Alex Masse
Jules Sherred makes cooking accessible in Crip Up The Kitchen
March 20, 2024By: Alex Masse, Peak Associate Jules Sherred’s Crip Up The Kitchen is a debut cookbook with a twist — it’s written by and for disabled people, giving them the tools to prepare food for themselves and others. The book contains dozens of recipes, as well as advice on everything from shopping to kitchen safety. Sherred’s love of food goes back to his youth, which he spent in what he calls “a very multicultural environment,” giving him the chance to fall in love with a broad range of food, as well as a wider understanding of food as hospitality. “All of…
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Poets+ is the future of Vancouver’s poetry scene
February 1, 2022By: Alex Masse, Peak Associate Released on January 14, Poets+ is the creative brainchild of the Arts Council of New Westminster, Fifth Chord Studios, and Tawahum Bige, the project’s curator. It’s a one hour showcase of emerging poets of colour that…
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Breaks from academia can do a world of good
January 17, 2022By: Alex Masse University is a commitment — if you’re looking to complete a Bachelor’s degree, you can expect at least four years spent in an academic institution. If you pursue a second major, a minor, or take anything less than…
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An artsy year in review
November 29, 2021By: Tamanna T., Staff Writer and Alex Masse, Peak Associate Tammy: Podcasts [caption id="attachment_120088" align="alignnone" width="300"] Photo courtesy of Soundtrap / Unsplash[/caption] For the past few years, podcasts have grown in popularity. Interested in how the process works, I decided…
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Drag is art, and it’s important to queer history
October 15, 2021by Alex Masse, Peak Associate It’s LGBT History Month. For many, the history of the queer community is marked by a small number of major events, like the Stonewall riots, the AIDS epidemic, and the legalization of gay marriage in…
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Monday Music: Hype yourself up to be perceived again
September 13, 2021By: Alex Masse, Peak Associate Well, it’s happening. It’s really happening: we’re back to in-person classes. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m terrified by the idea of people seeing anything besides my strategically-lit, chest-up Zoom portrait.…
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Spring semester confessionals
April 6, 2021By: Nancy La, Alex Masse, and Jacob Mattie Attention, adulation, and validation By: Alex Masse The mortifying ordeal of being known, am I right? And through a shoddy, washed-out webcam by a bunch of strangers all at once? Yeah, really not…
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SFSS announces 2021 Woman of the Year Award recipients
March 29, 2021Written by: Alex Masse, Staff Writer At the midpoint of Women’s History month, the Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) announced the winners of its annual Women of the Year Awards. The award honours “self-identified women who have demonstrated leadership and…
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Looser COVID-19 restrictions don’t override personal security
March 29, 2021by Alex Masse, Staff Writer BC recently loosened COVID-19 restrictions to allow outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people, following a ban that began back in November. Many people I know are celebrating this change and making plans in their…
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Don’t rush into post-grad life
March 23, 2021by Alex Masse, Staff Writer The spring semester is almost at a close, and many students at SFU are one step closer to graduating and entering what many hail as the “real world.” For many people, this is a scary…
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