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SFU named Canada’s top university for innovation in WURI global rankings for fifth year

We are number #1!

SFU tops the 2025 WURI rankings as the #1 university in Canada for innovation for the 5th straight year.

SFU also ranked #1 in Canada for entrepreneurial spirit, #3 for industrial application & #3 for its response to the UN SDGS.

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Can ChatGPT be a learning tool? Podcast Episode · Speakable · 11/27/2024 · 27m

Can ChatGPT be a learning tool?⁠
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Speakable host Milena Droumeva joins Leanne Johnson from @sfupublishing.bsky.social and Jennesia Pedri from @sfucmns.bsky.social to discuss the current landscape of AI in the academic classroom.
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Listen to their conversation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Two SFU faculty receive highest academic honour from France Two Simon Fraser University faculty, Sylvain Moreno and Richard Smith, have been bestowed with France’s highest honour for contributions to education and research. Moreno and Smith were both inducted...

Two FCAT faculty, @siatsfu.bsky.social associate professor Sylvain Moreno and @sfucmns.bsky.social professor Richard Smith, have been bestowed with France’s highest honour for contributions to education and research - The Ordre des Palmes Acadèmique.

Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

An SFU student and mentor converse in a study nook overlooking a campus atrium. Overlayed are the words "FCAT MENTORS SUMMER APPLICATIONS OPEN"

Applications for summer mentorships in the FCAT Mentors program are now open until June 20th.

FCAT Mentors connects students and recent alumni with established FCAT alumni mentors to inspire and motivate mentees as they prepare for the future.⁠
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Learn more: www.sfu.ca/fcat/get-inv...

Congratulations Naiha!

We’re excited to introduce our keynote speakers for this year’s CONDUITS event, taking place on May 9th at SFU Burnaby: professors Shannon Leddy (UBC) and Jon Corbett (@siatsfu.bsky.social).

Registration is still open: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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What is the role of AI in the arts? Podcast Episode · Speakable · 11/14/2024 · 27m

Speakable host Milena Droumeva, speaks with Laura Marks and Michael Filimowicz, professors in @scasfu.bsky.social and @siatsfu.bsky.social, about the question of art, the classroom, and AI's role in both.

Tune in to hear their thoughts on this complicated topic: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

Lead the Way: Graduate Studies at SFU in Canada for Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 Select SFU graduate programs are opening their applications particularly for Canadian students choosing to remain and study in Canada as well as US students looking to study outside the US. Applicatio...

Canadians choosing to stay in Canada and US students opting to study abroad, have an opportunity to study grad programs at SFU as early as September 2025!

To support students navigating this choice, SFU has temporarily opened admissions from April 16 - 25: ow.ly/8Fpw50VBZmQ

What is the Certificate in Sound? Podcast Episode · Speakable · 10/03/2024 · 25m

Want to know more about our Certificate in Sound?

@sfucmns.bsky.social Director Milena Droumeva sits down with Arne Eigenfeldt and Phillippe Pasquier to talk about the new certificate for this episode of the Speakable podcast.

Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

A screenshot from the short film "My Friend the Green Horse". Inside a wooden cottage with many potted plants, a stop-motion puppet of a woman in a red dress stands next to a door making a "shush" hand motion to a Green Horse puppet looking in through the door's window. Nearby a Black Bear sleeps on a bed with a blanket pulled over itself. A blue to orange gradient runs under the image and the Skoden Indigenous Film Festival logo and the words "April 11, 2025, 5pm-9:30pm" are superimposed over the image.

Join us for an evening of Indigenous film and animation!

The Skoden Indigenous Film Festival returns for its 7th year on April 11, 2025 with two screenings of films created by Indigenous filmmakers from across Turtle Island.

Get your free tickets here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/skoden-ind...

"It's about more than protesting Tesla, its about protesting the ecosystem these Tech Titans are controlling."

SFU Publishing Associate Professor Juan Alperin spoke with CBS's Matt Galloway about the recent protests at Tesla dealerships.

Listen to their conversation: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Women lead the way at SFU AI lab The gender gap in STEM — or science, technology, engineering and math — remains significant. But almost all researchers at Simon Fraser University’s artificial intelligence lab are women. CBC's Yasmin...

Women are leading the way at Simon Fraser University’s artificial intelligence lab at @siatsfu.bsky.social

CBC's Yasmine Ghania spent a day at the lab that's bucking the gender gap trend in STEM. Watch it here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

#internationalwomensday2025

Simon Fraser University launches first virtual ambassadors Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) has debuted its first virtual ambassadors to much fanfare.

Our virtual ambassadors Mo and Faye were featured in a City News Vancouver article! Check out yesterday's article to learn more about them and what they had to say about joining SIAT as virtual ambassadors:

vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/03/s...

YouTube video by CanadaCouncil Portrait of Jin-me Yoon, #GGArts2025 winner

Congratulations to SFU School for the Contemporary Arts Professor Jin-me Yoon, who is a 2025 winner of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts!

Watch a portrait of Jin-me Yoon, #GGArts2025 winner, directed by Latif Ullah: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Dl...

