COVID–19
Everyone should participate in the COVID-19 survey to ensure the best pandemic response
May 20, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Look, no one is more surprised than every math teacher who mercy-passed me through high school that I not only excelled in my department-mandated stats classes, but I actually enjoyed them, too. And one thing I learned from these surprising gems in my post-secondary career is the value of broadly-gathered survey and census data. Right now, as governments play a delicate balancing game of how much reopening is too much/too little, survey data is absolutely invaluable. This is why it is imperative that as many people as possible take the BC Centre for Disease Control COVID-19…
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Faster and cheaper COVID-19 testing kits are being developed by SFU researchers
May 19, 2020Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate SFU Post-Doctoral Fellow Lena Dolgosheina and Professor Peter Unrau of molecular biology and biochemistry are using their previously developed imaging technology called Mango to help produce cheaper and faster COVID-19 testing kits. In an…
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BC’s COVID-19 health policies are being informed by SFU professor’s research
May 18, 2020Written by: Harvin Bhathal, Peak Associate SFU mathematics professor and infectious disease modeller Dr. Caroline Colijn is using mathematical modelling to project trends in the COVID-19 pandemic. Her research has allowed provincial health officers to better determine the next steps…
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SFU professor leads research project on global coordination in response to COVID-19 pandemic
May 18, 2020Written by: Michelle Young, Staff Writer SFU health sciences professor Dr. Kelley Lee and her team are looking at the measures taken by countries in response to COVID-19. Dr. Lee’s team, which is based in Vancouver, Hong Kong, Sydney, and…
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Vancouver residents protest COVID-19 regulations with #EndtheLockdown
May 17, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer “Make Orwell Fiction Again,” read a tweet under the #EndtheLockdown hashtag on Twitter, a trend created by individuals protesting the current government orders regarding COVID-19. In the Vancouver area beginning in April 2020, participants…
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Reopening society now is the worst thing we could do
May 17, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Quarantine is tough, there’s no question about it. Even as an introvert I’m struggling. Sure, it was nice at first — not much actually changed from my usual routine of YouTube and reading. But as the…
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Grade 12 students petition for grad ceremony with classmates they hate
May 15, 2020Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor PORT COQUITLAM, BC — Just like all the other Grade 12 students in British Columbia, Courtney Pierce has been counting the days until her one last chance to party with 400 people she blatantly…
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SFU to offer both remote and in-person classes in the fall
May 12, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor SFU will be offering most classes remotely for the fall semester, with the potential to open some courses for in-person instruction. SFU’s Vice-President Academic and Provost pro tem Dr. Jonathan Driver made the announcement…
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Covid relief for students doesn’t guarantee all student needs are met
May 10, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor On April 22, Prime Minister Trudeau proposed legislation that would grant post-secondary students and recent graduates access to their own pool of COVID emergency relief funding. The Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) would provide students with…
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Canada announces funding to assist post-secondary students during COVID-19 pandemic
May 10, 2020Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer On April 22, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) action plan to provide approximately $9 billion to domestic post-secondary students during the COVID-19 pandemic. From the months of May…
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