Go back

UBC Senate voted to have a fall reading break. Will SFU follow suit?

NewsTop News

SFU is one of the last Canadian post-secondary institutions that do not have a break during the Fall semester for students and faculty.

News
News
1 min.
0
2580
Photo: Global News

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer

Announced at the end of May, the University of British Columbia’s Senate voted in favour of establishing a fall reading break, starting in the 2021-2022 school year.

According to The Ubyssey, the break will occur mid-November, at the expense of the university’s 16-day examination period, which will be cut to 12 days. Two weekdays off in the week of Remembrance Day will be added. In total, a five-day break —including the weekend— will be implemented.

The Peak spoke with the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) VP University Relations Gabe Liosis over email about SFU’s view on a fall reading break.

“The idea of implementing a Fall reading break has been part of many different advocacy efforts over the years, especially during Senate elections, including multiple candidates from the last Senate election,” he began.

“I am not currently privy to any arising discussions happening within the SFU Administration following UBC’s decision, but this will definitely be a topic of discussion in the coming weeks.”

Liosis noted that the SFSS is in favour of implementing this break. The SFSS will continue working with Senators to see the necessary changes in the academic school year to work towards such a change in the calendar.

“This is a topic I’m sure Student Senators will continue to strategize on and bring forward to the Senate, and we as the SFSS will surely help to strengthen that work.”

 

Was this article helpful?
0
0

Leave a Reply

Block title

Feminist scholars’ literature explores gender and war

Arts Peak Web -
By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer  Content warning: mentions of intimate partner violence and war. SFU’s Harbour Centre talk, Sex and the War on Terror at 25, hosted by the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, is set exactly 25 years after the attacks of September 11. The talk extends debates around the “war on terror”(the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq following 9/11) by explaining how “gender and sexuality function as technologies of governance and securitization, and sites through which terror is produced, rendered legible, and mobilized.” To help the general public better understand this intersection of gender and war, feminist and queer scholars from University of California Los Angeles, Oregon State University, Rutgers University, and the University of British Columbia will be presenting their research...

Read Next

Block title

Feminist scholars’ literature explores gender and war

Arts Peak Web -
By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer  Content warning: mentions of intimate partner violence and war. SFU’s Harbour Centre talk, Sex and the War on Terror at 25, hosted by the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, is set exactly 25 years after the attacks of September 11. The talk extends debates around the “war on terror”(the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq following 9/11) by explaining how “gender and sexuality function as technologies of governance and securitization, and sites through which terror is produced, rendered legible, and mobilized.” To help the general public better understand this intersection of gender and war, feminist and queer scholars from University of California Los Angeles, Oregon State University, Rutgers University, and the University of British Columbia will be presenting their research...

Block title

Feminist scholars’ literature explores gender and war

Arts Peak Web -
By: Maya Barillas Mohan, Staff Writer  Content warning: mentions of intimate partner violence and war. SFU’s Harbour Centre talk, Sex and the War on Terror at 25, hosted by the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies, is set exactly 25 years after the attacks of September 11. The talk extends debates around the “war on terror”(the US invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq following 9/11) by explaining how “gender and sexuality function as technologies of governance and securitization, and sites through which terror is produced, rendered legible, and mobilized.” To help the general public better understand this intersection of gender and war, feminist and queer scholars from University of California Los Angeles, Oregon State University, Rutgers University, and the University of British Columbia will be presenting their research...

Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.

For advertising inquiries: [email protected]
For promotional inquiries: [email protected]

© The Peak Publications Society

Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.

For advertising inquiries: [email protected]
For promotional inquiries: [email protected]

© The Peak Publications Society