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SFPIRG launches petition for campus space
March 26, 2018In 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, directed towards SFU president Andrew Petter and vice-provost and associate vice-president academic Peter Keller, was launched a week ago and aims to collect as many signatures as possible. As described on the petition page, SFPIRG is currently subleasing office space from the SFSS in the Rotunda; this sublease will expire in June 2018. Once the Student Unions Building…
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SFU public interest research group faces displacement from campus
January 29, 2018By: Cecile Favron Editor’s Note: The Peak Publications Society is an independent student society and participated in the process initiated by the Simon Fraser Student Society to express interest in organizational space in the Student Union Building. However, The…
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Updated: Independent student groups denied space in Student Union Building
December 2, 2017Editor’s Note: As an independent student society, The Peak Publications Society participated in the process initiated by the Simon Fraser Student Society to express interest in organizational space in the Student Union Building. The Peak Publications Society is no longer…
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Action group probes SFU data on animals in research
May 22, 2017A campus action group seeking data on the number of animals used for teaching, research, and testing at Simon Fraser University is speaking out after being told that the university will not release any records. The Wild Salmon Creative…
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SFPIRG series offers Canadian perspectives on Palestine-Israel conflict
October 13, 2014The Simon Fraser Public Interest Group (SFPIRG), hosted a film and discussion series over the past two weeks called, “Palestine and the Creation of the State of Israel.” The series, which featured talks titled “A Brief History,” “Life Under Occupation,”…
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Forum fosters dialogue around “Education Behind Bars”
October 6, 2014While students often joke about SFU looking like a prison, many real inmates desire access to post-secondary education. SFPIRG’s forum “Breaking the Cycle: Education Behind Bars” on October 1 sought to address this issue; students, teachers, and former inmates came…
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Students petition SFU to sever ties with mining institute
September 29, 2014Student opposition to SFU’s involvement with the Canadian International Institute for Extractive Industries and Development (CIIEID) reached a new high at the end of the summer with the release of a petition calling for the institute’s closure. A collaboration between…
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Fat happiness: Is it wrong to be fat?
February 20, 2012By Ljudmila Petrovic As a child, Kalamity Hildebrandt was put on diet pills by her doctor in order to lose weight. By age nine she was bulimic, which progressed to the point where she was throwing up blood in her…
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