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SFSS executive election candidates
February 27, 2024By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer The 2024/25 SFSS executive committee elections vote is taking place from February 26–29. All undergraduate students are encouraged to vote via a portal that will be sent to their SFU email. A total of 30 candidates will be running across seven positions including president, vice-president equity and sustainability, vice-president events and student affairs, vice-president external and community affairs, vice-president finance and services, vice-president internal and organizational development, and vice-president university and academic affairs. Muriel Adarkwa, SFSS campaigns and mobilization coordinator, stressed the importance of students voting in the election. In a statement to The Peak,…
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Political Corner: Lower the voting age already!
May 30, 2022By Olivia Visser, Staff Writer What gives someone the right to vote? Or, what gives us the right to deny others the privilege? The case for restricting the voting age to 18 and up lies in the belief that adolescents…
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Political Corner: Hold your nose and vote
May 27, 2022By Luke Faulks, Opinions Editor We all have that friend. The one who, come election day, will sit it out. Whether it’s a federal, provincial, municipal, or school-based election, you hear the same rationale for abstention. “They’re all the same.” …
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A minimum voter threshold for SFSS elections should be required
March 15, 2021by Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate Another round of SFSS elections is complete, and I congratulate all of the successful candidates, but something about the results isn’t right. The 2021 election results had an average of 891 total votes per position,…
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Why voting in the 2021 SFSS executive committee election is important
February 14, 2021by Madeleine Chan, Opinions Editor Last Fall’s Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) annual general meeting saw over 600 students in attendance — one of the largest turnouts since the fervoured attendance of the 2018 impeachment. It seems like students want…
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Adulthood 101: Voting in the 2018 Burnaby municipal election
October 17, 2018By: Michelle Gomez, Staff writer The Burnaby election campaigns have been underway for a few weeks now, and this weekend, we’ll be voting for one mayor, eight city councillors, and seven school trustees. The mayoral race mixes old and new…
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Students comment on accessibility, accountability, and engagement during SFSS AGM
October 1, 2018Written by Amneet Mann, News Editor The 2018 annual general meeting (AGM) held by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) saw significant student turnout, though the number of attendees dropped following the impeachment of former SFSS president Jas Randhawa.…
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Board Shorts
May 26, 2018Board decides on process to decide new name for SUB At the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors meeting held on May 25, SFSS communications coordinator Sindhu Dharmarajah presented the Board with the idea of renaming the Student…
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Canada should not change the voting age
February 29, 2016[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a recent Peak article titled “5 reasons why we should lower Canada’s voting age,” while Ms. Tamara Connor was correct to state that there isn’t a magic age of preparedness for voting, this isn’t a proper reason to lower…
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