Business
Short-term business goals lead to long-term damage
March 11, 2025By: Riley Williams, SFU Student Capitalist economies have long since operated with short-term thinking, contributing to numerous negative social and environmental impacts. Short-termism and long-termism are two ends of a philosophical spectrum used to describe differing perspectives on which we base our decisions. Investigating our economic systems through this lens shows why companies prioritize short-term profits over long-term sustainability, and highlights areas for improvement. Long-termism is “not a single, fully worked-out perspective.” Rather, it is a group of perspectives tied together by the importance of safeguarding and optimizing humanity’s long-term future. Alternatively, short-termism is “an excessive focus on short-term results…
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BASS advocates for space in the SUB for business student groups
March 25, 2024By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer On January 31, Business Administration Student Society (BASS) councillor Meha Sidhu requested that the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Council dedicate BASS a permanent home in the Student Union Building (SUB). Sidhu noted the current…
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Visiting the Metro Vancouver Black Business EXPO 2022
November 3, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer As an African international student interested in building a career in Canada, I was excited to attend the Metro Vancouver Black Business EXPO on October 22 to discover Black entrepreneurial spaces and communities. The EXPO…
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Club Ilia permanently closes at UniverCity
April 4, 2021Written by: Emma Jean, Staff Writer Club Ilia, the restaurant on SFU’s UniverCity strip, has permanently closed. This comes after a year of forced closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its former location, the local pub chain BierCraft opened…
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Beedie student bails on Valentine’s Day date to check stocks
February 12, 2021By: Paige Riding, Humour Editor February 14, 11:32 a.m. Baby Girl💦 — heyyy baby, happy valentines day! <3 hope your morning is going well and can’t wait to see you tonight. i’m gonna look so good for you mwah mwah…
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The Worst Purchase: Non-mandatory online access code
March 29, 2019Written by: Sakina Nazarali, SFU Student Right after one of my business lectures, I knew I needed my textbook fast. To help with costs, the professor mentioned we could buy an earlier edition of the book if needed, and that a…
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Students demand that “SFU Freeze Tuition Now!” as the university plans fee hikes
November 5, 2018Written 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 students to invite them to a consultation session on their proposed tuition hikes,…
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Major in a minute: Joint major in business and environment
October 26, 2018Written by: Elise Burgert Do you find school boring? Facts mundane? The truth . . . too simple? If so, apply to one of the Oxymoronic Joint Majors offered by SFU! As a student in my last year of a…
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SFU startup uses data to analyze and predict World Cup results
July 17, 2018By: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate Jamie Tatsubana is an SFU SIAT alumnus who created FootyStats, a soccer analytics website startup which uses data to help fans and fantasy soccer players analyze games and predict results. The website was founded…
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Western Canada’s first dockless bikeshare service launched by SFU alumni
July 12, 2018By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor Western Canada’s first dockless bikeshare program, U-bicycle North America, has been launched by a team of three SFU alumni. The U-bicycle team is lead by an all-female trio, CEO Grace Min (BA, sociology…
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