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GSS Directors’ Elections: Know Your Candidates

Peak Web November 19, 2018

Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   There are over 4,000 graduate students in SFU, who are spread across 38 academic programs in all three SFU campuses. All graduate students are represented by the Graduate Student Society (GSS), which is their student society and government. From November 19 to November 23, the GSS will conduct polling to elect graduate student representatives to fill the GSS Directors positions. The Peak reached out to the candidates to ask them some questions pertinent to the positions they are running for. Note: Candidate responses are unedited and do not reflect the perspectives of…

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Grad Minutes

Peak Web October 14, 2018

Written by: Youeal Abera, Staff Writer   The GSS partners with the SVSPO Graduate student Council speaker Nathan Lodewyk announced that the Graduate Student Society (GSS) will partner with SFU’s Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (SVSPO) for Sexual Assault…

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Graduate Student Society holds referendum to raise part-time student fees

Peak Web November 7, 2017

By: Aaron Richardson The SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) is advancing a referendum question regarding a possible change to student membership fees in tandem with the election for student society executive positions this semester. The society membership will vote on a…

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Graduate Student Society at SFU is failing its membership

EIC June 27, 2016

Dear Editor, In 2007, the graduate students at SFU formally created a new, independent student society to represent themselves and their interests at the university. In response to a number of controversial decisions and actions undertaken on their behalf, and…

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