June, 6, 2022
BURNABY – Simon Fraser Student Society has successfully submitted its 2023 budget recommendations to the B.C. Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services. Each year, student societies, alongside all British Columbians, are invited to provide written recommendations to the Province to consider for the provincial annual budget....
May, 31, 2022
Whereas the Elections and Referenda Policy governs how the SFSS hold elections for Executive Officers; Whereas IEC-1 highlights the composition of the commission as being one (1) chief commissioner, and four (4) commissioners; Whereas the report on the SFSS Executive Officer Elections (2022) by the SFSS Policy, Research, and Community Affairs...
May, 26, 2022
Content Warning: Residential Schools, Indigenous Harm and Trauma, Colonialism, Systemic Racism, Intergenerational Trauma. Below are resources listed that are readily accessible for Indigenous students external/internal to SFU that provide support specific to colonial trauma. RE: One Year Memorial and Acknowledgement of the Tk’emlúps te...
May, 16, 2022
On Saturday, May 7, the SFSS joined hundreds of people and dozens of organisations across the Lower Mainland to “HUG” the Burnaby Mountain and stand in solidarity against the Trans Mountain pipeline Expansion (TMX) project. The pipeline has been approved by the federal government despite not obtaining Free, Prior and Informed consent from all...
May, 9, 2022
Would you like to learn more about managing your club and the services we can offer to support you? Then make sure to sign up to attend a club executive onboarding and training session. Session availability: Tuesday, May 24th 1:00-2:30PM Friday, May 27th 11:00-12:30PM Monday, May 30th 11:00-2:30PM Thursday, June 2nd 1:00-2:30PM Thursday,...
May, 4, 2022
Last month, the SFSS learned SFU student, Zain Haq, and SFU Health Sciences professor, Dr. Tim Takaro, were charged for allegedly breaching a court injunction for the Burnaby Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC expansion project (TMX). On February 15, 2022, Zain was jailed for 14 days upon pleading guilty and has three more court dates in...
April, 29, 2022
The relationship between the Simon Fraser Student Society and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (the Union) has been nothing short of a rollercoaster. In 2011, during collective bargaining, the former SFSS Leadership and Management chose to abruptly end negotiations by locking out Society staff (union members) for over six months. The...
April, 21, 2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BURNABY, BC. DATE: April 21, 2022 CONTACT: Marie Haddad – VP Equity and Sustainability – Mediainquiries@sfss.ca The Simon Fraser Student Society Council on April 20, 2022, voted unanimously to establish an Issues Policies in support of the Palestinian struggle for freedom, the Palestinian community, and...
April, 20, 2022
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Palestine discussion event in advance of the vote on IP Palestinian Liberation. We want to thank all the speakers for coming and speaking at this event. Here is the event with the details of the event: https://www.facebook.com/sfss1/posts/5660842483933114 Here is the full video of the event:...
April, 19, 2022
Notice of Motion from March 30th, 2022: Whereas, the SFSS creates SFSS Issues Policies on a variety of stances on social, economic, and political issues that impact our membership; Whereas, it is typical for student societies to employ Issues Policies to establish stances; Whereas on May 19th, 2021, the SFSS Council voted unanimously to...
![[Image Description: Graphic of four people wearing black facemasks, with a white background behind them. The group includes a person with invisible disabilities, a little person, a person with Vitiligo (loss of skin colour), and a wheelchair user. Large black text reads: “N-95 Equivalent Masks, Clear Windowed Masks, and Ear Savers Available at the DNA Resource Centre.” Smaller blue text reads: “Monday to Friday, 10am-5pm at Room 1300, SUB. Can’t pick them up in person? Contact SFSS Accessibility staff for a mail request! Email: accessibility@sfss.ca and accessibility.asst@sfss.ca Phone: Accessibility Coordinator Brianna Price 778-601-6765.”]](https://sfss.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Mask-Graphic-Facebook-150x150.jpg)
April, 13, 2022
The SFU Disability and Neurodiversity Alliance is offering free N95 masks to any SFU or FIC undergrads who identify as disabled, autistic, neurodivergent, Deaf, mad and/or as having a disability, chronic illness, long-term condition, or mental illness. To pick up a mask, visit Room 1300 at the SFU Student Union Building between 10am-5pm on Monday...
April, 13, 2022
The SFU Disability and Neurodiversity Alliance is providing food vouchers to Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent SFU and FIC undergrads doing parallel work sessions. This is also called body doubling. During a parallel work or body doubling session, two or more people keep each other company while finishing tasks, such as homework, housework,...