Karissa Ketter
A look back at Joy Johnson’s first term
June 5, 2024By: Karissa Ketter, Peak Associate Editor’s note: A previous version of this article notes, “On May 19, the SFSS passed a motion in solidarity with Palestinian students, calling to join Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaigns.” It came to our attention that this happened in 2021, and we switched this sentence with a more recent SFSS motion, the Palestinian Liberation referendum, which passed on February 26 of this year. We all know Joy Johnson: the 10th president and vice-chancellor of SFU whose first term has been filled with challenges: the COVID-19 pandemic, the TSSU strike, and the shutdown of the SFU football…
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David Suzuki and Tara Cullis take the stage for the world’s greatest love story
February 27, 2024By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor With ever-increasing concern for our planet, longtime Canadian environmental activist duo David Suzuki and Tara Cullis are trying a new way to get people’s attention. They hit the stage February 13–17 to star in What…
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Angela Sterritt discusses systemic violence against Indigenous women
October 10, 2023By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Editor’s Note: This article was updated on October 13, to correct the title of the Haíłzaqv (Heiltsuk) Washing Ceremony. Also, to correct that Angela Sterritt investigated the cases of Ramona Wilson and Tina Fontaine in…
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Bill C-18 needs to go
September 24, 2023Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Canada’s Bill C-18 was tabled in the House of Commons on June 21, 2022. Since then, those living in Canada have had their access to Canadian media restricted by Meta and Google. Obviously, this…
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The west is villainizing the Chinese government
March 20, 2023By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Content warning: mentions of anti-Asian violence and racism. China has consistently been featured in western news for one reason or another these last couple years. Beginning with the COVID-19 outbreak, western media and government officials…
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The existence of wisdom teeth
March 16, 2023By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor I’ll say it: wisdom teeth are ridiculous. Why are they even called “wisdom” teeth? They aren’t so wise growing sideways, are they? A couple years ago, I went down to the surgeon’s office and he…
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The Central Asian Student Association organizes fundraiser drive for the earthquake in Turkey and Syria
February 28, 2023By: Aditi Dwivedi, News Writer & Karissa Ketter, News Editor The Central Asian Student Association (CASA) of SFU organized a fundraiser and donation drive for the people affected by the earthquake which struck South East Turkey and North West Syria…
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SFU students organize Vancouver’s first annual International Women’s Day March
February 27, 2023By: Natalie Cooke, News Writer Editor’s note: Yasmin Vejs Simsek, who was interviewed for this piece, is a former Peak employee. Karissa Ketter, a current editor who worked on the article, is also an organizer. The Peak acknowledges and has…
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SFSS has mass resignations, new executives on staff
January 30, 2023By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Editor’s note: Chloë Arneson, who was interviewed for this piece, is a former Peak employee. The Peak acknowledges and has taken steps to prevent conflicts of interest or potential bias from influencing the article. Helen…
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Rea Chatterjee speaks on resignation
January 17, 2023By: Chloë Arneson, Peak Associate and Karissa Ketter, News Editor Editor’s Note: Previously, The Peak had reported that Eshana Baran was censured. However, she was not officially under censure proceedings, but was reprimanded by councillors. After months of conflict with…
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