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SFU Residence and Housing serves students’ needs amid housing crisis in Vancouver

Peak Web September 30, 2018

Written by Amal Javed Abdullah, Staff Writer   While 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 be more affected in the current rental environment that exists in British Columbia and particularly, the Lower Mainland, in terms of affordability as they may not have that extra added disposable income that someone who is working might have,” noted Leon Kalligerakis, marketing and communications coordinator at SFU Residence and Housing, in an…

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Board Shorts

Peak Web August 28, 2018

Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor with files from Alex Bloom, Editor-in-Chief   Board 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…

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Health and Dental plan for students to become more affordable, effective September 1

Peak Web July 24, 2018

Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   As 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…

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Police warn residents in and around Vancouver about Canadian Revenue Agency scammers

Peak Web July 5, 2018

By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   Residents 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,…

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Board Shorts

Peak Web June 23, 2018

Board 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

Peak Web June 11, 2018

By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor   On 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.  …

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SFU student raises money for cancer through athletic challenges

Peak Web May 21, 2018

By: Winona Young, Staff Writer   Imre 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…

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Board Shorts

Peak Web April 30, 2018

Motion 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

Peak Web March 27, 2018

By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor   On 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…

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BC affordability crisis forcing students to work longer hours

Peak Web October 11, 2017

By: Nathaniel Tok SFU students are finding it harder to pay their bills than their peers across the country, a recent report suggests. The report released by Vancity found that the affordability crisis in the province is forcing BC students…

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