Join SIAT and SFU's Centre for Dialogue a 3 hour design workshop focusing on challenges in our democracy like mis/disinformation, trust, and civic participation.
When: Friday, March 6, 12:00pm to 4:00pm
Where: Studio B, SFU Surrey Campus
RSVP now: https://ow.ly/F1ZE50YoP4H
SIAT is excited to announce a limited merch drop celebrating the 1st anniversary of SFU's VTubers, Mo & Faye, as well as the second gen debut, Apollo & Wren! Anniversary t-shirt with art by pyuapitae (IG) and stickers by SFU student Jenny Xu available at https://ow.ly/a8Io50YoNW6!
Join us on Feb 26 @ 1PM for an in-depth panel discussion about the current uprising and incredibly complicated situation in Iran. Panelists include Mojtaba Mahdavi, Sara Naderi, Kevin Anderson, Janet Afary, and Peyman Vahabzadeh. Registration required for webinar access.
Details: ow.ly/UEJZ50Y53vc
Poster for the event in yellow, turquoise, pink, and black text. Overview, with schedule.
Looking forward to "What kind of university do we want?" an upcoming event cosponsored by the UBC Public Humanities Hub, @scasfu.bsky.social & @sfuinstitutehum.bsky.social.
March 13-14 at Robson Square.
Join us!
publichumanities.ubc.ca/events/event...
School of Communication alumnus Nira Arora delivered her first guest lecture as an Adjunct Professor earlier this month! She spoke on “The Art of Storytelling and Personal Platform Power” in CMNS 120W.
Join the @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social to celebrate the book launch of Dr. Alberto Lusoli’s “Make, Fail, Repeat: Creative Labor in the Start-Up Age”! This Friday at 6:00pm at the Alibi Room in Gastown.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/alberto-lu...
Join us and the @digitaldemocracies.bsky.social for an in-person talk by Dr. Bonnie Honig: "Architecture’s Last Laugh: Hannah Arendt’s *Eichmann in Jerusalem* from a Televisual Point of View".
Wednesday, February 25th at 12 PM!
Register now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
We’re excited to announce that SIAT will be attending Fan Expo 2026 from Feb 14-16, 2026 at the Vancouver Convention Center! Come by Booth #1407 for goodies and a peek at the next gen of our Virtual Ambassador program! 🐦⬛🦉
For more info about Fan Expo and Gen 2, join the StudioSIAT Discord server!
This @thetyee.ca piece by former @sfucmns.bsky.social prof Donald Gutstein is essential reading on Big Tech's efforts to frustrate the development of an independent cloud in Canada. Read and share: thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Join us in ONE WEEK for a visiting lecture by Robert W. Gehl: "Move Slowly and Build Bridges: How Activists, Technologists, and Ordinary People Built an Alternative to X”.
Register now! www.eventbrite.ca/e/robert-w-g...
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Happening tonight!
Two members of SFU's Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology have recently been appointed to the order of Canada. Congratulations to Barry Truax and John Willinsky for their pioneering contributions in acoustic communication and open access scholarship.
SFU is recruiting leading international researchers with expertise in areas like quantum, cybersecurity and AI, cleantech, community and climate resilience, health, and food security through the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program.
Learn More: www.sfu.ca/research/imp...
The SIAT Spring Speaker Series continues on Jan. 28, 2026 with a discussion on Generative AI, Co-Creation, and Computer-Assisted Creativity with SIAT Professor Philippe Pasquier.
Where: SRYC 5380 @ SFU's Surrey Campus
When: Jan 28, 12:30-2:00pm
Learn more: https://ow.ly/3JfF50Y3Ucb
Congrats to CMNS alumna Nira Arora, who has been named an Adjunct Professor in the School of Communication!
Since graduating from SFU in 1999, Arora has worked as an Executive Producer at Bell Media and Morning Show host of Holly and Nira at Virgin Radio.
Read more below.
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How do teens feel about their phones? @siatsfu.bsky.social Homeware Lab worked with Grade 9s to explore tech, data and emotion. Their award-winning research reveals teens’ deep connections to devices as well as the need for better data literacy. 📱
We are number #1!
