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William G. Lindsay (Cree-Stoney) B.Ed. M.A. is retired as of 2021 after working for a quarter century in post-secondary education. This was preceded by a career in the hotel-restaurant industry. He served most recently as the Senior Director, Indigenous Directions at Concordia University in Montréal. He has experience as a college professor, university educator, researcher and published writer, student services coordinator, Associate Director, Director, and Senior Director, across the following institutions: Concordia University, Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, Douglas College, Institute of Indigenous Government, and Native Education College.William's book Rez Dog Blues & The Haiku: A Savage Life in Bits and Pieces was released on Amazon in December 2021. The Vancouver Sun and The Province newspaper published book reviews on May 7-8, 2022, calling it a "new classic of Indigenous literature" and "An Indigenous Odyssey for TRC times". The book has been shortlisted for the prestigious 2022 Whistler Independent Book Awards. This is William's second book following The Eagle and the Fish which was published in Korea by Unibooks Inc. in 2002. William has presented at twenty academic conferences during his career, his presentations dealing with Indigenous social justice, life experience, and education. Resources: Rez Dog Blues & The Haiku: A Savage Life in Bits and Pieces: https://www.amazon.ca/Rez-Dog-Blues-Haiku-Savage/dp/177792040XThe First Nations House of Learning (FNHL): https://indigenous.ubc.ca/longhouse/fnhl/The First Nations Longhouse: https://indigenous.ubc.ca/longhouse/Office for Aboriginal Peoples annual newsletter: https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2022/01/special-edition--office-for-aboriginal-peoples-annual-newsletter.htmlMarilyn Dumont: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/marilyn-dumontThe Warriors (1979): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/Saturday Night Fever (1977): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076666/On The Road by Jack Kerouac (1957): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_RoadSherman Alexie: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/sherman-alexieCahokia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia
Author: William Lindsay, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Steve Tornes, Author: Alex Masse
Date created: 2022-06-21
Lori MacDonald is a white settler on the traditional, stolen territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) nations where she aims for a future surrounded by justice, dignity and reciprocal relationship-building.She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Contemporary Dance and a Masters in Urban Studies from Simon Fraser University. During her thesis research: Mapping Daily Mobility in Metro Vancouver: An Ethnography of Regional Transportation for Newcomers Studying within the Service Industry, she was witness to the emergence of mobility as settlement and belonging in the region. In her professional role as the Executive Director of the Emily Carr Students' Union, she has spent over a decade, advocating, lobbying and when necessary – protesting – for the development of Metro Vancouver's deeply affordable post-secondary transit program, U-Pass BC. She has spent time during the pandemic questioning everything she has ever accepted as normal.Sadia Tabassum currently lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where she grew up. It's supposed to be one of the most "unlivable" cities in the world, but Sadia finds that livability is about as simple as the bus routes and schedules in Dhaka.Sadia studied Architecture as an undergraduate student in upstate New York in the US and later worked as a cost estimator for a rebar supplier company near Syracuse, NY. When she returned to Dhaka, Sadia worked as an architect for a few years before eventually working on the first light rail project in Dhaka, the new MRT line, drafting electrical and mechanical system drawings for its stations. She left that role to join the Urban Studies graduate program at SFU, during which time Sadia worked briefly as a designer/researcher for a non-profit organization in Vancouver where she helped create toolkits for social procurement among developers and suppliers in ongoing development projects.Sadia's current projects in Dhaka continue to be inspired by her love for architecture, sustainable design and innovative transit-oriented city planning that help create more accessible, equitable, sustainable and livable urban spaces.Resources: Meet Steve Tornes: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/about/updates/all-updates/meet-steve-tornes.htmlMapping Daily Mobility in Metro Vancouver: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/18639Embodied Fear, Perceived Safety and Transit-Based Mobility Among Women of Color in Metro Vancouver: http://summit.sfu.ca/item/18639Fresh Voices Report: http://freshvoices.ca/reports/2015-report/The Untokening: http://www.untokening.org/summaryDignity Institute: https://thrivancegroup.com/dignity-institute
Author: Lori MacDonald, Author: Sadia Tabassum, Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Steve Tornes, Author: Alex Masse
Date created: 2022-07-05
Peter V. Hall was Dean pro tem in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and is Professor of Urban Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. His areas of research include port cities, community and local economic development, and he is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Transport Geography. He was Principal Investigator of the Employer Transit Subsidy Study. Resources: Meet Steve Tornes: https://www.sfu.ca/vancity-office-community-engagement/about/updates/all-updates/meet-steve-tornes.htmlSimon Fraser University Employer Transit Subsidy Study, Main Report: https://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/20608/20200929_ETSS_final%20report_REV_summit.pdfSimon Fraser University Employer Transit Subsidy Study, Executive SUmmary: https://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/20609/20200910_ETSS_EXEC_Summary_web.pdfEmployer-paid transit subsidies and travel behaviour: Experimental evidence from Vancouver hotels: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667091721000066
Author: Hall, Peter V., Author: Johal, Am, Author: Melissa Roach, Author: Paige Smith, Author: Kathy Feng, Author: Alyha Bardi, Author: Steve Tornes, Author: Alex Masse
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Vanaja Dhruvarajan and Yvonne Brown led a discussion on anti-racist pedagogy in SFU Women's Studies Department.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1995-05-05
Discussion led by Vanaja Dhruvarjan on women and immigration to Canada.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1995-02-06
Discussion led by Vanaja Dhruvarajan on teaching about women of colour within the classroom.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1995-02-06
Sue Wilkinson presented on the woman's experience with breast cancer.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2004-05-20
Sue Wilkinson led discussion on the breast and its physical, social, cultural, economic and emotional implications
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
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Langara College Women's Studies Lecture Series 2001, focus was women and creating culture, and creating change. Dionne Brand was part of the series.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2001-01-24
Dionne Brand presented and discussed her work during public lecture.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2000-10-12
Dionne Brand hosted a public reading and discussion of her work.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2001-01-26
Dionne Brand read and led a discussion on her new non-fiction entitled A Map to the Door of No Return.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2001-03-07
Elizabeth Philipose presented her paper on the politics of pain and the uses of torture.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2006-01-18
Talk discussing the themes of culture, physicality and the making of the female body.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2009-06-27
Film screening of 'Eva Guerrillera', which shows the fictional meeting of a Salvadorian guerrilla fighter and a Montreal journalist.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 1992-05-14
Department newsletter recaps some of the year's news and events, introduces faculty and students, and notes upcoming events.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2000
Women's Studies newsletter recaps some of the department's annual news and events, introduces faculty and students and notes upcoming events
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2001
Women's Studies newsletter recaps some of the year's departmental news and events, introduces faculty and students and notes upcoming events.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2002
Women's Studies newsletter recaps some of the department's news and events during 2002/2003, introduces faculty and students and notes upcoming events.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2003
Women's Studies newsletter recaps some of 2003/2004 events and news, introduces faculty and students and notes upcoming events.
Author: SFU Women's Studies Department, Author: SFU Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies
Date created: 2004