Melissa Roach
University Briefs
May 25, 2014UBC dental program suspected of fraud One of the University of British Columbia’s residency programs is under scrutiny for the possibility of fraud involving approximately $5 million. UBC administration was alerted of inconsistencies in the finances of UBC’s Faculty of Dentistry’s General Practice Residency. Following this discovery, the university’s internal auditing system began an immediate investigation. Upon completion of the investigation, a report was submitted to the RCMP for further examination. As of yet, the police have not announced any updates to the further investigation. With files from The Ubyssey Controversy leads to resignation of U of S provost…
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University Briefs
May 20, 2014Digital health for expectant mothers The University of British Columbia has begun a program for prenatal education through text messaging. The digital health program, called SmartMom Canada, is headed by Professor Patti Janssen of the School of Population and…
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Board Shorts
May 19, 2014At-large rep off to Prague Newly elected at-large representative Rebecca Langmead has left for Prague for two months. The board approved Langmead’s leave of absence at their board meeting on May 6. Although the bylaws state that the IRO must…
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Board Shorts
May 12, 2014[caption id="attachment_76665" align="alignnone" width="333"] The old Board made way for the new during orientation at the start of May.[/caption] Committee Appointments With a new SFSS board now in place, the first order of business was to appoint members to the…
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Satellite Signals
May 12, 2014Harbour Centre Monday, May 5 was a cause for celebration at the place The Vancouver Sun has dubbed “the intellectual heart of Vancouver”: SFU’s Harbour Centre campus celebrated its 25th year of operations. Executive director Laurie Anderson kicked off the…
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Former SFU employee pleads guilty to fraud
May 10, 2014Siamak Saidi, former SFU director of finance, has pleaded guilty to the charge of fraud against SFU. He was charged with defrauding the university of over $800,000 and, after one year in custody, has been sentenced to four more. In…
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Canadians react to Fair Elections Act
May 5, 2014Opposition to the Conservatives’ Fair Elections Act, which was created to make it more difficult to break elections laws, has resulted in the proposal of 45 new amendments to the bill. The original bill came under considerable controversy because…
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Build SFU reveals preliminary SUB designs
March 31, 2014Build SFU recently held an open session in the Think Tank where the architects of the SFSS project presented three possible designs for the new Student Union Building (SUB). Not only will the new SUB be located at, “the heart…
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Spring Sendoff on track
March 24, 2014Plans for the SFSS Spring Sendoff concert are well underway, and this second event promises to be bigger and boozier than the first. In response to student feedback from the dry Fall Kickoff concert, this time around there will be…
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Your guide to the GSS Elections
March 21, 2014All candidates’ responses have been printed as received. Responses exceeding the given word count have been cut off at the mark, indicated by an ellipsis. Member and Community Relations Officer The MCRO is responsible for the public communications of…
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