tuition
Where does your tuition actually go?
June 6, 2020Ever wonder what those categories on your goSFU Account Activity actually mean? Vague names in the tuition breakdown like “Undergrad Tuition” and “UG Student Services Fee” making you want to break down? With the upcoming tuition deadline, I thought I would help you out and break down, as far as I can discern, some of the more unclear charges that may be listed on your Account Activity and explain what part of SFU they help to support. Maybe this will somehow help to justify that unreasonably large number you see on your statement, or maybe it won’t, either way I…
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It’s too early to determine whether tuition needs to be adjusted
May 30, 2020In 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…
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Tuition Freeze Now holds Town Hall to discuss affordability
November 18, 2019Tuiton 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 and interested guests joined together…
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SFU holds budget consultation to get input from community
November 15, 2019Money: 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 Driver (Vice-President Academic and Provost, Pro…
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Universities need to rethink their finances in the interest of equity
August 30, 2019Back 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, with the president of UBC,…
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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, 2019As 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 . . . and impeached [caption id="attachment_107760" align="alignnone" width="640"]…
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Grad Minutes
November 20, 2018Revisions 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 policies on research personnel. Two administrators…
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Students demand that “SFU Freeze Tuition Now!” as the university plans fee hikes
November 5, 2018SFU 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, which would be held from 10 a.m.…
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