At Media Minds, we introduce immigrant youth to videography.

The Student Experience Initiative is for students to develop projects and working groups that they can implement throughout the year.

I volunteered as a Summit Peer Leader and it was a great experience. The program started this summer and currently, it’s still going on. It helps high school students to choose their future paths, and also shape their university experience.

Shina is the Engagement Programming Assistant for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Shina is responsible for running the Peer Connections Mentorship Program along with a host of other events for FASS.

I found out about this opportunity from the Career and Volunteer Services newsletter. The event was the International Student Orientation, and I was helping facilitate the orientation.

Red Cross is an organization that is focused on international humanitarian work, supporting causes such as the refugee crisis, homelessness, and natural disasters.

I’ve been volunteering all over the place. I’ve done volunteering through SFU Surrey Open Houses, Beedie School of Business through their Op Fest and lastly the SFU Fusion Festival at Surrey campus.

I was looking for volunteering opportunities to fulfill the prerequisites for medical school and I wanted a placement in the healthcare field, lucky enough I came across the Canadian Institute for the Blind (CNIB) during my search.

I became a Career Peer Educator because in my first 2 years of SFU, I barely joined clubs or attended social events and gatherings.

So this was a summer full of learning, growth, letting go, rolling with the punches and falling in love with radio even more. It culminated in an absolutely crazy week where the Gzowski team created an original podcast.

The Pursuit of Happiness aims to promote mental and physical health awareness on campus; we do this by hosting events to create a safe, fun environment for students to engage with each other.

Over the course of my four years at SFU, I’ve spent a lot of time at the Burnaby campus.

I joined Volunteers of SFU as a one-time volunteer at their launch event. After, I was invited to stay for the rest of the summer. The project was so new that we didn’t really know what we were doing...we had to figure it out as we went.

I was introduced to the Human Resources Students’ Association through a mentee in the Business program.

I first joined NATO Club because I took a Political Science class about wars and conflict resolution. After that, I went to a NATO field school to Europe and started participating model NATO in Canada and Europe.

When I first joined the Education Student Association, it was only me and two other people. We were surprised to learn that the Education faculty has such a low engagement level, even though we’re one of the biggest faculties at SFU.

I am an international student, and when I began my studies, I felt it was really hard to get involved in the community here. It was hard to make friends as well, because it’s difficult to find topics to talk about.

I’ve been pretty interested in the conservation of Pacific salmon for a while now.

I was the Social Media Coordinator for a conference that looked at how City of Surrey could make it easier for Surrey youth to transition to adulthood. I covered the event, running around to take pictures and tweeting about what was going on.

In first year, I went to Welcome Day and loved the leader there. They really got us involved in our faculty and staff, and some of the students that were in my group are still my close friends.

I decided to get involved with Enactus because I thought it would be a great way to give back.

I started going to Super Smash Bros (a multiplayer fighting game) tournaments a few years ago and quickly developed a passion for it.

I have a passion for politics, so when I saw that the previous SFU Green Party had been inactive for many years, I decided to start it up again.

Health ethics is a passion and interest of mine so joining the SFU Health ethics club has allowed me to grow and be more involved in Health ethics. As a club our aim is to promote health ethics knowledge around campus.

When I entered the Beedie School of Business, I wanted to get involved right away, so I joined the SFU Marketing Association (SMA).

I was inspired to become a Frosh Leader by the upper-year students in my program when I first came to SFU.

I am in UCM and I lead a small group. My responsibility is gathering students’ information and putting them into small groups so we can hang out together. I joined UCM because I just want to find a community at SFU.

Co-op student, Jasmine Lehal, has been working at the Global Student Centre (@gscsfu) on SFU’s Burnaby campus as a part of the International Services for Students (ISS) team (

After I transferred from Capilano in my third year, I wanted to learn more about the SFU campus community and get to know some of the students that I would be taking classes with.

Being a Career Peer, I like to help other students, and I like to see how my results work. Students were able to come back and say “Hey we were able to accomplish this or we were able to get this position”.

