences students reflect on life-changing experiential learning August 29, 2018
Over the summer, 33 health sciences students participated in field schools in South Africa and the...

Dispatches from the field: Hellenic Studies' field school August 22, 2018
"My two months abroad gave me an opportunity to reflect and grow, and to become a more engaged...

Professor Elizabeth Elle takes on new role at SFU August 15, 2018
Biology professor Elizabeth Elle becomes SFU’s first associate vice-president, learning and...

Students dig up the past at bioarchaeological field school in Portugal August 10, 2018
Fifteen students spent six weeks as part of a 35-member team excavating a medieval cemetery in the...

Indigenous summer camp alumni now SFU students July 20, 2018
Alex Krilow and Ian Luckman have spent past summers attending SFU’s Academic Summer Camp for...

Video: SFU classrooms get major facelift July 19, 2018
More than 100 classrooms and 20 lecture theatres have been renovated at Burnaby campus....

SFU to host Western Canada’s biggest business case competition July 13, 2018
SFU will host the biggest and most prestigious business competition in Western Canada from Jan. 11...