Paul Choptuik
Parcel 21 wins NZERC along with 10 other construction projects
July 13, 2019By: Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor On July 4, 2019, the Parcel 21 housing project, also known as Lot 21, won the Net-Zero Energy-Ready Challenge (NZERC), along with 10 other housing projects in the province. Parcel 21 will be built for graduate students and mature students with young children. The NZERC award is part of the Net-Zero Energy-Ready Challenge, an incentive-based program that, according to Better Builds BC, rewards buildings “that are designed to achieve the top tier of the BC Energy Step Code.” The latter is an optional code, that according to its website, “goes above and beyond the…
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Makeover on the mountain: Club Ilia reopens after renovations
July 8, 2019By: Gurpreet Kambo, News Team Member Club Ilia reopened last week after being closed for two months for renovations. The restaurant/bar was closed for May and June due to changes that were made to the dining area, kitchen, and menu.…
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Research Roundup for June 2019
July 6, 2019By: Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor Socioeconomic status correlated to heart attack and stroke risk Research published in The Lancet has found a link between education level and cardiovascular disease and stroke risk. Professor Scott Lear, a member of SFU’s…
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Board Briefs Thursday, June 27
June 30, 2019By: Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor SFU Burnaby parking rate changes At the latest Simon Fraser University Board of Governors meeting on June 27, Mike Cordoba, alumni order-in-council, spoke about changes in the SFU Burnaby campus’s parking rates that will…
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SFSS Board hears presentation on potential vaccine outreach services
June 30, 2019By: Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor Ajit Johal, a clinical instructor at UBC’s Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and owner of immunize.io and TravelRx, gave a presentation to the SFSS Board of Directors on vaccines at the June 27 meeting. Johal…
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Semester in Dialogue cohort hosts discussion on the housing crisis in Vancouver
June 24, 2019By Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor On Tuesday, June 18, SFU’s current Semester in Dialogue cohort facilitated a discussion titled “Youthless City: Global to Local Housing Solutions.” The event was held at the SFU World Art Centre, aimed at promoting…
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SFU Tuition Freeze Now appeals to BC 2020 Budget Consultation Committee
June 23, 2019By Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor On June 20, members of the SFU Tuition Freeze Now campaign appealed to the BC 2020 Budget Consultation Committee in Abbotsford. Founded in October 2018 in response to proposed tuition hikes, SFU Tuition Freeze Now…
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SFU summer camps: are you for or against all these children on campus?
June 23, 2019By: Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor, Onosholema Ogoigbe, News Team Member Point: One of the biggest complaints I hear from classmates is that they don’t pay to have summer campers clogging hallways, screaming, and otherwise being bothersome. I’m not saying that…
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Graduate facilitators in the Student Learning Commons vote to unionize
June 22, 2019By Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor On June 13, the Student Learning Commons’ (SLC) graduate facilitators voted decisively to unionize, becoming the newest educational position at SFU represented by the Teaching Staff Support Union (TSSU). Speaking previously at the Graduate Student…
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The 2019 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences wraps up in Vancouver
June 11, 2019By Paul Choptuik, Coordinating News Editor The 2019 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences has wrapped up in Vancouver. Running from June 1–7, Congress was hosted by the University of British Columbia (UBC). Organized by the Federation for the…
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