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Commemorative plaque returns to Freedom Square

The Freedom Square plaque has been returned to SFU’s Burnaby campus after appearing and disappearing multiple times since its installation 47 years ago. The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) finally managed to track down this elusive piece of SFU history after beginning the search last year. It was restored to Freedom Square earlier this October. The uncovered area east of Convocation Mall was given the name Freedom Square for its history of student political action. In 1967, 2,500 students and faculty engaged in a sit-down protest in the area to demonstrate their opposition to the firing of five teaching assistants.…

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