$5 a Day Challenge: Life skills are actually worth something . . . who would have thought

This is the third post in a week-long web series that documents Kevin Rey’s experiences living off of $5 worth of food a day....

The drug problem Vancouver isn’t dealing with

The growing problem When you think of frequent drug users, you don't think of students, friends, family — but the reality is, assumptions about drug...

$5 a Day Challenge: Meal planning to avoid death

This is the second in a week-long web series that documents Kevin Rey’s experiences living off of $5 worth of food a day. Check...

$5 a day challenge: A real food fight

This is the first in a week-long web series that documents Kevin Rey’s experiences living off of $5 worth of food a day. Check...

What does Remembrance Day mean to millennials?

Ninety-eight years ago, the “war to end all wars” came to an end. In this global conflict, Canada mobilized 620,000 soldiers. Of these soldiers,...

Footloose from Main to Granville

Site-specific dance: it’s dance outside the studio, outside the theatre, outside of the controlled environments where you would expect to see it. Site-based dance...

Weirdest research at SFU

Built on top of a mountain blanketed in fog, SFU was destined to have a mysterious, at times almost eerie, feel. Flash forward 50...

Student society blues: corruption in student governments is too rampant to ignore

The Connected slate thought they were in for summer lovin’ when they took over the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) office space this past...

Saying goodbye to the closet

On October 11, 1987, Washington, DC was filled with roughly half a million protesters rallying for LGBT rights. AIDS was rampant, and at the...

SFU Student Learning Commons: shaping success

At first glance, SFU’s libraries might look like any other silent study space. Venture a little further, though, and you will find something truly...