tuition
It’s too early to determine whether tuition needs to be adjusted
May 30, 2020By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor In late April, before summer classes had even begun, many students across Canada began to express their frustration that universities would be charging them the same tuition fees, despite classes moving to an online format. While I understand the financial frustration that comes from being a student, and I can most certainly empathise with the sentiment that online classes are a much bigger pain than in-person classes, it’s too early to be demanding that tuition be reduced for the duration of enforced remote learning — at least, not until students have a better idea of…
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Tuition Freeze Now holds Town Hall to discuss affordability
November 18, 2019By: Paige Riding, News Writer Tuiton Freeze Now, an activist group at SFU, held a campus Town Hall on October 29. The Town Hall was held in Forum Chambers in the basement of the Maggie Benston Centre, where TFN representatives…
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SFU holds budget consultation to get input from community
November 15, 2019By: Jess Dela Cruz, News Writer Money: a huge factor when it comes to post-secondary institutions. Quality education, resources, labs, and various opportunities come at a price — a very expensive one. Martin Pochurko (Vice-President Finance and Administration) and Jonathan…
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Universities need to rethink their finances in the interest of equity
August 30, 2019By: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor Back in July the Vancouver Sun published a list of the top 10 highest paid public executives in B.C., along with a detailed breakdown of their compensation packages. Of the ten, four were university executives,…
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Senate Report
February 11, 2019Senate discusses how bursaries should be distributed for international undergraduate students At the senate meeting on February 4, Simon Fraser University senators reviewed their annual report on scholarships, awards, and bursaries for the 2017–18 fiscal year. According to the 2017–18…
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SFU Tuition Freeze Now presents at SFU Board of Governors meeting
February 2, 2019At the SFU Board of Governors meeting on Thursday, January 24, students from the Tuition Freeze Now campaign presented in front of the board. Tuition Freeze Now seeks to reject SFU’s proposed tuition increases for the 2019–20 academic year, and…
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Looking back and forward at SFU’s 2018
January 8, 2019Written by: Gene Cole, Opinions Editor As we look back at the huge list of ridiculous things that happened at SFU in 2018, their contexts and future implications are worth keeping in mind. Jas Randhawa is elected . . .…
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Grad Minutes
November 20, 2018Written by: Youeal Abera, Staff Writer Revisions in the cards for SFU’s practices relating to research personnel At the latest Graduate Student Society (GSS) Council meeting, Council spoke with members of SFU’s senior administration about students’ frustrations towards SFU’s…
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Students demand that “SFU Freeze Tuition Now!” as the university plans fee hikes
November 5, 2018Written by: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor SFU is proposing an increase in tuition fees, but students are not happy. On October 23, SFU administration emailed students to invite them to a consultation session on their proposed tuition hikes,…
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Board Shorts
October 28, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor Board discusses approach to SFU’s proposed tuition fee increases Vice-president student services Samer Rihani briefed the SFSS (Simon Fraser Student Society) board of directors on a meeting held with SFU administration about the…
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