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72-532: The project emerged from Schafer's reaction to the increasing degradation of Vancouver's developing soundscape, as well as work as a professor at Simon Fraser University where he taught a course in noise pollution in attempt to draw attention to the sonic environment. The project quickly attracted a small group of young composers and communications students, and after receiving support from the Donner Canadian Foundation it began its first project in 1972:

144-474: A competition to design the university, and construction began in the spring of 1964. The campus faces northwest over Burrard Inlet. Eighteen months later, on September 9, 1965, the university began its first semester with 2,500 students. The campus was noted in the 1960s and early 1970s as a hotbed of political activism, culminating in a crisis in the Department of Political Science, Sociology, and Anthropology in

216-504: A detailed study of the soundscape of Vancouver . The study resulted in a recording, The Vancouver Soundscape which was published in 1973. It consisted of phonographical recordings of local soundscapes and soundmarks as well as a spoken documentary recording by R. Murray Schafer discussing notions of acoustic design, providing analysis of examples of good and bad acoustic design in Vancouver, illustrated with further recordings. This recording

288-511: A dispute involving ideological differences among faculty. The resolution to the crisis included the dismantling of the department into today's separate departments. During this time, Thelma Finlayson became the university's first female faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences. She would later become their first professor emerita upon her retirement in 1979. In 2007, the university began offering dual and double degree programs by partnering with international universities, such as

360-534: A dual computing-science degree through partnership with Zhejiang University in China and a double Bachelor of Arts degree in conjunction with Australia's Monash University . It has also partnered with India's Premiere "Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay". In 2009, SFU became the first Canadian university to be accepted into the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) . Starting in

432-587: A larger group of members, including Schafer, embarked on a tour of Europe. The tour included workshops and lectures in several major cities, spreading the educational and theoretical aspects of the Project, as well as detailed analysis and recording projects of five European Villages, one of each in Sweden ( Skruv ), Germany ( Bissingen , Baden-Württemberg ), Italy ( Cembra ), France ( Lesconil ) and Scotland ( Dollar ). The recording projects were similar in style and purpose to

504-503: A major centre for teaching and research in marine biology; TRIUMF , a powerful cyclotron used in subatomic physics and chemistry research. SFU is also a partner institution in Great Northern Way Campus Ltd in Vancouver. In March 2006, SFU approved an affiliation agreement with a private college for international students to be housed adjacent to its Burnaby campus. This new college named Fraser International College , which

576-526: A new residential and commercial area occupying approximately 81 hectares (200 acres) adjacent to the campus. As of September 2011 , approximately 3000 people live in UniverCity. The main commercial district on University High Street now houses restaurants, stores, and a 20,000 square foot Nester's Market. A new elementary school, University Highlands Elementary, opened on September 1, 2010. Several new residential developments are currently in progress, including

648-607: A number of archival collections, such as Harrison Brown 's Xi'an Incident collection, and the history of British Columbia and Western Canada in general, including documents from the Doukhobor migration from the Russian Empire to Saskatchewan and then to British Columbia assembled for donation to the university by John Keenlyside. Other highlights of the collection include The Vancouver Punk Collection, which includes more than 1200 posters as well as photographs, zines, and ephemera,

720-557: A number of festivals that feature electroacoustic music. Early festivals, such as Donaueschingen Festival , founded in 1921, were some of the first to include electroacoustic instruments and pieces. This was followed by ONCE Festival of New Music in the 1950s, and since the 1960s, there has been a growth of festivals that focus exclusively on electroacoustic music. Alongside paper presentations, workshops and seminars, many of these events also feature concert performances or sound installations created by those attending or which are related to

792-560: A part-time degree completion program, called SFU NOW: Nights or Weekends, for working adults pursuing a bachelor's degree. Teaching assistants, tutor markers, sessional instructors, language instructors, Graduate Facilitators and Research Assistants at SFU are unionized. The union, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU), is independent. Faculty and lecturers are members of the Faculty Association. Staff are members of

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864-588: A selection process jointly established by the board of governors and the university's senate. As the chief executive officer and chair of the senate, the president is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the university. The last president that was appointed was Joy Johnson , who began her term on September 1, 2020. Johnson succeeded Andrew Petter , who held a decade-long post as president from 2010 to 2020. Johnson's term ends on September 1, 2025, after which she may choose to seek another 5-year term. There are eight faculties at Simon Fraser University: In

