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Students discuss SFU’s reopening plan for fall semester

Karissa Ketter July 19, 2021

Following the provincial government’s announcement of reopening measures, SFU released a reopening plan for the Fall 2021 semester.  SFU anticipates 70–80% of courses will be taught on campus. Reopening protocols include enhanced cleaning practices and reimplementing student amenities and programs.  The Peak reached out to various student unions for their thoughts on the return to in-person classes.  “It feels like again and again, SFU fails disabled students,” said SFU Disability and Neurodiversity Alliance executive member Vivian Ly.  Based on personal conversations with SFU students, Ly reported many feel SFU needs to better balance remote and in-person classes. Ly added those…

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A list of perks university students can get in Canada

Kelly Chia May 24, 2021

Now that I’m in the last portion of my degree, I find there are many services that SFU provides that I didn’t know about as a first-year student. I wanted to compile some of the resources I found that will…

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Connection between students and SFU admin needs to improve

Devana Petrovic January 11, 2021

It seems like SFU follows a blueprint for addressing student concerns. Most of the time this consists of broken communication through emails, administrative statements, and social media posts. Occasionally, students even get to ask questions at Senate meetings or voice…

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Resources for low-income students

Devona Petrovic August 4, 2020

    Government Aid: Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)   The Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) is available to post-secondary students and recent graduates who are permanent residents or Canadian citizens, and have been financially…

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Students shouldn’t need to be policed into respecting quiet study spaces

Kitty Cheung June 30, 2019

Last week, a fellow student sat beside me in the sixth-floor computer lab of the library and proceeded to watch a sports commentary video on YouTube. With the noise leaking from their earbuds, I couldn’t help but look up from…

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Voices of SFU: “What do you want from your next SFSS representatives?”

Peak Web March 9, 2019

Compiled by: Alex Bloom and Gabrielle McLaren “I would like to see the SFSS focus on more health and wellness resources for students. I think bringing in a dietician/nutritionist to give workshops geared towards student lifestyles and student budgets would…

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Competition gives undergraduates opportunity to present research to the SFU community

Peak Web October 9, 2018

rWritten by: Nathaniel Tok, Peak Associate   Undergraduate students presented their original research findings to colleagues, graduate students, faculty members, and other members of the SFU community during the second annual poster competition of the SFU Science Undergraduate Research Journal (SURJ). Around…

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Resource roundup: Everything you might need at SFU

Gabrielle McLaren September 7, 2018

Orientation, welcome packs, campus tours, the wealth of knowledge that is the Internet, and long, confused, meandering walks across Burnaby Mountain are all good starting places to get to know campus. I know that’s basically what I did. Still, there…

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13 SFU students and alumni awarded Top 25 Under 25

Peak Web May 17, 2018

13 of this year’s Top 25 Under 25 awards were presented to SFU students and alumni by the Surrey Board of Trade. The annual awards recognize youth for their business and community involvements. This year’s award ceremony was held at…

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SFU students fail the criteria for life, researchers confirm

Elise Burgert April 3, 2018

  Throughout history, scientific consensus has been that the organisms occupying Simon Fraser University, a concrete behemoth sitting atop Burnaby Mountain, were homo sapiens. Recent evidence, however, has unveiled shocking findings. Not only are they incorrectly classified, but the students…

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