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Embark Sustainability hosts “Language as Nourishment” community kitchen
July 16, 2025By: Corbett Gildersleve, News Writer On June 25, Embark Sustainability held a community kitchen event titled “Language as Nourishment.” This event, hosted in the Student Union Building’s community kitchen, was led by Kil Daagwiiya Hooper, an undergraduate student studying political science and Indigenous studies, James Houle, a graduate student in Mathematics, and Marie Haddad, director of engagement at Embark. Hooper and Houle are leaders from the First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Student Association. They spoke to the importance of maintaining and revitalizing Indigenous languages as they led the group in making Indian tacos and jum. The Peak attended the event…
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Brodie Douglas gives presentation about historical perspectives on Métis health
July 7, 2022By: Chloë Arneson, News Writer On June 9, BC Centre for Disease Control and SFU faculty of health sciences hosted a virtual presentation by Brodie Douglas on the historical context of Métis health. Tanya Davoren, the senior director of health of…
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Rebekah Stevens finds healing through traditional Indigenous beadwork
March 8, 2022By: Yelin Gemma Lee, News Writer The relationship between an artist and their art is what makes their work reach people in ways words can’t identify. For Rebekah Stevens, the Indigenous studies and linguistics student behind @beksbeads on Instagram, this relationship…
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Unpublished pages from Maria Campbell’s classic Halfbreed recovered by SFU researchers
June 25, 2018By: Srijani Datta, Assistant News Editor SFU associate professor Deanna Reder and PhD student Alix Shield discovered a complete manuscript of Métis author Maria Campbell’s 1973 classic memoir Halfbreed, including two excised pages from all prints of the book…
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