diaspora
A conversation with SFU artist Casey Wei
March 4, 2025Last month, Casey Wei, an SFU Master of Fine Arts alum and a current PhD student in Contemporary Arts, was awarded the Philip B. Lind Emerging Prize for her work, The Zhang Clan 张家族. This experimental documentary project focuses on the experiences of her family members following their departure from China after the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989. The Peak had an opportunity to speak to Wei last week to learn more about the inspirations and work behind The Zhang Clan, her ongoing projects, as well as her experiences as an SFU student. The Zhang Clan is a beautiful representation…
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Diaspora Citizenship: Palestinian Journeys
October 6, 2023Content warning: mentions of displacement. Saeed Teebi is a Canadian writer who was a finalist for the Atwood Gibson Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the 2021 CBC Short Story Prize. Teebi recently engaged students and faculty at SFU for…
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When homesickness feels a lot like grief
June 6, 2022I learned what it meant to be homesick when I was nine. My family and I packed up everything we owned, said heavy goodbyes to family and friends, and boarded a plane from Manila. Our destination was Vancouver where we…
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At the intersections: malas energías, queerness, and shaky hands
May 22, 2022Everyone is made up of multiple components and experiences that culminate in a sense of identity. These components can include what we like, the school we go to, and the culture we grew up in. Intersectionality, first coined by Kimberlé…
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