TEDxSFU
Council Chats: SFSS rejects TEDxSFU grant request
November 20, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer The Peak attended the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) meeting on November 8. Matters discussed include expelling councillors due to absences, the TEDxSFU conference, tuition refunds, and a number of committee elections. Councillor Resignations The SFSS bylaw 15.7 states that if a councillor is absent from five scheduled meetings without stating regrets, or is absent from three consecutive meetings, it will result in expulsion from the SFSS and their seat will be considered vacant. At this meeting, there were numerous councillors who had been absent for five or more meetings and are now considered resigned.…
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Council approves student back to school froshes
September 14, 2023By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Editor’s note: The Peak would like to acknowledge that Josh Ralla, one of our staff members, was previously an executive director of TEDxSFU, but had no involvement in writing this article. On August 30, The…
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TEDxSFU reveals their theme for the 2023 conference
August 1, 2023By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Editor’s note: The Peak would like to acknowledge that Josh Ralla, one of our staff members, is an executive director of TEDxSFU, but had no involvement in writing this article. On July 10, TEDxSFU unveiled…
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Sumaiya Tufail to deliver TEDxSFU talk on poetry as resistance
July 24, 2023By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The Peak would like to note that Josh Ralla, one of our staff members, is an executive director of TEDxSFU, but had no involvement in writing this article. Sumaiya Tufail began the Slam…
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A look at TEDxSFU from bud to bloom
November 14, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate TEDxSFU returns for its 11th year at the Anvil Theatre on November 20. Independently run TEDx events are created in the spirit of TED, “a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of…
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TEDxSFU: Uncharted elicits inspiration in Vancouver
November 12, 2018By: Youeal Abera TEDxSFU: Uncharted comprised an eclectic group of speakers, each offering rich insights from a wide array of ideological (and even philosophical) schools of thoughts. Each speaker had 30–45 minutes to present ideas that, in theory, could…
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7 quotes from the TEDx SFU Dialogue event
November 9, 2018By: Gabrielle McLaren, Features Editor The TEDx SFU Dialogue Event was a smaller, more intimate affair than the day of speakers and entertainment that preceded it. Around 20 people from all walks of life, with various degrees of connection…
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SFU alumni and students organize fourth TEDxSFU conference
November 7, 2014From wearable technology to making meaningful connections with strangers, talks on varied subjects resonated from the Granville Island Stage on November 1. TEDxSFU, an independently organized TED conference, brought together a diverse group of speakers to share their observations on…
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