At the October General Membership meeting members voted to endorse the SFU Against Goldcorp and Gentrification (SAGG) letter against Goldcorp.  The four demands articulated in the letter are:

1) SFU remove Goldcorp's name from all buildings and projects.

2) That SFU administration develop procedures to give low-income Downtown Eastside (DTES) residents control over all SFU DTES campus developments (currently at Woodwards and Railway) and programs directed at low income residents.  SFU administration must not decide for DTES resident how to spend the $5 million earmarked for DTES "development" by Goldcorp.  The use of such money must be directed by DTES organizations with elected resident boards.

3) SFU must not accept funding from corporate human rights abusers like Goldcorp. We demand that the current backroom process for seeking and accepting private donations be replaced with a transparent and accountable policy to be developed by SFU students, faculty and the union community.

4) SFU administration advocate to put the public back in public education.  We demand full provincial and federal government funding for public education.

Please read the full letter and write to SAGG expressing your support.