Munatsi Mavhima
BC Law Society rejects motion to disapprove Trinity Western law school
May 5, 2014In mid-April, the BC Law Society rejected a motion that would have barred graduates of Trinity Western University’s (TWU) new law school from practising law in BC. Opposition to the new law school, which will open in 2016, voiced concerns about the school’s ban on intimate relations outside of heterosexual marriage. This vote follows Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk’s decision last December to green-light TWU’s proposed law school. The decision has come under concentrated criticism following the approval of the school by the government of BC and the BC Law Society because of TWU’s controversial community covenant. Trinity Western requires…
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Power to the People
February 20, 2014We’re coming to the end of Black History Month, an observance we celebrate every February in Canada and the United States. Given the recent death of Nelson Mandela, I felt I should write something about a few great black people…
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SFU: home to Canada’s only civilian hypobaric chamber
November 4, 2013SFU is offering certified divers and pilots the opportunity to experience first-hand the effects of nitrogen narcosis and hypoxia, in Canada’s only civilian research hyper/hypobaric chamber. The project, led by Sherri Ferguson, director of the environmental medicine and physiology unit…
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SFU hosts Day of Reconciliation event
September 16, 2013In recognition and support of the upcoming Reconciliation Week in Vancouver, SFU held its own Day of Reconciliation at the SFU Theatre on Thursday, September 12. Reconciliation Week, held by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada from September 16…
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Bidding wars: the science of spite
September 17, 2012By Muntasi Mavhima Dr. Kimbrough of the economics department looks into the cause of over-bidding during online auctions The science of bidding wars was the subject of an independent study conducted by Dr. Erik Kimbrough of SFU’s department of…
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