Karissa Ketter
Board Shorts — March 12, 2021
April 2, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer The Board voices support for Braided Warriors Indigenous youth after arrest Content warning: Mention of and link to video footage of police violence against Indigenous youth Science faculty representative WeiChun Kua and at-large representative Balqees Jama presented an open letter to the SFSS board to hold RCMP accountable for their arrest of the Braided Warriors youth on February 19, 2021. According to Kua, “They were protesting peacefully with sit-ins, doing their ceremony” when roughly 70 VPD officers removed and arrested the individuals. “Those who sustained medical injury were not given medical attention until after…
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First Nations Health Authority reports 16,000 Indigenous peoples vaccinated
March 31, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) vice-president of public health response team Katie Hughes reported as of February 16, 2021 they have vaccinated nearly 16,000 people in Indigenous communities. This includes peoples in just over…
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Senate Report: March 1, 2021
March 26, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Endorsement of the Burnaby Mountain Gondola Last senate meeting, president Joy Johnson announced SFU is “working really hard to advocate for the gondola [ . . . ] to improve transportation up onto Burnaby…
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SFU professor discusses “the motherhood penalty” in the workplace
March 24, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer “My focus this [International Women’s Day] was to debunk the language of choice that is so often used to frame how women navigate their impossible slate of labours,” said SFU sociology professor Dr. Amanda…
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Valorie Crooks discusses neighborhood vulnerability to COVID-19
March 11, 2021Written by: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Health geographer Dr. Valorie Crooks was featured as the guest speaker for SFU’s February 24 Lunch ‘n’ Learn, which highlights SFU research. Crooks — who leads a team based out of the department of…
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Russian and Iranian internet trolls caused political interference in Canada’s 2015 election
March 9, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU assistant professor Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi is leading The Disinformation Project to study the effects of international state-run trolls. These are government sponsored internet trolls who are “magnifying controversial false claims, pushing negative views, and…
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Ban the Bottle bars plastic water bottles from campus
March 1, 2021by Karissa Ketter, News Writer A project three years in the making, Ban the Bottle, a collaboration with Re-use for Good, banned plastic water bottles across all SFU campuses. The official phase out of plastic bottles began on January 1, 2021. …
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SFU Board of Governors appoints new chair and deputy chair
February 25, 2021by Karissa Ketter, News Writer Newly appointed Board of Governors (BOG) chair James Stewart and deputy chair Angie Hall discussed their ideas to improve SFU administration with The Peak. The chair plays a role in representing the university to the…
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Students question lack of diversity among SFU’s top leadership roles
February 24, 2021by Karissa Ketter, News Writer There has been discussion among SFU students online regarding the implementation of white faculty and staff to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) policies. Though President Joy Johnson and Vice-President, Academic and Provost Catherine Dauvergne placed…
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Local sex shop sees incline in business due to COVID-19
February 18, 2021by Karissa Ketter, News Writer The COVID-19 pandemic has brought financial challenges to many small businesses. It has also created an unexpected rise in sales for some sectors of self-care. A manager of a local Vancouver sex shop — who asked…
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