Burnaby Mountain
SFU paleobotanist discovers ancient fossils on Burnaby Mountain
May 11, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer New research from SFU paleoecologist Dr. Rolf Mathewes reveals evidence for what the geography and plant life on Burnaby Mountain would have looked like over 40-million years ago. When Mathewes was an SFU undergraduate, he discovered ancient plant fossils on Burnaby Mountain with his mentor, Dr. Robert Brooke, whom Mathewes’ most recent paper is dedicated to. “At the time we collected them, neither I nor Dr. Brooke [ . . . ] knew what they were. Neither one of us was a paleobotanist. So we collected these things [. . . ] and we boxed…
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What’s next after the gondola? Walkways along Gaglardi and the Parkway
February 8, 2023By: Vee Babbar, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of car accidents and assault. After a decade of lobbying by students, the BC TransLink Board announced plans to construct a gondola system to provide easier access to the SFU Burnaby campus…
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SFU students host celebration for the approval of the Burnaby gondola project
October 12, 2022By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer SFU celebrated the approval of the long-awaited Burnaby Mountain gondola by hosting a gathering on Tuesday, September 13. Community members, students, alumni, and staff gathered in the Student Union Building to hear remarks from student…
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What Grinds Our Gears: We’re not in a state of perpetual panic over the tank farm
June 15, 2022By: Luke Faulks, Opinions Editor We complain, but SFU’s Burnaby campus is a uniquely beautiful spot for a school. Secluded at the top of a mountain, we’re as close as you can come to a literal ivory tower of education. But…
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SFU Burnaby is doomed to always be a commuter campus
April 11, 2022By: Craig Allan, Peak Associate In 1963, after achieving formal assent in the BC Legislature, Dr. Gordon M. Shrum, first chancellor of SFU, decided that the best place for the new SFU would be atop Burnaby Mountain, ensuring two things:…
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Gondola town hall presenters share benefits of proposed project
February 8, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer On January 21, 2022 Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), Graduate Student Society (GSS), and SFU collaboratively presented a virtual gondola town hall where the external relations representatives from each group delivered a presentation. The…
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Take a hike! Here are some of our favourites
January 20, 2022By: Jacob Mattie, Peak Associate SFU’s Burnaby campus is set at the top of Burnaby Mountain. This is the source of much grief in the winter months for students who need to walk up or down if buses fail (if…
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The City of Burnaby and SFU plan for new firehall on Burnaby Mountain
November 2, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer The City of Burnaby is working with SFU to push forward the design phase of a new firehall at Discovery Park on Burnaby Mountain. Construction is set to begin in 2024 at the southeast…
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TransLink launches Phase 2 of the SFU gondola project following feedback report from Phase 1
November 25, 2020Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer TransLink has completed Phase 1 of their planning for the Burnaby Mountain Gondola Transit project. Phase 1 consisted of gathering community feedback on the proposed project and TransLink looked for route option preference, and…
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Wildfire extinguished on Burnaby Mountain
September 12, 2020Written by: Michelle Young, News Editor On Friday, September 11 a fire burned on the northern side of Burnaby Mountain. The Burnaby Fire Department was called at 12:20 p.m. for a fire that was “500 to 600 feet across,” according…
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