- Ways to give
- Where to give
- News & impact stories
- Engage Magazine
- Engage: Summer 2025
- Message from the Vice-President, Advancement and Alumni Engagement
- Meet Alison Shaw, Executive Director, SFU Climate Innovation
- Protecting Canada’s aquatic ecosystems
- Red Leafs swim star propelled by donor support
- Creating space for women to thrive in STEM
- Continuing a legacy of artistic innovation
- Going the extra mile: Sue Porter
- Going the extra mile: Kris Nordgren
- Going the extra mile: Barbara Mitchell & Andrew Wister
- How to plan to reduce taxes on your estate: Part three in a three-part series
- Chasing a dream
- Engage: Winter 2024
- Message from the Vice-President, Advancement and Alumni Engagement
- Improving avalanche safety for backcountry adventurers
- Meet Dr. David J. Price
- Archive of beloved CBC show Writers & Company comes to SFU
- Alumnus succeeds courtside with donor support
- More than 42 million thanks!
- Following a different path
- How to plan to reduce taxes on your estate: Part two in a two-part series
- SFU's endowment
- Engage: Summer 2024
- Message from the Vice-President, Advancement and Alumni Engagement
- People of SFU: Meet Annette Santos
- Supporting land-based learning for Indigenous business students
- New award nurtures artists to push creative limits
- Meet the physicians helping lead the journey to B.C.’s new medical school
- Bridging continents for critical international climate research
- Addressing the urgent human health impacts of B.C. wildfires
- Uplifting students in need
- Preserving Vancouver’s community-engaged art history
- Fostering global perspective: A Q&A about paying it forward with alumnus Allan Merrill
- Raising the bar to improve food security for students
- Meet SFU’s 2024 Outstanding Alumni Award recipients
- SFU news and research
- The bold and the Bard
- Inspiring future leaders: a charter alumnus’ legacy
- How to plan to reduce taxes on your estate: Part one in a three-part series
- Gibson Art Museum construction progresses; design earns national recognition
- In Memoriam: Cathy Daminato
- By the numbers
- Engage: Winter 2023
- Message from the Vice-President, Advancement and Alumni Engagement
- People of SFU: Meet Erin Biddlecombe, Senior Director, Student Affairs
- Doing good
- Making dreams come true: One couple's investment in our future
- Five questions to ask when planning a charitable gift in your will
- Healthy food for healthy minds
- Supporting Indigenous and Black scientists
- Part of the bigger picture
- Bridging human connection in the world of immersive technologies
- Bringing equity into the health promotion space
- Transforming the future of cancer
- The singing janitor
- SFU news and research
- Building community and compassion through coffee
- SFU’s endowment: advancing an inclusive and sustainable future
- Message from the Vice-President, Finance and Administration
- Thank you for your impact!
- Engage: Summer 2023
- Message from the Vice-President, Advancement & Alumni Engagement
- People of SFU: Meet Chris (Syeta’xtn) Lewis, Director of Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation
- The first graduates of SFU
- By the numbers: investing in the future
- SFU donor community helps student-athlete run through adversity
- Supporting students in hard times
- Through their words: Mathew Fleury
- Through their words: Ashley Kyne
- Through their words: Kali Stierle
- Through their words: Julie Seal
- Strengthening legal services excellence in B.C.
- Coming to SFU: an innovative new hub for the arts
- The power of reciprocity: A Q&A with Ian and Yvonne Reddy
- Transforming Indigenous art education at SFU
- Embracing the SFU student experience
- When charity truly begins at home
- Shaping a more inclusive future in tech
- Propelling diversity and innovation in higher education
- SFU news and research
- Achieving your philanthropic goals with stock options
- In memoriam: Ron Cliff
- Engage: Summer 2025
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Message from the Vice-President, Advancement and Alumni Engagement
Every day at SFU, our students, faculty and staff are stepping up to address the issues affecting our communities in B.C. and around the world. We couldn’t do this meaningful work without you.
Through your generous investment and involvement, you are enriching our learning environment and helping people and ideas flourish.
As we look ahead to 2025—SFU will be turning 60!—the university continues to chart a new path to be the leading research university in Canada committed to advancing an inclusive, sustainable future.
In this issue of Engage, we introduce you to Dr. David J. Price, founding dean for the SFU School of Medicine—the first entirely new medical school in Western Canada in 55 years. The school will train future family doctors and other primary care physicians and add much-needed capacity to B.C.’s health care system.
Discover how SFU researcher Pascal Haegeli and students in the SFU Avalanche Research Program are developing innovative solutions to help outdoor enthusiasts manage risks. Meet SFU alumnus Michael Provenzano, a former student-athlete and award recipient inspiring the next generation of leaders through his work coaching basketball. Learn about a unique partnership with the CBC, which will bring the complete digital archive of CBC Radio’s flagship program, Writers & Company, to SFU Library and its diverse users.
You will read about the deep commitment to justice shared by SFU alumni Karen and the late Steve Sharlow, and the legacy they have created through an endowed gift in support of experiential learning. And in the endowment financial report, you will find more information about SFU’s endowment and the worth of investing in this enduring way.
We are grateful to partner with you and to celebrate the positive impact you make. Thank you!
On behalf of everyone at SFU, we wish you and your loved ones a peaceful and restful holiday season, and a happy new year.
Erin Morantz
Vice-President, Advancement & Alumni Engagement