change
Climate action is hard, but becomes harder the longer we put it off
March 2, 2022Who hasn’t bemoaned change? From a new job to a new home to a change in a family dynamic, humans are made to fear change. We associate change with uncertainty. However, when issues arise, change becomes necessary. Avoiding that change allows the problem to fester. Our response to climate change shows delaying action is making the crisis worse, and making necessary change increasingly overwhelming. The late 19th century identified the greenhouse gas effect (the trapping of gases in the Earth’s atmosphere). Over the next three decades, a scientific consensus was reached: anthropogenic (human-caused) climate change exists and presents an existential…
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SFU’s Centre for Students with Disabilities changes name
November 26, 2018Effective November 2018, the Centre for Students with Disabilities (CSD) at SFU has changed its name to the Centre for Accessible Learning (CAL). The centre works on a diverse range of issues aimed to make the campus more accessible.…
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ALBUM REVIEWS
October 3, 2016We Are the Halluci Nation by A Tribe Called Red A Tribe Called Red is impossible to ignore. Having steadily gained popularity since its inception in 2007, the band’s latest is its best yet: a visceral and endlessly inventive mix…
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Get out of your own head by getting out of the country
March 25, 2016My favourite part of travelling long distances and getting to stay a while is that I can redefine myself. We live in a culture of self-improvement. Faith, politics, diets, exercise, New Year’s resolutions. . . are all ways we are…
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Can we just toss Daylight Savings already?
November 13, 2015I grew up in a region of the province that never changed its time in the fall and spring. We still felt its effects: every fall our TV shows would air an hour earlier than before, and when we traveled…
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Unique degree explores environmental controversies
November 17, 2014SFU’s Faculty of Environment (FENV) launched Canada’s first Bachelor’s of Environment program, which aims to create environmental problem-solvers and decision-makers capable of making a contribution to mitigating climate change. A balance of the social sciences and the natural sciences, the…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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