SFU cleaning worker dies during shift, amplifying long-standing calls to improve working conditions

By: Hannah Fraser, News Editor (writer and interviewer), and Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer (interviewer and translator) Since 2020, Contract Worker Justice (CWJ) @SFU has been...

Activists discuss the intersection between Palestinian liberation and disability justice

By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide, forced sterilization, and embodied and psychological trauma.  On September 12 at the Harbour Centre, the Disability...

Historic floods devastate communities in Punjab

By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Content warning: mention of suicides. The Indian state of Punjab has been facing severe flooding, the worst since 1988, due to...

ST N CRUNCH opens at SFU Burnaby

By: Niveja Assalaarachchi, News Writer On September 3, CRUST N CRUNCH opened as one of SFU Burnaby’s newest fast food joints. The restaurant, replacing the...

SFU study finds that street sweeps reinforce systemic harm

By: Niveja Assalaarachchi, News Writer A study conducted between 2021 and 2023 by SFU found that street sweeps by the City of Vancouver lead to...

BC Supreme Court ruling grants Quw’utsun Nation Aboriginal title over lands

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer The Cowichan Tribes v. Canada trial spanned 513 days from 2019 to 2023, making it the longest trial in Canadian...

What does Burnaby city council’s new motion mean?

By: Lucaiah Smith-Miodownik, News Writer On August 26, the Burnaby mayor, councillors, and residents filed into city hall and found their seats, a regular biweekly...

Pushing for a national N95 masking standard

By: Niveja Assalaarachchi, News Writer On June 20, the Canadian Standards Association, also known as the CSA Group, released a new draft version of CSA...

Wildfire smoke may increase in toxicity as it travels

By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer For BC residents, the end of this summer brings the highest risk of fires of the entire wildfire season, and...

SFU Canvas moving to cloud-based platform by January 2026

By: Noeka Nimmervoll, Staff Writer SFU Canvas, the school’s learning management system, is set to fully transition from the locally hosted system to a new...