Simon Fraser University

In 2014, SFU place 24th in Times Higher Education's 100 Under 50 grouping, a situating of the principle 100 universities on 

the planet under 50 years old. SFU was situated first among Canada's broad universities in 1993, 1996-1998, 2000, 

2008-2013, 2015 and 2016 by Maclean's. Considering solely Canadian Universities for 2014, SFU is situated 

seventeenth in CWUR, eighth in ARWU, eleventh in Times, and second in Maclean's Comprehensive. To date, SFU work force and 

graduated class have won 43 organizations to the Royal Society of Canada, three Rhodes Scholarships and one Pulitzer Prize. 

History 

The as of late created school in 1967, with the Academic Quadrangle as a point of convergence of the grounds. 

Gordon M. Shrum, the University's first chancellor. 

Setting up 

Simon Fraser University was set up upon the proposition of a 1962 report entitled Higher Education in British Columbia 

furthermore, a Plan for the Future, by Dr. John B. Macdonald who recommended the development of another school in the Lower Mainland. 

The British Columbia Legislature gave formal assent on March 1, 1963 for the establishment of the school in Burnaby. The 

to start with name of the school was Fraser University yet was changed in perspective of the initials "FU", which evoked the base 

expression "fuck you". In May of that year, Dr. Gordon M. Shrum was assigned as the school's first Chancellor. From an 

collection of regions which were offered, Shrum recommended to the normal government that the summit of Burnaby Mountain, 

365 meters above sea level, be chosen for the new school. Engineers Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey won an 

restriction to arrange the school, and advancement began in the spring of 1964. The grounds goes up against northwest over 

Burrard Inlet. Following eighteen months, on September 9, 1965, the school began its first semester with 2,500 

understudies. 

Early activism 

The grounds was noted in the 1960s and mid 1970s as a hotbed of political activism, completing in a crisis in the 

Division of Political Science, Sociology, and Anthropology in an open deliberation including ideological differentiations among staff. The 

determination to the crisis consolidated the wrecking of the workplace into today's distinctive workplaces. 

Ensign 

The school's special ensign was used from the school's introduction until 2006, and before long the Board of 

Governors voted to modify the old image and in this way enroll a second peak. The change supplanted two crosslets 

with books after some in the school confirmed the crosses had misled approaching outside understudies into trusting SFU 

was a private, religious establishment rather than an open, standard one. In 2007, the school enrolled both the 

old ensign and the adjusted shield highlighting the books. In 2007, another showcasing logo was revealed, involving 

of white letters on piece red. 

The University today 

SFU's pioneer is Andrew Petter, whose term began on September 1, 2010. Petter succeeded Dr. Michael Stevenson, who held 

10 years long post as President from 2000 to 2010. 

In 2009, SFU transformed into the essential Canadian school to be recognized into the National Collegiate Athletic Association 

(NCAA). Starting in the 2011-2012 season, SFU battled in the NCAA's Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference 

(GNAC) and has now transitioned each one of the 19 Simon Fraser Clan bunches into the NCAA. 

SFU has the most shocking dispersion influence among Canadian complete schools and the most bewildering accomplishment rates 

per worker in competitions for government research chamber financing from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research 

Chamber (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). In 2007, the University began 

joining forces to offer twofold and twofold degree programs with overall universities, for instance, a twofold handling 

science degree through association with Zhejiang University in China and a twofold Bachelor of Arts degree in conjunction 

with Australia's Monash University. 

Simon Fraser University has three grounds, each arranged in different parts of Greater Vancouver. SFU's guideline grounds is 

arranged in Burnaby, on Burnaby Mountain. Two satellite grounds are arranged in Vancouver's Downtown at Harbor Center, and 

in Surrey. The downtown grounds has stretched out to join a couple of various structures starting late, including the Segal 

Graduate School of Business, now alluded to definitively as SFU Vancouver. In September 2010, SFU Contemporary Arts 

moved into the Woodward's redevelopment, known as the Goldcorp Center for the Arts. SFU's three grounds are all open by 

open travel. The Vancouver grounds is a piece a long way from the Waterfront SkyTrain station while the Surrey grounds is adjacent 

the Surrey Central SkyTrain station. The Burnaby grounds is associated with the Production Way-University and Sperling- 

Burnaby Lake SkyTrain stations by progressive transport organization. 

