Provincial government provides work-integrated learning funds for 25 BC institutes

By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   On July 23, minister of advanced education, skills and training Melanie Mark announced that the provincial government would be...

AI summer camp aims to encourage high school girls to get involved in STEM

By: Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writer   The SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences held Invent the Future, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) summer camp, to encourage girls...

SFU students participate in UN sustainability forum

By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   Between July 13 and 18, SFU students participated in the United Nations (UN) High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable...

SFU researchers investigate the biological effects of doping and the medical implications of racism

Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate   SFU BPK professor looking at ways to prevent cheating in sports SFU biomedical physiology and kinesiology (BPK) professor David Clarke and his...

Vancouver city council votes on new zoning by-law for Chinatown

By: Kitty Cheung, Peak Associate   Vancouver’s city council voted on zoning changes to the Chinatown neighbourhood in a 10–1 decision on the afternoon of July 10. The...

Health and Dental plan for students to become more affordable, effective September 1

Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   As of September 1, 2018, student health and dental plan pricing will be effectively reduced. The enhanced plan...

Board Shorts

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor   Board prepares for advocacy survey to gain student input on provincial lobbying initiatives Vice-president external relations Jasdeep Gill presented to...

World News Beat

Written by: Trevor Steele, Peak Associate    Google fined record amount The European Union (EU) has imposed its largest ever fine (4.34 billion euro), on Google.      According...

Research Roundup

By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate   Customer satisfaction affected by use of pronouns SFU Business professor Brent McFerran believes that customer service training is teaching staff the wrong way...

Updated: SFSS announces cancellation of 2018 Fall Kickoff concert, replacement barbeque

By: Amneet Mann, News Editor   This story has been updated as of July 20 to reflect the comments of the vice-provost students and international Nancy...