Alison Roach
Faculty of Education establishes Office of Indigenous Education
October 8, 2012Alumnus and Squamish Nation member Ron Johnston appointed director By Alison Roach The SFU Faculty of Education has established an Office of Indigenous Education to continue its commitment to an integrated Aboriginal viewpoint in its programs. The office will work to find new ways to support Aboriginal students in the education system and establish strong relationships with the B.C.’s indigenous community. Ron Johnston has been appointed the office’s director. A member of the Squamish Nation himself, Johnston is an SFU alumnus, graduating with a joint major in sociology and anthropology in 2000. Since then, Johnston has worked as an apprenticeship…
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SFU professor explores the longevity of the Occupy movement
October 1, 2012Stephen Collis believes that Occupy is still going strong, and may ultimately change our entire society By Alison Roach Stephen Collis, an associate professor of English at SFU, has written a new book that explores the Occupy movement and the…
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University Briefs
October 1, 2012By Alison Roach Wilfred Laurier team suspended for hazing The entire men’s baseball team at Wilfred Laurier University was suspended after it was discovered that they participated in hazing, specifically an incident involving alcohol. The suspension lasted for four games,…
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Wehea Dayak delegation visits SFU
September 24, 2012[caption id="attachment_64212" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Ledjie Taq: "We treat this forest as the love of our life."[/caption] Chieftain Ledjie Taq spoke about the destruction and attempted conservation of Borneo's Wehea forest By Alison Roach Photos by Brent Loken, Integrated Conservation On…
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University Briefs
September 17, 2012By Alison Roach UVic unveils gender-inclusive washrooms Two washrooms in the main concourse of the UVic Student Union Building which were formerly gendered have been reassigned as gender-inclusive, allowing any person of any gender to use the two spaces. UVic…
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Futuristic jukebox installed in Highland Pub
July 23, 2012By Alison Roach Photo by Mark Burnham The Virtuo has been installed above the dance floor, on the platform with the DJ booth, as a new central feature of the pub If you’ve ever been at the Highland Pub and…
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SFU documentary takes off
July 16, 2012By Alison Roach SFU student Matthew Cimone tracks the launch of the last space shuttle SFU Residence Life coordinator Matthew Cimone has been watching the skies since his childhood, when he would go up to his grandfather’s cabin in Northern…
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Come fly with me: One student’s experience as a flight attendant
June 11, 2012By Alison Roach It’s summertime — or at least every once in a while the weather is decent enough to feel like it is. Maybe you’re starting a summer job; you are a starving student, after all. Maybe you’re taking…
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Harbour Centre lease extended to 2028
June 11, 2012By Alison Roach New contract could mean a 75,000-square-foot expansion SFU has recently renewed the lease on the downtown campus, ensuring that SFU Vancouver will remain there until at least 2028. The original lease was put in place in 1989,…
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SFU researchers develop a treatment for malaria
June 4, 2012By Alison Roach SFU’s Brinkman Laboratory collaborates with international team An international team of researchers including SFU scientists has developed a new therapy that treats the critically damaging effects of malaria. Though antimalarial drugs designed to prevent and treat the…
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