Collections relating to women's issues are attracting the attention of distinguished outside scholars. Computing SFU is committed to making computers an integral part of teaching, research and administration. Sun infrastructure servers provide electronic mail and web services for 20,000 active users. In addition, a multi-processor SOI server is available for faculty research computing and one for instructional computing. The 7,500 computers on the campus network are linked to other educational institutions across the country through BCnet and to the Internet through CAnet.
Many students live off-campus.
The SFU Childcare Society operates eleven childcare programs at the Burnaby campus for children ranging in age from three months to twelve years old. It is one of the largest campus-based childcare centres in Canada and has an international reputation for providing high quality child care. The society cares for the children of students, staff and faculty of Simon Fraser University and also many children from the community at large. The non-profit society is funded primarily through parent user fees. Staff are professionally trained Early Childhood Educators.