Leah Bjornson
Would you like a side of co-op with that?
July 8, 2013The Private Career Training Institutions Agency (PCTIA) is launching a thorough review of co-op work programs at 29 institutions in BC after finding evidence of at least two cases where students were placed in a fast-food restaurant to fulfil the requirements of their co-op. The two schools in question, the Royal Canadian Institute of Technology (RCIT) and the Vancouver Institute of Professional Management (VIPM), have both had their registrations cancelled after failing “to meet basic education standards, including standards related to its student contracts and the delivery of co-op education work components of its programs.” The PCTIA ordered the RCIT…
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SFU institute arrests youth violence
July 1, 2013SFU’s newly finalized Institute for Reduction of Youth Violence hopes to challenge the status quo by fostering multidisciplinary research while influencing the decisions of Canadian legislators. Directed by Robert McMahon, psychology professor at SFU, the institute is ultimately focused on…
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Board Shorts
July 1, 2013SFU Hackspace Project The Board of Directors discussed a potential Hackspace Project that would culminate in the creation of a hackspace at SFU Burnaby. A hackspace is a workspace where people with common interests, often in technology and digital or…
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Notes from this month’s Board of Governors meeting
July 1, 2013Sustainability Strategic Plan 2013-2016 The Board approved the Sustainability Strategic Plan, which will work to support social, economic, and ecological sustainability at the University and in the community. The Plan expresses SFU’s recognition that our society cannot continue “business as…
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Research Roundup
July 1, 2013Insite leads to fewer ODs, lower HIV rates A prominent figure of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), Insite is the first and only legal supervised injection site for drug users in North America, providing drug users with clean syringes, healthcare professionals…
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Summit pairs creativity with economy
June 28, 2013SFU professors joined a panel of experts at the City of Surrey’s Creative Economy event on Tuesday, June 11, to discuss how our economy would benefit from investment in the creative sector and what can business do for arts and…
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SFU’s debate clubs put rhetoric in its place
June 24, 2013By Leah Bjornson Photos by Ben Buckley I think we all have that one friend we end up bickering with. These are the types of debates where no matter how logical you feel your argument to be, it’s usually the…
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Board Shorts
June 24, 2013Student spaces Can SFU students look forward to more student-friendly spaces? The Board will be discussing in the near future whether it should be the SFSS’ responsibility to invest in and fund student space or if instead they should motivate…
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University Briefs
June 17, 2013Penis size matters Apparently it is the size, and not what you do with it, gentlemen. Biologist Brian Mautz, a University of Ottawa researcher, has concluded that “flaccid penis size had a significant influence on male attractiveness.” The study involved…
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Opposition to Mumbai mannequins stiffens
June 17, 2013A city which has caught the world’s eye for all the wrong reasons in the past year, Mumbai has recently passed a ban on provocative mannequins, hoping to halt sex crimes in India’s ancient capital. Representatives from Mumbai’s local authority, a…
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