Council Meeting — November 10, 2021

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer Council elects new member for oversight committee on executive officers Council asked for nominations of non-executive members to fill a...

Pandemic restrictions have lasting effects on childcare workers in BC

By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU health sciences research associate Dr. Julia Smith recently published her findings on how social and governmental responses to the...

SFU launches gondola campaign for Burnaby Mountain

By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU has launched a campaign in support of TransLink’s proposal to build a gondola from Production Way SkyTrain Station to...

Contract Worker Justice campaign express concerns about SFU hiring Deloitte

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer On September 10, 2021, president Joy Johnson announced SFU has hired Deloitte to analyze in-house versus contract-sourced food service and...

Community members call on SFU to take action against climate change

By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer  SFU350 held a community panel on September 23, 2021 to discuss the importance of declaring a climate emergency and divesting...

Organizers and allies respond to SFU decision to hire 15 more Black faculty

By: Tamanna T., Staff Writer  SFU Senate voted on September 13, 2021 to hire at least 15 Black tenured faculty. The new hires are to...

Kristie Elliott becomes first woman in Canada to play and score in a college football game

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer  On September 11, 2021, Kristie Elliott became the first Canadian woman to play and score in a National Collegiate...

Research assistants and TSSU rally outside Strand Hall

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer  The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) held a rally protesting SFU administration’s continued delays with their research assistants (RAs)...

SFU student creates his own chess engine

By: Gabriel Kitsos, SFU Student Editor’s Note: Gabriel Kitsos and Vincent Yu are both affiliated with SFU’s chess club.  Vincent Yu, a fourth-year computing science student,...

SFU researcher aims to advance existing technology to combat climate change

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer Sami Khan, an assistant professor at SFU’s School of Sustainable Engineering, aims to combat the climate crisis by researching...