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SFSS campaigns for SFU to continue recording lectures
November 19, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer During the last week of August, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) published the Accessible Course Practices (ACP) campaign letter and an accompanying student survey to their social media accounts. This campaign calls for professors to provide student access to mandated recordings, and hopes to see this become a post-pandemic university standard. Kashish Mehta, SFSS councillor and ACP campaign chair, started the ACP campaign after being inspired by the SFSS’ previous campaign, Access for All. While the previous campaign focused on hybrid courses and decreasing COVID-19 outbreaks on campus, ACP concentrates on access to…
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SFU commits to full divestment from fossil fuels by 2025
November 14, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer On November 1, 2021, SFU announced their full divestment from fossil fuels by 2025. Divestment has been a topic of controversy on campus and has led to student protests in the form of a…
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Long-awaited Student Union Building has soft opening
September 7, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer SFSS kicked off the soft-opening week of the Student Union Building (SUB) on August 23 by inviting small groups of people to gather in the ballroom on the top floor. This was followed by…
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SFSS approves motion to give departmental student unions permanent space in SUB
September 7, 2021By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer On August 25, SFSS voted for the Science Undergraduate Society (SUS) and Society of Arts and Social Sciences (SASS) to permanently occupy the two largest rooms in the Student Union Building (SUB). “The motion passed…
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SFSS BDS motion sees support from Palestinian and Jewish students and opposition from Hillel
August 6, 2021Written by: Nancy La, Staff Writer This is a developing story that The Peak may cover in future pieces. Find previous reports of the motion here. On May 19, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) motion passed a motion in…
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VP Corbett Gildersleve discusses the roots of the SFSS
August 3, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Editor’s note: Previously, this article stated Gildersleve served on the Board in 2014. It has been corrected to 2015. Further, it was stated that Gildersleve ran with the SFU Progressives in 2019 — however…
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Council Meeting — July 14, 2021
July 30, 2021Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer Student Union Building (SUB) opening plan The SUB working group brought forward a motion proposing that Council set the opening date for the SUB as August 23, 2021. Between this date and SFU’s campus…
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Council Meeting — June 16, 2021
July 1, 2021Written by: Jaymee Salisi, News Writer Return-to-campus student accommodations discussion Councillors of the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) discussed their plans to accommodate COVID-19 safety protocols and learning accessibility in the fall when campus reopens. Chaired by SFSS president Gabe Liosis, the…
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Access for All advocates for SFU to provide a safer environment proposal in their return-to-campus plan
June 27, 2021Written by: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer SFU released its four-stage reopening plan on May 26, 2021. In stage four, the plan proposes a 80–100% density return to campus for in-person learning. In response, Serena Bains, vice-president university and academic affairs…
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Council Meeting — June 1, 2021
June 22, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Content warning: mention of police brutality Access for All Campaign VP university and academic affairs Serena Bains introduced the Access for All campaign in response to SFU’s announcement that 70–80% of classes will be…
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