Terry Fox
How monuments shape public spaces
May 24, 2026By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer SFU’s Harbour Centre campus is not unlike an art gallery; it’s a silent, cool, and dimly lit retreat from the frenzy of West Hastings. It was at Harbour Centre that I attended a free public lecture taught by Dr. Efrat El Hanany, an art history and gender studies professor at Capilano University. She covered landmarks dispersed around the globe. Amsterdam’s “Absorbed by light” is a neat, interactive criticism of smartphone prevalence. Most of the lecture, however, was focused closer to home. El Hanany urged the audience to touch or caress sturdy, exposed monuments, and…
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39th Annual Terry Fox Run connects SFU community
October 11, 2019By: Paige Riding, News Writer At the 39th Annual Terry Fox Run at the SFU Burnaby campus, Convocation Mall hums with anticipation as a hefty group of runners and walkers stood together to fight against cancer. SFU hosts the event…
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SFU Surrey honours Terry Fox with Post-it Art
September 26, 2016Students at SFU’s Surrey campus were welcomed back to school this semester with some unique artwork. The Post-it Art Competition, hosted by the SFU Surrey Terry Fox Coordinating Committee, helped raise awareness for the Terry Fox Walk and Run, and…
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Six people who changed SFU forever
September 26, 2016SFU is the “instant university” that has been educating makers and movers since 1965. Its halls have seen some brilliant minds, but these six people in particular have helped shaped SFU as we know it today. There’s one question students…
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SFU honours Terry Fox in annual fundraiser
September 29, 2014Students, faculty, volunteers, friends, and family congregated at SFU’s three campuses on the morning of September 24 for the annual Terry Fox Day celebrations in order to raise funds for cancer research. Despite the uncertainty of the weather, participants demonstrated…
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Reimagining Terry
September 22, 2014“Terry” Fox is the closest thing our country has to a national hero. Think about that for a minute. Our folk hero isn’t a politician and reformer, like George Washington in the United States; nor the leader of a widespread…
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