Amara Janssens
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: SFU Student Elections
February 5, 2013Student Elections – Candidate Profiles By Amara Janssens Student elections take place Feb. 4-6 2013. Here is a snapshot of the candidates for the positions of Board of Governors (graduate and undergraduate), Senate (graduate and undergraduate), and SFU Community Trust. Andrew Simard Major: Masters of Business Administration Year: 2nd year of graduate studies Running for: Board of Governors (graduate) “SFU transformed my life while doing my B.Sc and again now as an MBA. I'd like to give a little back by serving on the Board of Governors!” Caleb Kwon Major: Economic (Honours) Year: 2nd Running for: Board…
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BC is headed towards a skills deficit
February 3, 2013By 2016 there will be more jobs than qualified people By Amara Janssens Photos by Vaikunthe Banerjee Six BC universities released the BC Labour Market Profile, projecting a massive labour deficit in jobs requiring a post secondary education by 2016.…
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University Briefs – February 4, 2013
February 3, 2013By Amara Janssens UVic study finds strength training can help stroke recovery Researchers at the University of Victoria have found that the cross education effect (strength-training a muscle group on one side of the body strengthening the same muscle group…
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University Briefs – January 28, 2013
January 27, 2013By Amara Janssens Three Albertan campuses will receive mental health funding from the province On Jan. 16, 2013, Alberta’s Minister for Health announced that the University of Alberta, University of Calgary, and the University of Lethbridge will each receive $1…
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SFU receives 8.7M in funding from CFI
January 20, 2013The announcement was made last Tuesday at SFU by the federal government By Amara Janssens Photos courtesy of PAMR On Jan. 15 2013, the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages made a national announcement at Simon…
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2013 Brings Uncertainty for Harbour Center’s food court tenants
January 6, 2013Harbour Centre's Food Court vendors have been served eviction notices By Amara Janssens Photo courtesy of DA Architects + Planners and SSDG Interiors Inc. On April 1, 2013 construction will begin to renovate the 35-year old Harbour Centre Complex. The…
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SFU’s Eleanor Li nominated for Vancouver’s Top 24 Under 24
October 8, 2012Biomedical engineering student Eleanor Li provides support for fellow women in a male-dominated field By Amara Janssens Photos by YogaPanda Photography SFU student, Eleanor Li has been chosen as one of Vancouver’s best and brightest students, and joins…
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