Senate Report

Senate temporarily discontinues certificate in liberal arts Simon Fraser University senators unanimously voted to suspend admission to the certificate in liberal arts program, starting summer...

SFU grad student develops crop imagery tool to help farmers monitor their harvest

Written by: Sugandha Agarwal, News Team Member  This article was updated on 01/16/19 to reflect the change that Thind teamed up with professor Beg after...

SFU economics professor found dead in Colombia

By: Michelle Gomez, News Team Member Three weeks after going missing in Colombia, SFU economics professor Ramazan “Ramo” Gencay was found dead.      Gencay travelled...

SFSS lobbies provincial government for lower student loans, open access resources, and sexual violence policies

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor   In a recent lobbying trip to Victoria, student directors from the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) met with provincial...

SFU’s Centre for Students with Disabilities changes name

Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   Effective November 2018, the Centre for Students with Disabilities (CSD) at SFU has changed its name to the...

SFU student group aims to ban plastic water bottles on campus

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor   An SFU student group is lobbying to ban the sale of plastic water bottles on Burnaby campus. Ban the Bottle...

GSS Directors’ Elections: Know Your Candidates

Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   There are over 4,000 graduate students in SFU, who are spread across 38 academic programs in all three...

SFSS CEO to move to new position at United Way

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor   Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Martin Wyant has accepted a new position as CEO of...

Students demand that “SFU Freeze Tuition Now!” as the university plans fee hikes

Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   SFU is proposing an increase in tuition fees, but students are not happy. On October 23, SFU administration emailed...

SFU talks safety protocols after student passes away on Burnaby campus

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor   A student writing a midterm exam on Burnaby campus went into medical distress and passed away on the evening...