- Jiawei Han
Jiawei Han is a renowned computer scientist who specializes in research on Data Mining. He is currently a professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Previously he was a professor in the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. In 2003 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery. - Barry Truax
Barry Truax (born 1947) is a Canadian composer who specializes in real-time implementations of granular synthesis, often of sampled sounds, and soundscapes. He developed the first ever implementation of real-time granular synthesis, in 1986, the first to use a sample as the source of a granular composition in 1987's "Wings of Nike", and was the first composer to explore the range between synchronic and asynchronic granular synthesis in 1986's "Riverrun". - Peter Borwein
Peter B. Borwein is a Canadian mathematician, co-developer of an algorithm for calculating π to the "n"th digit, PiHex, co-discoverer of the trillionth, four trillionth, 40th trillionth, and quadrillionth digits of π, and a professor at Simon Fraser University. - Arthur Erickson
Arthur Charles Erickson CC (born June 14, 1924, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) is an internationally celebrated Canadian architect. He studied Asian languages at the University of British Columbia, and later earned a degree in architecture from McGill University. Most of his buildings are modernist concrete structures designed to respond to the natural conditions of its location, especially climate. Many buildings, such as the Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver, … - Kieran Egan
Kieran Egan, (born 1942) is a contemporary educational philosopher and a student of the classics, anthropology, cognitive psychology, and cultural history. He has written on issues in education and child development, with an emphasis on the uses of imagination and the intellectual stages (Egan calls them understandings) that mark different ages from birth to adulthood. He has also called into question the work of Jean Piaget and progressive educators, … - Angus Reid
Angus Reid is a Canadian entrepreneur in the market research industry. He is CEO of both Vision Critical and Angus Reid Strategies, two affiliate companies based in Vancouver, Canada. Angus Reid was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and received his early education in Vancouver. He earned a B.A. and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Manitoba, and in 1974 he received a Ph.D. in Sociology from Carleton University in Ottawa. - Angus Reid
Angus Reid (born September 23rd, 1976 in Richmond, British Columbia) is an offensive lineman for the B.C. Lions of the CFL. He is number 64, weighs 305 lbs. and is 6'1 tall. Reid went to Simon Fraser University and played for the Simon Fraser Clan. He began his career with the Montreal Alouettes but was traded, along with a 5th round draft pick, to B.C. for Adriano Belli. In 2004, Reid was selected to the West Division All-Star Team for the first time in his career. - Jonathan Borwein
Jonathan M. Borwein (born 1951) is a Canadian mathematician noted for his prolific and creative work throughout the international mathematical community. He is a close associate of David H. Bailey, and they have recently been among the most prominent public advocates of Experimental mathematics in North America. Dr. Borwein was Shrum Professor of Science (1993-2003) and a Canada Research Chair in Information Technology (2001-08) at Simon Fraser University, … - John Richards
John Richards is a UK-born professor at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia Canada. During the 1970's, he served as an elected member of the legislature in the province of Saskatchewan. A member of the social democratic New Democratic Party (NDP), Richards was for a time the only elected official who supported The Waffle, a group of intellectuals and students who tried to push the NDP further to the left. - R. Murray Schafer
R. Murray Schafer is Canada's pre-eminent composer and is known throughout the world. In an era of specialization, R. Murray Schafer has shown himself to be a true renaissance man. Born in Sarnia, Ontario in 1933, Murray Schafer has won national and international acclaim not only for his achievement as a composer but also as an educator, environmentalist, literary scholar, visual artist and provocateur. - Jack Lee
Jack Lee is the pipe sergeant of the multiple World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. He has won many prestigious honors during his piping career, including: Northern Meeting Gold Medal in 1981; Gold and Senior Piobaireachd at Oban in 2001; the Clasp, Gold Medal, Silver Star (Twice) at Inverness; Senior Piobaireachd, and Gold Medal at Oban, the MacCrimmon Memorial Cairn for Piobaireachd at the BC Pipers Annual Gathering (11 times) and numerous other awards. - Roy Miki
Roy Akira Miki (born October 10, 1942) is a Canadian poet and scholar. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to second generation Japanese-Canadian parents, he attended the University of Manitoba, the University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University, where he is currently a professor. He lives in Vancouver. - H. R. MacMillan
Harvey Reginald ("H.R.") MacMillan CC (September 9, 1885 - February 9, 1976) was a Canadian forester, forestry industrialist, wartime administrator, and philanthropist. Born in Newmarket, Ontario, he graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College in 1906 with an honours degree in biology. He obtained a Master of Science degree in Forestry at Yale University in 1908. In 1912, he was appointed first Chief Forester of British Columbia, … - George Bowering
