Simon Fraser Student Society
| Institution | Simon Fraser University |
|---|---|
| Location | Metro Vancouver, Canada |
| Established | 1967 |
| Website | www |
The Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) is the students' union of Simon Fraser University in Metro Vancouver, Canada. It was founded after the opening of Simon Fraser University in 1967.
The SFSS consists of over 26,000 students with an annual budget of over one million dollars. Membership is mandatory and all SFU undergraduate students members are charged fees collected by the university on behalf of the SFSS. The organization employs both permanent and student staff at their location on the second level of the Maggie Benston Centre on SFU's Burnaby Campus. The student society also has an office and provides services at the satellite campus of SFU Surrey with Ed Deeks as the sole staff operating there. The SFSS is in the process of constructing a Student Union Building and Stadium project on the Burnaby campus. Together, the two structures are called Build SFU.
The SFSS operates a copy centre where printing services are provided. Other services offered include a soup bar, a coffee shop, a pub, a Women's Centre, and a LGBT Centre on the Burnaby campus. The society distributes dayplanners as well as providing legal clinics and funding for departments' student unions, campus clubs, social events, academic events and political groups.
The Simon Fraser Student Society's Board of Directors produces a website that declares the Board the Society's sole decision-making body and presents Council (formerly "Forum") and a variety of committees as advisory bodies. Historically, Council/Forum has been the Society's decision-making body, with the Board split off from Forum in 2000.
Before 2002, Forum (now "Council") was the Society's decision-making body. Council is composed of elected representatives from all of the Departmental Student Unions and the constituent groups (Out On Campus, Women's Centre, First Nations Student Association, Residence Hall Association, and Students United for Disability Supports). The Board of Directors are Honorary Members of Forum as per the constitution of the Society. Following the concentration of power in the Board, Council is responsible for advising the Board on a variety of issues relevant to students and acts as a watchdog of the Board.
The Board of Directors is composed entirely of representatives elected directly by students. The Board is responsible for and exercises full control over the affairs of the Society. In addition, it is the only recognized medium of communication between its members, the University, and the general public. The Board meets bi-weekly year-round.
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