COVID–19
Resources for low-income students
August 4, 2020By: Devona Petrovic, Staff Writer Government Aid: Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) The Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) is available to post-secondary students and recent graduates who are permanent residents or Canadian citizens, and have been financially impacted by COVID-19 circumstances. One eligibility period is four weeks, for which eligible students will receive a $1,250 payment. Students can only apply for one period at a time and must reapply when the next period becomes available. More information on eligibility, as well as directions for applying can be found on the Government of…
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Residence and Housing prepares for another school year of distanced education
August 3, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer The new school year brings in new and returning students from around the world to SFU Residence, but this year’s proceedings will not be the same as those of the past. Residence and Housing…
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Zoom pets are the best pets
August 2, 2020By: Gurpreet Kambo, Peak associate I’m not an animal person. Yes, I know this makes me sound like a monster. I don’t like dogs. I don’t like cats. I don’t like furry things, or things jumping all over me. I…
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Grad Minutes
July 29, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor Stipend temporary position for COVID-19 related issues The Council discussed hiring an additional temporary staff member for working specifically on COVID-19 related issues for the upcoming academic year. Director of Academic Relations Rahil Adeli…
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C19 Coalition answers student and worker questions in virtual Town Hall
July 29, 2020Written by: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Updates from student and faculty organizations C19 Coalition representative, Alison Wick, provided some background on the recently formed advocacy group. The Coalition was formed as an alliance between the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS),…
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SFU Residence Dining Hall continues operating during the pandemic
July 28, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer Located directly beside the Residence and Housing buildings on Burnaby campus, the Dining Hall feeds all students on meal plans and those in the Towers who do not have access to a kitchen. As…
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SFU researchers to map COVID-19 vulnerability throughout BC
July 27, 2020Written by: Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor An SFU-based research team of professors and graduate students will be looking at the communities in BC most vulnerable to COVID-19. Headed by Dr. Valorie Crooks and Dr. Nadine Schuurman, this project will visually…
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Black people are not your guinea pigs
July 25, 2020By: Idara L. Udonya, SFU student All over the world researchers, epidemiologists, and other health experts are working around the clock on a vaccine for COVID-19. The race for a vaccine, however, presents some concern considering the histories of medicine in…
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Think twice about taking a gap year during the COVID-19 pandemic
July 24, 2020By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate I am going to just straight up say it at the start: unless you have a well-thought-out, rock-solid plan, it is probably not a good idea to take a gap year from school just because of…
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Student boosts house party’s cred by changing COVID-19’s Facebook status to “going”
July 23, 2020Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor PORT MOODY, BC — In hopes of drawing an upper-class crowd to her illicit house party, a student at SFU logged into her Facebook event and switched COVID-19’s status from “invited” to “going.” “It’s…
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