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Council receives presentation on Iranian solidarity
November 2, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer Editor’s Note: The article was updated on November 3, 2022 to reflect the correct full names and titles of Peter Hance and Ayooluwa Adigun. Open letter calls for increased support with Iranian community Narges Abedzadeh Sarah Smith from the SFU Iranian Club gave a presentation to The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Council asking for solidarity with the Iranian community. She discussed an open letter addressed to SFU and University of British Columbia, regarding the issue of ongoing protests in Iran. This letter was formulated in collaboration with SFU Iranian club, students and faculty at…
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Council meeting interrupted by racist Zoom bombing
March 29, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Editor's note: The print version of this article states it was science undergraduate society representative Zaid Lari who said "shut up" during the incident. This has now been corrected to political science representative Abhishek Parmar.…
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Council receives presentation from No Cops on Campus
March 28, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Content warning: this article mentions anti-Black and anti-Indigenous topics. Council receives a presentation from No Cops on Campus At the March 16 meeting, Graduate Student Society director of access and equity, Hafsa Sadiq, and Chantelle Spicer,…
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Council to investigate information breach in March 2 meeting
March 19, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer Council establishes ad hoc committee to investigate public disclosure of in-camera session Acting SFSS president Corbett Gildersleve moved a motion to task an ad hoc committee to investigate the public disclosure and potential breach of…
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Councillors vote to re-open the Student Union Building
February 28, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Vote on re-opening of the Student Union Building (SUB) On January 20, the SFSS announced they were closing the SUB due to COVID-19 safety. They had tentatively scheduled the SUB to re-open on February 18,…
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February 2, 2022 — Councillors discuss special meeting to re-open SUB early
February 15, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer The Council discusses special meeting to re-open SUB early Mathematics councillor Ben Tischler submitted a motion to hold a special meeting on February 9, 2022 to discuss re-opening the Student Union Building (SUB) early. Tischler reported…
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Council Meeting — September 29, 2021
November 22, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Council votes on furnishing the SUB for student groups The SFSS Council discussed the current state of the SUB since its grand opening in August. Vice-president finance and services Corbett Gildersleve introduced a motion to…
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Council Meeting — September 15, 2021
November 19, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Return to campus concerns voiced President Joy Johnson attended the council meeting to answer councillors’ questions regarding the return to campus and SFU’s COVID-19 safety measures. “In terms of returning to campus, it has not…
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Council Meeting — November 3, 2021
November 15, 2021By: Tamanna T., Staff Writer Motion on Leave of Absence Policy Amendment SFSS vice-president internal and organisational development Corbett Gildersleve put forward a motion to amend the leave of absence policy for executives and council members. The motion proposed increased…
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Council Meeting: December 16, 2020
January 13, 2021Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer SFSS discusses the arrest of SFU alumnus On December 16, 2020 the SFSS Council gathered over Zoom to vote on two motions regarding the arrest of a Black SFU alumnus. SFU security stated that…
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