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Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Simon Fraser University

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Simon Fraser University, privately endowed university in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, with branch campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. It was established in 1963 and named after the explorer Simon Fraser. It has faculties of arts, science, applied sciences, graduate studies, business administration, education, and continuing studies and a school for the contemporary arts.

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