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What did UniForum cost SFU?
January 19, 2026By: Hannah Fraser, News Editor As SFU nears the end of its five-year contract with UniForum — a consulting program used during a period of financial strain — some community members are questioning how the program’s findings may have informed the university’s financial decisions. UniForum is operated by Nous Group, an international management consultancy firm, and is marketed as a benchmarking program that allows universities to compare their administrative services with those of other institutions. Since 2019, Nous has expanded its work across Canadian universities in the face of rising costs, stagnant government funding, and growing uncertainty around international student…
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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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SFU to close community engagement offices
February 24, 2025By: Mason Mattu, News Writer On January 23, SFU announced plans to close their Vancity Office of Community Engagement (VOCE), and Surrey’s Office of Community Engagement. The university cited budget challenges as the reason. Both programs served to connect SFU…
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SFU increases car allowance perk for executives amid summer layoffs
December 2, 2024By: Hannah Fraser, News Editor In July, The Peak received word from the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) that SFU decided to increase the vehicle allowance perk for SFU executives by about $75,000. A vehicle allowance is a payment made by…
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