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Jon Corbett, wearing a black long sleeved shirt decorated with nehiyaw (Cree) letters, stands in front of a screen showing a presentation titled "ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᒫᒥᑐᓀᔨᐦᒋᑲᓂᐦᑳᐣ ᐃᑖᑎᓯᐏᐣ nehiyaw mâmitoneyihcikanihkânitâtisiwin Ancestral Code: Grounding Indigenous Computing in nehiyaw Epistemology"

Congrats to @siatsfu.bsky.social Instructor Jon Corbett for successfully defending his PhD dissertation, "ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᒫᒥᑐᓀᔨᐦᒋᑲᓂᐦᑳᐣ ᐃᑖᑎᓯᐏᐣ nehiyaw mâmitoneyihcikanihkânitâtisiwin Ancestral Code: Grounding Indigenous Computing in nehiyaw Epistemology"!

Read more here: events.ok.ubc.ca/event/disser...

A photo of a person in silhouette sits infront of a billowing sheet with an abstract green and white image projected on to it. This photo is framed in black with the text "NEW BLOG POST" above it and "SFU DEBUTS NEW MICROCREDENTIAL PROGRAM" below it in a blue and white font.

Big news for tech learners: @siatsfu.bsky.social has launched a new micro-credential program.

Developed in partnership with DigiBC, the program offers stackable credentials in Human-Centred AI and Creative Technology.

Learn more: digibc.org/2025/02/24/s...

SFU Men's Basketball vs. Central Washington University // Senior Night Simon Fraser University Athletics host the Central Washington University Wildcats. Support the Red Leafs by wearing red and cheering loud!

It’s SFU Basketball's Senior Night int he West Gym this Saturday, March 1st – visit the FCAT table to say hi and get some free snacks!

Free tickets are available for FCAT students & alumni at the link below using the promo code: FCAT_SFU

RSVP Now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/sfu-mens-b...

YouTube video by SIAT SFU Project Acorn【SFU SIAT VTuber Debut - Animated Lore Trailer】

With all of your help, Mo & Faye Ayato, SFU's official SIAT v̶t̶u̶b̶e̶r̶s̶ Virtual Ambassadors have successfully made it to our world! Watch their story and stay tuned. 👀

🎆 youtu.be/DIH_w3t5IDU 🎆

Mo 🌠🐾 @redredraccoons.studiosiat.com
Faye 💫📚 @ayatofaye.studiosiat.com

#StudioSIAT

One month away!

Register now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/2025-dalla...

SIAT Speaker Series: Support Collaborative Activities through Multimodal Technologies with Irene Ye Yuan No RSVP is necessary and all are welcome to attend! Irene Ye Yuan will be joining us via webinar but attendees are welcome to join us in person in ...

Join us on Wednesday, February 26th for Dr. Irene Ye Yuan's talk on using technology to support collaborative activities through multimodal technologies with examples that focus on various social settings.

All are welcome! No RSVP required.

events.sfu.ca/event/43518-...

SFU alumni are building community at the Black Arts Centre In the heart of Surrey, under the Skytrain tracks, is the Black Arts Centre (BLAC), an independent non-profit society, artist-run centre, and cultural hub that supports black art and artists from a va...

In the heart of Surrey is the Black Arts Centre (BLAC), run and supported by many SFU alumni, students and faculty.

BLAC hosts exhibitions, performances and events, and serves as a cultural hub that supports black art and artists from a variety of disciplines.

Read more: www.sfu.ca/fcat/news/ne...

A collage of smiling faces with the text "Meet the Mentors: Career Conversations" superimposed. The SFU Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology logo is in the top left of the image.

Looking for guidance on navigating creative industries post graduation?

Join us Feb 24 for Meet the Mentors: Career Conversations, an panel discussion with @scasfu.bsky.social alumni Milton Lim, Leslie Kuny and Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi.

RSVP now: www.eventbrite.ca/e/1247488043...

MPub edit: A revised program to meet the needs of today’s students The Master of Publishing program (MPub) at SFU has been working on a few edits. While the content of its courses has continued to evolve alongside the ever-changing publishing industry, the structure ...

New year, new MPub!

@sfupublishing.bsky.social has been working on a few edits, redesigning its programs around the changing needs of students in the 21st century.

Learn more: www.sfu.ca/fcat/news/ne...

Congratulations to Kayli Jamieson of @sfucmns.bsky.social, who has received a CERi Special Recognition Award for her community-engaged research with Long COVID patients and their caregivers!

School of Communication Alumnus Terence Yee Discusses the Importance of Communication in Healthcare and Marketing

School of Communication alumnus Terence Yee has experienced many of the different career opportunities that studying Communication offers. Hear from him as he discusses the importance of communication in healthcare and marketing.

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Are you looking to study independent journalisms? We’re calling for applications for a ‘Trans-Atlantic Partnership Research Fellow’ (MA student position).

More information at: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

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All-caps white text on red "FCAT'S NEW CERTIFICATE IN SOUND" superimposed over a black & white image of a DJ's sound board.

The Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology offers courses in sound from @sfucmns.bsky.social, @siatsfu.bsky.social and @scasfu.bsky.social.

Our new Certificate in Sound offers students the opportunity for a broad study of sound across disciplines.

Learn more: www.sfu.ca/fcat/future-...

Professor Steve DiPaola and CBC's Dan Burritt discuss DeepSeek, a new open-source AI language model.

Professor Steve DiPaola (@dipaola.bsky.social) joined CBC News yesterday evening to discuss DeepSeek, a new open-source AI language model, and its implications for Canada.

Watch the full segment: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Welcome to BlueSky everyone! If you are looking to follow the accounts of FCAT's schools and programs or other Faculties at Simon Fraser University, we've made a handy starter pack: go.bsky.app/AomTVSH

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