university activities

Four things that clubs can do to make joining easier

For many who attend SFU, student life on campus seems nearly nonexistent. One often repeated reason for this is that most students commute to campus and therefore don’t really want to stay longer than they need to. Students who want to be active on campus are told to join clubs, proactively engage with student unions, or volunteer with the school. But this advice ignores the legitimate reasons students may have for not joining — many of which are barriers produced by student groups themselves. The onus is thus on student groups to make volunteering and active participation as easy as…

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