George Harry Bowering (born December 1, 1935) is a prolific Canadian novelist, poet, historian, and biographer. He was born in Penticton, British Columbia, and raised in the nearby town of Oliver, where his father was a high-school chemistry teacher. Bowering is one of a group of poets including Frank Davey, Fred Wah, Jamie Reid, and David Dawson who were together at the University of British Columbia in the 1950s. There they founded the journal "Tish". - Hildegard Westerkamp
Hildegard Westerkamp is an important German and Canadian composer of contemporary music, and a professor at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. Many of her compositions deal with the acoustic environment. Particular themes include soundscapes of urban or rural areas, including voices, noise, silence, music and media, and so on. In several of these compositions, she incorporates the poetry of Norbert Ruebsaat. - Fiona Brinkman
Fiona Brinkman (nee Lawson) is an Associate Professor in Bioinformatics and Genomics (Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) at Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada, and is a leader in the area of pathogen bioinformatics. The daughter of scottish parents, Brinkman was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1967. She immigrated to Canada as a child where she grew up primarily in Mississauga, Ontario. She completed her B.Sc. - Daniel Igali
Baraladei Daniel Igali (born February 3, 1974 in Eniwari, Bayelsa State, Nigeria) is a Canadian freestyle wrestler. - Kevin Falcon
Kevin Falcon is the head of the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation. Falcon was first elected in 2001 as a British Columbia Liberal to represent the riding of Surrey-Cloverdale, and re-elected in 2005. Before his election to the Legislative Assembly, Falcon was president of the Access Group, a corporate communications firm he formed in 1998. He has also worked in the real estate development industry and was vice-president of Northwest Investment Properties. - Richard Lipsey
Richard G. Lipsey, O.C., Ph.D., LL.D., F.R.S.C. (born August 28 1928) is a Canadian academic and economist. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1951 from Victoria College (now the University of Victoria), a Master of Arts degree in 1953 from the University of Toronto, and a Ph.D. in 1958 from the London School of Economics. From 1955 to 1963, he held the positions of Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer, … - Linda Harasim
Professor Linda Harasim holds a Ph.D. in educational theory from the University of Toronto and has been active for over a decade in researching educational applications of computer networking. She has designed, implemented, and evaluated networking applications in Canada, the U.S., and Latin America. Dr. Harasim is currently a professor of the School of Communication, Faculty of Applied Sciences, at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia. - Rachel Marsden
Rachel Marsden (born 1974) is a Canadian conservative political columnist and television commentator. - Fred Wah
Frederick James Wah (born January 23, 1939) is a Canadian-Chinese poet, novelist, and scholar. Wah was born in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, but raised in the interior (West Kootenay) of British Columbia. His father was a Canadian-born Chinese-Scots-Irishman raised in China and his mother a Swedish-born Canadian who came to Canada at age 6. His diverse ethnic makeup figures significantly in his writings. Wah studied literature and music at the University of British Columbia. - Christy Clark
Christina Joan Clark (born October 29, 1965, in Burnaby, British Columbia) is a former Canadian politician, who sat as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing the riding of Port Moody-Westwood as a member of the BC Liberal Party. Clark attended Simon Fraser University, the Sorbonne (France) and the University of Edinburgh (Scotland, UK). - Barry Penner
Barry Penner is British Columbia's Minister of Environment and Minister responsible for Water Stewardship and Sustainable Communities. He is also British Columbia Liberal MLA for Chilliwack-Kent and the government's Deputy House Leader. Born in Kitimat, Penner was first elected an MLA in 1996 and has been re-elected in 2001 and 2005 with some of the highest margins of victory in the province. He has also served as President of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region (PNWER). - Richard Vaughan
Richard Vaughan (born 28 July 1971) is a robotics and artificial intelligence researcher at Simon Fraser University in Canada. He is the founder and director of the SFU Autonomy Laboratory, co-founder (with Greg Mori) of the SFU SDATS Laboratory and member of the Behavioural Ecology Research Group and the SFU Cognitive Science program. In 1998, Vaughan demonstrated the first robot to interact with animals and in 2000 co-founded the Player Project, … - Richard Vaughan
Richard Terence Vaughan (born July 28, 1971) is a robotics and artificial intelligence researcher from the United Kingdom working at Simon Fraser University in Canada. Vaughan is the founder and director of the SFU Autonomy Laboratory, co-founder (with Greg Mori) of the SFU SDATS Laboratory and member of the Behavioural Ecology Research Group and the SFU Cognitive Science program]. In 1998, Vaughan demonstrated the first robot to interact with animals. - Mark Leier
Professor Mark Leier , Department of History, Simon Fraser University : “ Canadian Bolsheviks is an important contribution to social, political, and intellectual history and has long deserved to be re-issued. Ian Angus confronts the accepted wisdom of the left and the right with thorough research, thoughtful arguments, and an obvious love for his subject. - Gordon Shrum
