Gudrun Wai-Gunnarsson
Exploring Canada’s racist history of drug prohibition
July 15, 2022By: Olivia Visser, Staff Writer Content warning: anti-Asian racism, anti-Indigeneity, white supremacy, xenophobia, drugs, and drug-related death This month, BC set out to be Canada’s first province to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of drugs starting January 2023. The decision is a landmark step towards freedom for many British Columbians, but we can’t forget the insidious history of racial discrimination that characterizes Canada’s drug policy. Shila Avissa and Cherlyn Manderson-Cortes addressed this history in their May 27 seminar, “Railroads, Riots and Reefer: A Brief History of How Drug Prohibition Shaped the Early Asian Immigrant Experience.” Presented by SFU faculty…
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Dear Peakie: She’s got style, she’s got Glee, she has no grace
June 22, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Humour Editor and Peakie-of-the-Century Dear Peakie, I want to have a cool new aesthetic but I don’t know where to start! I’ve been scrolling through colour palettes, Pinterest boards, and everything you can think of to find my…
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First Experiences: Batik
June 6, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Arts & Culture Editor As a part of explorASIAN 2022’s programming, The Batik Library hosted introductory batik workshops at the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre (ITPC) in Vancouver. When I attended the opening session on the morning of…
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Gabe Liosis and Corbett Gildersleve reflect on their year as SFSS president
May 27, 2022By: Nercya Kalino, Staff Writer The SFSS has elected their new executive board, revealing the new SFSS president, Helen Sofia Pahou. The Peak conducted an interview with former SFSS president Gabe Liosis and former acting president and vice-president internal &…
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The intimacy of The Living Room at Centre A
March 22, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer When the art world so often feels unapproachable, Henry Heng Lu and Hau Yu Wong envisioned an exhibit where visitors can feel like they’re at home. By making the space more intimate, Lu and Wong hope…
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Top Ten SFU Student Phrases
March 16, 2022By: Hannah Kazemi, Peak Associate 1. “Do you think it’ll bite me if I pet it?” Going to school on a mountain means there’s a lot of wildlife around, and perhaps the most iconic animal that roams the halls of SFU…
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Vancouver Black Library aims to foster connections that have been historically lost
February 28, 2022By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate Maya Preshyon is at the forefront of an exciting and much-needed initiative to create the Vancouver Black Library (VBL). “I wanted for a long time to make a space that can fulfill community advocacy needs,”…
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Eternity Martis is SFU’s 2022 Non-Fiction Writer in Residence
February 23, 2022By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate On January 20, 2022, the SFU Library and SFU Public Square hosted a virtual reading and Q&A event with award-winning authors and journalists, Eternity Martis and Kamal Al-Solaylee, to launch the non-fiction Writer-In-Residence program. The program…
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Eight Questions with SFU softball
February 15, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer On February 18, the SFU softball team is heading to Arizona to play five games in the Cactus Classic tournament. They are entering the tournament ranked fifth out of seven teams in the Great Northwest…
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Contract Worker Justice releases report on poor working conditions at SFU
February 14, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer The Contract Worker Justice (CWJ) group has been pushing SFU to hire their cleaning and food services workers in-house. They recently wrote a report detailing the poor working conditions of these workers and presented it to…
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