936-638: Is a public research university in British Columbia , Canada. It maintains three campuses in Greater Vancouver , respectively located in Burnaby (main campus), Surrey , and Vancouver . The 170-hectare (420-acre) main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain , located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and comprises more than 30,000 students and 160,000 alumni. The university

1008-572: Is based at the Vancouver campus. In September 2010, SFU Contemporary Arts relocated to the historic Woodward's district in downtown Vancouver known as the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. The 130,000-square-foot (12,077 m ) SFU facility is part of the Woodward's revitalization project. The new facility accommodates the increasing enrolment of students in the programme and new cultural facilities, including

1080-655: Is called the W. A. C. Bennett Library, named after the Social Credit Premier of B.C. who established it. The campus also has two gym complexes, named the Lorne-Davies Complex and Chancellor's Gym. An international-sized swimming pool is located within the Lorne-Davies Complex. Since the School of Contemporary Arts relocation to the Woodward's location, the Burnaby campus production theatre has been vacant. Located within

1152-411: Is composed of the chancellor, the president, two student members, two faculty members, one staff member, and eight individuals appointed by the British Columbia government. Conventionally, the board is chaired by one of the government appointees. The board is responsible for the general management and governance of the university. Board members as of July 30, 2020 : The senate is composed of

1224-519: Is located atop Burnaby Mountain , on Traditional Coast Salish Lands, including the Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaɬ), Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) and Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) Nations. The campus is at an elevation of 365 metres, overlooking the Burrard inlet to the north. All major departments in the university are housed at the Burnaby campus. The library on the main campus

1296-517: Is located in Burnaby, atop Burnaby Mountain. The Vancouver campus consists of multiple buildings in downtown Vancouver and the Surrey campus is located inside Central City . The downtown campus has expanded to include several other buildings in recent years, including the Segal Graduate School of Business . In September 2010, SFU Contemporary Arts moved into the Woodward's redevelopment, known as

1368-635: Is notable for its phonographic approach and is distinct from later WSP recordings in that it features no on-site narration. However, some of the recordings do bear the beginnings of more compositional approaches to soundscape recording, evidenced particularly in the track, 'Entrance to the Harbour' in which a 30-minute boat journey is condensed into a 7-minute montage in an effort to highlight the important sound events. The recordists of this publication were Howard Broomfield, Bruce Davis, Peter Huse and Colin Miles. Following

1440-540: Is the creative short-circuiting of low voltage , battery-powered electronic audio devices such as guitar effects , children's toys and small synthesizers to create new musical instruments and sound generators. Emphasizing spontaneity and randomness, the techniques of circuit bending have been commonly associated with noise music , though many more conventional contemporary musicians and musical groups have been known to experiment with "bent" instruments. Important centers of research and composition can be found around

1512-647: The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), the Administrative and Professional Staff Association (APSA), or Polyparty. A few positions at the university, such as some in Human Resources and senior administrative positions, fall outside the five associations or unions above. Under the previous president, Andrew Petter, SFU's administration has incurred a number of grievances and bad faith bargaining judgments. During their most recent rounds of bargaining, both

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1584-856: The Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS) in the US, the Australasian Computer Music Association in Australia and New Zealand, and Sound and Music (previously the Sonic Arts Network ) in the UK. The Computer Music Journal and Organised Sound are the two most important peer-reviewed journals dedicated to electroacoustic studies, while several national associations produce print and electronic publications. There have been

1656-569: The impact a university has on academic publications. In 2019, the Performance Ranking of Scientific Papers for World Universities ranked Simon Fraser 378th in the world, and 16th in Canada. In University Ranking by Academic Performance 's 2018–19 rankings, the university placed 362nd in the world, and 15th in Canada. SFU also works with other universities and agencies to operate joint research facilities. These include Bamfield Marine Station ,

1728-531: The 2011–2012 season, SFU competed in the NCAA's Division II Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) and has now transitioned all 19 Simon Fraser teams into the NCAA. On September 9, 2015, SFU celebrated its 50th anniversary. Over its 50 years, the university educated over 130,000 graduates. A breach of SFU's systems in February 2020 exposed the records of 250,000 students. A second attack in February 2021 resulted in

