convocation
The Convocation Games
November 11, 2025The day the reaping email arrived, the clouds over Burnaby brooded deeper than usual. A message was broadcast to every graduating student from the registrar’s office: “Each graduate shall receive two tickets for the ceremony. For additional seats, please refer to . . . the Convocation Games.” A hush fell over the deserted campus. The sound of rain beating down on our concrete haven echoed our collective dread. In a psychic vision, I saw a first-generation student fall to his knees outside Renaissance, whispering, “Another hurdle to graduate?” Just like that, we found ourselves facing an online lottery so cruel…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Convocations during classes
September 18, 2024I am not looking forward to this fall. My one and only reason for this is that I despise class-hour convocations. Dramatic, I know. I understand that scheduling is tricky, and there will always be at least one class running…
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Protests against SFU’s continued investment in Israel arise at summer convocation
June 29, 2024Content warning: mentions of genocide. During the week of summer convocation at SFU, some graduates wore Palestinian keffiyehs, held up signs and Palestine flags while crossing the stage, and refused to shake hands with president Joy Johnson. The convocation took…
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SFU Black Caucus and SOCA celebrate 2nd Black Brilliance Graduation
June 19, 2023On 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…
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SFU holds virtual convocation ceremony for Spring 2020 graduates
June 23, 2020On 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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The virtual convocation was a disappointing end to four years of hard work
June 20, 2020For the past four years, convocation time has been an absolute nightmare as a student still slogging through classes. For reasons I have never been able to understand, the celebration is held in the middle of the week, in the…
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SFU’s convo-mall construction timeline is cutting things too close
March 16, 2019If you’re a deep-cut Legend of Zelda fan, you might remember one of the game series’ 2001 instalments, Oracle of Ages. In this game, the wicked sorceress Veran advises (and later possesses) Queen Ambi, hijacking her big construction project. Though…
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Construction in the AQ and Convocation Mall to be completed in Fall 2020
March 8, 2019SFU Burnaby is undergoing a Plaza Renewal Project. The Peak sat down for an interview with the project manager, James Bremner, to find out more about the ongoing construction. Bremner explained that there are two phases of the project, both…
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SFU grad student writes comic book thesis
June 28, 2018After writing a 236-page comic book for her thesis, high school arts teacher Meghan Parker crosses the stage this month to receive her master’s degree in education. According to SFU, Parker is reportedly Canada’s first student to complete a master’s…
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A who’s who of SFU’s honorary degree recipients
June 12, 2018An honorary degree is defined as an academic degree granted to recognize a particular achievement or distinction, without the recipient having to fulfill any of the institution’s typical degree requirements. Students can take some comfort in the fact that recipients…
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