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Student judges award SFU Career Services for innovation
June 8, 2015SFU’s Career Services has won the ‘Special Award for Innovation by a Career Centre’ from TalentEgg, one of Canada’s biggest online career resources. The award was a part of the Campus Recruitment Awards, a national competition that surveys student services from campuses across the country, and has student judges pick their favourites. Tony Botelho, director at SFU Career Services and Volunteer Services, stressed that in the pursuit of a career…
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Louis Riel residents confront SFU admin
June 8, 2015Residents of the soon-to-be closed Louis Riel House (LRH) residence building took to SFU administration’s office to express their discontent with the university’s response to their transition. Representatives from the Louis Riel House Community Association met with associate VP of…
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Satellite Signals
June 8, 2015Woodwards Every Thursday evening till July 23, free, drop-in “Woodward’s Community Singers Workshops” are held in the Sky Room on the 10th floor — no audition required. The community choir is open to all voices, and covers a wide range…
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University Briefs
June 8, 2015Students participate in social housing protests [MONTREAL] — Protests in Montreal calling for affordable housing and increased social spending were met with police resistance, forcibly ending the demonstrations. The Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) is an affordable housing…
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Archives for the Future
June 7, 2015Located in the basement of the Maggie Benston Centre, down a long, seemingly neverending hallway, SFU’s Archives and Records Management office is an area that most SFU students never take the time to visit. Despite containing some of our school’s…
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SFU athletic director resigns
June 5, 2015After three and a half years at the helm, SFU’s athletic director Milton Richards has announced his resignation. Arriving in November of 2011, Richards came to SFU after 12 years as the athletic director at the California State University (CSU)…
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SFU Bookstore first in country to accept Bitcoin
June 1, 2015SFU is the first Canadian university to accept the international digital currency, Bitcoin, in its bookstores. SFU has partnered with Bitsent to place automated Bitcoin vending machines (AVMs) in the Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver campuses, unveiling the AVMs at ribbon…
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Community raises safety concerns over Kinder Morgan expansion
June 1, 2015Nearly 200 people gathered at Forest Grove Elementary on Wednesday, May 20 for a town hall meeting organized by Burnaby Residents Opposed to Kinder Morgan Expansion. The crowd consisted of politicians, citizens, and members of community organizations who were united…
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Board Shorts
June 1, 2015Cedar brushing ceremony A motion put forward by VP external relations Kathleen Yang on May 29, proposed a traditional Coast Salish cedar brushing ceremony for the SFSS board offices. The traditional ceremony will serve to cleanse the space and acknowledge…
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Sharks can’t catch a break
June 1, 2015Research at SFU has revealed that the decline in global shark and ray catches is not the result of improved conservation efforts, but instead the consequence of population declines. In 2012, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations…
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