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SFPIRG’s Organizer School builds grassroots power through political education
July 14, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) is currently hosting Organizer School, a 10-week political education program that focuses “on the theory and practice of political organizing and mass movement building.” The program takes place weekly at the SFPIRG lounge and is open to all participants regardless of prior experience with organizing. SFPIRG’s “mission is to engage students and community in social and environmental justice.” Their Organizer School is designed as a participatory alternative to political education, inspired by Mass Movement and Struggle School from United in Struggle and Embark Sustainability’s Organizer Bootcamp. In an…
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Student action group launched in response to SFU VOCE closure
March 24, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer Inspired to take action after SFU’s recent closure of the Vancity Office of Community Engagement (VOCE), a group of undergraduate and graduate students at the School for Contemporary Arts (SCA) have founded Students Against Austerity,…
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SOCA, SFPIRG, and CPSHR screen Black August
March 10, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Content warning: mentions of police brutality and homicides. On February 24, SFU Students of African and Caribbean Ancestry (SOCA), Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG), and Canada-Phillipines Solidarity for Human Rights (CPSHR) joined together…
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SFU students to vote on fee increases
February 10, 2025By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer Editor’s note: As an independent student society, The Peak Publications Society would financially benefit from the Vote for Student Life referendum and non-editorial staff members are campaigning for it. We’ve taken steps to prevent conflict…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: June 28–July 4
June 28, 2021By: Sara Wong, Arts & Culture Editor Vancouver International Jazz Festival | June 25–July 4 | Cost varies | Online and in person Jazz lovers rejoice! This year’s festival lineup includes over 100 concerts. With both virtual and in-person options,…
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Tuition Breakdown: Summer 2021
May 10, 2021by Kelly Chia, Staff Writer In November 2020, students received an email from vice president, academic and provost pro tem Jonathan Driver and vice president, finance and administration Martin Porchuko regarding tuition. In the email, they said SFU’s Board of…
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SFU community group formed to advocate for student and staff during COVID-19
May 26, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, News Editor In light of COVID-19, members of the SFU community have come together in support of one another through a group known as the SFU C19 Coalition. Formed in March of 2020, the SFU C19…
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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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Rotunda groups will be offered space in the new Student Union Building
March 2, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor and Gurpreet Kambo, News Editor At their Wednesday, February 26 Board meeting, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors resolved to enter into formal agreements that offer the Rotunda groups space…
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Board Shorts: January 22
January 31, 2020Written by: Michelle Gomez, Assistant News Editor Motion passed to increase SFPIRG member fee The Board passed a motion to include a referendum in the Spring 2020 elections about increasing the semesterly member fee for the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research…
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