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The essential grounds is arranged on Burnaby Mountain, at an ascent of 365 meters, overlooking the Burrard delta toward the north. 

Each and every critical office in the school are housed at the Burnaby grounds. The library on the rule grounds is 

known as the W. A. C. Bennett Library, named after the Social Credit Premier of B.C. who set up it. The grounds 

furthermore has two activity focus buildings, named the Lorne-Davies Complex and Chancellor's Gym. A worldwide assessed 

swimming pool is arranged within the Lorne-Davies Complex. Since the relocation of the School of Contemporary Arts to 

the Woodward's range, the Burnaby grounds era theater has been void. Arranged within the heart of the grounds is 

the Museum of Archeology and Ethnology and three workmanship shows. The grounds has been conceded different building 

rewards consistently, including the Gold Medal for Lieutenant-Governor 2009 Awards in Architecture and the 

2007 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Prix du XXe siècle. 

The Burnaby grounds is made out of an unlimited complex of interconnected structures spreading over across more than 1.7 km2 

of range across over Burnaby Mountain, from the eastern end of the grounds toward the western side, where the UniverCity 

urban town is found. The grounds includes the going with structures: 

The greatest of the three SFU Libraries, the W.A.C. Bennett Library, relies on upon the SFU Burnaby Campus, and holds more than 

2 million appropriated books, 63,000 e-journal participations, and 6,000 print enrollments. Nearby the UniverCity progression 

understanding, tenants of UniverCity are moreover allowed to acquire books from the library. 

SFU also has a Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, which holds various showcases on lease from the Royal British 

Columbia Museum in Victoria. The presentations are made by understudies as a noteworthy part of the show lobby ponders 

courses offered in the Department of Archeology. Archeological gatherings rising up out of unearthings and other 

investigation by work force, staff and understudies are moreover housed in the authentic focus. 

The SFU Library's Digital Collections give web access to digitized reports from different chronicled gatherings, for 

sample, Harrison Brown's Xi'an Incident social event, and the verifiable background of British Columbia and Western Canada all 

taking all things together, including records from the Doukhobor migration from the Russian Empire to Saskatchewan and after that to British 

Columbia amassed for blessing to the school by John Keenlyside Other highlights of the gathering join The Vancouver 

Punk Collection, which consolidates more than 1200 blurbs and photographs, zines, and ephemera, the British Columbia Postcards 

Accumulation, and more than 9800 article child's shows from Canadian day by day papers. 

SFU works as indicated by British Columbia's University Act, with two representing bodies. The leading group of governors is in charge of the matter of the college, and the senate directs scholarly undertakings. 

The president, bolstered by the VPs and senior members, regulates the administration and organization of the foundation. The chancellor is an individual from the senate and the leading body of governors, however not a representative of the college. 

Internationalization and global engagement are integral to SFU's Strategic Vision. We esteem worldwide learning, comprehension and engagement, and are focused on helping our understudies, personnel and staff get to be dynamic worldwide subjects. 

Grounds 

As a SFU understudy, you are allowed to take courses at any of our grounds. At the point when enlisting in courses, make sure to check the grounds area and guarantee you think about travel time if important. 

For a few projects, courses are offered essentially at a grounds other than the principle Burnaby grounds. 

Your First Year 

Our Surrey grounds is an awesome spot to start your SFU vocation: more access to your teachers, more one-on-one bolster, more associations with kindred understudies ... perused more > 

Considering a system? Get some answers concerning the Choose Your Program Information Fair held at Surrey grounds on November 25. You can find out about projects offered at all grounds. 

Grounds 

As a SFU understudy, you are allowed to take courses at any of our grounds. At the point when enlisting in courses, make sure to check the grounds area and guarantee you think about travel time if fundamental. 

For a few projects, courses are offered principally at a grounds other than the fundamental Burnaby grounds. 

Your First Year 

Our Surrey grounds is an awesome spot to start your SFU vocation: more access to your teachers, more one-on-one bolster, more associations with kindred understudies ... perused more > 

Considering a system? Discover