Gordon Merritt Shrum (January 14, 1896 - June 20, 1985) was a Canadian scientist, teacher, administrator, and the first Chancellor of Simon Fraser University. Born in Smithville, Ontario, his education at Victoria College at the University of Toronto, where he started in 1913, was interrupted by World War I. A friend of Mike Pearson, he was in his Canadian Officers Training Corps (C.O.T.C.) unit starting in 1914. Their company commander was Vincent Massey. - Doreen Kimura
Doreen Kimura (born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a professor at Simon Fraser University. She holds a PhD in psychobiology. Among other interests, her interests include the relationship between sex and cognition (see sex and intelligence) and promoting academic freedom; she is the founding president of the Society for Academic Freedom and Scholarship. - Larry Beasley
Larry Beasley is one of the world's top urban planners. He helped establish the City of Vancouver as one of the most livable cities in the world. Over the past 28 years of civic service, Beasley has served as the city's senior community planner and as director of the Vancouver Legacies Program, where he raised $3.5 million from the private sector for civic projects. - John Stubbs
Johns Stubbs is a Canadian academic. He was president of Trent University and Simon Fraser University. Stubbs began his career as a historian and political scientist, specializing in the history of 20th century British politics and media. He distinguished himself as a teacher and administrator at the University of Waterloo, serving in various positions including associate Dean of Arts. Stubbs was appointed President of Trent University in 1987, … - Jenny Kwan
Jenny Wai Ching Kwan （Chinese: 關慧貞; pinyin: Guān Hùizhēn）is a Chinese-born Canadian politician. She is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for the NDP. Kwan emigrated to Canada at age 9 from Hong Kong. She graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Bachelor of Arts in criminology and was as a community legal advocate in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. In 1993, Kwan became the youngest-ever member of Vancouver City Council. - Heribert Adam
Heribert Adam is professor emeritus of political sociology at Simon Fraser University, specializing in human rights, comparative racisms, peace studies, Southern Africa, and ethnic conflict. Originally from Frankfurt, Germany, he is a former president of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on Ethnic, Minority and Race Relations. Adam is noted for his work on ethnonationalism, … - Dorothy Livesay
Dorothy Kathleen May Livesay, OC, OBC, M.Ed, D.Litt, FRSC (12 October 1909 - 29 December 1996) was a Canadian poet. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the daughter of J.F.B. Livesay and Florence Randal Livesay, she moved to Toronto, Ontario with her family in 1920. Livesay received a BA in 1931 from Trinity College in the University of Toronto and received a diploma from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work in 1934. - Jay Triano
A native of Niagara Falls, Triano was the head coach of the Canadian men's national team from 1998-2004 posting a 52-42 (. 553) record. He led Canada to a semifinal berth in the 2003 FIBA Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Puerto Rico and to a 5-2 record, second best to the United States, in the 2000 Olympics. In addition to his duties with Canada Basketball, Triano worked six years as a radio analyst and director of community relations for the Vancouver Grizzlies. - John McCallum
John McCallum, PC, MP, MA, Ph.D (born April 9, 1950) is a Canadian politician, economist and university professor. Following the 2006 Federal Election, he became the Liberal Finance Critic in the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet. Before the election, he was the thirty-seventh Minister of National Revenue and was also the Minister responsible for Canada Post Corporation, the Royal Canadian Mint, from 2004 to 2006 and acting Minister of Natural Resources from 2005 to 2006. - John J. Clague
John J. Clague PhD FRSC is an award-winning Canadian authority in Quaternary and environmental earth sciences. He is a Professor of Earth Sciences at Simon Fraser University and an Emeritus Scientist of the Geological Survey of Canada. Clague was the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, President of the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group and Vice President of International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA). - William Leiss
William Leiss, O.C., Ph.D., F.R.S.C. (born 1939) was President of the Royal Society of Canada from 1999-2001. Born in Long Island, New York at the end of 1939, he grew up in rural Pennsylvania. He began his university education in New Jersey, at Fairleigh Dickinson University, graduating in 1956 with a B.A. summa cum laude (major in history and minor in accounting); then in Massachusetts, … - Wayde Compton
Wayde Compton (b. Vancouver, 1972) is a Canadian writer. He is the author of two collections of poetry, "49th Parallel Psalm" (Advance Editions, 1999) and "Performance Bond" (Arsenal Pulp, 2004); he is also the editor of "Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature" (Arsenal Pulp, 2001). Compton is co-founder of Commodore Books, the first press in Western Canada devoted to publishing the work of black writers. - Larissa Lai
Larissa Lai (born 1967) is a Canadian writer. Born in La Jolla, California, she grew up in St. John's, Newfoundland. She attended the University of British Columbia and, in 1990, graduated with a B.A. in Sociology. Subsequently, she earned her MA from the University of East Anglia. Her first novel, "When Fox is a Thousand" (1995) was shortlised for the 1996 Books in Canada First Novel Award, and her second, "salt fish girl" was published in 2002.
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