President’s Priorities Fund

The president of Simon Fraser University, Dr. Joy Johnson, is committed to three main priorities:

• Enhancing the student experience inside and outside the classroom.
• Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across SFU.
• Working towards reconciliation.

SFU students are the changemakers at the heart of this university. It is a priority to enrich the student experience by providing a positive, healthy and exciting environment in which students can thrive. The work towards this includes creating opportunity for growth and support inside and outside the classroom.

Beyond this, every student deserves to feel that their voice is heard and represented amongst the student body and university governing bodies. The journey to EDI involves engaging in self-assessment, developing equitable recruitment, retention and progression for faculty and staff as well as increasing awareness around EDI educational opportunities. 

When it comes to reconciliation, SFU is taking responsibility to understand the truth and stories of the unceded traditional territories that the SFU campuses reside on. The university continues to transform and become a leader in indigenizing its curriculum. One of Dr. Joy Johnson’s priorities is to continue the series of projects that will promote reconciliation within the SFU community. The goals include maximizing indigenous student support and indigenizing hiring practices.