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Here’s what the Maclean’s top comprehensive university award doesn’t tell you about SFU

By: Marco Ovies, Staff Writer Maclean’s magazine recently announced that SFU is once again Canada’s Top Comprehensive University for 2020. While this sounds like something that is pretty cool and exciting, when I read the reasons our school had been awarded the honour I was a bit confused. SFU does have some great things going for it, don't get me wrong, but is it really the best school in all of Canada?  What the heck does it even mean to be a comprehensive university? To be considered for this title, universities need to demonstrate diversity in program offerings and an outpouring…

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