Karissa Ketter
275 faculty and staff call for Indigenous students’ tuition waiver
November 19, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Content warning: mention of residential schools in first paragraph Three letters, signed by a total of 275 SFU faculty and staff, have been sent to president Joy Johnson, calling for a tuition waiver for Indigenous students at the university. One letter dated July 20, 2021 states, “In the spirit of reconciliation and social justice, underscored by the findings of mass and unmarked graves at residential school sites across Canada, we write to urge SFU to materially demonstrate its support for Indigenous people.” The first letter was sent on June 6, 2021, the second on July…
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BC’s second medical school program comes to SFU
November 16, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU is in the early stages of developing a medical school program in partnership with the First Nations Health Authority and the Fraser Health Authority. “We want to be a catalyst for change in BC…
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Get Your Drugs Tested helps drug users reduce risk of overdose
November 14, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Two years ago, activist and local business owner Dana Larsen opened the Get Your Drugs Tested program to combat the opioid crisis in Vancouver. Since then, Larsen’s company has done over 20,000 drug tests, making…
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SFU researchers find logging impacts on salmon populations
November 8, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer SFU researchers have found changes in saltwater and freshwater ecosystems are decreasing the survival rates for North Pacific salmon species. PhD candidate Colin Bailey, a researcher on this project, spoke with The Peak about the…
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BC government considers new paid sick leave program for all workers
November 8, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer On August 5, 2021, the government of BC opened an employer and worker survey to gather public opinion on a new sick leave program in BC. The survey was to determine whether the program would…
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Food Stash expands operation to mitigate food waste
November 1, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer Food Stash recently expanded their operations on October 1, 2021, with the opening of the Rescued Food Market. Food Stash is a Vancouver-based organization focused on rescuing food from being thrown away and redistributing it…
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MA student discovers new way of estimating age of skeletal remains
November 1, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer CW: Mentions of violence in the third to last paragraph SFU archaeology MA student Deanna Smith discovered a new way to identify the age of skeletal remains at the time of death. Smith’s new approach…
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Police incident at SFU Burnaby campus on October 11, 2021
October 24, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer On October 11, 2021, SFU asked the community via Twitter to avoid the area surrounding the West Mall parkade at Burnaby campus, citing a police incident in progress. Roughly 45 minutes later, their subsequent tweet…
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TransLink installs WiFi on buses and SkyTrain cars
October 23, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer TransLink is partnering with Shaw Communications Inc. to add free WiFi for all passengers in select areas. During the first week of October, WiFi was added to six RapidBuses, on three SkyTrains, at Edmonds Station,…
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Stadium project completes construction after multiple delays
September 13, 2021By: Karissa Ketter, News Writer The Stadium project at SFU Burnaby is finally open after finishing construction in Summer 2020. The stadium had a soft launch during August at the men’s soccer game against UBC where 1,000 fans attended, according to…
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