Valorie Crooks discusses neighborhood vulnerability to COVID-19
Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer
Health geographer Dr. Valorie Crooks was featured as the guest speaker for SFU’s February 24 Lunch ‘n’ Learn, which...
Graduate Student Society holds 2021 annual general meeting
Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer
On February 23, 2021, the SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) held their annual general meeting over Zoom. The event...
Russian and Iranian internet trolls caused political interference in Canada’s 2015 election
By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer
SFU assistant professor Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi is leading The Disinformation Project to study the effects of international state-run trolls. These...
Data breach exposes SFU users’ personally identifiable information
Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer
On February 3, 2021, there was an eight-minute data breach from an SFU server. IT services discovered the attack...
Matthias Danninger named Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in experimental particle physics
Written by: Alex Masse, Staff Writer
Matthias Danninger is one of several new Canada Research Chairs elected in 2020 from SFU, who will receive funding...
The SFSS Council campaigns for student union meeting spaces following eviction notice
by Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer
The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Council launched a campaign to ensure student unions have accessible and permanent access to...
SFU associate professor Jiguo Cao renewed as Tier 2 Canada Research Chair
by Jaymee Salisi, News Writer
Initially nominated in 2015 for Tier 1 of the program, Jiguo Cao was renewed as a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair...
SFU and Foresight Cleantech Accelerator Centre collaborate to decarbonize BC’s industrial sectors through cleantech
by Jaymee Salisi, News Writer
Foresight Cleantech Accelerator and SFU will work together to support the development of BC cleantech. This project will be funded by...
Ban the Bottle bars plastic water bottles from campus
by Karissa Ketter, News Writer
A project three years in the making, Ban the Bottle, a collaboration with Re-use for Good, banned plastic water bottles across...
SFU Board of Governors appoints new chair and deputy chair
by Karissa Ketter, News Writer
Newly appointed Board of Governors (BOG) chair James Stewart and deputy chair Angie Hall discussed their ideas to improve SFU...
