Referendum
Palestinian Liberation referendum passes
March 26, 2024By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Editor’s note: Chloë Arneson, a former news writer, was interviewed for this article. The Peak acknowledges this and has taken steps to prevent conflicts of interest or potential bias from influencing the article. On February 26, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) held an election for its incoming student representatives. The election included a referendum to include the support for Palestinian liberation as the 10th of the SFSS Issues Policies (IP). The policy states support on a Council level for this cause. The adoption of this policy reached 1,801 votes in favour, and 442 against.…
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SFSS election results: new executive committee announced
March 6, 2023By: Vee Babbar, Peak Associate The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) provides the SFU undergraduate student body representation, support, community, and extracurricular opportunities. The recent voting period has revealed the new executive committee and referendum vote results. Newly Elected Executive…
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SFSS discusses the health and dental care referendum vote
November 15, 2022Editor’s Note: The article was updated on November 17, to state Baran attended the Alliance of BC Students instead of the BC Federation of Students Lobby Days. Additionally, it was updated to note the referendum required a majority vote, not…
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UBC students get $1,500 of mental health benefits, we get . . . $500?
March 1, 2022By: Meera Eragoda, Editor-in-Chief In 2021, UBC’s student society, the UBC Alma Mater Society (AMS), increased their mental health benefits from $500 to $1,000. Earlier this year, they increased them again to $1,500 through use of their Health and Dental…
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SFSS announces election dates
January 17, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer Editor's Note: Previously, this article mentioned constituency groups as clubs. Constituency groups represent marginalized student communities and are different from clubs. This article is updated to reflect this clarification. Clarification for non-executive councilors and their…
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SFPIRG and WUSC requesting increased student levies in upcoming referendum
March 16, 2020By: Paige Riding, News Writer and Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor As part of the Simon Fraser Student Society’s 2020 election and referendum, the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) and the SFU chapter of World University Services of Canada…
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The U-pass got renewed; let’s not take it for granted
February 24, 2020By: Helen Williams, SFU student In a recent vote by students at participating universities, the U-pass has been extended until 2025 with a 2% increase yearly starting May 1. Our current U-pass program agreement, which started in 2010, is coming to…
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Board Shorts
March 4, 2019U-Pass Referendum In the SFSS board of directors’ meeting on March 1, the board voted on what question would be asked in the upcoming U-Pass referendum. The price of a U-Pass is currently $41 per month, as per the current…
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Health and Dental plan for students to become more affordable, effective September 1
July 24, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor As of September 1, 2018, student health and dental plan pricing will be effectively reduced. The enhanced plan and the basic plan, which cost $267.75 and $207.90 respectively, will be reduced to…
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Students vote overwhelmingly to keep U-Pass
November 24, 2017SFU undergraduate students voted overwhelmingly to keep their Universal Transit Pass (U-Pass) for another two years in a referendum this week that saw the largest voter turnout in recent history. The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) announced on November 24…
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