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This is a vibrant poster with yellow and red colours that reads, “SFU Plans to Steal Your IP Rights” as the main text. A lightbulb is the main graphic, with the rest of the text inviting the reader to read the new policy and sign the TSSU’s petition against it.
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TSSU rejects SFU’s proposed changes to its IP policy

Peak Web May 13, 2025

By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer Earlier this year, SFU released an updated version of their Intellectual Property (IP) Policy for community feedback. The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) released a public petition on March 14, stating that, among other things, the new policy would “see the university steal the IP of teachers, researchers, and students across the university, without our consent.” The current policy, approved in 2004, defines that IP is “the result of intellectual or artistic activity, created by a university member in a scholarly, professional, or student capacity, that can be owned by a person.” It goes on…

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Council Chats: motion for SFSS petition for fall reading break passes

Peak Web March 12, 2024

By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer On February 29, The Peak attended the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) bi-weekly Council meeting via Zoom. The meeting consisted of topics including a motion proposing a petition to support the fall reading break and…

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Undergraduate solidarity society demands tuition refund

Peak Web November 14, 2023

By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Before the Undergraduate Solidarity Society (USS) was founded in June at the beginning of the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) strike to get undergraduate students involved with strike action. Over the course of the strike,…

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SFU alumni starts petition to increase graduate funding

Peak Web March 23, 2023

By: Anastasia Fast, SFU Student Nicholas Fast is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto and an SFU alumni hoping to change graduate studies funding. He is starting a petition with the goal of providing graduate students with…

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Students petition for online learning in Spring 2022, others call for hybrid model

News January 20, 2022

By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer An anonymous group of SFU students have started a petition on Change.org campaigning for online learning to continue for the remainder of the Spring 2022 term. As of January 20, the petition has gained…

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Student organizers lead demand for changing SFU’s sports team name

News July 8, 2020

Written by: Paige Riding, News Writer SFU Athletics expressed their support for a name change of the athletics team name, the Simon Fraser Clan, last Thursday, July 2. The SFU Athletics website says that, “In response to student athletes' concerns…

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Grade 12 students petition for grad ceremony with classmates they hate

Humour May 15, 2020

Written by Zach Siddiqui, Humour Editor PORT COQUITLAM, BC — Just like all the other Grade 12 students in British Columbia, Courtney Pierce has been counting the days until her one last chance to party with 400 people she blatantly…

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SFSS president petitions to bring forward new motions for a SGM

Peak Web September 10, 2018

By: Amneet Mann, News Editor   With the vote to decide his impeachment nearing, SFSS president Jas Randhawa has come forth with his own motions for the student body to vote on in a special general meeting (SGM). Randhawa is…

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SFPIRG launches petition for campus space

Peak Web March 26, 2018

In the face of its impending displacement from campus, the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) has launched a petition asking SFU and the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) to lease them appropriate campus space.      The petition,…

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Board Shorts

Peak Web September 29, 2017

Board raises concern over design of new stadium Simon Fraser University brought its proposed construction plan for a new stadium to the SFSS Board of Directors meeting on September 29. “This is a legacy project,” Theresa Hanson, director of athletics…

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