BC Budget adds $25 million to post-secondary funding, elicits criticism

The BC Liberals have emerged with a new budget for this fiscal year. On February 16, the provincial government released the 2016–2017 Budget, a...

New MLA makes history in BC legislature

Melanie Mark always knew that she was a fighter. February 2 proved to be a big day, not only for Mark, but also for the...

SFU study explores stigma faced by HIV-positive women

Women living with HIV have high rates of sexual inactivity and dissatisfaction, and a lower quality of life. This is according to Angela Kaida,...

Study finds white supremacist groups are on the rise in Canada

To many Canadians, the face of violent white supremacy wears the hood of the Klu Klux Klan and lives somewhere in the southern United...

SFSS asks for Fraser Library to open on Sunday

The Fraser Library at SFU’s Surrey Campus is closed on Sundays, and the SFSS would like to change that. In a survey conducted by the...

SFU student tracks chocolate with Instagram data

One SFU student is using his skills with managing big data to find out how chocolate is posted about on Instagram, especially when analyzing...

Board Shorts

U-Pass referendum With the current agreement between post-secondary institutions and Translink set to end, a referendum question is being posed to students during the SFSS...

University Briefs

U of Manitoba to implement affirmative action – The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Education recently announced the introduction of affirmative action to their...

SFU researchers speak out in favour of Aboriginal schools

A recent report released by SFU researchers has found that 57 percent of parents with children enrolled in BC’s only Aboriginal Focus School (AFS)...

Student argues for rec passes to be usable at all campuses

One student’s concern with how he is, and is not, able to use his Simon Fraser University recreation pass has him taking his concerns...