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Board Shorts

Peak Web April 30, 2018

Motion 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 for the more recent 2017–8 results. Applied sciences representative Jeffrey Leung proposed the motion, and the Board approved that the survey results be publicized, after conducting final edits and data analysis within the following week.   Board votes on logo requirements for apparel for SFSS-funded student groups On behalf of the Student Outreach Office, member services coordinator Ayesha Ali requested…

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Board Shorts

Peak Web April 15, 2018

SFSS approves a motion to cease to restrict student groups to SFU catering The Meeting, Event, and Conference Services (MECS) monopoly on SFU student catering services is over. The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors approved a motion…

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Board Shorts

Peak Web April 7, 2018

Written by Zach Siddiqui, Opinions Editor Board approves a total of $56,500 over the course of three years for a new online platform In the interests of improving the SFSS’s current online infrastructure, the Board has moved to replace their…

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Out on Campus reopens its doors and welcomes new coordinator

Peak Web March 27, 2018

Earlier this semester, Simon Fraser Student Society’s Out on Campus (OOC) — a centre that provides support services and learning space for LGBTQ+ individuals — had to temporarily halt its activities because its previous volunteer and program coordinator, Kyle McCloy,…

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Generation Screwed SFU hosts audit on SFSS spending

Peak Web March 27, 2018

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor   On Thursday, March 15, the SFU chapter of Generation Screwed hosted an audit examining SFSS spending, titled “The Sad State of the SFSS: Students have had enough.” The event promised to gather experienced student…

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SFSS reaches agreement with SFU to secure more seating space for students at Surrey campus

Peak Web March 26, 2018

After nearly four years of advocacy for more study spots and after-hours space options at the Surrey campus, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors and Simon Fraser University administrators have come to a consensus regarding this matter.…

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SFPIRG launches petition for campus space

Peak Web March 26, 2018

In 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,…

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Jas Randhawa is the next SFSS president

Peak Web March 23, 2018

This morning, The Peak received the results for the 2018–19 Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors elections from the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC). Without further ado, Jaskarn (Jas) Randhawa has been elected as the next SFSS president.  …

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Board Shorts

Peak Web March 19, 2018

Written by Zach Siddiqui, Opinions Editor Truc Trat and Muhammad Abid appointed at-large members of the Surrey Campus Committee   Funding approved for two Food Days at Surrey campus The SFSS’s Surrey Campus Committee will be manning self-serve snack stations…

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The SFSS 2018 election debates: a debrief

Peak Web March 19, 2018

The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) hosted two debates in the week prior to the 2018 election voting period: one at SFU Surrey on March 12, and the second at SFU Burnaby on March 15. These debates, moderated by chief…

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