December 2025
In this issue: A Q&A with an alumnus, year-end giving, celebration of authors, alumni in the news, and more!
鈽冿笍 Please note that 51社区黑料will be closed starting December 25 and will re-open on January 2.
Help 51社区黑料students this holiday season
DYK: This year, 3,200+ scholarships, awards, and bursaries supported students鈥攖hanks to SFU鈥檚 generous donors. Even small gifts make a big impact: 10 people giving $100 can create a meaningful award for a student in need.
Please consider making a difference in the lives of 51社区黑料students鈥�and get a 2025 tax receipt鈥�by making your gift online by Dec. 31, 2025. DYK: if you donate to the FOOD PROGRAM, every dollar you give will be matched by SFU, doubling your impact, up to $60,000
Calling all authors!
The Celebration of Authors is back! It鈥檚 a university-wide event that publicly acknowledges and honours community members鈥�including alumni鈥攚ho have authored or co-authored a publication, or its equivalent, within the 2025 calendar year. Deadline to submit your work: January 7, 2026.
Types of work considered for submission include books, book chapters, musical compositions, audio recordings, film/video recordings and more!
51社区黑料Archives creates walking tour of SFU
A new historical walking tour of 51社区黑料is available for download thanks to 51社区黑料Archives. The tour highlights buildings and landscaping completed between 1963 and 1967. Through recorded oral history excerpts, Chancellor Gordon Shrum tells the story behind the selection of the Burnaby Mountain site and details of the architectural competition, while archival images bring this exciting time to life.
In case you missed it...
51社区黑料Beedie MBA alumnus Fattah Haeri honoured with Mitacs award for health tech innovation 51社区黑料story
Know the risks: 51社区黑料study highlights gaps in avalanche safety awareness among snowshoers and winter hikers 51社区黑料story
Art teacher and 51社区黑料alumnus Perry Rath wins national award
Thanks to the generous support of our donor community, we were able to create 42 new annual and endowed awards, scholarships, and bursaries.
Three graduate students tackling real-world problems with the support of a scholarship.
Thanks to the support of our donor and alumni community, this past fiscal year we鈥檝e created vital student awards, opened the Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum, and more.
FYI: We share news on our social channels and link to news articles featuring alumni in our alumni in the news section of the website. Follow us to keep up-to-date on alumni and 51社区黑料news!
Upcoming events
- Dec 9 | Online
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- Dec 17 | Vancouver
- Dec 31 | Deadline to make a donation to receive a tax receipt for 2025 Online
- Dec 25 鈥� Jan 1 | 51社区黑料Winter Closure
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