SFU tops the 2025 WURI rankings as the #1 university in Canada for innovation for the 5th straight year.
SFU also ranked #1 in Canada for entrepreneurial spirit, #3 for industrial application & #3 for its response to the UN SDGS.
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
Can ChatGPT be a learning tool?
Speakable host Milena Droumeva joins Leanne Johnson from @sfupublishing.bsky.social and Jennesia Pedri from @sfucmns.bsky.social to discuss the current landscape of AI in the academic classroom.
Listen to their conversation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Two FCAT faculty, @siatsfu.bsky.social associate professor Sylvain Moreno and @sfucmns.bsky.social professor Richard Smith, have been bestowed with France’s highest honour for contributions to education and research - The Ordre des Palmes Acadèmique.
Read more: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
An SFU student and mentor converse in a study nook overlooking a campus atrium. Overlayed are the words "FCAT MENTORS SUMMER APPLICATIONS OPEN"
Applications for summer mentorships in the FCAT Mentors program are now open until June 20th.
FCAT Mentors connects students and recent alumni with established FCAT alumni mentors to inspire and motivate mentees as they prepare for the future.
Learn more: www.sfu.ca/fcat/get-inv...
Congratulations Naiha!
We’re excited to introduce our keynote speakers for this year’s CONDUITS event, taking place on May 9th at SFU Burnaby: professors Shannon Leddy (UBC) and Jon Corbett (@siatsfu.bsky.social).
Registration is still open: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
@fcatatsfu.bsky.social
Speakable host Milena Droumeva, speaks with Laura Marks and Michael Filimowicz, professors in @scasfu.bsky.social and @siatsfu.bsky.social, about the question of art, the classroom, and AI's role in both.
Tune in to hear their thoughts on this complicated topic: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
Canadians choosing to stay in Canada and US students opting to study abroad, have an opportunity to study grad programs at SFU as early as September 2025!
To support students navigating this choice, SFU has temporarily opened admissions from April 16 - 25: ow.ly/8Fpw50VBZmQ
Want to know more about our Certificate in Sound?
@sfucmns.bsky.social Director Milena Droumeva sits down with Arne Eigenfeldt and Phillippe Pasquier to talk about the new certificate for this episode of the Speakable podcast.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...
A screenshot from the short film "My Friend the Green Horse". Inside a wooden cottage with many potted plants, a stop-motion puppet of a woman in a red dress stands next to a door making a "shush" hand motion to a Green Horse puppet looking in through the door's window. Nearby a Black Bear sleeps on a bed with a blanket pulled over itself. A blue to orange gradient runs under the image and the Skoden Indigenous Film Festival logo and the words "April 11, 2025, 5pm-9:30pm" are superimposed over the image.
Join us for an evening of Indigenous film and animation!
The Skoden Indigenous Film Festival returns for its 7th year on April 11, 2025 with two screenings of films created by Indigenous filmmakers from across Turtle Island.
Get your free tickets here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/skoden-ind...
"It's about more than protesting Tesla, its about protesting the ecosystem these Tech Titans are controlling."
SFU Publishing Associate Professor Juan Alperin spoke with CBS's Matt Galloway about the recent protests at Tesla dealerships.
Listen to their conversation: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Women are leading the way at Simon Fraser University’s artificial intelligence lab at @siatsfu.bsky.social
CBC's Yasmine Ghania spent a day at the lab that's bucking the gender gap trend in STEM. Watch it here: www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
#internationalwomensday2025
Our virtual ambassadors Mo and Faye were featured in a City News Vancouver article! Check out yesterday's article to learn more about them and what they had to say about joining SIAT as virtual ambassadors:
vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/03/03/s...
Congratulations to SFU School for the Contemporary Arts Professor Jin-me Yoon, who is a 2025 winner of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts!
Watch a portrait of Jin-me Yoon, #GGArts2025 winner, directed by Latif Ullah: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5Dl...
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