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...

Dispatches from the field: Absorbing culture in iconic Berlin July 06, 2018
Dispatches from the field: check what students are up to at global field schools throughout the...

Traditional story telling helps more Indigenous youth ‘catch on’ to math June 21, 2018
SFU health sciences student Reinelda Sankey grew up near Prince Rupert in a small B.C. indigenous...

Autobiographical comic book thesis a Canadian first June 08, 2018
North Vancouver secondary school art teacher Meghan Parker is the first Canadian to complete a...

New program preparing students for cleantech sector to begin fall 2019 June 05, 2018
A new program to prepare students for the cleantech energy sector in Surrey has received B.C....

SFU and NATO Defense College sign Memorandum of Understanding June 01, 2018
Simon Fraser University and the NATO Defense College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding...