student fees
SFSS discusses the health and dental care referendum vote
November 15, 2022Editor’s Note: The article was updated on November 17, to state Baran attended the Alliance of BC Students instead of the BC Federation of Students Lobby Days. Additionally, it was updated to note the referendum required a majority vote, not two-thirds, but failed because they failed to reach quorum. By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer Student health and dental fee referendum information Vice-president internal and organizational development, Judit Nagy, proposed adding the increase of the fall health and dental plan fees to the referenda. Nagy’s motion proposed keeping “pace with the rising cost of health and dental services.” This motion…
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StudentCare proposes referendum to increase student health and dental fee
September 30, 2022By: Pranjali J Mann, News Writer During the SFSS Council meeting on September 14, Sophia Haque from StudentCare, presented the possibility of increasing coverage for student health care plans to include mental health services. She indicated potential for a “health…
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Tuition Breakdown: Summer 2021
May 10, 2021by Kelly Chia, Staff Writer In November 2020, students received an email from vice president, academic and provost pro tem Jonathan Driver and vice president, finance and administration Martin Porchuko regarding tuition. In the email, they said SFU’s Board of…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Is SFU’s U-Pass system fair?
February 8, 2021by Gurleen Aujla, SFU Student, Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer, Madeleine Chan, Opinions Editor Over the years, there’s been a lot of conversation from students about the equity of SFU’s U-Pass system. Specifically about whether students who don’t want the U-Pass, and…
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How to get your money’s worth for your rec and athletics fee
August 31, 2019By: Kelly Chia - Staff Writer Maybe the new semester has you inspired to start taking your health and fitness more seriously — or maybe you’d just like to try something new. Either way, the SFU Recreation Centre is a…
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Graduate Student Society holds referendum to raise part-time student fees
November 7, 2017By: Aaron Richardson The SFU Graduate Student Society (GSS) is advancing a referendum question regarding a possible change to student membership fees in tandem with the election for student society executive positions this semester. The society membership will vote on a…
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