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April 3rd, 2009News ReleaseOn 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 for Myka Tucker-Abramson’s talk to the Finance Committee – March 26, 2009.
[Check back for a link to Ling's speech.]
Following the Finance Committee meeting, on March 26th over 50 members of the SFU community attended the Board of Governors meeting, where the Finance Committee acknowledged the presentations by Tucker-Abramson and Ling, reflecting that the speeches were thoughtful, important, and well articulated. The Board acknowledged the many visitors in the room, noting the attendance concerned budget issues.
As a student representative sitting on the Board, Kevin Harding did an excellent job shedding light on the discrepancies between the proposed budget and what’s happening on the ground at SFU. Natalie Bocking shared the vocal concerns of SFU’s studentry. Both student representatives voted against the budget.
The SFU Community Coalition continues to work together as a united body that supports well-funded high-quality education for students, humane and efficient working conditions for maintenance and administrative staff, and a balanced workload, rights and sufficient resources for faculty and teaching staff. Together we strive for a better learning environment at SFU.
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March 4th, 2009News Release
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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February 4th, 2009News Release
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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February 4th, 2009News Release
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.
