By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer This October, SFU’s department of safety and risk services (SRS) released an official university safety app called SFU Safe. The SRS’ services include “campus public safety, enterprise risk and resilience, and environmental health and safety.” The development of safety apps for post-secondary institutions is becoming more commonplace, with universities like UBC and KPU integrating similar apps. SFU SRS’ chief safety and risk officer, Galib Bhayani, spoke with The Peak and compared the utility of SFU Snap, an app allowing students to “plan their campus experience,” to the new Safe app. He said SFU Safe responds…
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by Alex Masse, Staff Writer Before the pandemic, goSFU had its fair share of dislike from the student body. At the time of writing, “goSFU not working” is the third autofill suggestion for “goSFU” on Google. It’s not surprising. I,…
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By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor Snow days at SFU leave students in a bind, as classes are cancelled mid-day, exams are postponed, and, sometimes, the whole campus is suddenly closed off, often leaving students stranded. To address this…
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