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What is FASS?

Writer: Fass FestFass Fest

Updated: Jul 22, 2019

SFU’s largest faculty.

Girl pointing to t-shirt breast pocket area saying "Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences"

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) is the largest faculty at Simon Fraser University! This diverse community offers students a wide range of programs and community engagement opportunities that allow SFU students to take their learning outside of these walls.



Our many programs.

Row of pamphlets advertising FASS programs such as Linguistics and Philosophy

We have a wide range of programs from Anthropology, First Nations Studies, Gerontology, Economics, Linguistics, Philosophy, Sociology, and more. With such a high interest in some of these subjects, student unions are formed under their department to bridge the connection between subject, faculty, and students through fun socials, workshops, and interconnectivity with other unions. You can check out our list of departmental student unions (DSUs) here.



Our mentorship program.

Group picture of our mentors and other FASS incoming students from FASS Camps 2019.

This faculty also runs the FASS Peer Mentorship Program where we connect students with experience in their faculty and program to new incoming students entering SFU. This way, the mentees have someone they can turn to when they have questions about student life, resources, and courses.



Welcome.

FASS Fest logo - FASS in white block letters, Fest in handwriting underneath, and half a drawn sun in the corner

FASS Fest is one of our biggest events of the year that is student-led by multiple committees. Their hope is that new incoming students start their SFU journey with one of the most memorable overnight events in the faculty, filled with games, prizes, entertainment, and most importantly, connecting with other people. Grab your tickets here.


Be sure to check out @fass.engage on Instagram for news and updates on all things FASS!

 
 
 

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We respectfully acknowledge that FASS Fest takes place on the unceded ancestral and traditional territories of the səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations, on which we are privileged to live, work, and play. Unceded means that these territories have never been handed over, sold, or given up by these nations, and we are currently situated on occupied territories. The settler colony of British Columbia was created using various forms of strategic violence and dispossession, which has structured our society and created lasting injustices that today persist. We acknowledge that, in the present, new forms of colonial violence and dispossession continue to be established on these territories.

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