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Welcome to the new and improved site of the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) - SFU's student-lead and student-directed social justice resource centre. Please browse around and let us know your thoughts. Email outreach@sfpirg.ca with your comments. Here's our current news...

    Administrative & Resource Coordinator Job Posting May 14, 2012

    28 hours/week

    Wage rate: $26.19/hr with benefits
    This is a unionized position with CUPE 3338.

    Starting date: Week of July 2, 2012

    The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group [SFPIRG] is a student-based social justice resource centre located at Simon Fraser University [SFU] in Burnaby, BC. SFPIRG is focused on providing skills ...


    SFPIRG Spring 2012 Grant Awards March 21, 2012

    Every semester SFPIRG awards grants to students and community groups for social and environmental justice events, conferences, projects, etc. We are pleased to announce this semester’s recipients:

    Large Grant Award:

    Rhizome Movement-Building Centre - $1000

    SFPIRG granted $1000 to the Rhizome Movement-Building Centre for their Feed the Roots (FTR) 10-week course.  FTR will help develop ...


    Just Say No to the Genocide Awareness Project March 12, 2012

    On November 7-8, 2011, the Genocide Awareness Project (G.A.P.) set up a public exhibit in the middle of the Convocation Mall at SFU. This exhibit consisted of giant posters which juxtaposed images of aborted foetuses with depictions of lynching, the Holocaust, genocide of Indigenous communities, and other brutal events in history. These displays ...



What's Happening

Coffee Day

May 22, 2012

Free coffee, tea & hot chocolate every Tuesday in the SFPIRG Lounge. From 11am until we run out. Come by, grab a cup and relax in ...

Venue: SFPIRG, TC326 in the Rotunda, SFU Burnaby

Library Volunteer Training

May 23, 2012

Time: 1-3pm

SFPIRG's Social Justice Library has over 7200+ alternative resources including the most cutting edge books, DVDs and reports on issues of social ...

Venue: SFPIRG, TC326 in the Rotunda, SFU Burnaby

Fat Happiness Day

June 12, 2012

Time: 12:00 - 1:30

Fat Happiness Day is a chance for members of the SFU community to gather together for a facilitated discussion about ...

Venue: SFPIRG, TC326 in the Rotunda, SFU Burnaby

Fat Happiness Day

July 17, 2012

Time: 12:00 - 1:30

Fat Happiness Day is a chance for members of the SFU community to gather together for a facilitated discussion about ...

Venue: SFPIRG, TC326 in the Rotunda, SFU Burnaby

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