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SFU begins construction for residence building and expanded childcare centre
June 15, 2025On May 21, SFU announced the start of construction on a new student residence and expanded childcare centre, expected to be completed in fall 2027 as part of phase three of their residence master plan. This eight-story residence will add space for 445 third and fourth-year students, allowing the total residence space to accommodate approximately 8% of “all SFU full-time students across all campuses.” The childcare centre will add “36 spaces for infant-toddlers and 124 spaces for kids from three to five years,” increasing the total number of childcare spaces to 570. The construction is estimated to cost $196.6 million,…
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GradCOLA protests against the student funding crisis at SFU
January 23, 2023On December 12, 2022, the SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) and Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) organized a noise demonstration in response to the funding crisis that many students across North America face. Most graduate students rely on the income…
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Grad Minutes
July 29, 2020Stipend 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 explained that this position would be…
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C19 Coalition answers student and worker questions in virtual Town Hall
July 29, 2020Updates 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), the Graduate Student Society (GSS), and…
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Grad students grapple with lack of U-Pass as labs reopen
July 1, 2020With labs reopening and the suspension of the U-Pass program, many grad students are facing additional costs on account of transportation, according to Matt McDonald, Director of External Relations at SFU’s Graduate Student Society (GSS). TransLink first announced they were…
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Council Corner: June 9, 2020
June 25, 2020Discussion with SFU senior leaders about student services in COVID-19 The GSS meeting began with a presentation followed by discussion with Rummana Khan Hemani (SFU’s Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President, Students & International) and Erin Biddlecombe (Senior Director, Office of Vice-Provost…
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Graduate Student Society’s 2020 AGM features record attendance and by-law amendments
February 24, 2020On February 11, the Graduate Student Society (GSS) held their Annual General Meeting (AGM) in which members voted on changes to their by-laws — the society’s top governing documents. The meeting began with an overview of the 2020 Agenda, and…
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Coming Up at SFU: February 10–14
February 11, 2020Reading in the Arts and Social Sciences The Student Learning Commons is hosting a 50-minute workshop on reading strategies for students in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It will introduce four reading strategies for writing essays, research…
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Meet the 2019 GSS candidates
April 5, 2019On Tuesday, March 26, candidates for the 2019 Graduate Student Society (GSS) elections met at SFU’s Burnaby campus to host a meet-and-greet. Candidates were able to introduce themselves, the positions they were running for, and their key motivations for running.…
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Grad Minutes
November 20, 2018Revisions in the cards for SFU’s practices relating to research personnel At the latest Graduate Student Society (GSS) Council meeting, Council spoke with members of SFU’s senior administration about students’ frustrations towards SFU’s policies on research personnel. Two administrators…
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