Canada must involve PSE in conversations around building stronger, more resilient country: Opinion

Simon Fraser University Chancellor Tamara Vrooman has written an article for the Vancouver Sun urging Canada to strengthen its postsecondary systems. “Across this country, there is talk of renewal,” writes Vrooman. “But one of the most essential engines of that renewal has been notably absent from the conversation: our postsecondary institutions.” Vrooman points out the […]

A recent Business in Vancouver article examines how Canada’s student cap and long visa processing times are preventing postsecondary institutions in British Columbia from responding to the surge in interest from international applicants. Kwantlen Polytechnic University VP Students Zena Mitchell and Simon Fraser University Provost and VP Academic Dilson Rassier both shared that they had […]

Times Higher Education has released its 2025 edition of the University Impact Rankings and several Canadian universities have appeared among the leaders. To compile the rankings, Times Higher Education scored universities according to their contributions to and progress on the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Several Canadian institutions were in the top 50 overall: […]

Simon Fraser University has officially broken ground on a new $196.6M residence and child care project at its Burnaby campus. The residence will accommodate 445 upper-year students in a mix of studios, suites, and townhouses, while the new child care centre will add 160 spaces for students, staff, and community members. The project will use […]

Academic conferences are increasingly relocating to Canada due to Canadian scholars’ concerns about travelling to the United States. Simon Fraser University Professor Travers. —president-elect of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, told CBC that member hesitation prompted the group to add a parallel event in Vancouver alongside its Seattle conference. CBC reports […]

Statistics Canada has released the initial results of the 2024-25 Full-time University and College Academic Staff System data. Drawing on data from 81 of the 110 public degree-granting institutions, StatCan has summarized the number of full-time teaching staff and their respective average and median salaries at each Canadian university. The largest number of faculty, excluding […]

The City of Burnaby has opened a new permanent fire station at the top of Burnaby Mountain, replacing a temporary on-campus facility that served Simon Fraser University. The $30M Fire Station 8 facility—funded by the federal government with land provided by SFU—is seismically built t and includes specialized equipment to respond to wildfires and mountain […]

Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia have reopened applications for American graduate program applicants. According to CBC, some American students are expressing interest in Canadian postsecondary education amid the rising tensions between the US government and US postsecondary institutions. The Vancouver Sun reports that UBC is reopening admissions for the duration of […]

Maclean’s has updated its universities & colleges site for 2025, which features the magazine’s student hub with articles about life at university, school profiles, and the 2025 University Rankings that were released late last year. The school profiles include details such as institutions by location, population, and tuition. The rankings assess Canada’s top primarily undergraduate […]

Simon Fraser University has announced that it is the first in Canada to adopt a university-wide open scholarship framework. Open scholarship is a research practice that makes scholarly knowledge accessible to anyone, with the goal of maximizing the impact of research on society and involving society in scholarly pursuits. The open scholarship framework outlines guiding […]