Jennifer Bednard

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SFU co-hosts Media Democracy Days

Jennifer Bednard November 12, 2012

  The event focused on media politics and affecting change 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 action around them?’…

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Occupying our thoughts

Jennifer Bednard October 9, 2012

Perspectives on the movement a year later 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 of the possibility…

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The aesthetics of copyright

Jennifer Bednard October 1, 2012

Copyright law is changing the way that design aesthetics develop   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 company had violated…

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Legislation is the new negotiation

Jennifer Bednard June 18, 2012

  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 labour action in…

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Apathy towards local governing bodies must stop

Jennifer Bednard May 28, 2012

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. High school teachers…

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Highland Pub deficit

Jennifer Bednard March 19, 2012

SFSS owned and operated Highland Pub has been losing student money for years Photo By Mark Burnham Running a chronic deficit, SFSS Food and Beverage Services continues to soak up hundreds of thousands of dollars of student funds with no…

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Referendum questions announced

Jennifer Bednard March 5, 2012

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 student union building…

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BASS board of governors instituted

EIC 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

EIC 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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