September, 8, 2020
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...
September, 1, 2020
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...
August, 26, 2020
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...
August, 13, 2020
Want to improve your cooking skills? We’ve got you – just register in our FREE vegan pad thai workshop. This workshop will teach you the basics of making an easy, delicious dish, all in the comfort of your own home. Here is the recipe with the ingredients list: https://chejorge.com/2020/08/06/tofu-pad-thai-vegan/ You are encouraged to...
August, 13, 2020
Hi, Club and Student Union executives! Registration for the Virtual Fall 2020 Clubs Days is now open! This year we’re hosting the event and registration a little differently. Clubs Days will be hosted on September 15-17 on Zoom with breakout rooms for specific groups. Student attendees will be able to choose which Club/SU breakout room...
August, 13, 2020
Clubs & Student Unions, we need your direct feedback on our current funding model. Help us make the necessary changes to funding limits, core funding, project grants, or anything relating to requesting them through our page. Fill out our form by Monday, August 17th (one exec per...
August, 11, 2020
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 Where need or opportunities for improvement arise, policy shall be created, changed, or repealed as outlined in...
August, 4, 2020
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...
July, 28, 2020
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...
July, 21, 2020
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...
July, 16, 2020
Join the SFU CMNS-460 “Seminar in Dialogue and Public Issues” class as they consider how the climate crisis and the COVID pandemic impacts our communities. They will discuss the principles towards a just recovery on a local scale, and what a new “normal” looks like moving forward. REGISTER...
July, 16, 2020
For the summer semester, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) Board of Directors, along with 16 other post-secondary student associations and institutions in the Lower Mainland, made the difficult decision to suspend the U-Pass program to save students that are not traveling to campus money on their U-Pass fees. As SFU prepares to enter another...