Simon Fraser University Employer Reviews

As a researcher at SFU, I start to search for new methods in my work, develop new ideas, implement and test them to evaluate and compare to baseline methods.
I have nice and helpful co-workers.
The most enjoyable part of job for me is implementing and developing new ideas.

students (and teachers) get ripped off by sfu practice of hiring low-paid sessional profs having none of the benefits of regular profs: no office, no security, no say, low pay

Hunting research information for PhD candidate, focusing on area of Telemedecine.

A typical day is contacting people via phone and email to ask their permission to film them for Simon Fraser University's Library Archives regarding Aboriginal issues.

My job is to build a relationship based on trust so that the atmosphere between myself and the interviewee is calm, and relaxed. Once that has been established and put in place, filming – more... begins (by me) in allowing them to voice their opinions and/or concerns surrounding specific issues that affect First Nation people.

In the past I have interviewed Aboriginal people in regards to the Missing Women's Commission; Enbridge Pipeline Proposal, and Taseko Mining proposals in northern BC.

The hardest part of this job is making contact with a potential interviewee, but once the contact is made, and a relationship built on honesty and trust develops, friendships are made, and their stories are filmed and prepared digitally for the library's archives.

All interviewees receive copies of the film taken, and have the option to change what appears or to add something more should they choose to do so. – less

excellent place. SFU is a very good school and has strong academic
courses.

I got chance to learn while teaching big classes. Learned about Canadian teaching style, course designing, evaluation and grading. I also became culturally sensitive as I had to deal with students of diverse backgrounds.
Overall it was a very enriching experience.

Most professors respect the need to balance work as a TA, life as a student and a social life outside. The union is pretty good about ensuring a standard minimum standard is there too, and helps you out if you are in trouble.

Salary is soso, enough to get by but not much else.

I worked in the computer lab providing data support for a biology project. After download the data from public website, I am responsible for transferring it into a proper form that we can compare the "ortholog" between different genomes. Several computer languages are used during this process, such as Perl and Linux. Another team member will take over – more... the data by comparing and uploading them on website with Perl and SQL.
During my intern, I learned a number of computer languages and realized communication is very important in team work. It was a great experience to work with my team members and professor, who demonstrated a professional way of working in a team.
Even though programming is stressful, I am able to complete the assignments, and always looking for a more efficient way to compile data. I identify a public server “Westgrid”, which tripled calculation speed. – less

The study in SFU provided me a full understanding of the organic chemical lab. In addition, I leaned lots of knowledge about the organic chemistry.

I truly enjoyed my studies and my teaching/marking job, as philosophy was my field, and I was able to work well with the department faculty.