Recently added works
2015-09-17
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Neve, Alex
Pushed through Parliament with unprecedented haste, with opportunities for consultation and debate cut off at every turn, Bill C-51 has now become law, the Anti-Terrorism Act 2015. The most…
2016-06-16
Author: Heritage Vancouver, Author: Yuen, Bill
In this panel, speakers discuss the impact of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) along some of our prominent North South arterial streets – Cambie, Main, Fraser, and the communities along them.…
2015-09-28
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Ali, Tariq
As the war in Vietnam escalates, so does the resistance to it in North America and Western Europe; in the United States black Americans are mobilizing in ever larger numbers both against domestic…
2019-03-07
In July 2017 members of the DTES community started meeting as a collective at the Hives for Humanity Bee Space to have conversation about how to ensure that community ethics are a respected part of…
2017-10-04
Author: Williams, Bob
Historically, Surrey has been talked about derisively and condescendingly as a suburb on the margins with questionable urban planning decisions. Visionary SFU honorary doctorate recipient Bob…
2014-11-06
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Hern, Matt
Often derided as a subaltern opiate, sports need to be understood as containing huge social and cultural power. Matt Hern argues for a vastly expanded definition of creativity that includes sports…
2020-03-26
Author: Walton, Trever
Case Reviews for injuries and deaths of youth receiving protection services are supposed to increase accountability and improve circumstances for children and youth. However, the form that reviews…
2016-11-09
Author: Hanuse, Banchi, Author: Tailfeathers, Elle-Máijá , Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
A series of short film screenings were followed by this dialogue with the filmmakers, Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Banchi Hanuse.Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers is a filmmaker, writer, and actor. She is…
2015-09-30
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Bauman, Robert J., Author: Boggon, Amanda, Author: Young, Margot
Keynote Speaker | Sheldon Solomon, author of Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life.A discussion about the Controlled Drugs and Substance Act, constitutional law, and the Canadian judicial…
2016-02-04
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: George Sr., Gabriel , Author: Brant, Dakota, Author: Williams, Aaron
How To Learn an Indigenous Language is a question many want answered. Esteemed speakers Gabriel George Sr. (Tsleil-waututh), Dakota Brant (Mohawk), and Aaron Williams (Squamish) will be joined by…
2017-10-03
The fatras is a form of medieval French verse dedicated to the impossible. A form of unsense verse that turns the animate world inside-out and takes apart the structures that wish to rule it. Its…
2016-02-11
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Dulai, Phinder , Author: Mawani, Renisa, Author: Hardbattle, Melanie
Migration or Escape: Journeys to Sanctuary is an evening conversation, including a set of readings and talks, that will explore the emergent areas of creative work around migration that are grounded…
2014-11-19
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Rubin, Barnett , Author: Smith, Charlie
Co-presented by SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Indian Summer Festival and SFU's School for International Studies. Canada played a leading role in the NATO deployment in…
2017-06-05
Author: Kothari, Miloon, Author: Young, Margot, Author: Swanson, Jean, Author: Hern, Matt, Author: Seigl, sχ?emt?na:t, St’agid Jaad, Audrey, Author: Johal, Am
Miloon Kothari, former UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, will reflect on the 10 years since he visited Canada to write a report on the situation in Canada. He will talk about…
2017-09-25
Author: Coulthard, Glen
Building on the theoretical interventions provided in "Red Skin, White Masks," Glen Coulthard's presentation will interrogate the reception and application of psychiatrist-turned-anti-…
2016-11-02
Author: Sacco, Joe, Author: Panchasi, Roxanne, Author: Al-Zobaidi, Sobhi , Author: Brayshaw, Chris , Author: Lang, Alison , Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Joe Sacco was born in Malta, October 2, 1960. He moved around the world to Australia, before settling in Los Angeles in 1972 and eventually to Portland, Oregon. As a child he vividly remembers buying…
2015-09-14
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Davies, Libby
The 2015 Grace MacInnis Visiting Scholar Lecture explored the connections and challenges of grassroots political activism and how that translated into a Parliamentary environment that is slow,…
2016-11-23
Author: Laboucan-Massimo, Melina , Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement
Facing firsthand the impacts of the Alberta tar sands to her traditional territory, Laboucan-Massimo has been a vocal advocate for Indigenous rights for the past 10 years. She will discuss green…
2017-09-13
Author: Lightfoot, Sheryl, Author: Phillip, Stewart , Author: Settee, Priscilla, Author: Kiiwetinepinesiik Stark, Heidi, Author: Yacaaʔał George, Rachel
September 13, 2017 marks the 10 year anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), a document that Canada has endorsed and which the Trudeau government…
2019-03-07
Author: SFU's Vancity Office of Community Engagement, Author: Mokhtefi, Elaine
SFU History Reads is a Public Book Club that discusses timely works of historical interest to bring the study of history to the community.In the 1950s, Elaine Mokhtefi travelled from the U.S. to…