A $1 million gift from Coast Capital Savings will help to further the success of SFU’s Venture Connection program, advancing innovation across the University. To acknowledge Coast Capital’s history with the program and its continued support, the program has been re-named the Coast Capital Savings Venture Connection program.
On Friday, April 28, 2017, members of the business and innovation communities from both British Columbia and China alike gathered at the Wosk Centre for Dialogue. The UN-style conference structure of the Asia Pacific Hall emphasized the global network formed by those present, as part of the first Canada China Open Innovation Forum. Organized by SFU Innovates in partnership with VentureLabs
The NHL playoffs are in full swing and as the players focus on the Stanley Cup, SFU Beedie student Cole Gawenda is already looking ahead to next season, and how statistics on American Hockey League (AHL) players might impact the better-known NHL—including its first NHL client team, the Washington Capitals.
The Capitals are one of eight teams currently in this season's second round of playoffs.
An interdisciplinary team of SFU undergraduates has won first place overall in The Oxford Global Challenge, an international competition for students to explore and present ideas around social and environmental change. The global finals of the competition took place in Oxford, UK, on Apr. 30 and May 1, 2017.
On Saturday, May 6, Simon Fraser University will host the B.C. regional pitch competition for the global Technovation challenge, a technology entrepreneurship program for girls aged 10-18. SFU’s Faculty of Applied Sciences is one of four regional partners across Canada, and the only one in B.C.
Researchers at Simon Fraser University and Kwantlen Polytechnic University are teaming up to develop sustainable clean-tech solutions that will provide potable water and clean food globally, in areas challenged by climate change and fast-growing populations.
The researchers are recipients of a Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) College University Idea to Innovation grant, valued at more than $725,000. The funds will advance their project, “From Waste to Clean Food,” as they work together with industry partners.
A new non-invasive technology that shows promising abilities to reverse depression is just one example of the exciting research led by SFU professor Faranak Farzan, recently named the inaugural chair in Technology Innovations for Youth Addiction Recovery and Mental Health. The chair is supported by SFU, the John Volken Academy, the City of Surrey and the Surrey Fire Fighters Charitable Society.
Six tech startups affiliated with SFU Innovates sparked considerable interest among Chinese investors and commercialization leaders during the Canada China Open Innovation Forum last month in Vancouver. The event was hosted by SFU Innovates in partnership with Vancouver’s China Canada Cleantech Innovation Centre (CCCIC).
For computing science student Bria Kindersley, receiving the inaugural Women in Computing Science (WiCS) Alumni Award not only recognizes her outstanding achievements, it also sends an important message to other young women in the technology industry.
“I think it’s a wonderful way to tell women in computing science how much they are appreciated,” says Kindersley, former president of SFU’s WiCS student society.
“For me, receiving it was a lovely acknowledgement of all the work I’ve put in, both supporting women in computing science and in my academics.”
