/philosophy/events/news/2020news2025-05-06T17:24:24.541Z2020New Faculty Profile: Alex Kingnoemail@noemail.orgphilcommThe Department of Philosophy at ÓÈÎïÊÓƵ extends a warm welcome to Alex King, who joins us as an associate professor this term. She joins us from the Philosophy Department of the State University of New York at Buffalo, and lists her primary areas of interest as ethics, metaethics, and aesthetics./philosophy/events/news/2020news/profileaking2020-12-14T19:43:00.000Z2021-04-22T22:58:07.234ZStudent Profile: Aaron Richardsonnoemail@noemail.orgphilcomm/philosophy/events/news/2020news/student-profile--aaron-richardson2020-12-11T22:13:00.000Z2022-08-16T21:17:59.779ZWorld Philosophy Day 2020noemail@noemail.orgphilcommCelebrating diversity in the global traditions of philosophy for UNECSO's World Philosophy Day./philosophy/events/news/2020news/wpd20202020-11-19T20:59:00.000Z2021-01-20T01:38:16.646ZWomen's History Month 2020noemail@noemail.orgphilcomm/philosophy/events/news/2020news/wmh20202020-10-18T19:14:00.000Z2020-10-15T20:14:03.865ZSummer Term News from SFU Philosophynoemail@noemail.orgphilcommNews, updates, celebrations and farewells from SFU Philosophy over the summer term./philosophy/events/news/2020news/newssummer202020-09-30T18:57:00.000Z2020-09-30T18:58:20.713ZData, Ethics and Societynoemail@noemail.orgphilcommData, Ethics and Society introduces students in the new Social Data Analytics Minor program to the ethical concerns surrounding gathering, analyzing and interpreting social data sets./philosophy/events/news/2020news/sda2702020-09-01T22:24:00.000Z2020-10-15T21:39:51.853ZSSHRC Research Award Success for MA Program Gradsnoemail@noemail.orgphilcommThe Department of Philosophy congratulates MA Program students, Daniel Polillo and Jenna Yuzwa on their recent Canada Graduate Scholarships—Master’s Program awards./philosophy/events/news/2020news/gradfunding2020-08-18T21:58:00.000Z2020-08-04T21:59:44.875ZSpring Term News from SFU Philosophynoemail@noemail.orgphilcommLate but worth waiting for. SFU Philosophy celebrated virtual defences, undergrad achievement, conferences and workshops, and a radio interview before switching to remote working at the end of the spring term./philosophy/events/news/2020news/newsspring202020-08-11T20:39:00.000Z2020-08-04T20:40:31.177ZGrad Research Award 2020noemail@noemail.orgphilcommCongratulations to MA program students, Yan Chen and Kesavan Thangopal on winning the Grad Research Award this year. Read our grad students in their own words as they explore how social scientific models explain social phenomena, and the nature of obligation according to Hobbes. /philosophy/events/news/2020news/gradresearch20202020-08-04T20:05:00.000Z2020-08-04T22:00:53.658ZAlumnus Profile: Nick Sayednoemail@noemail.orgphilcomm/philosophy/events/news/2020news/profile-nsayed2020-07-27T23:29:00.000Z2020-07-27T23:32:35.185ZStudent Profile: Kendra Wongnoemail@noemail.orgphilcommClassroom skills lead to quick extension offer on co-op placement for PHIL major Kendra Wong./philosophy/events/news/2020news/profile-kwong2020-07-21T18:19:00.000Z2020-07-29T18:29:56.898ZRobert C Brown Award 2020noemail@noemail.orgphilcomm/philosophy/events/news/2020news/rcbrownaward20202020-07-13T22:26:00.000Z2020-07-13T22:30:52.166ZHorban Essay Award 2020noemail@noemail.orgphilcommSFU Philosophy offers hearty congratulations to Jake Stewart and Jacob Gebrewold, awarded the Peter Horban Philosophy Essay Award this year to recognize excellence in a philosophical essay written by an undergraduate student./philosophy/events/news/2020news/horban20202020-07-10T20:47:00.000Z2020-07-10T20:47:27.654ZWhat's in a Name? The Clan, SFU and Global Protestsnoemail@noemail.orgphilcommWhat’s in a name?
