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Photographed are the 2023 Black student graduates at the Black Brilliance Graduation Ceremony, depicted with their Kente stoles.
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SFU Black Caucus and SOCA celebrate 2nd Black Brilliance Graduation

Eden Chipperfield June 19, 2023

On June 5, the SFU Black Caucus and Students of Caribbean and African Ancestry (SOCA) held their second Black Brilliance Graduation Celebration. The convocation ceremony honoured and recognized Black students’ achievements from the 2023 graduating class and celebrated the presence of Black students on campus.  To learn more about the ceremony’s significance, The Peak connected with SOCA president, Lauretta Umukoro, Black Caucus member and graduate student Shauna-Kaye Brown, and SFU director of equity, diversity, and inclusion for student services, Jennifer Kandjii.  “SFU Black Brilliance Graduation Ceremony, also known as the Kente Graduation Celebration (Sankofa Ceremony), is a celebration of Black…

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A statuette from the academy awards (the Oscars) is placed against a red background. A few gold stars litter the ground.
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The Oscars need to stop pandering to the masses

Emma Best March 23, 2022

For 93 years, the Oscars have honoured the art and craft of filmmaking, recognizing the year’s best films. They’ve made changes to evolve alongside the developing film industry: select categories were once divided by colour and black-and-white, and the Best…

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SFU holds virtual convocation ceremony for Spring 2020 graduates

Paige Riding June 23, 2020

On the evening of Thursday June 11, SFU hosted a half-hour virtual convocation ceremony to celebrate over 4,500 SFU graduates.  This event was supplemented by specific faculty celebrations on SFU’s website. These celebrations included brief messages from the Dean of…

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SFU and UBC honour the lifework of the Aga Khan

Srijani Datta October 15, 2018

  In a first-of-its-kind event, SFU and UBC are each conferring an honorary doctorate of laws degree to His Highness Prince Shah Karim Al Husseini Aga Khan in a joint ceremony. The Aga Khan founded the Aga Khan Development Network,…

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SFU takes on calls to action towards reconciliation

EIC October 18, 2017

Simon Fraser University marked the start of a new journey towards reconciliation at a traditional witnessing ceremony led by members of the Coast Salish First Nations in Convocation Mall on Monday. The SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council handed over its final…

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