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Looking forward to fall with SFU’s newest Writer-in-Residence, Juliane Okot Bitek
September 14, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor As the fall semester kicks off in remote fashion, so does Juliane Okot Bitek’s role as SFU’s 2020–21 Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer-in-Residence. Okot Bitek is an award-winning and prolific writer, poet, and Acholi woman whose works cover topics such as memory, “anti-memory,” identity, and more. One of her works, 100 Days, is powerful book of poetry which, according to the English Department’s website, “Reflects on the meaning of memory two decades after the Rwanda genocide” and will be taught by Sophie McCall in ENGL 453W At the Crossroads: Indigenous and Black Writings…
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Monday Music: Tunes to romanticize your grocery store runs
September 14, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer If you’re anything like me and you find grocery shopping an incredibly mundane chore, I assure you, the way to fix that is with some tunes. Whether or not you already have your own playlist…
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Rambunctious River Otters informative talk inspires interest in nature
September 14, 2020By: Kelly Chia, Peak Associate On August 31, the Stanley Park Ecology Society (SPES) hosted an educational program all about river otters. The SPES is a nonprofit organization in Stanley Park that partners with the Vancouver Park Board to provide…
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Sounds Like Growth tackles food sovereignty and encourages engagement with land
September 8, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor This year’s Vines Arts Festival took place from August 5 to 15 in various parks across Vancouver. According to the event’s website the festival’s goal is to feature artists who are “working toward…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: September 7-13
September 8, 2020By: Meera Eragoda, Arts & Culture Editor Art Since 1970 | September 5–October 3 | FREE (donations accepted) | Deer Lake Art Gallery @ 6584 Deer Lake Avenue Deer Lake Art Gallery is reopening to the public and putting on…
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Laura Kwok’s Late Bloomer mural is a beautiful reminder that growth has no age limit
September 7, 2020By: Sara Wong, Peak Associate Vancouver hosts a lot of festivals in the summer, and while I appreciate the ingenuity of event organizers in making festivals such as the Vancouver Pride Festival and Powell Street Festival work online, the energy…
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New Westminster plant talk digs into historical roots of local humans and plants
September 6, 2020By: Emma Jean, Staff Writer In my current home on W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) land on Vancouver Island, I’m surrounded by trees, flowers, and trails as far as the eye can see, but I’ve hardly paid any attention to the deeper history…
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Fionn’s new EP, Everyone’s A Critic, solidifies their sound and examines societal expectations
August 30, 2020By: Michelle Young, Staff Writer Vancouver-based Fionn released their second record, Everyone's A Critic, on July 17. The folk-pop duo consists of twin singer-songwriters Alanna and Brianne Finn-Morris who hail from White Rock. Their name is derived from their Irish…
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Powell Street Festival telethon takes intersectional importance to the internet
July 29, 2020By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer Vancouver’s Powell Street Festival has been happening yearly since 1977 in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), and like many events, a pandemic isn’t stopping it this year. The festival will virtually kick-off on August 1 from…
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Blind Tiger Comedy’s initiatives are helping reduce barriers for BIPOC entering comedy
July 28, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer Blind Tiger Comedy (BTC), a comedy school in Vancouver founded by members from highly regarded improv groups Hip.Bang! and The Sunday Service, recently announced its further commitment to creating space for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or…
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