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A photo of one of the bus stops at SFU. A bus is pulled up beside it. It looks like a nice day.
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SFU Burnaby is doomed to always be a commuter campus

Craig Allan April 11, 2022

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: that we’d have beautiful views, and that that’s about all we’d ever get. Being built on a mountain guarantees no matter how hard student groups and administration try, SFU will always be a commuter campus. A commuter campus is one in which the majority of students live elsewhere. Though SFU offers student housing, it can only accommodate 1,500 students; much less than the 30,000 that…

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Four things that clubs can do to make joining easier

Feven Ephraim September 21, 2019

For many who attend SFU, student life on campus seems nearly nonexistent. One often repeated reason for this is that most students commute to campus and therefore don’t really want to stay longer than they need to. Students who want…

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