1800-750: The British Columbia Postcards Collection, and more than 9800 editorial cartoons from Canadian newspapers. Simon Fraser University's art galleries include: SFU Gallery on the Burnaby campus (established 1970), Audain Gallery at the Goldcorp Centre for the Arts in Vancouver (established 2010), and Teck Gallery at Harbour Centre in Vancouver (established 1989). SFU Galleries stewards the Simon Fraser University Art Collection, which includes, in its holdings of over 5,500 works, significant regional and national artworks spanning

1872-482: The Canadian tour, but with special focus on rural areas and soundscapes which were still well-preserved. The tour also resulted in two publications, a narrative account of the trip called European Sound Diary and a detailed soundscape analysis called Five Village Soundscapes . In 2009, a group of Finnish researchers led by Helmi Järviluoma , Heikki Uimonen, and Noora Vikman in collaboration with Barry Truax revisited

1944-525: The Fall 2021 semester, SFU had 25,595 undergraduates, with 12,812 of them being full-time and 12,783 part-time. International students made up 21% of the undergraduate student body, of which over 85% came from Asia, the highest proportion being from China at 43%. SFU's undergraduate student union is known as the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS). The university enrolled 4,701 graduate students in

2016-496: The Fall 2021 semester, with international students constituting 32% of the graduate student population. A Graduate Student Society supports and advocates for graduate students at the university. SFU also offers non-credit programs and courses to adult students. As of 2016 , SFU Continuing Studies offers more than 300 courses and 27 certificate and diploma programs, mostly delivered either online or part-time from SFU's downtown Vancouver or Surrey campus. Continuing Studies also manages

2088-653: The Fei and Milton Wong Experimental theatre, screening rooms, sound studios, and art galleries. The university is governed in accordance with the British Columbia University Act . The convocation is composed of all faculty members, senators, and graduates (degree holders, including honorary alumni) of the university. Its main function is to elect the 4 convocation senators. Convocation ceremonies are held twice annually to confer degrees (including honorary degrees) as well as award diplomas and certificates. The board

2160-617: The Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. SFU's three campuses are all accessible by public transit. The Vancouver campus is a block away from the Waterfront SkyTrain station while the Surrey campus is adjacent to the Surrey Central SkyTrain station . The Burnaby campus is linked to the Production Way–University , Burquitlam , and Sperling–Burnaby Lake SkyTrain stations by frequent shuttle bus service. The main campus

2232-539: The School of Interactive Arts and Technology. A separate five-floor building opened on April 25, 2019, across the street from the existing Central City complex. The 20,458-square-metre (220,210 sq ft) building is LEED Gold certified and mainly houses the Sustainability Energy Engineering (SEE) program and supports 440 full-time students with engineering labs, computer labs, classrooms, lecture halls and office spaces. The Vancouver campus

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2304-571: The TSSU and CUPE local 3338 resorted to job action, and the BC Labour Relations Board found SFU's administration to be bargaining in bad faith with the CUPE local. Conflicts since then include unpaid wages (in Fall 2013, 18% of TSSU members reported that they were not paid on the first payday; by the term's third payday, some members still had not received their wages), and a health plan, redundant with

2376-414: The annual Terry Fox Run, Gung Haggis Fat Choy , Clubs Week, and other multi-cultural events. Electroacoustic music Electroacoustic music is a genre of popular and Western art music in which composers use technology to manipulate the timbres of acoustic sounds , sometimes by using audio signal processing , such as reverb or harmonizing , on acoustical instruments. It originated around

2448-671: The basis or inspiration for subsequent international endeavours. In the 1990s, the project reemerged with the digitization of much of the recordings library onto the DAT format, and new digital recordings made in Vancouver . These recordings formed the basis of the Soundscape Vancouver '96 project which culminated in a publication intended to revisit the Vancouver Soundscape project of 1973. Instead of phonographic recordings this release

2520-411: The chancellor, the president, vice-president, academic, vice-president, research, deans of faculties, dean of graduate studies, dean of continuing studies, associate vice-president, academic, university librarian, registrar (as senate secretary), 14 student members, 28 faculty members, and 4 convocation members (who are not faculty members). The senate is chaired by the president. The academic governance of

