Corbett Gildersleve

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Board Shorts – July 24

News August 2, 2020

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer Roundtable discussion regarding Fall U-Pass With the deadline approaching to make a decision about reinstating the U-Pass program for SFU students, the Board discussed its options before agreeing to vote at a later time. VP External Relations Samad Raza summarized the meeting held between the SFSS, the Graduate Student Society (GSS), SFU, and Translink. They discussed newly presented options for opt-outs not shown in the recently circulated U-Pass survey in which students not residing in the Metro-Vancouver area could potentially opt out of the program if they could provide evidence of their location. Translink…

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Board Shorts (July 10, 2020)

News July 21, 2020

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer The Board discusses Student Union Building space allocation for SFSS groups  VP Finance Corbett Gildersleve brought forward a motion for a different space allocation for organizations set to move into the Student Union Building…

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Board Shorts: June 26, 2020

News July 7, 2020

Editors note: This article initially stated that the Emergency Response and Student Engagement Group (ERSE) was created by the University's administration. This was a error, as the group was created by the SFSS's University and Academic Affairs Committee. The article…

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Board Shorts: May 15, 2020

News May 24, 2020

Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor Disputes over new role of Legal Liaison Officer  Mohamed was appointed as Legal Liaison Officer (LLO), a newly created role designed to work with the executive council to process and approve SFSS staff requests…

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Council catch-up: January 22

Peak Web January 27, 2020

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer Council agrees to a referendum to address the lack of Rotunda space allocations The SFSS Council passed a motion to hold a student referendum on housing Rotunda groups in the Student Union Building (SUB)…

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The current SFSS Board must be held accountable for its concert inflation

Opinions January 25, 2020

Editor's note: The author is active in student politics, and is currently advocating for a forensic audit of the 2019 Fall Kickoff event. By: Corbett Gildersleve, SFU Student Fall 2019’s Kickoff, for those who attended, was pretty fun. New artists were…

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SFSS Fall Kickoff 2019 results in $105,995 deficit

Peak Web January 20, 2020

Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor The Simon Fraser Student Society’s (SFSS) Fall Kickoff 2019 has resulted in a deficit of $105,995.  The briefing on the event displays a total net loss of $45,995. However, included under 'revenues' are…

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Six recommendations to the existing SFSS 2018 Elections Report

Peak Web May 24, 2018

Written by Corbett Gildersleve, SFU Alumnus In last week’s article, I talked about the SFSS 2018 Election Report and some concerns I had with it. Included in that report were eight recommendations for ways to improve future SFSS elections. However,…

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