SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY IS OVERCOMING geography and taking centre stage in the field of publishing studies. The first students in SFU's new Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing have enrolled for credit courses this fall. In addition the centre has purchased the archives of the Association of Canadian Publishers, commenced research projects under Dr. Rowland Lorimer, and established an advisory panel under Reader's Digest's Ralph Hancox to secure industry and financial support for the project. Hancox has already presented a $102,500 foundation grant from The Reader's Digest Association of Canada. "I saw that the centre, properly guided and funded, could become the basis of an effective entry by the Canadian publishing industry into world markets," he said. The centre as part of the department of communication, will offer degrees in publishing and will be located at Simon Fraser's new urban university campus at Harbour Centre in downtown Vancouver. SFU has also conferred an honorary degree on the most high-profile member of the Canada's billion-dollar publishing industry, Jack McClelland, who delivered a convocation address to SFU graduates in June.

[Autumn / BCBW 1988]