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Sdahl Ḵ’awaas receives 2021 Sterling Prize
October 23, 2021Content warning: mentions of anti-Indigenous racism in paragraph four On October 14, 2021, Sdahl Ḵ’awaas received the Nora and Ted Sterling Prize award. The Sterling Prize in Support of Controversy recognizes work that “contributes to the understanding of controversy” and challenges complacency. During the ceremony, she had a live conversation with Jisgang Nika Collison and Sharanjit Kaur Sandhra about her story and the role of museums in reconciliation. It took place at the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art. Collison is from the Ḵaay'ahl Laanas of the Haida Nation and executive director of the Haida Gwaii Museum, and Sandhra…
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Unhoused people shouldn’t be neglected during dangerous weather conditions
July 12, 2021A few weeks ago, BC faced a dangerous heat wave, with temperatures hitting the high 30s and 40s. We saw 719 sudden deaths during this “unprecedented” event, from which the heat may have been a “significant contributing factor.” Weather irregularities…
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United Way’s Period Promise Campaign reveals the extent of period poverty in BC
July 4, 2021Period poverty is “the lack of access to menstrual products and facilities to use them safely.” It is a “symptom of poverty” due to the cost of menstrual products and their classification as a “consumer good” versus an essential item. …
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Your weekly SFU Horoscopes: April 5–11
April 5, 2021ARIES: You’ve waited until the last minute to watch your lecture recordings and you’re furiously trying to learn about the difference between prosimians, monkeys, and apes at four times speed. Try throwing your laptop in the trash and head to…
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Dr. Karine Duhamel on the importance of trauma-informed approaches to private and public engagement
March 27, 2021This year’s Bruce & Lis Welch Community Dialogue event explored the importance of a trauma-informed approach in both our private and public engagements and how to best put our learnings into practice. The sold-out event featured Dr. Karine Duhamel, an…
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A minimum voter threshold for SFSS elections should be required
March 15, 2021Another round of SFSS elections is complete, and I congratulate all of the successful candidates, but something about the results isn’t right. The 2021 election results had an average of 891 total votes per position, with most candidates being elected…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Is SFU’s U-Pass system fair?
February 8, 2021Over the years, there’s been a lot of conversation from students about the equity of SFU’s U-Pass system. Specifically about whether students who don’t want the U-Pass, and don’t meet the U-Pass exemption criteria, should have to pay for it.…
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