Marina currently works at Translink as a Student Transportation Planner in GIS (Geographic Information Systems). Her role is to manage spatial data and create maps for Translink’s assets such as roads and Skytrain lines.

I founded our club, SANITY, because I realized that it was hard for me to discipline myself, but when I got someone else involved I found it easier to achieve my goals.

Who enjoys washing dishes? I do, but only at the gurdwara; a place of worship for Sikhs. My dad would take me to the gurdwara every week when I was in grade three, so I could volunteer in the kitchen.

I founded this club about a year ago because I wanted to bring awareness to the environmental causes which I’m really passionate about.

Without having any experience in IT and Cyber security, Tola pursed a position at BCNET as the Cyber Security and Identity Management Coordinator.

In high school, I was really involved in music. I used to do a lot of the performances and concerts at school and I really missed them.

Relay for Life is an event started by the Canadian Cancer Society. People submit teams, raise funds, and on the day of the relay you all come together and run for the cure.

I joined UNICEF SFU in my first year of university. The students and the executives were really welcoming, and I just felt like I belonged right away.

Daniela, a BPK student, is completing her 5th work term with UBC's Human Resources Department as an Ergonomics Co-op Student.  Daniela is completing her Occupational Ergonomics Certificate and will be graduating soon with a huge resume, due t

I’m a member of the SFU Autistics United. It’s a club for people with autism, autism related disabilities, and other disabilities as well.

I didn’t start volunteering until maybe my second or third year, because I was so preoccupied with my studies. I would come here and I would go straight home; I felt like there was nothing for me, or that there was nothing SFU could offer.

I found out about the exchange program on SFU’s newsletter and I got really interested in this opportunity. I’m majoring in Mechatronic Systems Engineering and went to Nanyang Technological University in Fall of 2017.

I was born and raised Catholic, but I still didn't really know my faith. So after returning from a church retreat in Brazil after high school, I decided to join Catholic Christian Outreach.

Sabinder Khara’s contributions as an SFU co-op student at Weatherhaven Global Resources Ltd have gained him valuable hands-on experience—while helping to advance the company’s recent multi-mill

Joining the SFU Finance Club is probably the best decision I have ever made. It emphasizes building networks and developing people skills, and that is what I found to be most intriguing when I joined.

When I first came to SFU, I wanted to focus on international relations, but I didn’t know what my exact focus would be. When another student and I founded the SFU Model NATO Club in 2015, it completely changed my life.

Meet Justin Randhawa, an Accounting student in Beedie School of Business (@sfubeedie )who worked at Kaushal & Company!

Deciding to go on exchange in Boston, MA was the best decision of my university career. As a Canadian it may seem odd to only go across the border to study abroad but for me it was the perfect choice.

I moved here about two years ago, and I wanted to make some new friends, so I joined Alpha Kappa Psi.

I’m currently a Volunteer Coordinator for the mini BIG Fair with Career and Volunteer Services.

A couple semesters ago, my friend and I realized that there was a lack of art clubs here at SFU, especially those that are inclusive. So, we decided to create our own. Our club is open to any kind of artist – no matter what you do.

I’m part of the SFU Social Activities Society and unlike other clubs, we’re focused on organizing smaller but more frequent events on campus.

As a first year student, I wanted to get experience and find out what public health was all about because that’s what I’m interested in.

This is my second semester as a Career Peer; I try to figure out how I can assist students with writing their resumes and cover letters to help them land a job.

As a Gallery Educator, it’s my job to educate the public about the animals in the ocean, the threats they face, and what we can do to help mitigate some of those threats so our kids have an ocean to enjoy.

I think for me the most memorable thing I’ve done with SFU Punjabi Students Association (PSA) is one of our past events, the Sandwich Drive.

I’ve been in SFU Vocal Jazz club for 3 years now as a co-director. We’re a causal choir club on campus, and we are completely student-run.

The SFU Punjabi Students Association revolves a lot around fundraising and setting up social events.

I started volunteering for Career Services and the Beedie Career Management Centre last fall.

I volunteer with Big Sisters of BC Lower Mainland and the program that I’m most involved with is called Go Girls!