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Burnaby students get free access to cutting-edge Makerspace

Students at SFU in Burnaby can now access a hands-on learning space to create, invent, tinker, explore and discover with cutting-edge technologies and tools.
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Dubbed the Makerspace, students can use equipment including a 3D printer, offset printer, and laser cutter for their research, coursework, and personal projects. There are also new video (including green screen), audio (podcasting studio), and virtual reality studios. SFU photo

Students at SFU in Burnaby can now access a hands-on learning space to create, invent, tinker, explore and discover with cutting-edge technologies and tools.

Dubbed the Makerspace, students can use equipment including a 3D printer, offset printer, and laser cutter for their research, coursework, and personal projects. There are also new video (including green screen), audio (podcasting studio), and virtual reality studios. 

The Makerspace is located in the W.A.C. Bennett Library at SFU Burnaby. Typically, access to this equipment would require costly memberships to various studios but all SFU students can access the space.

“Makerspaces have become increasingly common as means for promoting fast-changing modes of learning, and for fostering critical thinking and problem-solving skills, both of which are essential to success in today’s knowledge-based global economy,” said outgoing SFU president Andrew Petter, in a news release. “By exposing students and faculty to cutting-edge technologies that encourage hands-on learning, makerspaces not only facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship, but also support greater creativity in teaching practices.”

In addition, stress relief, community-building and student wellness activities, such as crocheting, embroidery and zine creation, are incorporated in many Makerspace activities.
For more information visit https://www.lib.sfu.ca/facilities/make-create/maker-commons