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SFU students and staff receive mass training in defibrillator use
September 26, 2017SFU students and staff can feel at ease knowing that more than 400 members of the SFU community completed mass training in resuscitation and the use of emergency defibrillators at the Burnaby campus on September 19. SFU Safety and Risk Services partnered up with Iridia Medical and the Heart and Stroke Foundation to demonstrate to the community the importance of having this life-saving knowledge. The event also provided an opportunity for the SFU community to learn how to use cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillators (AEDs) if someone suffers from cardiac arrest. “The goal of the training is to…
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The Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office welcomes their first-ever director
September 25, 2017Six months after the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Prevention, Education and Support policy was passed by the Board of Governors, Simon Fraser University welcomes Dr. CJ Rowe as the inaugural director of SFU’s Sexual Violence Support and Prevention Office (SVO).…
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SFU shows students its plans for new stadium
September 25, 2017Simon Fraser University revealed its plans for a new stadium at an open house last week, showing students what the project will look like upon its completion in 2020. The stadium will be adjacent to the Lorne Davies Complex, facing…
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SFU alumna, Bhavina Patel, connects the community dots across the globe
February 27, 2017[dropcap]J[/dropcap]ust a month after graduating with a BA in geography, SFU alumna Bhavina Patel packed her bags and travelled to South Africa to pursue an internship in the economic development sector of the city of Durban. She found herself in…
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SFU alum, Hasan Namir, on Islam and intimacy
January 23, 2017[dropcap]F[/dropcap]earlessly and unapologetically, SFU alumnus Hasan Namir tackles homophobia, religion, and coming-of-age in his award-winning debut novel, God in Pink. The novel is set in Iraq in 2003 and tells the story of Ramy, an orphaned homosexual university student who…
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The secret life of a sessional instructor
November 21, 2016Sessional instructors, also known as adjunct faculty, are every university’s secret. We know they exist, but we don’t know too much about them, what they do, or why job security in academia is such a large issue. Don’t be surprised…
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First-year expectations versus reality
November 18, 2016Do you remember the first time you realized university wasn’t going to be everything you thought it was? Because I don’t think I do. For me, it was a thousand little things over the course of first year that slowly…
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Weirdest research at SFU
November 7, 2016Built on top of a mountain blanketed in fog, SFU was destined to have a mysterious, at times almost eerie, feel. Flash forward 50 years: SFU has become a leading Canadian research university. Hidden somewhere within the concrete expanse of…
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SFU Student Learning Commons: shaping success
October 31, 2016[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t first glance, SFU’s libraries might look like any other silent study space. Venture a little further, though, and you will find something truly great: students helping students to achieve academic success. This is the Student Learning Commons (SLC), which…
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Haunted campus: A look at legends in and around SFU
October 24, 2016The frat house One of the most haunted locations in Burnaby has an SFU connection. Fairacres — or as it’s better known now, the Burnaby Art Gallery — was built in the early 1900s and has changed owners several times…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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