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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...

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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

YouTube video by Digital Democracies Institute Claudette Lauzon - Technics and Termites: Swarm Intelligence in Art and Visual Culture

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

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...

Author Meets Critics: Dr. Susan Erikson's Book Launch Dr. Susan Erikson, SFU Distinguished Professor, launches her book 'Investable! When Pandemic Risk Meets Speculative Finance'

📆 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!

Applications are still being accepted for the Postdoctoral position until this Friday!

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.

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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).

Hear 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-...

All Students Invited to Build their Professional Communication Skills in New Course

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!

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!

www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

Alumni Feature: Dr. Johnny Chan

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.
www.sfu.ca/content/dam/...

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!

Soundscape Studies Pioneer Barry Truax Receives Honorary Degree from SFU

Last week, School of Communication professor emeritus Barry Truax received an honorary degree from SFU.

Truax had a monumental impact on the world of sound as an integral part of the World Soundscape Project and Director of the Sonic Research Studio.

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A few photos from a workshop in our new course "Reimagining Data", where students were tasked with rethinking how we develop and share stories.

More information on this course can be found at: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...

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Some students walk in to the classroom and change your way of seeing the world. Joseph was one of them: an immensely talented filmmaker who we were so lucky to have in our very first Communication and Social Change MA cohort.

The Man in the Rectangle - Trailer An underachieving actor poses as an AI-generated photographer in a staged reality workshop, challenging photographers to question their work, its human connection,…

Graduate student Joseph Methuselah recently completed work on a short documentary titled "The Man in the Rectangle", which he co-wrote and co-produced.

The film had its world premier at SXSW London this month from June 2-7.

vimeo.com/1081706218

Congrats to the newest @fcatatsfu.bsky.social alumni!

How Co-op and the CMNSU Prepared Harshita Srivastava for a Career in Public Relations

Former CMNSU President Harshita Srivastava is crossing the stage today at the @fcatatsfu.bsky.social convocation! Learn how her experience in the CMNSU and Co-op prepared her for a career in public relations.

Full story: www.sfu.ca/communicatio...

Happening today!

Community Activist and SFU Graduate Jody Bauche Leads Social Change Efforts in Indigenous Cultural Preservation

Jody Bauche is graduating this week as part of the inaugural Communication Research for Social Change MA cohort!

Her project focused on supporting Indigenous sovereign and cultural production to help current and future generations retain and develop cultural knowledge.

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🗣️ Happening Today!

Visiting scholar seminar: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘆? by Johan Lau Munkholm.

📆 June 6
🕔 3-5 PM
📍 SFU Vancouver, Room HC 1500

Organized by @enda-b.bsky.social, and supported by the DDI, and open to everyone!