Alison Wick
Skoden Indigenous Film festival promises to showcase some of the best in cinema
May 25, 2019Update: An earlier version of this article, including the printed version, included a mistake that the festival is on Friday, June 1. The correct date is Saturday, June 1. This has been changed in the online exclusive version of the article. Skoden [skoh-den] action 1. Indigenous slang term for “let’s go then” 2. Attitude and rallying cry. The Skoden Indigenous Film Festival is happening for the first time ever this Saturday, June 1, and there are many reasons you should be excited. The first is the incredible, unparalleled list of films that Carr Sappier (Wolastoqiyik) and Grace Mathisen, SFU School of Contemporary…
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Do Michael Phelps and Caster Semenya both share an unfair competitive advantage?
May 18, 2019Introduced and compiled by: Nicole Magas, Opinions Editor In a May 2 Washington Post article titled “We celebrated Michael Phelps’s genetic differences. Why punish Caster Semenya for hers?” Monica Hesse criticizes the International Association of Athletics Federation’s (IAAF) decision to…
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Shimmering with Julie Hammond and Other Inland Empires
May 18, 2019Julie Hammond is a Vancouver artist whose practice focuses on place and identity. She recently completed her MFA in Contemporary Arts at SFU in 2017, and her grad project is being mounted again this week for the rEvolver festival at…
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Red Dresses are a Meaningful Art Installation, Not Forgotten Clothing
May 17, 2019All images courtesy of Kim John On May 5, the unofficial National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), SFU music student Toni Yake (Mohawk) and health sciences student Kim John (Coast Salish) hung seven…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May 12–17
May 17, 2019qaʔ yəxw - water honours us: womxn and waterways at the Bill Reid Gallery This summer, the featured exhibition at the Bill Reid gallery is curated by four members of the Indigenous women’s art collective ReMatriate. It portrays a unique…
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Martini Shot: A Graduating Film Showcase
May 6, 2019I really did not know what to expect from the graduating showcase of the SFU School of Contemporary Arts’ Film program for 2019. In the weeks leading up to the screening, what I had mostly heard about from friends in…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May 6-12
May 4, 2019seams — SCA MFA Spring Festival seams is a 10-day spring festival at SFU Woodward, put on by the School of Contemporary Arts’ Master of Fine Arts students. Centred around the gallery exhibition at SFU’s Audain Gallery, this interdisciplinary showcase…
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