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...
Dr. David J. Price was appointed as SFU’s founding dean of Medicine in July 2024 and had served as interim dean since September 2023. He leads a growing and diverse team establishing the first...
SFU alumnus Michael Provenzano (BSc ’20) has enjoyed an impressive basketball career that has taken him from SFU’s courts to playing professionally in Melilla, Spain, and now coaching...
SFU Library is delighted to be the new home of the complete digital archive of Writers & Company, CBC’s flagship literary program, hosted by Eleanor Wachtel for 33 years. Thanks to an...
For John and Lexi Clague, making the decision to leave a gift in their will to support SFU graduate students was an easy one. “Nowadays I don’t know how a student can possibly afford to...
Many SFU donors choose to make a meaningful gift in their will to support countless future generations of students. When planning your own gift, it can sometimes seem daunting. Here are five...
When Ilhan Abdullahi joined the RADIUS Health Promotion Lab as program manager in 2019, she had already gone through her own journey of reconciling what equity looks like in the context of health...
Endowments build a legacy of support that links generations and allow institutions like SFU to make commitments far into the future, knowing that stable and enduring funding will be available to meet...
Thank you to our endowment donors for your continued support and trust in SFU. Your thoughtful support, combined with judicious oversight and sound investment decisions, has enabled SFU to provide...
Thanks to the immense generosity of donors and friends like you, SFU’s 2023 year-end giving campaign yielded a monumental $143,923 this past December. A heartfelt thank you to SFU’s...
It is with profound sadness and a great sense of loss that we share the news of the passing of Rosalie Segal (LL.D.), a dedicated community leader and dear friend of Simon Fraser University. Rosalie...
Coffee Day is back on Wednesday, November 1, 2023 at SFU’s Renaissance Coffee, where owner Parminder Parhar is brewing generosity for a good cause on Burnaby campus. From 6 a.m. opening until...
Thank you for the difference you make across Simon Fraser University and the communities we serve. Today, and since our beginnings in 1965, SFU is a place that responds to the needs of our rapidly...
With meaningful and enduring ties to SFU, alumnus Chris (Syeta’xtn) Lewis (BA ’05) has enriched the university community in many ways—from serving as a member and chair of the...
SFU student and track and field athlete Megan Roxby has weathered her fair share of challenges. In grade 10, she recovered from 10 hours of innovative—and risky—spinal surgery to correct...
In honour of National Indigenous History Month, we asked four students and alumni to share their perspectives, as well as reflect on their SFU experience, the impact of donor funding on their studies...
As an urban Indigenous person, I am grateful to find kinship in the Indigenous community at SFU and in the Lower Mainland. Kali Stierle is currently pursuing her BBA in accounting with a minor in...
My undergraduate years were a difficult time to navigate, and without the generous funding from donors, I would’ve needed to find more work than I was already doing. Ashley Kyne is currently...
When I think about how many Indigenous health scientists are out there and how many Indigenous students can see themselves reflected in that space—that’s what motivates me to do this work...
I am so thankful for the donor support I received because I would have otherwise given up right then. Julie Seal, who is of Cree-Métis and Italian descent, graduated in 2022 with her BA in...
On September 9, 1965, Simon Fraser University opened it doors to 2,500 charter students—the first students to attend the university. Two years later on May 20, 1967, SFU celebrated a...
SFU will be home to the Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum, a new architectural flagship for Burnaby campus. Engaging visitors of all ages and backgrounds, the museum is made possible by the...
As a child, Dr. Yosef Wosk brought a nickel to school and then got a sticker cut in the shape of a leaf. He came back with more coins, eventually collecting enough leaf stickers to fill a picture of...
“I was so excited when I learned I’d received a bursary – the very first thing I did was call my mom.”- Devin O’Hea, 5th year student Everywhere we turn, life is getting...
