reconciliation
Environmental imperialism: invasive species
February 11, 2022While BC has made some important steps on Indigenous reconciliation, the process has been slow. BC’s apparent reticence to pursue reconciliation becomes more galling once one realizes there’s a piece missing from the conversation: environmental imperialism. Environmental imperialism can roughly be defined as the process of altering a native landscape to suit a colonial project. Alongside land usage in agriculture and energy sourcing, invasive species are a way colonies solidify their presence on foreign land. Historian Alfred Crosby argues much of the influence of colonizers was due to their ability to alter native ecosystems. This process can be deliberate, like…
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Senate Report: July 5, 2021
July 30, 2021Elective grading system extension to Spring 2022 Senator Elizabeth Elle brought forth a motion to extend the pilot elective grading system pass/credit/no credit to the Spring 2022 term. It had previously been approved for the Spring 2021, Summer 2021, and…
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Senate Report: February 1, 2021
February 16, 2021Updates to the P/CR/NC grading scheme Last Senate meeting, the pilot of P/CR/NC grading scheme was approved for undergraduate elective courses. After feedback from the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies (SCUS) and Faculty Undergraduate Curriculum Committees (UCC), senator Parkhouse noted…
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Students raise concerns regarding reconciliation and transparency at Aboriginal Steering Committee meeting
November 29, 2020The Aboriginal Steering Committee (ASC) meeting was held over Zoom on November 12, 2020 to update the ASC on the First Peoples’ Gathering House project — which aims to provide a space for Indigenous students, staff, and faculty. SFU previously…
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First Peoples’ Gathering House to be built on Burnaby campus by 2023
July 6, 2020On June 19, SFU announced the building of a First Peoples’ Gathering House, meant to provide Indigenous students with a ceremonial and community space on Burnaby campus. The Gathering House is being funded by both SFU and the provincial government,…
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Allowing the RCMP to recruit on campus undermines reconciliation efforts
February 23, 2020Anyone who’s wandered past the BIG Fair or the Mini BIG Fair at SFU may have seen a booth set up for the RCMP. Some have already realized the hypocrisy that goes into having the RCMP recruiting on campus. For…
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2010s at SFU: a decade in review
January 24, 2020As we say goodbye to the previous decade and welcome a new one, let’s take a look back at some of the crucial events that have taken place at SFU over the last ten years. 2010: Andrew Petter is elected…
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Board Shorts
April 30, 2018Motion passed to upload General Membership Student Survey 2017–8 results online After publicizing the 2016–7 General Membership Survey earlier this year, a motion was brought forward at the latest Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board meeting to do the same…
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Year in Review
January 5, 2018From reconciliation, to addressing sexual misconduct, to the political associations of our team name, 2017 was the year SFU opened up dialogue about issues that resonated in our community. We present a rundown of our top news stories of…
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SFU takes on calls to action towards reconciliation
October 18, 2017Simon Fraser University marked the start of a new journey towards reconciliation at a traditional witnessing ceremony led by members of the Coast Salish First Nations in Convocation Mall on Monday. The SFU Aboriginal Reconciliation Council handed over its final…
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