SFU VOCE

This is a photo of about 50 or 60 students sitting on the ground not facing the camera as they look toward someone distant at the front of the room. The room is very white, with a few wooden planks standing up, suggesting it is an arts showroom.
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Student action group launched in response to SFU VOCE closure

Peak Web March 24, 2025

By: 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, an advocacy group focused on demanding more transparency and community consultation regarding university decisions for staff and students. On January 23, SFU announced the closure of VOCE and the Office of Community Engagement located in Surrey due to budget challenges. VOCE was based at the SFU Goldcorp Campus and “supported creative engagement, knowledge democracy, and access to arts and culture.”…

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Illustration of a food service worker (left) and caretaker (right), both with concerned expressions
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Examining the challenges women face after leaving the workforce

Peak Web January 17, 2022

By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate Women, Work, More is a four-episode podcast series hosted by SFU sociology and labour studies student Alyha Bardi. The series eloquently shines a light on women in different stages and positions of the working world. In…

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