COVID–19
Remote learning doesn’t have to be doom and gloom this semester
May 10, 2020By: Nathan Tok, Peak Associate Ever taken a distance education course? It can be annoying. Too much of the course is self taught through reading of journal articles and textbooks, there’s not enough interaction with the teaching staff, and no lecture to explain to you what on earth you’re reading. But those are just the downsides. It can also be good for students to take remote courses — as long as they keep their minds open. During this pandemic, when we’re all forced to be remote, it can be helpful to look for the silver lining in our situation so we…
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Getting through pandemic stress requires moments of vulnerability
May 9, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer While for many the switch to social distancing wasn’t very difficult, for others it has been — and that’s OK. These changes were abrupt and we will all respond differently as we’re adjusting. People aren’t meant…
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SFU must be willing to make structural changes for remote learning to be successful
May 9, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Over the past several months, the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact around the globe, and our SFU community is no exception. One of the most obvious ways that SFU students have been affected is…
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We can’t let nostalgia for “normal” prevent us from addressing systemic inequality
May 8, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor It’s week nine of lockdown in Canada; longer for those of us who took precautions earlier to safeguard ourselves or the vulnerable people we love. Restlessness has set in for some, resignation for others. As SFU…
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The Dead Poets Reading Series offers an alternative to your traditional in-person poetry reading
April 20, 2020by Isabella Wang, Mahtab Kundan, and Claudya Leclerc If you look anywhere on the news, very likely, the top stories these days are about COVID-19 — how the government and World Health Organization are both working to raise effective methods of…
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Political Corner: Heralding frontline nurses for working while pregnant hides systemic labour abuses in China
April 4, 2020By: Tianyi Wang, Graduate Student The World Health Organization declared that coronavirus was a global pandemic as of March 11. In addition to the increasing number of cases of viral infection, many social issues have been exposed during this extraordinary time that…
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Feel Good Hour: People are helping each other through COVID-19 and we should celebrate that
April 3, 2020By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer Look, I know our current situation seems grim. A global pandemic isn’t something that we should be happy about. But we also shouldn’t be blind to the kindness and compassion sprouting from these difficult circumstances. They…
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Preserving routines can help students avoid the pitfalls of self-isolation
March 30, 2020By: Harvin Bhathal, News Writer The outbreak of COVID-19 is a troubling time for all of us, filled with more questions than there are answers. However, the transition to online classes during this pandemic is not permission to transition into a…
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Research Roundup: March 2020
March 30, 2020By: Paige Riding, News Writer SFU researchers have been contributing to the research efforts related to the COVID-19 virus. The researchers mentioned in this piece responded to a funding opportunity announced by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) earlier…
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SFSS to offer $30,000 emergency bursary fund
March 30, 2020By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor According to a post by current Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) President Giovanni HoSang on his Facebook page on Wednesday March 25, the SFSS will be distributing an emergency bursary to students who are affected…
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