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For over 50 years, the School has produced an extraordinary range and volume of research that has shaped the evolving field of communication.
Congratulations to CMNS alumna Nira Arora, who has been named an Adjunct Professor in our School!
Since graduating from our School in 1999, Arora has gone on to become an Executive Producer at Bell Media and Morning Show host of Holly and Nira at Virgin Radio.
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The School's second cohort of Communication Research for Social Change MA students will be presenting their projects on Friday, December 5th from 1:00-5:00pm at SFU Harbour Centre (Room 1600).
Learn more this year's presenters and projects: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
Earlier this month, we celebrated our new graduate students and recent authors at our inaugural Author Celebration and Welcome Reception. Thank you to all who came out!
See the full photo gallery here: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
Interested in completing a MA or PhD degree? Hear from Graduate Program Chair Zoe Druick and Graduate Program Coordinator Jason Congdon about why our graduate program could be the right fit from you!
The info session will be held online for your convenience.
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How is the printing press like AI? Stephanie Dick (@sfucmns.bsky.social) tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social about the historical precedent for the hype and fear over modern AI advances.
18.11.2025 17:26 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0"We've attributed a huge amount of cultural transformation to the printing press, but it turns out that historically, that story is just not true," Stephanie Dick (@sfucmns.bsky.social) tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social. What can the past can teach us about AI? At 8pm | Producer: @carrletta.bsky.social
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Last week, our CMNS Peer Mentor program hosted Investigating Information, a free media literacy event. Attendees learned practical strategies for fact-checking online and gained further insight into the topic from our panel including professors Stuart Poyntz, Stephanie Dick and Ahmed Al-Rawi.
05.11.2025 18:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Digital Democracies Institute’s (DDI) Data Fluencies (DF) 2.0 Project is sponsoring a semester-long fellowship for Simon Fraser University faculty members. Fellows are expected to develop one new course related to their humanities-engaged research on AI.
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What better time than to recognize a new alumna than during convocation week? Alysha Bains graduated for the second time from the School of Communication recently, this time to receive her PhD.
Learn more about her research and her work as the School's Head TA: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
Looking to take the next step in your career?
Applications for our graduate programs (MA and PhD) are now open! Apply now until January 15th, 2026.
More info for MA admissions: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
More for PhD admissions: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
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Join us in congratulating our graduates at the FCAT Convocation celebration on October 9th!
The Convocation ceremony will be held at Convocation Mall at Burnaby Campus at 9:45am, with a reception to follow at the SW corner of the Reflection Pond.
Register now: www.surveymonkey.ca/r/R5D37FG
On July 9 of this year, we had the privilege of hosting Dr. Claudette Lauzon (@claudettelauzon.bsky.social)
from @scasfu.bsky.social for a talk entitled 'Technics and Termites: Swarm Intelligence in Art and Visual Culture'.
To view their full lecture, click here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFY2...
Stay tuned for upcoming lectures and videos from the Fall Speaker Series at the DDI. To get on the invitee list for the Series, DM us your email ID and your institution!
#ContemporaryArts #Academics #SFU #SpeakerSeries
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Meet the School of Communication Leadership Team joining School Director Milena Droumeva and School Manager Manjeet Gill in September 2025!
Learn more about what they see as the challenges and opportunities for our School and its programs: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...
📆 Event Alert: Join in for an electric conversation with Dr. Susan Erikson, an SFU Distinguished Professor, who studies highly complex political economies that shape human health.
Link - investable.eventbrite.ca
#BookLaunch #Investable #SFUVancouver
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Congratulations to PhD student Hoornaz Keshavarzian, who won IAMCR's 2025 Decolonising the Digital Award!
12.08.2025 21:07 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Applications are still being accepted for the Postdoctoral position until this Friday!
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Photos from our Reimagining Data Project Showcase earlier this summer! In this course, students from different disciplines developed their own projects in a collaborative environment. Taught by CMNS professor Fred Lesage and SIAT professor Gillian Russell.
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Here's another clip on a similar topic, as professor Adel Iskandar discusses the diplomatic shifts on Israel and Palestine.
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Congratulations to CMNS professor Fred Lesage, an award recipient of the SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grants Competition - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work. His project is on Creating Data Publics for Governance in collaboration with Professor Daniel Ashton (University of Southampton).
31.07.2025 17:45 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Hear from School of Communication professor Adel Iskandar as he discusses recent developments in the Palestine-Israel conflict on an interview with CBC.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Hear from Daniel Ahadi and Jennesia Pedri about the new course they developed - CMNS 200: Professional & Strategic Communication!
This course invites all students to build their professional communication skills, which are valuable across all industries.
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There's still time to apply to this Postdoctoral job opportunity. Don't miss out!
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Representing SFU proudly at the IAMCR Conference in Singapore!
Pictured left to right, front to back: Dr. Anis Rahman, Monica Yousofi, Hoornaz Keshavarzian, Jimena Abreu Fernandez, Diana Limbaga, Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi, Dr. Taeyoung Kim, Dr. Byron Hauck, Katya Letunovskaya.
Don't miss out on this Postdoctoral Fellow position in our School! Apply now!
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We recently connected with alumnus Dr. Johnny Chan, who told us about how his time in the SFU School of Communication helped shape his professional journey. Hear from him, in his own words, in our alumni feature!
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📢 Happening today, 2 PM PT: Join us for a hybrid talk titled 'The Celestial Latent Space of Benevolent Knowledge' by Evan Donahue, an outgoing member of the DDI team. The talk will cover his research during his time at the lab and beyond.
DM to register!
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🚨 Academic Position Alert 🚨 I am hiring a Postdoctoral Fellow at SFU in Metro Vancouver. The candidate will work on a project studying the (un)intended consequences of platform regulations for journalism.
The position is funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant.
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We're hiring! Postdoctoral position at the SFU School of Communication in the area of Journalism and Platforms. Work with professor Sarah Ganter at the intersection of journalism, policy and platform studies.
Apply by August 15th: www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...
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Please join us for "i am holding", a video and sound installation by Natalie Dusek, presented as the creative component of their MA thesis in Communication at SFU.
Gallery 626 (626 Main St., Vancouver)
Friday, June 27
4–8 PM (open house)
Light refreshments served
All are welcome!