2592-526: The construction of a 12-storey high rise in the heart of UniverCity. The Surrey campus consists of two buildings located in Whalley / City Centre , Surrey . The main building is part of Central City , an architectural complex adjacent to the Surrey Central SkyTrain station. It was established in 2002 to absorb the students and programs of the former Technical University of British Columbia , which

2664-516: The creation of loops, which can be altered and manipulated through techniques such as editing and playback speed manipulation. The work of Halim El-Dabh is perhaps the earliest example of tape (or, in this case, Wire recording ) music. El-Dabh's The Expression of Zaar , first presented in Cairo, Egypt, in 1944, was an early work using musique concrète –like techniques similar to those developed in Paris during

2736-512: The creation of the cross-disciplinary Institute of Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (INN) research hub to empower neuroscience-related research and collaboration across the university. The student newspaper The Peak was established shortly after the university opened and is circulated throughout the university. CJSF 90.1 FM has been SFU's campus community radio station since the early 1970s. The Simon Fraser Student Society provides funding for over 300 campus clubs. Various campus events include

2808-471: The development of electronic music has been traced back to "the invention of the valve [vacuum tube] in 1906". The precise control afforded by the studio allowed for what Eimert considered to be the subjection of everything, "to the last element of the single note", to serial permutation , "resulting in a completely new way of composing sound"; in the studio, serial operations could be applied to elements such as timbre and dynamics. The common link between

2880-606: The eastern end of the campus to the western side, where the UniverCity urban village is located. The campus consists of the following buildings: Due to the contemporary Brutalist architecture of the Burnaby Mountain campus, many buildings, including the WAC Bennett Library and Academic Quadrangle have been used for location shots in various films and television programmes over the years. Each campus has its own library,

2952-743: The exposure of 200,000 records. A class action lawsuit was filed against SFU in March 2021. In early 2022, Burnaby City Council announced they would officially support the SFU Gondola as part of the TransLink expansion project. This is included in the Mayors’ Council’s approval of the Transport 2050 regional transportation strategy announcement. Simon Fraser University has three campuses, each located in different parts of Greater Vancouver . SFU's original campus

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3024-422: The final track on the 1973 publication by R. Murray Schafer . It was released as a double-CD with the original 1973 project. The entire library has been digitized and a new project has begun to bring its contents online for student access. The online catalogue has been updated to include photographs from many of the recording sites. While the project has not embarked on any recent studies or tours, its impact on

3096-604: The focus was on the composition of elektronische Musik , and the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center in New York City, where tape music, electronic music, and computer music were all explored. Practical electronic music instruments began to appear in the early 20th century. Tape music is an integral part of musique concrète , which uses the tape recorder as its central musical source. The music can utilise pre-recorded sound fragments and

3168-578: The heart of the campus are the Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and three art galleries. The campus has been awarded numerous architectural awards over the years, including the gold medal for Lieutenant-Governor 2009 Awards in Architecture and the 2007 Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's Prix du XXe siècle. The Burnaby campus is composed of a vast complex of interconnected buildings spanning across 170 hectares (420 acres) of land on Burnaby Mountain, from

3240-572: The international acoustic ecology community has been dramatic and there are many groups in different countries now devoted to similar projects inspired by the efforts of the World Soundscape Project. In 1993, the members of the international acoustic ecology community, including important contributors to the World Soundscape Project, formed the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology. Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University ( SFU )

3312-490: The largest of which is the W.A.C. Bennett Library based on the SFU Burnaby campus, which holds over 2.7 million print and microform volumes. SFU also has a Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, which holds many exhibits created by students as part of the museum studies courses offered in the Department of Archaeology. Archaeological collections arising from excavations and other research by faculty, staff and students are housed in

3384-542: The last century. The Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Art Studies at SFU houses a collection of 50,000 objects, primarily digital images and digitized textual documents, which document the art, culture and history of different First Nations cultures of the Northwest Coast. The collection includes explorers' drawings, sketches, paintings and original photography. The SFU Burnaby campus provides residence to 1766 SFU and FIC students in six different areas, all located on

3456-617: The middle of the 20th century, following the incorporation of electric sound production into compositional practice . The initial developments in electroacoustic music composition to fixed media during the 20th century are associated with the activities of the Groupe de recherches musicales  [ fr ] at the ORTF in Paris, the home of musique concrète , the Studio for Electronic Music in Cologne, where

