Content warning: mentions of genocide. Editor’s note: Karissa Ketter, a current editor who worked on the article, is an organizer of this event. Yasmin Simsek, a former employee, is also an organizer of this event. The Peak acknowledges this and has taken steps to prevent conflicts of interest or potential bias from influencing the article. On March 3, the International Women’s Day (IWD) march and rally commenced at the šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl'e7énḵ Square (Vancouver Art Gallery, North Plaza). The speakers and performances during the rally emphasized the need for intersectionality; many called for solidarity between different identities for issues that women…
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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 influencing the article. With International…
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Every year on March 8 for International Women’s Day, social media platforms are flooded with variants of “go girl” posts, celebrating “strong, powerful, independent women.” While women have every right to celebrate the progression of their rights, why haven't we…
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The eight winners of the 2020 SFSS Women of the Year award, from each of SFU’s faculties, were announced earlier in March via social media. The awards would have been presented at the International Women’s Day Gala, organized by Young…
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Motion passed to increase SFPIRG member fee The Board passed a motion to include a referendum in the Spring 2020 elections about increasing the semesterly member fee for the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG). The referendum proposes to…
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By: Hannah Davies, Lily Fontaine, Gabrielle McLaren, Natasha Tar, Lauren Wallace, Winona Young Luckily, I’ve been mansplained to relatively few times. While I do obviously find it mildly insulting and quite frustrating despite trying not to let it get to…
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SFSS Women’s Day Video Project The SFSS passed an amendment to put $790 toward the Women’s Day Video Project, which is to be shown at the SFSS International Women’s Day Gala on March 9. This budget would include lighting, sound…
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Canada and 10 Pacific Rim countries sign trade pact Trade ministers from Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam signed a free trade deal to improve trade and remove tariffs. After the US…
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When SFU opened in 1965, only 37% of the student body was made up of women and only 16 of the 126 faculty staff were women (that’s about 12%). As of fall 2014, 13,000 of the 25,000 students were women…
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