2SLGBTQIA+ campus groups celebrate $50,000 coverage for gender-affirming healthcare

On July 16, the Graduate Student Society (GSS), in a joint Instagram post with the SFU Queer Collective, announced that per-procedure caps were being...

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visit to Vancouver sparks local outrage

From July 1 to 4, Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited Vancouver to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss the growing partnership...

Wildfires burn across BC

BC summers bring an elevated risk of wildfires, exacerbated by climate change, and this summer is no exception. As of July 24, evacuation orders...

New immunotherapy treatment provides hope for aggressive cancer

Surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy are often recognized as the three most common forms of cancer treatment. Sometimes, the latter two approaches become no...

Vancouver Public Library offers employment resources for persons with disabilities

In The Compass, a man named Ernest shared his story. He grew up in foster care, and at age six he started to lose...

SFU’s medical school prepares to open

On June 5, SFU’s medical school was renamed the SFU Stephens Family School of Medicine to thank the Stephens family for their $40 million...

Memorandum of understanding for US-Israel war on Iran up in the air

On June 14, US and Iran announced they had come to a provisional ceasefire deal to end the state of conflict between the two...

Canada West votes to include volleyball in SFU’s reinduction to U SPORTS

On June 4, SFU announced that it was officially accepted to rejoin U SPORTS, departing from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Starting in...

Canada announces updates to Men and Boys Health Strategy

Content warning: mentions of suicide and impacts of colonialism on Indigenous Peoples. In most of Turtle Island (specifically in Canada and the US), June is...

Suspenders On campaign creates conversation around mental health

This June, the Canadian Men’s Health Foundation announced Suspenders On, a social media challenge aimed at raising awareness for Men’s Mental Health Month. The...