Where does the SFU ‘The Clan’ team name sit in current context of global protests against systemic injustice?/philosophy/events/news/2020news/whatsinaname2020-06-11T19:09:00.000Z2020-06-11T19:29:35.506ZExtending New Narratives SSHRC Awardnoemail@noemail.orgphilcommA major SSHRC Partnership grant, with Lisa Shapiro as Principal Investigator, aims to diversify the philosophical canon through reframing criteria for inclusion. The $2.78M award enables 12 partner institutions across the world to establish open access resources and training programs to help young researchers develop digital research skills, ensuring that previously unrecognized voices are heard and remain accessible to future scholars./philosophy/events/news/2020news/newnarratives2020-06-05T16:37:00.000Z2020-06-05T22:23:34.554ZAlumnus Profile: Mike Perrynoemail@noemail.orgphilcommPhilosophy Makes Sense in the Workplace for MA Grad/philosophy/events/news/2020news/profile-perry2020-05-13T20:21:00.000Z2020-05-13T20:29:05.098ZBC High School Ethics Bowl 2020noemail@noemail.orgphilcommCreative and Critical Thinking in Action: BC Ethics Bowl Final.
Philosophers in action as high school teams explore critical thinking and ethical dilemmas. Winners Ideal Mini School and Fraser Heights Secondary team 2 qualified for the now-cancelled Canadian Ethics Bowl finals in Winnipeg, MB.
/philosophy/events/news/2020news/ethicsbowl20202020-04-29T20:34:00.000Z2020-04-29T20:41:27.153ZSFU Philosophy Past and Present (not) at Pacific APAnoemail@noemail.orgphilcommCongratulations to all our philosophers who would have been presenting at and taking part in the cancelled Pacific APA this April in San Francisco. Bravo!/philosophy/events/news/2020news/apa20202020-04-07T19:04:00.000Z2020-04-07T18:56:04.777ZSFU Philosophy Statement of Solidarity on Transgender Day of Visibilitynoemail@noemail.orgphilcomm/philosophy/events/news/2020news/tdov20202020-03-31T07:15:00.000Z2021-03-23T19:59:53.266ZConnect Creative with Critical Thinking to Develop Minds in the Classroomnoemail@noemail.orgphilcommTranslating research into practice; Developing Minds third conference connects teachers with education specialists to bring practical strategies for creative and critical thinking into the classroom/philosophy/events/news/2020news/devminds202020-03-10T23:14:00.000Z2020-08-07T20:29:26.912ZInternational Women’s Day: Introducing ‘Cool Gabe’noemail@noemail.orgphilcommMove over Cool Aristotle; SFU Philosophy has a new avatar for International Women's Day/philosophy/events/news/2020news/coolgabe2020-03-08T16:57:00.000Z2020-03-05T18:17:02.024ZAlumnus Profile: Tyler Schwartznoemail@noemail.orgfasscommSince graduating, SFU Philosophy Major Tyler Schwartz has never seen 'philosopher' listed in a job ad, but he credits his undergrad major for success in the workplace./philosophy/events/news/2020news/profile-schwartz2020-02-21T00:23:00.000Z2020-02-21T00:54:22.848ZBlack History Month 2020noemail@noemail.orgphilcomm/philosophy/events/news/2020news/bhm20202020-02-01T19:23:00.000Z2020-05-21T20:41:40.867ZSFU Debate Society Success for PHIL Majorsnoemail@noemail.orgphilcommPhilosophy Majors Miranda Pinter-Collett and Jacob Gebrewold put classroom skills to work as SFU Debate Society (SFUDS) breaks into the prestigious Hart House IV playoffs for the first time./philosophy/events/news/2020news/sfuds2020-01-12T02:43:00.000Z2020-01-14T20:15:35.078Z