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Age-Well Innovation Hub revealed at SFU Surrey
February 4, 2019Written by: Youeal Abera, News Team Member Simon Fraser University Surrey‘s Age-Well Innovation Hub, a newly manifested resource launched by the technology and aging company AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE), has received $3.5 million dollars in federal funding. The hub, which was first revealed to the public at SFU’s Surrey campus on January 17, received the funding from the federal organization, Western Economic Diversification Canada. Created with the incentive of introducing medical solutions to elders within the province of BC, the Age-Well Innovation Hub’s mission is to “engage a range of stakeholders in a specific location to advance…
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SFU changes its emergency protocol in light of previous campus incidents
January 28, 2019Written by: Henry Tran, Coordinating News Editor On January 23, Simon Fraser University Safety and Risks Services (SRS) announced that it has changed its emergency protocol and added new safety services for the SFU community. The new emergency protocol states that in urgent situations, SFU students,…
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SFU Beedie School of Business and KPMG co-create a novel education program
January 21, 2019Written by: Sakina Nazarali, Peak Associate SFU’s Beedie School of Business (SFU Beedie) has partnered with KPMG, a professional service company that offers auditing and accounting services, for a new graduate program that will teach audit professionals enhanced digital and cognitive…
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Crowdfunding for alternative medicine treatments may harm cancer patients
January 21, 2019Written by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate In early January, an SFU health sciences professor and a University of Alberta health law and policy professor published a paper on the negative effects crowdfunding has on cancer treatment. Jeremy Snyder from SFU and Timothy Caulfield from UAlberta…
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SFU establishes new partnership to support urban Indigenous community
January 21, 2019Written by: Henry Tran, Coordinating News Editor On January 10, Simon Fraser University and the Surrey Urban Indigenous Leadership Committee (SUILC) established a novel partnership to increase programs and services for Surrey’s urban Indigenous community — including but not limited to professional, research, and academic opportunities.…
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SFSS and GSS endorse SFU Tuition Freeze Now
January 21, 2019Written by: Henry Tran, Coordinating News Editor Several student groups on campus have endorsed SFU Tuition Freeze Now, an independent campaign to reject SFU’s proposed tuition fee hikes for fall 2019 for all incoming and current SFU students. SFU Tuition Freeze Now was formed in October…
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SFU Beedie School of Business and KPMG co-create a novel education program
January 21, 2019Written by: Sakina Nazarali, Peak Associate SFU’s Beedie School of Business (SFU Beedie) has partnered with KPMG, a professional service company that offers auditing and accounting services, for a new graduate program that will teach audit professionals enhanced digital and cognitive analytic skills. SFU Beedie…
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Failure shouldn’t be how you learn to be a good student
January 19, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor When I first got to SFU, one of the first jokes I heard was that the most relieving thing you could hear from a peer is “I haven’t started either.” It’s not exactly an extreme statement, but it’s…
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Senate Report
January 14, 2019Senate temporarily discontinues certificate in liberal arts Simon Fraser University senators unanimously voted to suspend admission to the certificate in liberal arts program, starting summer 2019. The certificate in liberal arts program is currently offered by the Faculty of Arts…
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Year in Review
January 8, 2019Written by: Henry Tran, Coordinating News Editor SFU diplomas to now list undergraduate students and alumni’s major Previously, when SFU undergraduate students convocated, their degree parchments only listed the credential (bachelor, masters, etc.) and their graduating faculty. However, on November…
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