# Source note — SFU Burnaby names and sign

Published September 18, 2026. NewsForBC source-check.

Lead: Vinncent Kennedy, BetterBC Facebook post. User URL https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1VujdnB1GD/?mibextid=wwXIfr ; canonical https://www.facebook.com/groups/betterbc/permalink/1613526723833492/ . Captured image is shown for news-source scrutiny, not endorsement; original photographer unconfirmed.

Methods: reviewed SFU official naming release, naming page, editorial policy and typography guide; Musqueam and Squamish language sources; Global News specialist explanation; Kuipers 1967 preface. No interviews or outreach. No verified procurement total or accessibility testing. No exact universal orthography adoption date asserted. English retention in the photograph must not obscure the documented institutional shift to Indigenous-name priority. The original post refers to written-language history, not explicitly invention of the spoken languages.

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## Sources
- September 16 announcement: https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/media/media-releases/2026/09/four-host-nations-gift-sfu-s-burnaby-campus-indigenous-place-nam.html
- editorial style guide: https://www.sfu.ca/communicators-toolkit/brand/guidelines/writing/editorial-style-guide/language-grammar/indigenous-naming.html
- First Peoples’ Cultural Council’s 2018 fact sheet: https://fpcc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Fact_Sheet_3_Writing_Systems.pdf
- Musqueam’s language department: https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/departments/community-services/language/
- Squamish Nation: https://www.squamish.net/divisions/territory-culture-services/language-cultural-affairs/
- 1967 Squamish grammar: https://api.pageplace.de/preview/DT0400.9783111358024_A30486225/preview-9783111358024_A30486225.pdf
- Global News reporting in 2021: https://globalnews.ca/news/7825465/squamish-language-signs/
- naming page: https://www.sfu.ca/about/truth-reconciliation/our-actions/indigenous-naming.html
- typography guidance: https://www.sfu.ca/communicators-toolkit/brand/guidelines/typography/indigenous-characters.html