Daniel Salcedo
Local gardens for local harvest
July 29, 2025Walking around Metro Vancouver, it’s likely you’ve found community gardens full of vegetables and plants. These spaces aren’t just pretty; they are a great way for people to strengthen their relationship with the land they inhabit, build community, and eat local food — how much more local can it get than harvesting with your own hands? Developing these plots of unused land into sources of locally produced food is one of Vancouver’s food security efforts. As part of the Vancouver Food Strategy and the Local Food Action Plan, the city harbors over 110 community gardens spread across parks and public…
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FNMISA builds space for Indigenous students
July 7, 2025Room 1440 of the Student Union Building (SUB) is home to the First Nations, Métis and Inuit Student Association (FNMISA), a group that provides a space for Indigenous students to lounge, study, and create community. This wasn’t always the case.…
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Ghosting people and healthier ways to end relationships
January 31, 2024I think it’s fair to assume we’ve all either been ghosted or have ghosted someone in our lives. Sometimes, it feels like ceasing any further communication with a particular person is the best way to move forward. Right now, for…
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Being aware of my creative self
January 15, 2024If you asked me over the past six years if I consider myself creative, my answer would have probably been “no.” Before that, though, I defined myself as a creative person. I grew up surrounded by art, from learning to…
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The multifaceted problem of Gentrification
October 30, 2023Gentrification is a seemingly unstoppable phenomenon taking place in cities across the world, from North American cities like Vancouver or my home, Mexico City, to East Asian cities like Tokyo and Seoul. Gentrification is a complex sociocultural and economic process…
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Running out of time
June 7, 2023It’s been over a year since I left my home country, and since then I’ve only seen my parents in-person two times. This past week I had the fortune of having my parents visit me here, in this new city…
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Queerbaiting and the fight for queer rights
January 12, 2023Queerbaiting is when a show leaves a character’s sexuality ambiguous while implying the possibility of non-heterosexual relationships or attraction, without ever confirming or denying it. It’s easy to speculate it as a marketing strategy to appeal to the LGBTQIA2S+ community…
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Monday Music: Indie songs for surmounting unrequited love
November 28, 2022 “Casio” by Jungle Photo credit: XL Recordings Are you feeling broken-hearted but don’t want to listen to a sappy crying-in-the-shower sad song? Then this song is perfect for you! “Casio” is about holding onto a relationship with no future…
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The ownership mess of AI-generated art
November 21, 2022Artificial intelligence (AI) is slowly being adapted into our everyday lives. We see it used for relatively simple things, like the Netflix recommendation engine, digital assistants like Siri and Cortana, and image generators. These generators use programming called “deep learning”…
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The ABCs of Fact Checking and Media Bias
November 18, 2022A couple of weeks ago, I wrote an article about the importance of scientific communications and novel steps STEM creators have taken towards scientific dissemination. Well, today my dear reader, I’ve come to you with the ABCs of fact-checking. Because…
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
For advertising inquiries: [email protected]
For promotional inquiries: [email protected]