Biography acomplishments
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Biography & Accomplishments
About Joy
As SFU's president and vice-chancellor, Joy is committed to carrying out SFU's framtidsperspektiv to be a leading research university advancing an inclusive and sustainable future, as outlined in What's Next: The SFU Strategy.
Joy is widely respected in academic and research communities. Prior to her appointment as president, Joy served as SFU’s vice-president, research and international from 2014 to 2020. Under her strong leadership, SFU’s research income grew from $103 million in 2014 to $161 million in 2020—the fastest growth in research income of any Canadian university.
Before joining SFU, Joy had a distinguished career in academics and research, completing her PhD in nursing at the University of Alberta before joining the University of British Columbia as a professor in the School of Nursing. Her commitment to research led her to take on the role of scientific director with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research's Institute of
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Biographies: Accomplishments Activity
Activity Overview
Template and Class Instructions
Activity Overview
Why do students choose who they choose to research? Usually it’s because they admire that person and what they have done or continue to do. Those accomplishments are what makes people well known and important to others. It also shows how much of an impact they've had on a person or samhälle. For this activity, students will create a 3 cell spider map about their chosen person’s accomplishments.
Activity Overview
Why do students choose who they choose to research? Usually it’s because they admire that person and what they have done or continue to do. Those accomplishments are what makes people well known and important to others. It also shows how much of an impact they've had on a person or society. For this activity, students will create a 3 cell spider map about their chosen person’s accomplishments.
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5 Crowning Achievements of Maya Angelou
Considered to be one of the most consequential figures of the 20th century, Maya Angelou had a diverse career spanning five decades. First, she was a singer and dancer, then as a journalist and civil rights activist, and later as a memoirist, poet, and screenwriter.
Here’s a look at five monumental achievements of the late Angelou, who died at age 86 in 2014.
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She was a civil rights activist
Having traveled the world and having met with Malcolm X while living in Ghana, Angelou returned to the United States in 1964 to help the Black leader in his political efforts. However, soon after she arrived stateside, Malcolm X was assassinated.
Despite his death, Angelou continued working with the Civil Rights Movement and helped raise funds for Martin Luther King Jr. Unfortunately, the young artist found herself devastated once again when King was murdered on her birthday in 1968. It was during this time that novelist Jam