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SFU Queer Collective’s webinar tackles 2SLGBTQIA+ rights in universities
June 27, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Staff Writer and Kelly Chia, Peak Associate On June 5, SFU Queer Collective held their first webinar since the organization’s revival earlier this year. The network includes SFU graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff, and alumni who hope to foster an inclusive environment for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community at SFU. The online event focused on the role universities like SFU should play in creating spaces that welcome queer individuals, and combating the recent waves of anti-2SLGBTQIA+ attitudes across the country. The panel included Jude Mah, coordinator for the SFSS’ Out On Campus department, Jen Marchbank, SFU gender, sexuality,…
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GSWSSU clothing swap paves way for charity events
March 4, 2024By: Eden Chipperfield, News Writer Content warning: mentions of domestic abuse. The gender, sexuality, and women’s studies student union (GSWSSU) president Julia Mosi knew they wanted to try something new for GSWSSU events this semester. GSWSSU executive Lindsay Dober proposed…
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Annual International Women’s Day march returns
February 26, 2024By: Olivia Sherman, News Writer Editor’s note: Karissa Ketter, a current editor who worked on the article, is an organizer of this event. The Peak acknowledges this and has taken steps to prevent conflicts of interest or potential bias from…
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SFU hosts Rosemary Brown Memorial Symposium on Women & Social Justice
May 28, 2021Written by: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate The Rosemary Brown Award for Women Committee, SFU Public Square, and the department of gender, sexuality and women’s studies (GSWS) held their 17ᵗʰ Rosemary Brown Memorial Symposium on Women & Social Justice on May…
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You know you’re a gender studies student when…
July 11, 2016As a student in the tiny department of gender, sexuality, and women’s studies (GSWS), I get to be in the most engaging, thought-provoking, and entertaining classes every semester. Here are four tell-tale signs that you may be a GSWS student.…
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