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SFU commits to full divestment from fossil fuels by 2025
November 14, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer On November 1, 2021, SFU announced their full divestment from fossil fuels by 2025. Divestment has been a topic of controversy on campus and has led to student protests in the form of a mural, rallies, and a planned hunger strike. In a statement from the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), SFU350 co-president Abigail Herd stated, “We are thrilled to see SFU committing to full divestment from fossil fuels by 2025. This announcement would not have occurred without the tireless organizing of activists, including current and past SFU350 members who organized for 8 years,…
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Highlights of the SFSS 2021 Annual General Meeting
November 8, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) hosted their Annual General Meeting virtually on October 27, 2021. The meeting’s motions included SFSS’ divestment from fossil fuels and support for the Accessible Course Practices campaign. Divestment…
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Students to partake in hunger strike against SFU climate inaction
October 23, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer Content warning: May contain depictions of hunger Disclaimer: Although some members of SFU350 are in support of this campaign, the hunger strike campaign is organized independently from them. SFU students have organized a hunger…
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It’s time for SFU to fully divest from fossil fuels
September 11, 2021By Luke Faulks, SFU student This summer, unprecedented temperatures captured the world’s attention when domestic and international news outlets warned about record-breaking heat in Lytton, just days before the town was destroyed in a wildfire. As grim as this was, the…
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Board of Governors votes to reduce carbon footprint by 45% by 2025
January 14, 2020By: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor SFU’s Board of Governors has voted in favor of eliminating investment in carbon-emitting companies by 45% over the next five years. Alison Blair, Associate Vice-President, Finance, expanded on what this entails in an interview…
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SFU Board of Governors approves to decrease its carbon footprint by 30 percent by 2030
November 28, 2016CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, we stated that SFU will be “divesting” from fossil fuels by 30 percent by 2030. In fact, the university plans on reducing its investments in companies that rely on carbon and fossil fuel…
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