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Presentations to the SFU Finance Committee and Board of Governors

On Tuesday March 24, the SFU Community Coalition presented our concerns to the Board of Governors Finance Committee. Myka Tucker-Abramson (graduate student and TSSU member) represented student concerns, and Michael Ling (Senior Lecturer and member of SFUFA’s Executive Committee) discussed the impact of the 2009/10 budget on faculty and teaching staff. Both speeches were excellent. Click here [...]
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PRESS RELEASE: SFU Community Calls on Province to Follow Through on Throne Speech Promises

Burnaby— In response to the recent provincial budget, a coalition of students, staff, professors, teaching assistants and other community members at Simon Fraser University warns that the rhetoric of the recent provincial budget does not appear to be supported by real funding.
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PRESS RELEASE: 1000+ rally against underfunding and provincial cuts to SFU

BURNABY– An unprecedented 1000 students, staff, faculty and community members rallied today at Simon Fraser University demanding restored funding to SFU in the provincial budget being tabled February 17.
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PRESS RELEASE: Students, Staff, Professors & SFU Community rally against provincial funding cuts

BURNABY – In an unprecedented community-wide rally today, students, staff, professors, teaching assistants and other community members at Simon Fraser University called on the BC government to restore last year’s cuts to promised operating funds for universities and colleges in its upcoming budget.
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