Simon Fraser University

• Regina high school student receives $80K scholarship for post-secondary studies

  Regina high school student Tyler McClellan has been selected to receive an $80,000 Schulich Leader Scholarship to study mathematics at Simon Fraser University.

  Canada

  Apr 26
• SFU experts dispute B.C.’s plan to prioritize vaccine roll-out by age and not profession

  Caroline Colijn, Paul Tupper and Chris McCabe say vaccinating those out in the public can reduce overall virus exposure.

  Health

  Feb 24
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• ‘Staggering’ 71% decline in shark, ray populations cause for concern: SFU researchers

  Researchers say the the global abundance of sharks and rays has fallen by nearly three quarters in just 50 years, due primarily to overfishing.

  Environment

  Jan 28
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• SFU researchers warn COVID-19 U.K. variant could lead to ‘massive virus spread’ in B.C.

  In a report released on Monday, Elisha Are and Caroline Colijn looked at the exponential growth of the virus linked to the U.K. strain.

  Health

  Jan 25
• WiFi on the moon: SFU helping develop wireless network for next NASA moonshot

  'The crew member could take their phone and call home. They could text their kids from the lunar surface from that phone,' one of the project researchers explained.

  Science

  Dec 17, 2020
• Coronavirus: B.C. positivity rate ‘concerning’, but threshold for restrictions not useful, says SFU epidemiologist

  B.C.'s seven-day rolling average positivity rate has been hovering around 6.6 per cent as of Nov. 17, with Fraser Health at 9.4 per cent and Vancouver Coastal Health at 4.8 per cent.

  Nov 19, 2020
• New study says B.C. government must focus on children’s mental health in COVID-19 recovery

  B.C.'s childrens watchdog and researchers at Simon Fraser University say decisions must be made to ensure children "do not experience additional avoidable adversities due to either the pandemic or the public health responses."

  Health

  Nov 12, 2020
• Strong support for Burnaby Mountain gondola, TransLink says

  Eighty-five per cent of survey respondents told TransLink they were "supportive" or "very supportive" of the concept.

  Traffic

  Nov 6, 2020
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• SFU students want return to pass/fail grades as online classes set to continue

  A group of Simon Fraser University students are calling on the university to bring back the pass/fail grading system in the fall.

  Education

  Aug 5, 2020
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• Simon Fraser University athletics commits to dropping ‘Clan’ team name

  A committee will be formed to come up with a new name and a final proposal will go to the university president for approval.

  Jul 3, 2020