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Inside Simon Fraser University’s Surveillance of Striking Workers

Internal documents reveal how and why the school hired private investigators to secretly record striking teaching assistants.

Zak Vescera

8 Apr 2024 7 min read

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Striking workers wearing white signs stand outside Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
Members of the Teaching Support Staff Union picketing outside Simon Fraser University's downtown Vancouver campus on Sept. 29, 2023. (Zak Vescera)

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

Zak is a Vancouver-based reporter focusing on white-collar crime in British Columbia. He previously reported for The Tyee and The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

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