3528-678: The museum. Several large wooden sculptures ('totem') poles from the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria represent the major art traditions of the indigenous coastal peoples of British Columbia. The museum holds an extensive collection of Indonesian wayang kulit shadow puppets and ethnographic objects from around the world. The museum's image collection holds over 120,000 35 mm slides and digital images of archaeological and ethnographic interest. The SFU Library's Digital Collections provide internet access to digitized documents from

3600-471: The presence of the recordists. Much of the recordings consist of Huse and Davis asking for directions or interacting with the people they encounter in the sound environments they documented. This approach of transparency marks a shift in aesthetic from the previous venture. The recordings were mixed into a documentary radio series on CBC Ideas called Soundscapes of Canada. The series consisted of ten one-hour programmes which were broadcast in 1974. In 1975,

3672-401: The provincial health plan available to all international students after their first three months in-province and costing double a prior plan's cost, in which international students are automatically enrolled. Simon Fraser University has placed in various international post-secondary school rankings. In the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities rankings, the university ranked 301–400 in

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3744-682: The recommendation of a 1962 report entitled Higher Education in British Columbia and a Plan for the Future by John B. Macdonald . He recommended the creation of a new university in the Lower Mainland and the British Columbia Legislature gave formal assent on March 1, 1963, for the establishment of the university in Burnaby. The university was named after Simon Fraser , a North West Company fur trader and explorer. The original name of

3816-591: The restored Woodward's Building , SFU Charles Chang Innovation Centre, SFU Vancity Office of Community Engagement at 312 Main, SFU VentureLabs, SFU Collection at Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, and SFU Contemporary Arts at 611 Alexander Visual Arts Studio. The original campus building at Harbour Centre, a rebuilt heritage department store, officially opened on May 5, 1989. Today, the entire campus serves more than 70,000 people annually. Approximately 10,000 are graduate and undergraduate students enrolled in courses and degree programs based downtown. The Belzberg Library

3888-457: The same five villages to analyze how their soundscapes had changed over 30 years due to urbanization . The project slowed down during the 1980s and direct activity by the original members under the WSP banner dwindled. However, the aftereffects left by their work in the 1970s helped Acoustic Ecology emerge internationally as a field of study and the methodologies of the World Soundscape Project served as

3960-578: The same period. El-Dabh would later become more famous for his work at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center , where in 1959 he composed the influential piece Leiyla and the Poet . Composer John Cage 's assembly of the Williams Mix serves as an example of the rigors of tape music. First, Cage created a 192-page score. Over the course of a year, 600 sounds were assembled and recorded. Cut tape segments for each occurrence of each sound were accumulated on

4032-452: The school was Fraser University, but was changed because the initials "FU" evoked the profane phrase "fuck you". In May of the same year, Gordon M. Shrum was appointed as the university's first chancellor. From a variety of sites that were offered, Shrum recommended to the provincial government that the summit of Burnaby Mountain, 365 meters above sea level, be chosen for the new university. Architects Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey won

4104-529: The score. Then the cut segments were spliced to one of eight tapes, work finished on January 16, 1953. The premiere performance (realization) of the 4'15" work was given on March 21, 1953, at the University of Illinois , Urbana. In Cologne, elektronische Musik , pioneered in 1949–51 by the composer Herbert Eimert and the physicist Werner Meyer-Eppler , was based solely on electronically generated (synthetic) sounds, particularly sine waves . The beginning of

4176-653: The study of artistic learning and engagement. In 2008, SFU has the highest publication impact among Canadian comprehensive universities and the highest success rates per faculty member in competitions for federal research council funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) . In 2017, Simon Fraser University entered into an agreement with Huawei to receive cloud computing equipment. In 2022, Simon Fraser University announced

4248-487: The success of The Vancouver Soundscape , two members, Peter Huse and Bruce Davis, embarked on a tour across Canada in 1973, in an effort to document the changing soundscape and preserve dying sounds becoming obsolete due to new technology. The types of sounds recorded on this project included natural ambiences, signifiers such as bells, chimes and foghorns, as well as mechanical and industrial sounds. The recordings are typically long uninterrupted takes and do not attempt to mask

