Reporting Structure Changes in Provost and VPA

As of March 31, 2024, SFU International will report to the Provost and VP Academic Office.

• SFU International is the hub of international relationships, knowledge and resources to mobilize the global reach of SFU’s teaching, research and community engagement.
• This change will enable SFU to develop a coordinated and strategic approach to global engagement.
• International Services for Students already reports to the Provost, so this move brings staff working in SFU International into the same reporting structure.
• SFU International will maintain the strong ties to the VPRI portfolio that have allowed SFU International to deliver outstanding services to the university. 

As of December 31, 2023, leadership and reporting at Surrey and Vancouver campuses now reports to the Provost and VP Academic Office.

• SFU’s Surrey and Vancouver campuses have grown a great deal. SFU Surrey has become a community cornerstone and is the home of two new schools, and SFU Vancouver has become an intellectual centre of the city. Now there is an opportunity to strengthen academic leadership and long-term decision-making for those campuses.
• The new model will bring new perspectives into what is already working well at our campuses. We will build on our strengths as we consider the academic priorities and future for each campus.
• Dugan O’Neil, VPRI, will assume the role of acting academic director for SFU Surrey, and Peter Hall, Associate Vice-President Academic, will take on that role for SFU Vancouver. Along with Executive Directors Steve Dooley in Surrey and Laurie Anderson in Vancouver, they will report to the Provost and VP Academic and work with the faculties and different units at the university to develop a new framework for the development of the three-campus model at SFU. 

The Provost and VPA would like to thank Dugan O’Neil for his leadership of SFU International while it was within the VPRI portfolio and would also like to thank Joanne Curry for her leadership on the Surrey and Vancouver campuses. Their work has been remarkable and paves the way for a new moment at SFU.