Karissa Ketter
It’s time to rethink British Columbia’s colonial name
November 28, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor To everyone who proudly calls themselves British Columbian: I hate to break it to you, but you’re probably neither British, nor Columbian. So, why do we live in a province with this name, and more importantly — why don’t we question it? Before BC was an official British colony, our university’s colonial namesake Simon Fraser named the province’s central region “New Caledonia.” When BC became a colony in 1858, Queen Victoria renamed us to “British Columbia” so we wouldn’t get “confused” with South America or the French colony of New Caledonia. So-called British Columbia is…
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SFSS discusses expectations of executives
November 24, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Concerns about Executive Letter of Expectations A presentation was delivered to Council at their November 9 meeting. Vice-president internal and organizational development, Judit Nagy, and vice-chair of Council, Ben Tischler, discussed their concerns regarding the…
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Masks4EastVan notes the importance of wearing masks
November 14, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Masks4EastVan is an initiative started by two SFU students. Jane Shi is a fine arts graduate student and Vivian Ly is an undergraduate student. Both identifying as queer people of colour, they began this initiative…
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The crisis of too many crises
November 10, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor At this point in the 21st century, most Gen Z’s are aware our world faces many crises. If you tune into news or social media, you’ll undoubtedly be reminded of the devastating inhumanities resulting in…
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Seedling Art Co. launches guided mental health journals
November 9, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Seedling Art Co. has recently launched their kickstarter for the Seedling Growth Journal Kit. The kickstarter was launched in October but Seedling Art Co. expects to have their online store ready to launch by March…
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Calls for BC government to increase sustainable funding amidst droughts
October 20, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor BC has experienced unprecedented weather conditions this fall. The five major water basins in BC — west Vancouver Island, east Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast, and Fort Nelson — are still in a category…
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Greater Vancouver lacks transit accessibility
October 10, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor Once I graduated high school, I was incredibly excited to buy my first car. At the time, I didn’t care how expensive gas was, or how much I had to save for insurance. All I…
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Sonia Furstenau meets with SFU350 and SFPIRG
October 6, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor SFU350 and the Simon Fraser Public Interest Research Group (SFPIRG) hosted a meet and greet event with BC’s Green Party leader Sonia Furstenau. The conversation was held in the Student Union Building at the Social…
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Multiple councillors resign from the SFSS
August 2, 2022By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer & Karissa Ketter, News Editor Three Council members, English representative Gabe Liosis, Indigenous studies student union representative Nebula (Anita) Shen, and Diversity and Neurodiversity Alliance representative Vivian Ly, have recently announced their resignations from the…
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The government of Canada invests $15.2 million in clean technology
June 2, 2022By: Karissa Ketter, News Editor The government of Canada invested $15.2 million into the Agricultural Clean Technology (ACT) program. The minister of agriculture and agri-food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, made the announcement on May 24, 2022. The ACT press release notes the investment…
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