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Former vice president external and community affairs disapproves of SFSS budget cuts
May 23, 2023By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer Former vice president external and community affairs, Eshana Baran, made several Twitter posts to inform students of sizable cuts in the Simon Fraser Student Society’s (SFSS) draft of next year’s budget. The new budget for 2023/24 cut funding for several committees including equity, BIPOC, and academic affairs. Baran’s first post noted that, in unusual fashion, Council received the drafted preliminary budget only the day before it was set to be voted on at the May 26 Council meeting. “Typically, the vice-president finance leads the society through an extensive consultation process to create the budget,” said…
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SFU Senate changes academic conduct policy to remove barriers for complainants
October 10, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor The October session of the SFU Senate moved to revise the Code of Academic Integrity and Good Conduct into two separate policies — one for student academic integrity and another for non-academic…
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Funding uncertain for SFU’s Academic Summer Camp for Aboriginal Students
September 18, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor Updated September 21, 2018: Dr. Veselin Jungic has reached out to The Peak to indicate that the paraphrase at the end of this article which indicated that "he is convinced the camp's future on this…
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Board Shorts
March 19, 2018Written by Zach Siddiqui, Opinions Editor Truc Trat and Muhammad Abid appointed at-large members of the Surrey Campus Committee Funding approved for two Food Days at Surrey campus The SFSS’s Surrey Campus Committee will be manning self-serve snack stations…
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Why academic debate has gone dismally downhill
October 26, 2015The act of thinking has become a dangerous game. These days, you would never know that we actually enjoy a good debate; half the time, we can’t stop accusing each other of ignorance to have a proper conversation. Hop online,…
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Senate and Board of Governors Elections Rundown
February 2, 2015It's that time of year again, when student politicos vie for your vote to represent you on two of SFU's highest governing bodies: the Senate and the Board of Governors. Senate Students elected to Senate are responsible for making decisions related to SFU's academic…
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