As Canada’s engaged university, SFU works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change. We deliver a world-class education with lifelong value that shapes change-makers, visionaries and problem-solvers. We connect research and innovation to entrepreneurship and industry to deliver sustainable, relevant solutions to today’s problems. With campuses in British Columbia’s three largest cities – Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey – SFU has eight faculties that deliver 193 undergraduate degree programs and 127 graduate degree programs to more than 35,000 students. The university now boasts more than 160,000 alumni residing in 143 countries.
Attendees holding signs listen as then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event, Aug. 29, 2024, in Potterville, Mich.
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Despite the challenges a second Trump administration will bring, Canada can continue to address climate change by working with sub-national leadership in the U.S.
Decades of research have shown that when humans lack social connection, they experience profound and adverse health impacts.
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New public health guidelines offer research-backed steps for individuals and communities to strengthen social bonds, combat loneliness and build healthier lives.
In Canada, urban studies is just over 50 years old. In this respect, the field is still in the process of defining itself.
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Canadians want policies that address their needs but instead are served political gimmicks. To reconnect public interest with public policy, we need to develop new democratic practices.
Meningkatkan peluang keberhasilan dalam mewujudkan resolusi Tahun Baru bisa menggunakan strategi ilmiah. Simak caranya di sini.
De jeunes Palestiniens déplacés posent devant leurs tentes, qui ont été touchées par une frappe aérienne israélienne, à l'intérieur de l'enceinte de l'hôpital Al-Aqsa, à Deir al-Balah, à Gaza, le 27 septembre 2024.
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Les images d’enfants regardant l’objectif sont fréquentes dans la médiatisation des conflits. Leur côté humaniste cache le fait qu’elles sont des produits échangés sur les marchés de l’information.
Un rebelle tire avec son AK-47 alors qu'il célèbre la prise de la ville de Damas, en Syrie, le 8 décembre 2024.
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Quoi qu’il arrive après la chute de la dictature syrienne, il est peu probable que la stabilité revienne en Syrie. les déplacements et les souffrances du peuple syrien risquent de se poursuivre.
Un combatiente de la oposición dispara su AK-47 mientras celebra la toma de la ciudad de Damasco, Siria, el 8 de diciembre de 2024.
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Pase lo que pase tras la caída del dictador sirio, es difícil que la estabilidad vuelva a este país fragmentado y torturado. La mala noticia es que es probable que continúen el desplazamiento y el sufrimiento del pueblo sirio.
An opposition fighter fires his AK-47 as he celebrates the takeover of the city of Damascus, Syria, on Dec. 8, 2024.
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Whatever happens now in the aftermath of the fall of the Syrian dictatorship isn’t likely to return stability to Syria. The continued displacement and suffering of the Syrian people is probable.
Governments and tech companies must include the public in discussions about how to regulate the use of artificial intelligence.
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To say there is a lot of hype about AI is an understatement. Yet a pragmatic policy discussion is possible, and the public is more ready than we might think.
Many adults need help with digital access and literacy, and sustained funding is needed.
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It’s not all about broadband access. Key adult education programs help Canadians acquire needed digital literacy skills for further education, apprenticeship training, certification and employment.
Leaders who back up allyship statements with tangible actions build stronger connections with employees.
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Allyship is most needed in male-dominated environments, where gender equity efforts are often met with the greatest resistance.
Le modèle de l’orchidée et du pissenlit offre un nouveau cadre pour comprendre les différentes manifestations du vieillissement cognitif.
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Pourquoi certaines personnes conservent-elles leurs facultés cognitives alors que d’autres connaissent un déclin ? Un phénomène pourrait aider à comprendre le rôle des environnements adaptés.
Au Canada, les études urbaines ont un peu plus de 50 ans seulement. Il s’agit à cet égard d’un champ qui travaille encore à se délimiter et se définir.
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The destruction of food systems in Gaza and Canada is part of a larger effort of land dispossession and capitalist accumulation. The fight for food sovereignty is about justice and self-determination.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks as North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un listens to him during a state reception after their talks in Pyongyang, North Korea, in June 2024.
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The West’s delays in providing meaningful aid to Ukraine have resulted in a protracted conflict that gave Russia the time to muster resources, like North Korean soldiers, for the conflict.
Three-quarters of health care in Canada is provided at home by unpaid family caregivers. Not only is this essential health-care work often unrecognized and under-supported, it is rapidly changing.
New single family houses billed as estate cottages are seen in an aerial view, in Delta, B.C., on Monday, Aug. 12, 2024.
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