Alison Wick
The best places to isolate at SFU
January 19, 2021Are you an SFU student without the heart to go long-distance with your partner, the university? Need a place to isolate on campus? True, SFU is quite deserted as of now, but here are some locations to hide in to ensure that your trip to campus remains solo! First floor of the library Did you even know that the SFU Burnaby library has a first floor accessible to the student body? Something about 50-year-old dusty PhD theses from SFU’s earliest days is probably enough to keep anyone away. Sneezes are frightening at the moment, after all. By the way, grad…
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The radicalization of social sciences and humanities students at SFU
November 21, 2020Simon Fraser University (SFU) is an environment that fosters radicalization against the current economic, political, and social systems in place. Whether it is from the inactions of the university regarding Indigenous and/or environmental issues, or learning how to critically think…
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SFU C19 Coalition is needed to keep the university working for students
June 29, 2020Formed shortly after the university closed its doors when the COVID-19 pandemic hit BC, the SFU C19 Coalition has gained widespread support across the university. From grad students to undergrads to staff members, the Coalition is fighting for the rights…
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Research assistants aren’t represented as university employees — here’s why they should be
September 21, 2019In 2016 SFU created its 2020 Strategic Research Plan, outlining why, where, and how the university intends to grow as a research institution. Part of their plan to achieve these goals is to “strengthen areas of research excellence” — including…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: June 10-14
June 10, 2019We are by which we are moved in return by MACHiNENOiSY This dance performance explores what movement means in today’s geological age, where human activity dominates the global environment — otherwise known as the anthropocene. Informed by contemporary dialogues in…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: June 3–7
June 1, 2019Reel Causes: Because We Are Girls Update: Check out our review of the film and evening here. This week, Reel Causes — a film society dedicated to promoting and screening films for social justice and stimulating conversation — will be…
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A category of its own: Tanya Tagaq’s Split Tooth
June 1, 2019Before it was even officially released, Tanya Tagaq’s debut novel Split Tooth was already on the longlist for one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards, the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Inuk musician had already made a name for herself as…
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Skoden Festival directors talk reconciliation, community engagement, and the festival’s first year
May 27, 2019Skoden is a one day Indigenous Film Festival happening Saturday, June 1 at SFU Woodwards. Skoden, an Indigenous slang term for “let’s go then”, promises to showcase Indigenous filmmaking in BC and to foster conversations about reconciliation and what it…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May 27-31
May 26, 2019Trottier Observatory Starry Nights If you ever wanted to learn more about space, look no further than Starry Nights at the SFU Trottier Observatory on Burnaby Mountain. At these evening star parties, you will be able to discover many of…
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Joshua Whitehead’s full-metal indigiqueer is inspired by love, identity, and the Internet
May 26, 2019I often find poetry to be a difficult medium of literature to digest. I think, as for many of us, this largely comes from an understanding that poetry is not really meant to be understood or read for fun. As…
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