March, 23, 2018
NOTICE OF SPRING 2018 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS ELECTION RESULTS Candidate Name Votes in Favour (‘Yes’ votes if uncontested) Votes Against (‘No’ votes if uncontested) Elected PRESIDENT Jaskarn (Jas) Randhawa – 1,206 Amar Singh – 952 VICE-PRESIDENT – STUDENT SERVICES Samer Rihani – 1,061 Simran...
March, 16, 2018
The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) has reached an agreement with Simon Fraser University to expand study and space options for students at the Surrey Campus. Space improvements, dedicated project rooms, and after hours study spots are a few areas SFU will make a priority for students starting today. “Back in summer, the SFSS indicated...
March, 13, 2018
Join us in welcoming our new SFSS Out on Campus Coordinator, Dani McNeil-Willmott! Dani identifies as a queer, non-binary, trans masculine human. They hold a bachelor’s degree with a double major in biology and psychology, from Cape Breton University. They are currently finishing up their MA in Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies...
February, 28, 2018
Interested in running for a position on the SFSS Board of Directors? Fill in the application here bit.ly/SFSSNomination and drop it off in person at the SFSS Student Centre (MBC 2270). Nomination period closes THIS Sunday (March 4, 2018). If you choose to submit your form this weekend, an electronic copy must be sent to elections.chief@sfss.ca...
February, 28, 2018
Interested in running for a position on the Board of Directors? Find out how:...
February, 22, 2018
What are needs based grants? The up-front cost of education creates a barrier for low-income students in being able to access a post-secondary education. As opposed to scholarships that are given on the basis of academic and extracurricular merit, grants are sums of money provided to students on based solely on their financial needs. Why...
February, 7, 2018
March 1, 15, & 22 from 5PM – 7PM MBC 2294/2296, SFU Burnaby Sliding Scale $20-40 No one turned away for lack of funds! Participants will be introduced to a variety of techniques involving awareness, avoidance, assertiveness, and action. Participants should wear comfortable clothing. All self-identified women are invited,...
February, 5, 2018
The SFSS General Elections are coming! Nomination Period is from February 19th to March 4th! Click here to find out how you can get...
January, 29, 2018
The Out on Campus (OOC) Coordinator is primarily responsible for overseeing, coordinating and assisting with the delivery of Society programs, series, and activities in the Society’s Out on Campus lounge, aimed primarily at lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer + students and their allies at Simon Fraser University. Click here for more...
January, 29, 2018
The SFSS conducted a general membership survey in March 2017 to fulfill our Strategic Objective 1.3 (from our Strategic Plan) to identify and assess emerging member needs and compare results on an annual basis. See the results of the survey below. 2017 Survey...
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December, 14, 2017
The Simon Fraser Student Society and Simon Fraser University have reached an agreement to increase funding for the Emergency Food Bank Program. The food bank program provides financial support to students through food vouchers that are redeemable at locations near all campus locations. These locations are Nester’s, Safeway, and SFU’s Burnaby...
December, 1, 2017
SFSS recently conducted a Request for Expressions of Interest process to identify student and external groups who are interested in space in the student union building. We were thrilled by the amount of interest that we received, particularly from SFSS clubs and student unions. It took us time to evaluate every group’s proposal as we...