Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia,Canada,with three campuses,all in Greater Vancouver:Burnaby,Surrey,and Vancouver. The 170-hectare (420-acre) main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain,located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from downtown Vancouver,was established in 1965 and comprises more than 30,000 students and 160,000 alumni. The university was created in an effort to expand higher education across Canada.
Svend Robinson is a Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2004,who represented suburban Vancouver-area constituencies of Burnaby for the New Democratic Party (NDP). He is noted as the first member of Parliament in Canadian history to come out as gay while in office. In 2004,he pled guilty to stealing an expensive ring and decided not to run in the June 2004 election. At the time,he was one of the longest-serving members in the House of Commons,having been elected and re-elected for seven consecutive terms. In the 2019 Canadian federal election,Robinson was the NDP candidate for the riding of Burnaby North-Seymour,but lost to the Liberal incumbent Terry Beech by 1,560 votes.
The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a neighbourhood in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods,the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues including disproportionately high levels of drug use,homelessness,poverty,crime,mental illness and sex work. It is also known for its strong community resilience,history of social activism,and artistic contributions.
Spartacus Books is a non-profit,volunteer and collectively run bookstore and resource centre in Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada. It was founded in 1973. Spartacus sells new and used books,zines,comics,magazines,CDs,videos,T-shirts,patches,pins,posters and cards. Spartacus Books is one of the longest-running collectively run bookstores in North America.
Critical geography is theoretically informed geographical scholarship that promotes social justice, liberation,and leftist politics. Critical geography is also used as an umbrella term for Marxist,feminist,postmodern,poststructural,queer,left-wing,and activist geography.
Mark Leier is a Canadian historian and,since 1994,a professor of working class and left-wing history at Simon Fraser University (SFU). From 2000 to 2010,he was the director of the Centre for Labour Studies at Simon Fraser.
Neil Robert Smith was a Scottish geographer and academic. He was Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Geography at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York,and winner of numerous awards,including the Globe Book Award of the Association of American Geographers.
Michael Stevenson is President Emeritus and Vice-Chancellor of Simon Fraser University. He retired on August 31,2010,and was succeeded by Andrew Petter on September 1,2010. Stevenson's appointment as President of Simon Fraser University spanned a decade,the longest term of any president in the history of the university.
The gentrification of Vancouver,Canada,has been the subject of debate between those who wish to promote gentrification and those who do not.
Anne Giardini,,,,is a Canadian business executive,journalist,lawyer and writer. She is the oldest daughter of late Canadian novelist Carol Shields. Giardini is licensed to practice law in British Columbia. As a journalist,Giardini has contributed to the National Post as a columnist. She lives in Vancouver,British Columbia with her husband of more than 30 years. They have three grown children. She has written two novels,The Sad Truth about Happiness (2005) and Advice for Italian Boys (2009),both published by HarperCollins. Giardini and her son,Nicholas Giardini,edited Startle and Illuminate,a book of Carol Shields' thoughts and advice on writing. Giardini served as the 11th chancellor of Simon Fraser University from 2014 to 2020.
Harsha Walia is a Canadian activist and writer based in Vancouver,British Columbia. She has been involved with No one is illegal,the February 14 Women's Memorial March Committee,the Downtown Eastside Women's Centre,and several Downtown Eastside housing justice coalitions. Walia has been active in migrant justice,Indigenous solidarity,feminist,anti-racist,and anti-capitalist movements for over a decade.
Terry Beech is a Canadian politician who was elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of Burnaby North—Seymour during the 2015 Canadian federal election.
Yuezhi Zhao is a Canadian sociologist. She is a Canada Research Chair in Communication and Media Studies and the founder of the Global Media Monitoring Laboratory at Simon Fraser University. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the relationship between communication and policy in US-China relations,which she regularly publishes research in both English and Chinese,and she is a noted commentator on the policies pursued by the People's Republic of China.
Cecily Nicholson is a Canadian poet,arts administrator,independent curator,and activist. Originally from Ontario,she is now based in British Columbia. As a writer and a poet,Nicholson has published collections of poetry,contributed to collected literary works,presented public lectures and readings,and collaborated with numerous community organizations. As an arts administrator,she has worked at the Surrey Art Gallery in Surrey,British Columbia,and the artist-run centre Gallery Gachet in Vancouver.
Tania Marjorie Bubela is a professor and dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University.
Thelma Finlayson was a Canadian entomologist. She was one of the first female scientists to work at a federal government's research branch and was Simon Fraser University's first professor emerita upon her retirement in 1979.
Barbara J. Rae is a Canadian businesswoman. She was the first female chancellor of Simon Fraser University (SFU) and former CEO of Office Assistance.
Sarah Hunt,also known as Tłaliłila’ogwa, is an Indigenous researcher,author and professor based in British Columbia,Canada. Hunt is a community-based researcher with an academic focus is on Indigenous politics,methodologies,decolonial methodologies,and issues facing women,girls,and two-spirit people.
Marianne Boelscher Ignace is a Canadian linguist and anthropologist. Married into the Shuswap people,she is a Full professor in the departments of Linguistics and Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University (SFU),and Director of SFU's Indigenous Languages Program and First Nations Language Centre. In 2020,Ignace was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her work in revitalizing and preserving indigenous languages.
Terry Allan Simmons was a Canadian-American lawyer and cultural geographer,and the founder of the British Columbia Sierra Club. In this role,he participated in the Don't Make A Wave Committee,understood as the origin of the environmental organization Greenpeace.
