Jennifer Bednard
SFU co-hosts Media Democracy Days
November 12, 2012The event focused on media politics and affecting change By Jennifer Bednard Photos courtesy of Flickr On Nov. 2 and 3, students and community members alike descended on booths and panels in the Vancouver Public Library building as part of Media Democracy Days, an annual event organized by both the SFU communication department and members of independent media organizations, to discuss issues in the print and broadcast media. “The big question is, ‘what are timely and relevant issues,’ ” explained Josh Tabish, lead coordinator of this year’s MDD, “‘[and] how does the media inform our understanding of them and…
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Occupying our thoughts
October 9, 2012Perspectives on the movement a year later By Jennifer Bednard Photos by Lindsay Brown With the anniversary of Occupy recently behind us, there has been a lot of discussion about the movement and its place in a larger context, or…
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The aesthetics of copyright
October 1, 2012Copyright law is changing the way that design aesthetics develop By Jennifer Bednard Photos by Mark Burnham By now, most people have heard of the landmark decision favouring Apple in a lawsuit against Samsung. Apple claimed that the Korean…
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Legislation is the new negotiation
June 18, 2012By Jennifer Bednard Image By: Wade Kelly (Flickr) Last year, labour minister Lisa Raitt forestalled several attempts at strike action by employees at Air Canada. To do this, she had their jobs reclassified as “essential services,” and thus prevented…
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Apathy towards local governing bodies must stop
May 28, 2012By Jennifer Bednard There are a lot of stories about the way that radical politics creep up on an unsuspecting population. The way that, after a series of small concessions, ideas that once would have been considered insane seem reasonable.…
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Highland Pub deficit
March 19, 2012SFSS owned and operated Highland Pub has been losing student money for years By Jennifer Bednard Photo By Mark Burnham Running a chronic deficit, SFSS Food and Beverage Services continues to soak up hundreds of thousands of dollars of student…
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Referendum questions announced
March 5, 2012By Jennifer Bednard On February 29, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) released the list of referendum questions that will be on the ballot for this year’s SFSS elections. Within these referendum questions is the proposal that would fund the proposed…
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BASS board of governors instituted
February 20, 2012<strong>By <a href="http://159.203.128.194/tag/jennifer-bednard">Jennifer Bednard</a></strong> President addresses concerns that the new structure may be less democratic Students in the Business Administration Student Society will be seeing some changes to the process of appointing officials to the executive council. As…
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SFU joins AUFC
February 7, 2012<strong>By <a href="http://159.203.128.194/tag/jennifer-bednard">Jennifer Bednard</a></strong> SFU the first British Columbian university to be accepted into the association of thirteen francophone universities In the future, French language education and research at SFU will receive greater support on a national level. As…
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