Olivier Calvet
Our new relationship with art
July 28, 2014Taste in art can differ among personalities as well as social and cultural lines, but the human spirit shares the capacity for greatness and innovation. To some degree, creators trick us into watching what they have done, but at some point one needs to understand that art really is a social need. Art is food for thought; it is a way to let our brains ‘breathe’ a little, a way to get inspired as well as an emotional loophole (catharsis). Because of this, it is essential to rethink one’s approach to art to better appreciate it. In a day and…
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SFU’s French programs get a boost
June 16, 2014SFU’s Office of Francophone and Francophile Affairs (OFFA) has a new reason to celebrate it’s 10 year anniversary this fall. The federal government has announced that, through Heritage Canada, Official Languages, it will contribute $2 million a year to OFFA…
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Demand better Facebook working conditions
June 16, 2014While I believe that Facebook and the Internet as a whole have improved many aspects of our lives, I also think that there is much room for improvement. A social network is just like politics: people tend not to pay…
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Students’ inner superheroes take on cancer
March 31, 2014The West Gym hosted SFU’s sixth annual Relay for Life, lasting 12 consecutive hours, from 7:00p.m. to 7:00 a.m. on March 21 to 22. The charity event saw approximately 380 people, with 42 teams, as well as more than 30…
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University Briefs
February 3, 2014TRU students support sweatshop-free campus The TRU student union is moving forward with their lobbying campaign for the university to join the Worker Rights Consortium, an NGO investigating working conditions in factories around the globe. Having reached the 3,000 signature…
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International students face significant fee increases
January 27, 2014International students, who already pay two to three times the tuition paid by local students, are going to see their tuition rise by a third over the next three years. As approved by the SFU board of governors in the…
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University Briefs
January 20, 2014Emergency landing on UBC waters At 3:30 pm on Sunday, a Harbour Air seaplane made an emergency landing in the waters off UBC. The plane was on its way from the Gulf Islands to Vancouver. No one was injured and…
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Research Roundup
November 25, 2013Grizzly findings A new study, co-authored by biologists from SFU, the Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the University of Victoria, questions the sustainability of BC’s grizzly bear population management over the last ten years. Using information requested by the science-based advocacy…
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Media Democracy Days marks 13th year in Vancouver
November 18, 2013The 13th annual Media Democracy Days (MDD) — organised by SFU’s School of Communication, OpenMedia.ca, and the Vancouver Public Library — took place on Nov. 8 and 9 in downtown Vancouver at the Vancouver Public Library and The Cinematheque. MDD…
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