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SFU professor says Vancouver is unprepared for winter conditions
January 17, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer The effects of climate change led to severe winter conditions at the end of 2022. It was reported there were at least 30 highway closures due to the winter conditions and accidents. Zafar Adeel, a professor for the School of Sustainable Energy at SFU, said other Canadian cities “tend to be much better equipped and prepared for snow storms.” Many people are led to believe that such extreme winter weather conditions are occurring due to climate change. “The winter pattern in the 2022/23 season is impacted by prevailing La Niña conditions, in which the eastern Pacific…
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More non-disabled people need to put in the effort to clear snowy sidewalks
February 1, 2020By: Sanam Prasad, SFU Student As a disabled person living in Metro Vancouver, the snow like the dump we got in January makes my disability worse, with such things as stiff joints, trouble gripping items, and difficulty walking. It doesn’t help…
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Ambitious invention to blame for SFU’s extreme snowfall
April 4, 2018SFU president Andrew Petter seems to have his eyes turned upwards, as his gondola dream now unites with another secret passion project that, quite literally, aspires to reach the sky as its limit. While sleuthing around in the closed Highland…
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TransLink prepares for winter weather at SFU Burnaby
November 20, 2017By: Nathaniel Tok TransLink has unveiled its plans to brave the snow-covered roads up to the main Simon Fraser University campus this year. The transit provider is taking additional steps this time around since major snowfall in Metro Vancouver last year…
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Four films to put SFU’s snow crisis into perspective
February 20, 2017SFU Burnaby had suffered an endless onslaught of snow. Classes were cancelled and snow and ice blocked routes that students normally took to reach their destinations. Despite the hills of white, the slush that covered our every step, and the…
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Snowy SFU a sight to behold at night
December 6, 2016With the first major snowfall in the greater Vancouver area in nearly three years happening on Monday, it was the first snow day for many of the undergraduate students at Simon Fraser University, as classes were cancelled. While Burnaby Mountain…
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