May, 27, 2021
The first Canadian Collegiate Esports League (CCEL) is a league that is looking to provide a competitive video gaming league in partnership with Canada’s most forward-thinking universities and colleges. The CCEL aims to nationalize esports adoption among Canadian universities by creating a unified body to organize, manage, and lead...
May, 27, 2021
The Simon Fraser Student Society is currently looking for someone to coordinate necessary research on behalf of the Society in support of Society campaigns and initiatives as well as interpreting, maintaining and developing Society and other policies. The Policy, Research and Community Affair Coordinator is a full-time, unionized role at $32.96/hr...
May, 27, 2021
Nimrit Basra was appointed as the Associate Vice-President External & Community Affairs at the last SFSS Executive Committee meeting that occurred on May 25, 2021. Nimrit will be the first to hold this position and set precedence with the work she will complete this year. As AVP External & Community Affairs, they will be working...
May, 26, 2021
The Simon Fraser Student Society is currently looking for students to be part of the Independent Electoral Commission . The team will work together to ensure that the Society’s elections, by-elections, and referendums adhere to all related policies, by-laws, and regulations. There are four vacancies for IEC Commissioners and one for IEC Chief...
May, 17, 2021
The Simon Fraser Student Society is currently looking for someone to coordinate the communications work of the Society, including materials design and production, media liaison, public relations strategies, planning, projects and website maintenance. This a full-time, unionized role at $32.96/hr with benefits. Read the detailed job description and...
May, 13, 2021
The 2021-2022 Council has been hard at work for the last two weeks attending orientation sessions on Legal Responsibilities of Directors, SFSS By-Laws, Collective Agreement, Robert Rules, SFSS Finances, and Anti-Oppression. The virtual meetings aimed at training the group of over forty student leaders that are now the SFSS legal decision-making...
May, 11, 2021
The SFSS has made significant changes and additions to the policy, student life, and more in the last month of their board term. April 9, 2021 Motion passed to approve the WUSC x SFSS Scholarship that will award one domestic student with a refugee background and one domestic black student per term with a total...
May, 11, 2021
As the 2021/2022 Executive Committee begins their term, they are looking forward to adding fellow students to the team to help build student power stronger. During the term’s inaugural Executive Committee meeting, on May 7th, 2021, Priyanka Dhesa was appointed to the position of Associate Vice President (AVP) Academic and University Affairs...
May, 10, 2021
The SFSS Executive Committee has released a statement in support of the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender people (MMIWG2S) remembered on May 5th. The document acknowledges the minimized and disregarded genocide against Indigenous People(s) by institutions, governments, and...
May, 5, 2021
The new student-elected Executive Committee has started their 2021/2022 Council term year, and they are very excited to be serving in their new roles. The seven new executives have signed a statement to officiate the beginning of their new term and listed some of the goals they wish to achieve during the following months. Among...
May, 4, 2021
The SFSS Board of Directors has been taking public action and advocating against the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) project due to its environmental impacts and safety risk to the SFU Community since June of 2020 (as can be seen in this statement). To continuously move forward with the advocacy campaign, the 2020-2021 Board of Directors...
April, 30, 2021
The Simon Fraser Student Society asks the Legislative Assembly of BC’s Special Committee on Reforming the Police Act to consider investing in community-based safety aids to benefit the entire community. In the letter sent this Thursday, April 29th, the Society lists six recommendations aimed at helping ensure that marginalized communities...