decolonization
Decolonizing education begins with reimagining
May 30, 2025By: Zainab Salam, Staff Writer A decade ago, at a seminar for newcomer youth in downtown Vancouver, an Indigenous speaker shared a powerful observation that stuck with me. He asked us to think about the shape of rooms in buildings, whether it be a hall, a bedroom, or a classroom. He noted how most rooms in buildings are angular, with sharp corners and straight lines. At the time, I hadn’t ever wondered about such a matter. Rooms were just rooms, some rectangular, others square. They were simply places to exist in and to move through. The speaker went on to…
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From the campus to the big screen: SFU student film goes global
May 28, 2025By: Ashima Shukla, Staff Writer What started as a class project has since turned into a creative awakening for Kitty Cheung, SFU alum and former Peak staff. Bringing together poetry, live action, and illustration, the short film Ad Hominem 2…
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Media to uplift Palestinian narratives
November 20, 2023By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of genocide, violence, and war. Editor’s note: this article was updated on November 24, 2023, to re-word instances of naming the Palestinian genocide a “conflict.” The word “conflict” assigns equal blame to…
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Teach-in event at SFU sheds light on Gaza crisis
November 7, 2023By: Sude Guvendik, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of violence and genocide. In an effort to provide historical, legal, and humanitarian context to the ongoing crisis in Gaza, the Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) at SFU co-organized an online…
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How we can help decolonize educational institutions
July 5, 2023By: Izzy Cheung, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of colonialism, residential schools, and unmarked graves. Decolonizing SFU has to be about more than just taking a day off and wearing orange. While these are small steps in raising awareness, higher…
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Len Pierre delivers seminar calling for Indigenous cultural safety in higher education
September 13, 2022By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer On June 20, in honour of National Indigenous Peoples month, SFU Vancouver hosted a virtual seminar to discuss the importance of implementing Indigenous cultural safety in higher education. The Decolonizing Education and Institutionalising Indigenous Cultural…
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Art plays a vital part on the road to decolonization
July 4, 2021By: Vrinda Kapadia, SFU Student Content warning: mentions of violence against Indigenous communities Despite persistent and deliberate human rights violations and abuses, Indigenous communities across Canada have shown tremendous resilience and solidarity throughout the years. Major art projects, initiatives, and…
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How can we talk about decolonization when SFU is named after a colonizer?
June 22, 2021by Marco Ovies, Features Editor Editor's note: It has come to the attention of the editorial team that this piece is heavily plagiarized from another source. While the source was previously cited, we are currently reworking the article to fix…
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Museums need to be updated to reflect integrated rather than segmented histories
July 15, 2019By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Museums are crucial cultural depictions of history. To represent history responsibly, they should be updated to reflect a more inclusive history. Recently, Victoria’s Royal B.C. Museum has planned to modernize its building to address structural…
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