Gurleen Aujla
United Way’s Period Promise Campaign reveals the extent of period poverty in BC
July 4, 2021Written by: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate Period 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. The Period Promise Research Project report from United Way reveals that 26% of people who menstruate in BC have experienced a period without access to menstrual products. According to United Way, the data collected in this campaign provides the “most comprehensive image of period poverty in BC.” The data on the challenges people in BC…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: June 21–27
June 21, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate An Anti-Racist Approach to Media Literacy | June 23, 1:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m. | By donation | Online Join Bakau Consulting, an equity, inclusion, and anti-racism consulting firm based in Vancouver, for an online media workshop.…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: June 14–20
June 14, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate 2021 Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Short Film Tour | Runs until June 30 | FREE | Online This year’s seven-film virtual program will feature the work of Indigenous filmmakers, totalling 85 minutes. Films range in genre…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May 24–30
May 24, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate Asian Canadian Artists Against Racism: an Evening for Resistance! | May 26, 7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m. | FREE | Online Join the Asian Canadian Labour Alliance in BC (ACLA BC) for an evening against anti-Asian racism.…
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An updated list of SFU publications open for student contributions
May 12, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate Gadfly [caption id="attachment_118044" align="alignnone" width="300"] Image courtesy of Gadfly[/caption] Gadfly is an independent academic undergraduate journal geared towards students in political science or any of its subfields. It is published in collaboration with the SFU…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: May 10–16
May 9, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate prOphecy sun: GSWS Acts Artist Workshop | May 14, 12:00 p.m.–1:30 p.m. | FREE | Online The SFU gender, sexuality and women’s studies department is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the GSWS Acts series, highlighting…
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Kiran Bhumber and Nancy Lee’s post-apocalyptic UNION is grounded in current world issues
April 6, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate The year is 3000. You’re in a post-apocalyptic universe, where cultural memories have been eradicated and humans live in physical isolation, connected only through a new cyberworld. That is the story of UNION, the headline…
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Need to Know, Need to Go: April 5–11
April 5, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate Indigenous History in Colour | Wed–Sun from 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., now until May 9 | $8 with valid student ID, FREE for Indigenous peoples | Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art In this contemporary…
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Your weekly SFU Horoscopes: April 5–11
April 5, 2021By: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate ARIES: 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…
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Dr. Karine Duhamel on the importance of trauma-informed approaches to private and public engagement
March 27, 2021Written by: Gurleen Aujla, Peak Associate This 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…
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