Opinion: Science is alive and thriving at Simon Fraser University

I was recently talking with someone who should have known better, and was taken aback when they said to me, “There’s science at SFU?”
Stifling the urge to say something snide like, “You’re kidding, right?,” I took a deep breath and replied that, yes, there is indeed science at Simon Fraser University.
Of the eight faculties at SFU, four have the word “science” in their name: Arts and Social Science, Applied Science, Health Sciences and (drum roll,