This week, we recognize, acknowledge, and uphold Indigenous students and their communities by commemorating #OrangeShirtDay. We will do our best to always amplify Indigenous voices and work towards reconciliation at #SFU and across Turtle Island (Canada). We ask all members to please take the time to read and share our statement about the Orange Shirt […]
Work with a dynamic Board of Directors committed to advocating for students, building student power, and providing resources and services that represent, connect and benefit the undergraduate student body at Simon Fraser University. :Alongside the President, the Board of Directors and Society Executives, the Operations Organizer is responsible for human resources management as well as […]
JOIN US FOR VIRTUAL CLUBS DAY! September 15th-17th , 11am-3pm Drop-in at any time from 11 am to 3 pm to meet new people and connect with students who share similar interests. Join a club, win prizes, get resources from SFSS departments and so much more. Join now: https://hopin.to/events/sfss-clubs-days
Student organizations from across Canada and the United States are calling for a stop to the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) project. The SFSS, ‘Justice, No Pipeline ’, and DogwoodSFU have sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government. The open letter currently has signatures from 13 student unions that represent over 180,000 […]
The SFSS Board of Directors had a productive month of August to conclude the summer semester. The first meeting of the month occurred on August 7th, where the Board passed the motion for the reinstatement of the U-Pass program for Fall 2020 and further semesters. Around 51% of the students who took the survey voted […]
U-Pass BC Planning for Fall Since the decision was made to suspend the U-Pass BC program for the 2020 Summer semester due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Simon Fraser Student Society, Graduate Student Society and SFU have worked with TransLink, and the other public post-secondary institutions and student associations in Metro Vancouver, to reinstate the program with appropriate eligibility adjustments. […]
Be it resolved that the SFSS Board of Directors amend Issues Policies POLICIES REVIEW AND APPROVAL PROCESS to read: Each policy will be reviewed annually. Where no change is required, the policy will remain in its current state. Where need or opportunities for improvement arise, policy shall be created, changed, or repealed as outlined in […]
Here’s what your SFSS Board of Directors has been up to during the month of July: The SFSS Board of Directors had an eventful and productive month of July. The first board meeting of the month took place on the 10th of July. A motion was raised and passed regarding SUB space reallocation for student […]
The SFSS Board of Directors passed a motion on July 24, 2020 to amend the current Terms of Reference for the Accessibility Fund Advisory Committee, to more clearly lay out the practice of accessibility fund approvals. The altered text, presented during the Board Meeting on Friday, July 24th, reads: “Make decisions and give approval to […]
Last semester, the Simon Fraser Student Society signed onto a letter by the #DontForgetStudents movement, calling for the federal government to offer fair support for the millions of Canadian students being disadvantaged by the lack of appropriate financial aid being offered through CESB (which international students are still not eligible to receive), rather than the $2000 being […]