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SFU students host employability skills workshop series
January 7, 2020By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor “I believe education is a basic human right and should be free for everyone,” said Samad Raza, founder and director of Emerge SFU. Emerge SFU is a new group of students at SFU who are looking to give back to the community by holding a series of free workshops on employability skills for SFU students. “Emerge strives to instill valuable industry skills in SFU students through a series of workshops over the course of four weeks, starting in January. These workshops will be open to SFU students from any faculty, giving them the opportunity to learn skills they…
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SFSS Council condemns SFSS Board of Directors decision to not house Rotunda groups in SUB
January 6, 2020By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer On December 4, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Council passed a motion 26–6, condemning the SFSS Board of Directors’ decision to not house Rotunda groups in the new Student Union Building (SUB). SFSS…
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Dog Therapy helps stressed students during exam period
November 25, 2019By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer “Woof woof! Arf arf arf!” said Beatrix the dog in an exclusive interview with The Peak. “Grrr, woof woof arf!” Beatrix was one of many dogs present at SFU’s regular Dog Therapy event, hosted…
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SFU Research Assistants successfully unionize after three month campaign
November 25, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor Research assistants (RAs) at Simon Fraser University have successfully unionized with SFU’s Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU). Though RAs are an important part of virtually every research university in Canada, SFU’s RAs are the first…
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Board Shorts: November 1
November 18, 2019By: Paige Riding, News Writer Note: The Rotunda groups discussion and vote that was at this meeting was covered in separate articles here and here. World University Services of Canada (WUSC) Spring 2020 Referendum The SFSS Board of Directors voted…
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Tuition Freeze Now holds Town Hall to discuss affordability
November 18, 2019By: Paige Riding, News Writer Tuiton Freeze Now, an activist group at SFU, held a campus Town Hall on October 29. The Town Hall was held in Forum Chambers in the basement of the Maggie Benston Centre, where TFN representatives…
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Carpool group emerges on Facebook in response to transit strike anxieties
November 18, 2019By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer On October 28, Translink workers under Unifor issued a 72-hour strike notice against Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC). With SFU being largely a commuter campus, students rely heavily on transit to get to and…
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Research Roundup
November 18, 2019By: Alice Fleerackers, SFU Student A deep dive into digital addiction sleeplessness, anxiety, relationship issues — these are just a few of a long list of outcomes associated with digital addiction, according to new research by SFU Beedie professor Leyland…
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How the SFU community reacted to the canceled ‘gender debate’ at Harbour Centre
November 18, 2019By : Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer Due to significant controversy and outcry from the public, an event that was scheduled to be held at SFU Harbour Centre on November 2, “How media bias shapes the gender debate,” was relocated…
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Research assistants launch unionization campaign in search of better pay and working conditions
November 18, 2019By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer “Research is work!” states the slogan of the campaign for SFU’s Research Assistant’s to unionize with the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU). SFU’s Research Assistants hope that by collectively organizing, they will have more…
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