student housing
Environmental concerns lead Burnaby to reject off-campus student residence
December 20, 2025By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer Securing housing can be a serious struggle for university students, and those at SFU are no exception. SFU recently broke ground on a new residence building, with the additional 445 beds increasing the university’s housing capacity to around 8% of the student population. The project represents phase three of the university’s Residence and Housing Master Plan, with more housing construction in phases four and five to follow. Still, SFU continues to seek opportunities to expand student residence. Recently, a proposal from Forum Asset Management, an “investor, developer, and asset manager,” represented such a possibility. The…
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Studenthaus study examines SFU students’ housing decisions
January 27, 2025By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Studenthaus is an organization that conducts studies “about how young people make housing decisions to shape the future of housing in Canada.” So far, they’ve surveyed 850 students in five Canadian cities and are currently…
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Where you live as a student matters
September 27, 2021by Tamanna T., Staff Writer Being a university student isn’t easy. You have to deal with maintaining decent grades, participating in extracurriculars, socializing, dating, and maybe even finding a part-time job to pay for your education. If balancing multiple things…
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BC Budget 2018: what you need to know
March 5, 2018BC Budget 2018 was released on February 20, outlining the provincial government’s initiatives and financial commitments for the next year. The budget is the NDP’s first full financial plan since assuming power in government last July. The announcement prompted responses…
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Board Briefs
September 29, 2017SFU plans to hike student residence rates The university is planning to substantially increase student residence fees next year. The rate hike could see costs for the graduate building Hamilton Hall increase by 9% while other accommodations will also see…
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SFU brings upgraded Wi-Fi to residences
September 4, 2017By: Jenna Beetstra The Simon Fraser University (SFU) student residences are soon to have an upgraded Wi-Fi system in every building. The first phase of the Wi-Fi upgrade involved installing wireless modems in each residence room, a process that was completed…
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