Indigeneous
Justina Di Stasio talks career since graduation and revamping Olympic dream
March 10, 2022By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer In October 2018, Justina Di Stasio brought Canada a gold medal in the women’s 72 kg category at the World Wrestling Championships. That stunning victory underscores her passionate wrestling career. Today, Di Stasio is still a wrestling phenomenon. She is a member on Canada’s national team and assistant coach of the SFU women’s wrestling team, all on top of being a substitute teacher. The Peak had an opportunity to speak with Di Stasio about her career and what it means to be both a woman and a Cree athlete. She raved about the opportunity to…
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Funding uncertain for SFU’s Academic Summer Camp for Aboriginal Students
September 18, 2018Written by: Amneet Mann, News Editor Updated September 21, 2018: Dr. Veselin Jungic has reached out to The Peak to indicate that the paraphrase at the end of this article which indicated that "he is convinced the camp's future on this…
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Social infrastructure development project initiated by four B.C post-secondary institutions
June 26, 2018By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor On June 11, Simon Fraser University (SFU), the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT), the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), and Vancouver Island University (VIU) committed to establish the B.C. Collaborative for Social Infrastructure. The …
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Lack of support for First Nations Studies at SFU, says Senate
February 20, 2018Discussion regarding the current status and role of SFU’s department of First Nations studies (FNS) broke out in the latest SFU Senate meeting on February 5. Single-digit faculty When a motion to approve the action plan for the department…
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