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The Teaching Support Staff Union votes in favour of strike action
May 8, 2023With a vote of 94%, the Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) has decided in favour of taking strike action to improve working and learning conditions on campus. The TSSU represents over 3,500 workers “who teach and conduct research at Simon Fraser University” but are not considered faculty. This includes research assistants (RAs) and teaching assistants (TAs). Despite the fact that RAs are key contributors to SFU’s research endeavours, bringing in $171.6 million dollars worth of grants in 2021, SFU administration does not agree that RAs are entitled to employment and union protections. Similarly, TAs, who often play a large role…
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Top ten ways to make a good impression on your TA
June 20, 2022Tell them you’ve taken the class five times Brag about your unmatched experience with the course. After all, what’s more impressive than being extremely acquainted with the course content? The paper? Done it. The exam? Taken it so many times…
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Freedom Square plaque removed and engraved into new tiles
July 13, 2020The plaque that once stood in SFU’s Freedom Square, in commemoration of protests that took place in 1967, has now been engraved into the new tiles in Freedom Square with different wording. According to SFU’s Chief Facilities Officer Larry Waddell,…
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The sink-or-swim life of a TA
November 23, 2018Teaching assistants, or TAs, are some of the lynchpins of SFU’s educational infrastructure. They lead busy, difficult lives: outside of their jobs, a lot of them pursue their own education, work other jobs, and juggle the rest of their lives.…
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A day in the life of a TA
November 1, 2017Being an undergraduate student isn’t always easy and you can’t help but think about what your life might be like after graduation. In a mini existential crisis, I started to wonder what grad school would be like. That led me…
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TAs should be formally taught to teach
May 16, 2016[dropcap]W[/dropcap]e’re all friends here, so we can all agree that a Teaching Assistant (TA) can make or break a course. I’m not suggesting that the university should function without TAs; they provide a crucial service to the school, and a…
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