Leah Bjornson
VP: University Relations
March 7, 2014The Vice-President University Relations is the liaison between the Society and the university. The URO must be well acquainted with university leaders, such as the President, vice-presidents, Board of Governors, and Senate, etc. The Vice-President University Relations will sit on the Space committee, as well as the Joint Services Committee which is responsible for services offered jointly by the Society, Health Services, and Student Services. This position involves frequent communication to coordinate programs such as the UPass, and the Vice-President University Relations is expected to keep track of the progress of the Society to facilitate communication. The Vice-President University Relations…
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VP: Finance
March 7, 2014The Vice-President Finance‘s primary responsibility is to keep track of the Society’s finances. This includes the budget breakdown, allocation of funds, investments, and a broad perspective on leases, contracts, and legal issues for Society services. The Vice-President Finance also signs…
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President
March 7, 2014The President is a representative of the Board and Society, and is involved in public relations issues. The President participates in all formal activities of the Society, and leads large scope operational tasks such as contracts and legal consultations, and…
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Health and dental plan increases to be put to referendum
March 5, 2014The upcoming SFSS elections bring with them a myriad of questions to put to referendum, one of which involves potential fee increases in the student health and dental plan. The SFSS Extended Health and Dental plan was launched in 2008…
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Faculty of Applied Sciences Student Union constitution rejected
March 5, 2014The Faculty of Applied Sciences Student Union (FASSU) brought a proposal to board last Monday, asking to put to referendum the question of recognizing them as the official student union of their faculty. Despite the fact that the constitution was…
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Risky Business
March 3, 2014Daniel Shapiro, Dean of SFU's Beedie School of Business Controversy in the cohort Some SFU students recently found themselves in financial distress — and we’re not talking about student debt here. A deficit of information regarding the changes to…
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Commuter survey explores transit tactics
March 3, 2014“Have mercy, been waiting for the bus all day;” this lyric was true for ZZ Top in the ‘80s, and is true for students today. Beginning next week, SFU Facilities Services will launch an online survey which will ask students…
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Satellite Signals
March 3, 2014Woodward's Howard Sapers, an SFU alumni, spoke to the challenges of managing mental illness in federal penitentiaries last week at Goldcorp Centre for the Arts. Sapers explained the need for more preventative methods, rather than relying on prisons to manage…
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University Briefs
March 3, 2014Free speech wall covered by leftist club In response to being named the worst university in Canada for free speech by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), U of O established a wall of free speech on Feb.…
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Canvas launches mobile app
February 24, 2014This week sees the official launch of SFU’s version of the mobile app for Canvas, an open source learning management system (LMS) which delivers course content to students. At the beginning of January, there was soft launch of the app…
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