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SFU-based hockey analytics company acquires NHL client
May 23, 2017For hockey teams looking to draft the next Connor McDavid, it can be a million-dollar decision. To quantify and decode the statistics, teams can now enlist the help of HockeyData Inc., an analytics company based out of SFU Harbour Centre. HockeyData recently acquired its first National Hockey League (NHL) client. The company signed a contract with the Washington Capitals after reaching out to the team with their services. SFU Beedie School of Business student Cole Gawenda launched the company only one year ago with business partner Garret Hohl as a passion project. “We realized there was no one providing analytics…
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Action group probes SFU data on animals in research
May 22, 2017A campus action group seeking data on the number of animals used for teaching, research, and testing at Simon Fraser University is speaking out after being told that the university will not release any records. The Wild Salmon Creative…
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SFU football players drafted to CFL teams
May 19, 2017By: Alexander Kenny When the Canadian Football League (CFL) draft rolled around earlier this month, the work of four SFU Clan football players came to fruition as they were selected to take the next big step in their football careers.…
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SFU professor wins $100,000 for innovative mathematics program
May 17, 2017By: Aliocha Perriard-Abdoh SFU professor Peter Liljedahl was awarded the $100,000 Cmolik Prize last month by the faculty of education for a revolutionary new approach to mathematics education. The Cmolik Prize for the Enhancement of Public Education in BC is awarded…
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SFU students score top prize at Oxford Global Challenge
May 17, 2017A team of SFU undergraduate students earned first place at the Oxford Global Challenge, an international social innovation competition, earlier this month for their research on reducing medical waste. The trio — science students Iman Baharmand and Alec Yu, and…
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SFU union holds referendum on Israel boycott
May 16, 2017This week, TAs and TMs at Simon Fraser University will weigh in on an issue that has a stake in a decades-old, bitter conflict. The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) is holding a referendum May 15–19 on whether to adopt…
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UniverCity population expected to double
May 16, 2017UniverCity, the community adjacent to Simon Fraser University’s Burnaby campus, is over halfway to being completed, according to the SFU Community Trust which oversees its development. The community, boasting over 5,000 residents this year, has seen new businesses open up…
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TSSU motion is discriminatory and a threat to academic freedom
May 15, 2017By: Rachel Altman, SFU Professor During the week of May 15–19, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) will vote on whether to amend their bylaws to adopt Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) principles. You don’t need to understand the entire…
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The food and beverage closures show why you need to watch what you’re funding
May 15, 2017Before I started writing for The Peak, I admittedly paid very little attention to student politics. When I voted for my preferred Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) candidates, I read their blurbs and made the decision without giving it too…
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University: draining us financially since 1965 part one
May 15, 2017What would you do with $27,000? I would probably travel, and put some of it away in a long-term savings account to help me with living expenses once I’m done my education just in case I’m not be able to…
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