Security forces simulate emergency response

On the morning of June 4, Simon Fraser University held an exercise to test its emergency response plan in a full scale emergency simulation...

Board Shorts

Fall Kickoff Concert gets the go-ahead After much dispute at last week’s board meeting over two different concert proposals, this week a motion was passed...

Competing concert proposals foster SFSS discord

Following the popularity of last year’s SFSS concert events, this year’s board of directors is bringing not one, but two competing concert proposals to...

Co-op students inform recycling reform in BC

This summer, four SFU communications students are taking a trip around the province to advocate for more sustainable practises. The BC Used Oil Management Association’s...

Rising sea levels threaten Vancouver

Rising sea levels are a global issue, but research shows the danger is greater closer to home.   Karen Kohfeld, SFU assistant professor and Canada...

Report considers best strategies for reconciling injustices

A report from SFU’s Centre for Dialogue discusses how governments and communities should approach reconciliation of injustices. The report sums up the findings of Reconciling...

Satellite Signals

  Woodward's One of Canada’s most successful documentaries had an additional screening on May 26 at SFU Woodward’s. The Corporation is a 2003 Canadian documentary written...

University Briefs

Self-folding paper created at UBC UBC mechanical engineering master’s student Ata Sina has created a new kind of paper using a thermoplastic polymer that self-folds...

Ancient beetles provides climate change insights

SFU professor Rolf Mathewes and researcher Bruce Archibald, among others, have gained critical insights into climate change while investigating 50 million-year old palm beetle...

Something cricket this way comes

The crack of the cricket bat sent the ball skyward, interrupting the murmurs of the crowd as their eyes followed players hustling to catch...