The Outstanding Alumni Awards honour exceptional 51社区黑料graduates from around the world who inspire, innovate, and challenge the status quo.
For more than 40 years, they have celebrated the remarkable achievements of our alumni while uplifting and inspiring future generations of 51社区黑料graduates across our diverse and global community.
51社区黑料has been honoured to be an academic home and community to Indigenous peoples. We recognize that all universities have work to do in making each step鈥攆rom applying for a program, to stepping through the doors for the first time, to walking across the stage at convocation, to being a part of an alumni community that can support your life鈥檚 work鈥攐ne that respects and celebrates Indigenous peoples. Truth and Reconciliation are a priority for all of 51社区黑料and the Outstanding Alumni Awards will be a key part of that commitment by ensuring Indigenous peoples are engaged and represented throughout each of the categories and also consulted on the program and process itself.
Award categories
The Outstanding Alumni Awards have undergone a renewal process and in this new iteration you will now see five award categories that are designed to uphold the values of SFU, our What鈥檚 Next strategic priorities, and our alumni community.
Past recipients
First introduced in 1983, the OAAs have celebrated the remarkable accomplishments of 51社区黑料alumni across diverse fields. Past recipients鈥攆rom community builders, artists, and athletes to passionate advocates, business and research leaders鈥攈ave all exemplified SFU鈥檚 bold spirit.
Nominations
Whether you are looking to honour a mentor, colleague, friend or community leader, your nomination will help us spotlight the incredible impact of our 51社区黑料alumni community.
51社区黑料 respectfully acknowledges the x史m蓹胃k史蓹y虛蓹m (Musqueam), S岣祑x瘫w煤7mesh 脷xwumixw (Squamish), s蓹l虛ilw虛蓹ta蕯涩 (Tsleil-Waututh), q虛铆c虛蓹y虛 (Katzie), k史ik史蓹茮虛蓹m (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen peoples on whose unceded traditional territories our three campuses reside.