Indigenous student tuition waiver

275 faculty and staff call for Indigenous students’ tuition waiver

By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer  Content warning: mention of residential schools in first paragraph Three letters, signed by a total of 275 SFU faculty and staff, have been sent to president Joy Johnson, calling for a tuition waiver for Indigenous students at the university. One letter dated July 20, 2021 states, “In the spirit of reconciliation and social justice, underscored by the findings of mass and unmarked graves at residential school sites across Canada, we write to urge SFU to materially demonstrate its support for Indigenous people.” The first letter was sent on June 6, 2021, the second on July…

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