learning
Call to action: Indigenous languages should be offered in high schools
June 22, 2022By Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer If you’re a high school graduate in BC, you’ve probably taken a language course. Heck, if you’re like me, you’ve been taking a language class since elementary school. But in high school, when students are establish identities, why not learn some of the languages that were historically spoken on 95% of the unceded land settlers occupy? It’s time to make Indigenous languages an option for high school students. In BC alone, there are more than “30 different First Nation languages” accounting for “60% of First Nations languages in Canada.” Incorporating Indigenous languages into school is a…
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Cancellation 2.0: We need an addendum to cancel culture
June 9, 2022By: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, Staff Writer Content warning: mention of suicide Cancel culture at its core is a beautiful concept: if you’re found to be behaving in a way that hurts others, people stop supporting you. But what the cancel culture…
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There’s no better time than the present to join a student community
February 25, 2022By: Luke Faulks, Staff Writer Every university publishes a page for first years on why it’s important for students to join a campus group. These articles suggest clubs, organizations, and other groups provide everything from community to engagement, as well…
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All students should be taught climate literacy
February 3, 2022By Tasha Romeyn, SFU Student Properly educated, young people hold great potential to mitigate the effects of climate change. The environmental movement — which seeks to promote the responsible use of resources — has been gaining momentum, but how many…
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What Grinds Our Gears: Students who regularly commandeer class discussions
December 1, 2021By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor The end of my first semester at university brings immeasurable joy in leaving certain overeager students behind. Seriously — what the hell. I thought we left sucking up to teachers and reciting entire textbooks in…
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Multitasking helps students tune in, not out
November 16, 2020by Serena Bains, Staff Writer Before the pandemic forced us all to watch our professors struggle with technical difficulties through a screen, we were doing so in-person. Even then, I was one of those students who looked like they were…
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Provincial government provides work-integrated learning funds for 25 BC institutes
August 6, 2018By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor On July 23, minister of advanced education, skills and training Melanie Mark announced that the provincial government would be providing $1.9 million in funding to all of BC’s 25 public universities, colleges, and…
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SFU Student Learning Commons: shaping success
October 31, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t first glance, SFU’s libraries might look like any other silent study space. Venture a little further, though, and you will find something truly great: students helping students to achieve academic success. This is the Student Learning Commons (SLC), which…
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Does a GPA have any kind of worth?
September 23, 2016“GPAs don’t really matter.” Maybe you’ve said that when confronted with the fact that writing a term paper in two hours is an awful idea. Or maybe you’re one of the elite cadre of students that actually has a good…
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Fuck it. I am a procrastinator.
February 29, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap] love learning. It has always been a huge part of my life. Most of my earliest memories involve learning in some form. . . books, documentaries, and personal experimentation. But where I’ve learned the least is the same place…
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