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01/05/2026

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07/17/2025

Are you an FCAT alumnus and a Whitecaps fan?
Enter to win one of two pairs of tickets to the July 26 match against Sporting Kansas City: ⁠https://lnkd.in/g7PNhvra
Draw will take place on July 23 and winners will be notified via email.

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05/20/2025

Attention FCAT students and recent alumni!

The FCAT Mentors program is accepting applications for summer mentorships until June 20th.

FCAT Mentors connects students and recent alumni with established FCAT alumni mentors, drawing on the knowledge of its mentors to inspire and motivate mentees as they prepare for community practice and career.⁠
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Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/4aFK50VVU3f

05/15/2025

Can ChatGPT be a learning tool?⁠
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On this episode of the Speakable podcast, host Milena Droumeva is joined by Leanne Johnson from SFU Publishing and Jennesia Pedri from SFU - School of Communication to discuss the current landscape of AI and ChatGPT in the academic classroom.
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Listen to their conversation:

Podcast Episode · Speakable · 11/27/2024 · 27m

05/09/2025

FCAT students and recent alumni - experience what mentorship can provide!⁠
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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, drawing on the knowledge of its mentors to inspire and motivate mentees as they prepare for community practice and career.⁠
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Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/1p3y50VQ9rb

05/01/2025

What is the role of AI in the arts?

Talking with Speakable host Milena Droumeva, Laura Marks and Michael Filimowicz, professors in the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts and the School of Interactive Arts + Technology, discuss the vast question of art, the classroom, and AI's role in both.

Tune in to hear their thoughts on this complicated topic: https://ow.ly/QZYF50VKXLW

Podcast Episode · Speakable · 11/14/2024 · 27m

04/23/2025

Join us for the official launch of "A Magical Time: The Early Days of the Arts at Simon Fraser University," a new book from the SFU Retirees Association and Harbour Publishing.

Richly illustrated with ephemera and photographs from the era, A Magical Time traces how innovation in the arts shaped events over the next six decades at SFU.

When: Tuesday, June 3, 2025 (doors open @ 5:00pm, performance begins at 5:30pm)
Where: Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre @ SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 West Hastings St.

RSVP for free here: https://ow.ly/YQAx50VGFhZ

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04/22/2025

School of Communication PhD student Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte recently successfully defended her thesis titled, "Institutionalization of Artist-Run Centres in British Columbia: Intersecting Developments in Federal and Provincial Cultural Policy and Artist-Run Governance in the Twentieth Century". W...

04/16/2025

The SFU School for the Contemporary Arts and SFU - School of Communication are among the schools at SFU opening up applications for their MA programs from Apr 16-25 to offer students new opportunities.

Canadians choosing to stay in Canada and US students opting to study abroad, have an opportunity to study graduate programs at SFU as early as September 2025 or January 2026!

🙌 To support students navigating this choice, SFU has temporarily opened admissions from April 16 - 25: https://ow.ly/rU7c50VBZmP
✍️ Submit your application today!

04/16/2025

Would you like to know more about our Certificate in Sound?

On this episode of the Speakable podcast, the SFU - School of Communication's Milena Droumeva sits down with Arne Eigenfeldt and Phillippe Pasquier to talk about the Certificate and sound studies in the Faculty of Communication, Art and Technology.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:

Podcast Episode · Speakable · 10/03/2024 · 25m

04/15/2025

Tomorrow, April 16th, is National Canadian Film Day and we can't think of a better way to celebrate than with a genuine Canadian coming-of-age classic from one of SFU Film's earliest alumni, Sandy Wilson.⁠
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Vancouver International Film Festival is screening Wilson's first "My American Cousin" tomorrow at 7:45pm, and you can get tickets here: https://ow.ly/NPzW50VB34r
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If you want to learn more about how Sandy Wilson got her start in film and the history of the arts at SFU they should check FCAT's upcoming book "A Magical Time: The Early Days of Arts at Simon Fraser University" at https://ow.ly/nzHO50VB34q

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Sandy is 12 and bored. Enter Butch in a screaming red Cadillac. He's 16 going on James Dean and about the most exciting thing to hit Penticton since rock-n-roll. Sandy Wilson's first feature -- 40 years young -- is a Canadian coming-of-age classic.

04/08/2025

Join us this Friday, April 11 for the 7th Annual Skoden Indigenous Film Festival!

This year Skoden will be presenting both a Family-Friendly and Feature program of films by Indigenous filmmakers and creatives from across Turtle Island.

As part of the feature program, curator Akira Ihaital will sit down for a Q&A with director of "NiiMisSak: Sisters In Film", Jules Arita Koostachin.

Learn more about the films screening this year, and get your tickets: https://ow.ly/flpC50VwYpe

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