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SFU Senate changes academic conduct policy to remove barriers for complainants
October 10, 2018The October session of the SFU Senate moved to revise the Code of Academic Integrity and Good Conduct into two separate policies — one for student academic integrity and another for non-academic student conduct. The original policy dealt with cases of academic dishonesty and general student misconduct. However, with SFU’s Sexual Violence and Misconduct Prevention, Education and Support policy (GP 44) now in place, the university plans to address sexual violence cases through the newly split-off student conduct policy. Subsequently, the memorandum to change the Code of Academic Integrity and Good Conduct to reflect this intention was put in…
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SFU Residence and Housing serves students’ needs amid housing crisis in Vancouver
September 30, 2018While the housing crisis in Metro Vancouver is seeing on-campus dorms fill up and pushing students to look for housing elsewhere, SFU Residence and Housing is taking steps to provide more extensive housing for its students. “A student may…
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Board Shorts
August 28, 2018Board set date and appointed planning committee for AGM The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors resolved to host their annual general meeting (AGM) on Monday, September 24 at the Leslie and Gordon Diamond Family Auditorium at…
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Health and Dental plan for students to become more affordable, effective September 1
July 24, 2018As of September 1, 2018, student health and dental plan pricing will be effectively reduced. The enhanced plan and the basic plan, which cost $267.75 and $207.90 respectively, will be reduced to $254.36 for the enhanced plan and $197.51 for…
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Police warn residents in and around Vancouver about Canadian Revenue Agency scammers
July 5, 2018Residents of Metro Vancouver and adjoining areas, including SFU students, are being warned by police forces about Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scams as people in different cities are being targeted. Earlier this month, an individual from Vancouver got duped into…
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Board Shorts
June 23, 2018Board negotiates SFSS involvement in Student Experience Initiative with SFU Vice-president university relations Jackson Freedman presented an update to the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board regarding the SFSS’s ongoing negotiations with the university on the Student Experience Initiative (SEI).…
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SFU students report incidents of serial harassment and trespassing
June 11, 2018On May 30, several SFU students took to the Facebook page “‘Must Knows’ for courses at SFU”, to spread awareness about a trespasser and alleged serial sexual harasser on the Burnaby campus. The initial post informed students about…
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SFU student raises money for cancer through athletic challenges
May 21, 2018Imre Mihalik is an SFU Beedie student who is running, paddling, cycling, and more to raise money for the BC Cancer Foundation. Mihalik hopes to raise $3,500 for his campaign, #EPICIMPACTYEAR, wherein he will participate in at least eight local…
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Board Shorts
April 30, 2018Motion passed to upload General Membership Student Survey 2017–8 results online After publicizing the 2016–7 General Membership Survey earlier this year, a motion was brought forward at the latest Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board meeting to do the same…
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Generation Screwed SFU hosts audit on SFSS spending
March 27, 2018On Thursday, March 15, the SFU chapter of Generation Screwed hosted an audit examining SFSS spending, titled “The Sad State of the SFSS: Students have had enough.” The event promised to gather experienced student leaders from across campus to…
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