Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group
To the SFU Administration, The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) expresses strong support for Indigenous students, Indigenous community members, and the First Nations Students Association in their ‘Let Us Speak’ campaign. SFPIRG recognizes that the treatment of Indigenous students by the SFU administration constitutes colonial institutional violence, and…
Read moreabout:Support for FNSA’s ‘Let Us Speak’ Campaign
We, the Board of Directors of the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG), endorse the SFU C19 Coalition, and the Just Recovery Principles. As a representative body made up of undergraduate, graduate students, and members of the larger community, we are concerned that many students are under threat of…
Read moreabout:SFU C19 Coalition Endorsement and Open Letter re Just Recovery Principles
March 25th, 2020 An Open Letter to Simon Fraser University re: Support for Students During Covid-19 Pandemic To SFU Administration, SFU Senate, and all SFU Faculty Deans, SFPIRG (the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group) is a student-funded, student-led non-profit that works to engage students in social and environmental justice…
Read moreabout:An Open Letter to Simon Fraser University re: Support for Students During Covid-19 Pandemic
On Tuesday, September 11th, 2018, the SFSS Board of Directors invited a number of Rotunda groups to attend the SFSS Board of Directors meeting on Friday, September 14th, where the Board would be discussing “the status of the Rotunda spaces and other issues that may be of interest.” With less…
Read moreabout:Joint Statement from SOCA and SFPIRG to the SFSS Board of Directors
There has been a significant update in SFPIRG’s campaign to secure long-term, leased space at SFU. As we previously posted, SFPIRG submitted two letters to the SFSS on April 16th, 2018. One of the letters addressed the terms of the SFSS’s sublease extension offer, and one addressed the ongoing issue…
Read moreabout:Space Campaign Update: SFSS Withdrawal of Offer and Negotiations With SFU
The Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) currently resides in TC 326, a lounge and office space in the Rotunda at SFU Burnaby. This space is leased to us by the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS), through a Sublease. The space the SFSS occupies in the Rotunda is leased…
Read moreabout:SFPIRG’s Response to the SFSS Board of Directors’ Space Offer