student engagement
SFSS discusses budget setbacks
June 29, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer On June 7th, The Peak sat in on the SFSS’ biweekly council meeting. This meeting settled many committee elections and councillors discussed issues of a decreasing budget and concerns about the U-Pass system, among others. Budget Cuts and Student Engagement Concerns During the SFSS Council Meeting, many members voiced concerns over budget cuts. Jadvinder Bolina, the vice president of finance and services, stated, “The number I will show you in our account when it comes to healthcare looks good at first, but keep in mind that it is likely to be almost entirely depleted by…
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We need to care about the SFSS — and not just when they annoy us
February 11, 2022By: Luke Faulks, Staff Writer SFU students don’t seem to think about the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) much. During the 2018 election, only 2,158 out of around 30,000 students cast a vote for SFSS president. The number of votes cast…
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Council Meeting — September 29, 2021
November 22, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Council votes on furnishing the SUB for student groups The SFSS Council discussed the current state of the SUB since its grand opening in August. Vice-president finance and services Corbett Gildersleve introduced a motion to…
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CJSF shows how integral independent societies are to the SFU experience
February 23, 2020By: Leslie Wang, SFU Student In the spring of my third year at SFU, I was living with a horrible case of lizard brain — I doubted all of my actions, words, and thoughts. It was an extremely difficult couple of…
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Board Shorts
May 26, 2018Board decides on process to decide new name for SUB At the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors meeting held on May 25, SFSS communications coordinator Sindhu Dharmarajah presented the Board with the idea of renaming the Student…
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