Welcome to Sunny Jo's Website


My name is Sunny Jo (Sonja Sun Johnsen) and I am a recent graduate from Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada.

I hold a B.A. with a major in communication, and a minor in sociology.


School of Communication

Communication is central to the human experience and a vital part of every aspect of life. Study in acoustic communication; advertising and social marketing; applied communication research; communication policy; media and information technology; history and theory of communication; international communication and development; journalism and news media analysis; mass media/popular culture; political communication; political economy of communication; publishing. Minor program in Publishing, joint majors in Business Administration, Latin American Studies, Sociology and Anthropology. Career as government researcher, policy researcher, telecommunications policy analyst, public relations officer, newspaper columnist, marketing and promotions manager, copywriter, communications co-ordinator.

SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT

Sociology and anthropology

Introduction
Are you interested in knowing more about the world we live in? Why are some people poor and others rich? What are the differences between men and women? How does culture shape our ideas? What are the causes, and solutions to social problems in today's society?

If, for example, we want to understand what leads some people to heroin addiction, sociologists and anthropologists ask questions like: What are the daily lives of addicts really like? How is this life style experienced differently by men and women? What are the answers that media, filmmakers, law enforcement, policy makers, social scientists, and the addicts themselves offer to these questions? What can we learn from watching and analyzing films like Trainspotting?

The Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites you to join us in our explorations of these questions that we study in a variety of ways: through reading books, watching films, listening to guest speakers, doing research, and participating in class discussions.

These are the courses I have taken so far.

But most of my time I spend on the internet, yes, I am a webneck.


I am also a member of SFU Hillel, the Jewish students' association here at SFU, a part of Vancouver Hillel, and the int'l foundation Hillel .

One of the reasons why I joined Hillel is my interest in the Holocaust.



My pre-university education was basically done in Europe, at Højskolen på Samsø and Holgersens videregående skole (high school).


BEFORE I CAME TO COLLEGE I WISH I HAD KNOWN...



- that it didn't matter how late I scheduled my first class I'd sleep right through it

- that I would change so much and barely realize it

- that you can love a lot of people in a lot of different ways

- that college kids throw airplanes, too

- that if you wear polyester everyone will ask you why you're so dressed up

- that every clock on campus shows a different time

- that if you were smart in highschool - so what?

- that I would go to a party the night before a final

- that chem labs require more time than all my other classes put together

- that you can know everything and fail a test

- that you can know nothing and ace a test

- that I could get used to almost anything I found out about my roomie

- that home is a great place to visit

- that most of my education would be obtained outside my classes

- that friendship is more than getting drunk together

- that I would be one of those people my parents warned me about

- that free food served at 10:00 is gone by 9:50

- that Sunday is a figment of the world's imagination

- that psychology is really biology, biology is really chemistry, chemistry is really physics, and physics is really math

- that it is a really good idea to go places alone

- that it's possible to be alone even when you're surrounded by friends

- that friends are what makes this place worthwhile!

- don't be dismayed at goodbyes

- a farewell is necessary before we can meet again, and meeting again, after moments or a lifetime, is certain for those who are friends.

Links to other sites on the Web

Vancouver Hillel
Hillel
Simon Fraser University
Sunny's Webneck page


midnight.sun@canada.com


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