Teaching Support Staff Union
The Teaching Support Staff Union (TSSU) is an independent, non-hierarchical and directly democratic labour union operating at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. It represents adjunct labour at the University, including teaching assistants and sessional instructors.
One of the TSSU's main logos since 2010
Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver. The 170-hectare (420-acre) main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and comprises more than 30,000 students and 160,000 alumni. The university was created in an effort to expand higher education across Canada.
The newly constructed university in 1967, with the Academic Quadrangle as a centre of the campus
Aerial view of the Burnaby Mountain Campus
Technology and Science Complex 2 (TASC 2), housing major research laboratories and offices
Blusson Hall, containing the Faculty of Health Sciences