Radical Campus: Making Simon Fraser University

1P3-1554910171

Publication: Canadian Journal of Education

Date: 2008-07-01 00:00:00

Hugh Johnston. (2005). Radical Campus: Making Simon Fraser University. Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre. 382 pages. ISBN: 978-1-55365-140-6 (hardback)

When agreeing to review this book I expected a full historical account of Simon Fraser University (SFU). Unfortunately from my perspective the author limits himself to just "the beginnings" of the story (p. 3). This means that apart from some brief notes on the last 40 years in an epilogue, we only learn about the first decade of the SFU story. Furthermore, the raison d'tre for telling this ...

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