Gurleen Aujla
A minimum voter threshold for SFSS elections should be required
March 15, 2021by Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate Another round of SFSS elections is complete, and I congratulate all of the successful candidates, but something about the results isn’t right. The 2021 election results had an average of 891 total votes per position, with most candidates being elected with between 500 to 650 votes. With over 29,000 undergraduate students currently enrolled at SFU, it is astonishing that the highest total vote count of 953 for the president position represents a mere 3.29% of the population. The SFSS cannot advocate for and provide resources and services meant to represent the entire student body with…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: March 15–21
March 15, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, SFU Student Visual Art Forum: Ursula Johnson | March 16, 9:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. | FREE | Online Audain Visual Artist in Residence and the SFU School for the Contemporary Arts present a free, virtual artist talk featuring…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: March 8–14
March 8, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, SFU Student KDocsFF 2021: Resistance. Freedom. Justice | March 12–21 | $5 per film | Online KDocsFF 2021 harnesses the power between documentary film and activism. As “Metro Vancouver’s premier social justice film festival,” they will be…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Is SFU’s U-Pass system fair?
February 8, 2021by Gurleen Aujla, SFU Student, Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer, Madeleine Chan, Opinions Editor Over the years, there’s been a lot of conversation from students about the equity of SFU’s U-Pass system. Specifically about whether students who don’t want the U-Pass, and…
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Upcoming Black History Month events that address civic education, spiritual activism, and more
February 6, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, SFU Student Kriss Munsya: The Eraser | Available until February 26 | FREE | Pendulum Gallery & Online Local artist Kriss Munsya, born in the Democratic Republic of Congo and raised in Brussels, has utilized a series…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: February 1–7
February 2, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, SFU Student Global Talent Night 2021 | February 5, 8:30 p.m.–10:00p.m. | FREE with registration | Online Discover and celebrate the unique, diverse talents of the SFU community. Hosted by SFU International Services for Students, Global Peers,…
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