Jocelyn Stevens
Five local BIPOC and/or queer-owned businesses
July 31, 2022By: Jos Stevens, Peak Associate With farmer’s markets and festivals popping up all over the city this summer, there is no better time to explore small local businesses. Spending your money on local businesses has a myriad of benefits over shutting yourself in a corporate mall. These benefits can include ethical material sourcing, financing the livelihoods of people rather than corporate structures, and connecting with your community. Here are five BIPOC and/or queer-owned businesses I’m excited to order from! For COVID-19 safety, I recommend sticking to smaller and outdoor markets in your community and showing up either right when they open…
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Changing how you think about fungi in What a Mushroom Lives For
July 4, 2022By: Jocelyn Stevens, SFU Student On July 16, I found myself attending my first book launch event for SFU anthropology professor Michael Hathaway’s new book, What a Mushroom Lives For: Matsutake and The Worlds They Make. Although I’m not currently an…
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lessLIE’s Salish Modern/Tradition collection reclaims literacy through Indigenous oral and visual traditions
July 4, 2022By: Jocelyn Stevens, SFU Student SFU’s Teck Gallery is featuring an art collection by lessLIE, a “Coast Salish artist from the Cowichan Tribes,” until September 25. Salish Modern/Tradition is a collection of seven different acrylic-on-paper paintings which are inspired by the…
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“Tea-Chings” uses cooking as a medium for ancestral storytelling
June 6, 2022By: Jocelyn Stevens, SFU Student This year’s rEvolver Festival by Upintheair Theatre presented Harvesting Ancestral “Tea-Chings,” by Siobhan Barker in a live screening Zoom event and Q&A on May 26. The event featured cooking and storytelling intertwined to share experiences about…
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Upintheair Theatre presents rEvolver Festival 2022: six must-see productions
May 22, 2022By: Jocelyn Stevens, SFU Student Upintheair Theatre will be hosting its highly anticipated annual rEvolver Festival at The Cultch in East Vancouver. The 12-day festival returns in-person this year from May 25–June 5. In regards to COVID-19, masks are recommended or…
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Peace Country gives city dwellers insight into climate change realities faced by northern BC’s small towns
May 12, 2022By: Jocelyn Stevens, SFU student As a former northern BC small-town habitant, I was intrigued by the concept of Peace Country and pleasantly surprised at the emotional impact and relatability of the play. Written and directed by SFU alumnus Pedro…
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