4320-412: The two schools is that the music is recorded and performed through loudspeakers, without a human performer. The majority of electroacoustic pieces use a combination of recorded sound and synthesized or processed sounds, and the schism between Schaeffer's and Eimert's approaches has been overcome, the first major example being Karlheinz Stockhausen 's Gesang der Jünglinge of 1955–56. Circuit bending

4392-417: The university is vested in the senate. The chancellor is appointed by the board of governors on nomination by the alumni association and after consultation with the senate for a three-year term, which can be renewed once. The main responsibilities of the chancellor are to confer degrees and represent the university in formal functions. The board of governors appoints the president and vice-chancellor based on

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4464-593: The university placed first in their comprehensive university category. The university also placed ninth in Maclean's reputation category. Simon Fraser University was ranked despite having opted out from participation in Maclean's graduate survey since 2006. In the World’s Universities for Real Impact ( WURI ) 2022 rankings, SFU ranked 18th in the world, and 1st in Canada. In QS's 2022 graduate employability ranking,

4536-499: The university ranked 301–500 in the world, and 10–17 in Canada. In 2020, Simon Fraser University received a sponsored research income (external sources of research funds) of C$ 167.256 million, the 17th highest in Canada. In the same year, the university's faculty averaged a sponsored research income of $ 188,600, while graduates averaged $ 34,000. Simon Fraser's research performance has been noted by several bibliometric university rankings, which uses citation analysis to evaluates

4608-475: The western side of the campus. UniverCity is an urban community located on top of Burnaby Mountain , adjacent to Simon Fraser University. It has won several awards for sustainable planning and development. Envisioned in 1963 by Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey, the area adjacent to the university was not officially rezoned for development until 30 years later. Development of the community began in early 2000, when Simon Fraser University commenced construction on

4680-436: The world and 13–17 in Canada. The 2024 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 318th in the world and thirteenth in Canada. The 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed Simon Fraser 251–300 in the world, and 11–13 in Canada. In U.S. News & World Report 2022–23 global university rankings , the university placed 317th in the world, and 12th in Canada. In Maclean's 2023 rankings,

4752-401: The world's largest cyclotron , and Bamfield Marine Station , a major centre for teaching and research in marine biology. Undergraduate and graduate programs at SFU operate on a year-round, three-semester schedule. In 2015, SFU became the second Canadian university to receive accreditation from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities . Simon Fraser University was founded upon

4824-446: The world, and there are numerous conferences and festivals which present electroacoustic music, notably the International Computer Music Conference , the international conference on New Interfaces for Musical Expression , the Electroacoustic Music Studies Conference, and the Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, Austria). A number of national associations promote the art form, notably the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) in Canada,

4896-451: Was closed by the provincial government. It has since expanded to house the Surrey operations of other SFU programs. The Central City complex that houses the campus was designed by architect Bing Thom and opened in 2006. The Fraser Library, a branch of the SFU Library, is located at the second floor on this campus and is the only branch with a games room, where arcade games and console games are available. It also loans equipment to students in

4968-427: Was compositionally oriented, with the recordings used as source material for soundscape compositions by a host of prominent international electroacoustic composers . Featured composers included Darren Copeland , Sabine Breitsameter, Hans Ulrich Werner, Barry Truax and Claude Schryer. It also featured one track of phonographic ambience and a narrated documentary by Barry Truax and Hildegard Westerkamp similar to

5040-486: Was created in an effort to expand higher education across Canada . SFU is a member of multiple national and international higher education associations, including the Association of Commonwealth Universities , International Association of Universities , and Universities Canada . SFU has also partnered with other universities and agencies to operate joint research facilities such as the TRIUMF , Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics , which houses

5112-426: Was in the Multi Tenant Facility (now renamed as "Discovery 2 Building") located in Discovery Parks Trust SFU site, is now moved into "Discovery 1 Building" after Discovery Parks Trust returned the building to Simon Fraser University. The MODAL Research Group, based at Simon Fraser, partners with multiple Canadian universities and arts organizations to carry out multi-disciplinary research in the arts with an emphasis on

5184-464: Was launched in the 1980s with a storefront classroom. It was the first urban university classroom in British Columbia. A significant portion of funding for the building of the campus came from the private sector. The Vancouver campus has eight buildings spread across the downtown core: SFU Harbour Centre , the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, the Segal Graduate School of Business , SFU Contemporary Arts at

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