Katherine Gillard
Transfer student survival guide: make connections
July 27, 2015You know those friends that you don’t really know but you have on Facebook because you met once at a party? Well, in August 2014, I convinced a ‘kind-of’ friend of mine to meet me for coffee, and that is how I made my first real friend at Simon Fraser University. A short three months earlier, I’d wrapped up my first two years of my university career at Capilano University. I’m a person who craves change, and despite the fact that I would be leaving my employment at a newspaper I loved and a campus I reveled in, I left…
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Stephen Harper to launch new line of dad-friendly denims
May 19, 2015[caption id="attachment_2572" align="aligncenter" width="697"] Illustration by Janis McMath[/caption] With support for the Conservative party waning across Canada, the prime minister is again under fire for a new Conservative initiative: during a press conference last Wednesday, Stephen Harper revealed that he…
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Highest number of contraband cigarettes in BC found at SFU
July 28, 2014A recent study conducted by the Western Convenience Store Association (WCSA) found that 17.2 per cent of cigarette butts collected in BC contained contraband tobacco, which refers to any tobacco that enters the country illegally, or cigarettes from untaxed or…
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Enbridge approval spurs opposition from BC residents
June 30, 2014On Tuesday June 17, the federal government approved Enbridge’s proposal for the Northern Gateway pipeline, subject to further talks with aboriginal communities and 209 conditions as recommended by the National Energy Board. Despite Stephen Harper’s approval, both Tom Mulclair, leader…
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Program explores diversity through Islamic studies
June 16, 2014For the past six summers, SFU has offered an introductory program in Muslim Studies at it’s Harbour Centre campus. Now entering its seventh year, the topic for this year’s two-week long program is mysticism and popular culture in Muslim societies…
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China proposes railroad to Vancouver
June 9, 2014According to Russian and Chinese state news, there may be plans to build a high-speed railway from China to Canada — a train ride of approximately two days when travelled at 350 kilometres an hour. The route, which would stretch…
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