President Joy Johnson discusses new Vice-President, People, Equity and Inclusion position

Written by: Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer President and Vice-Chancellor Joy Johnson recently announced the addition of a new executive position at SFU: Vice-President (VP), People, Equity,...

Catherine Dauvergne begins term as SFU’s new Vice-President, Academic and Provost

Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU has announced its new Vice-President, Academic and Provost, Dr. Catherine Dauvergne. Taking over for Dr. Jonathan Driver,...

Vulnerable inmates in federal prisons receive COVID-19 vaccines

Written by: Michelle Young, News Editor  Canada has begun vaccinating at-risk inmates against COVID-19. Though there aren’t currently any active COVID-19 cases in facilities where...

SFU announces plans for Summer 2021 semester

Written by: Michelle Young, News Editor  On January 12, SFU’s Vice-President, Academic and Provost Catherine Dauvergne announced via email that Summer 2021 courses will be...

SFU researchers study patient needs for COVID-19 vaccine distribution software

By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer  A group of researchers at Simon Fraser University are working to identify the most effective roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine....

Council Meeting: December 16, 2020

Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer  SFSS discusses the arrest of SFU alumnus On December 16, 2020 the SFSS Council gathered over Zoom to vote on...

COVID-19 vaccines approved and distributed to Canadians

Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer  Canada has approved Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines and has begun distributing them to Canadians. BC “hopes to have...

The SFSS calls on SFU to re-implement pass/fail grading

Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer  The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is calling for SFU to implement pass/fail grading for the upcoming Spring 2021...

Black SFU alumnus arrested on campus

Editor's note: A previous version of this piece incorrectly stated that the SFSS called for a complete ban of the RCMP. This section has now...

Board Shorts — November 13, 2020

Written by: Mahdi Dialden, News Writer SFSS emergency funding for Fall 2020 The Board discussed the possibility of emergency funding for students struggling financially during...