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...

Jewelry with safety in mind created by young SFU innovators May 25, 2018
Complementing an outfit with jewelry created by a new SFU student-led company will do more than...

Friends of Simon program bridges learning barriers for newcomer students May 04, 2018
SFU’s Friends of Simon (FOS) program connects its tutors with students in 15 schools and...

International grad student chooses SFU to explore magic of puppet animation May 01, 2018
Chinese PhD graduate student Hongyan Sun is spending a year at SFU's School for the Contemporary...

Surrey Board of Trade’s Top 25 Under 25 Awards recognize 13 from SFU April 27, 2018
Thirteen SFU students and alumni are among 25 Surrey youths to be recognized with the Surrey Board...

First thesis in archaeology’s Heritage Resource Management offers insights for gas development in BC’s North April 13, 2018
Megan Vanderwel, one of 11 graduate students in the first cohort of SFU’s new Professional...

SFU introduces Canada’s first professional master’s program specializing in visual computing March 26, 2018
It will be Canada’s first professional graduate program to train technical personnel in...

SFU students’ videos featured in Museum of Vancouver’s new Haida exhibit March 21, 2018
The exhibit features seven short videos by students in SFU's School for Interactive Arts and...

Surrey company takes value of student co-op experience to heart – National Co-op Week March 19-23 March 19, 2018
Surrey-based Safe Software has hired more than 150 co-op students over the past 15 years, tapping...

SFU summer AI program for young women aims to close STEM gap March 13, 2018
Invent the Future, a trailblazing summer enrichment program, aims to increase the number of...

SFU students use CRISPR genome editing technology in hopes of improving yields of rice and wheat March 07, 2018
Students in a genetic engineering course are working toward a solution to world food shortages...

SFU Beedie to host Indigenous governance program March 06, 2018
SFU’s Beedie School of Business is partnering with the Native Nations Institute at the...

New high-throughput robotic chemical biology facility opens at SFU February 27, 2018
The automated lab sifts through thousands of chemical compounds and tests them against a diverse...

Racing Readers inspires literacy, fitness and fun February 01, 2018
Racing Readers is a weekly program that matches youth with SFU students, who lead sessions that...

Student finds attending high school and SFU a perfect mix January 11, 2018
Thanks to SFU’s Concurrent Student Program, accomplished high school students are able to...