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FILM STILL: Ana and Omar walk outside of a gas station convenience store holding hands and each have a paper cup. Ana is wears a black hoodie over a red hijab and baggy pants and Omar wears a white kufi on his head with brown stripes, a black jacket, jeans, and an earth-tone T-shirt.
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Manufacturing the Threat exposes how policing upholds power in Canada

Peak Web May 15, 2023

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Content warning: mentions of Islamophobia, colonialism, and racism. Canada’s façade of tolerance and freedom is stripped away in a new documentary called Manufacturing the Threat. It’s the first feature-length documentary that explores the infiltration of marginalized communities by agent provocateurs, revealing the dark underbelly of the Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS). It premiered on May 6 as part of DOXA Documentary Film Festival screenings, and it’s a must-see for understanding how colonial power is upheld in Canada. The film’s director, Amy Miller, has been making documentaries “in the spirit of justice” since 2008,…

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A photo of Yosha from her torso up from the side as she tilts her head back with her eyes closed and her hand on her chin in a sultry pose. She has sparkly blue eyeshadow and long lashes. She is wearing all black with a black hat with fringe falling daintily against her face, in front of a deep-red background.
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New Music: Täbï Yösha teases debut EP with two sultry singles

Peak Web May 15, 2023

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor As a trained singer and dancer, Täbï Yösha has long been a go-getter in Quebec’s music scene, collaborating with artists and dipping her toes in many genres. From jazz and classical to hip-hop…

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Image of the book cover of Obasan. The title is white in a large serif font with a red line under it and the author’s name written in a smaller font underneath. The photo behind the text is of a Japanese child looking out a train window. She is wearing a red blouse with a round white collar.
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In Case You Missed It: Obasan by Joy Kogawa

Peak Web May 12, 2023

By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer Content Warning: Discussions of Japanese internment camps and racism. As a student who’s taken their fair share of Communication and English courses, I’m no stranger to digging around large bodies of literature in search of…

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A photo of a coloured tattoo that flows from the back of their neck and down their spine. The tattoo is an East-Asian style charm made up of red string with tassels and beautiful floral knots. The string is tied to a jade ring, small beads, and a miniature framed photo of a tree with a branch emerging out of the photo behind a blue background.
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Questions first-time tattoo getters have

Peak Web May 11, 2023

By: Isabella Urbani, Staff Writer I didn’t like my tattoos when I first got them. A week later, I was Googling “tattoo removal near me,” and scouring Reddit to see if other people’s tattoos looked as crooked as I thought…

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A photo of Smokii illuminated by the sun in a field behind a blurred background of leafy trees. He is wearing a plaid Carhart button-up over a sweater with a white zipper. They are smiling calmly while looking into the camera.
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There Are Hierarchies of Grief honours lost loved ones

Peak Web May 8, 2023

By: Petra Chase, Arts and Culture Editor There Are Hierarchies of Grief plunges into the way grief suddenly swallows you. The five-minute short film is part of the CBC Gem series, How to Lose Everything, which features five short films…

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SPOOF: SFU Productions announces three upcoming films

Peak Web April 9, 2023

By: Saije Rusimovici, Staff Writer Engaged & Unstaged SFU Productions is working with Netflix on a reality dating show involving a group of randomly-selected SFU students. Students are blindfolded and brought to a classified area nearby, where they will mingle…

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SPOOF: Netflix’s cancellation parties

Peak Web April 9, 2023

By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor & Netflix Representative Netflix invites its subscribers — and its subscribers only — to take part in one of our three cancellation parties. We’re collaborating with SFU, as experts in engagement,  to engage students with…

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SPOOF: Things that were definitely shot at SFU

Peak Web April 9, 2023

By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer The Maze Runner (2014) SFU News claims SFU Burnaby campus was created with a “strikingly futuristic design,” but we would all be kidding ourselves if we didn’t admit the architecture was simply built to profit…

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A burning guitar
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Trends in music

Peak Web April 4, 2023

By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor In: Atmospheric motifs Atmospheres pull an album together and make it much more memorable. This is how Caroline Polachek’s album, Desire, I want to turn into you, sets itself apart. The way Polachek…

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An illustration of three masked individuals holding paint brushes wearing colorful clothing.
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Q&A with Accessibility as Creative Practice intern, Keimi Nakashima Ochoa

Peak Web March 29, 2023

By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer SFU Galleries is hosting a series of workshops for creatives with access needs led by 2023 Accessibility as Creative Practice intern, Keimi Nakashima-Ochoa. The first workshop, which took place on February 25, was for immunocompromised…

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