Invented Tradition At Simon Fraser University

The scotsinbritishcolumbia weblog published an interesting shipping service on Nov 14, 2018 past times Georgia Twiss, "A Tale of Two Simon Frasers: The Invented too Contested Scottish Tradition of SFU."  Twiss argues that "...most people assume the university’s lift too Scottishness accolade Simon Fraser, the nineteenth-century royal explorer too fur trade...but inwards truth has footling to produce alongside Simon Fraser the Explorer at all."

Simon Fraser University was founded inwards 1965 too serves over 30,000 students through campuses inwards British Columbia's largest municipalities of Vancouver, Burnaby too Surrey.  Twiss comments that the "...naming of SFU was a fluke past times agency of an acronymic oversight. The master copy name, ‘Fraser University’, was chosen to reverberate the portion from where its educatee trunk would largely derive. However, upon the realization that the schoolhouse would endure colloquially referred to every bit “F.U,” the prefix “Simon” was added, alongside no straight disceptation every bit to whom it was meant to honour."

Twiss proceeds to depict steps followed past times the university’s president, Patrick McTaggart-Cowan, every bit he created academy traditions "...symbolizing a prestigious feel of historical continuity too heritage that was lacking..." inwards a novel institution.

The shipping service evolved from a poster presentation for Twiss' history honours seminar held inwards Spring 2018.

Readers alongside an involvement inwards Canadian history should depository fiscal establishment gibe out the Unwritten Histories weblog maintained past times Andrea Eidinger, Ph.D.  Eidinger's weblog is "...dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of Canadian history every bit a field, discipline, too profession! Unwritten Histories is designed to endure an accessible platform for Canadian historians too history enthusiasts, both inwards damage of resources, news, too access to a various community."  I institute the shipping service on Simon Fraser through her regularly distributed Canadian History Roundup that offers links to the "...latest inwards weblog posts, news, too podcasts from the basis of Canadian history."

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