Noeka Nimmervoll

Students, cancer survivors, and other participants stand together on the track of the Terry Fox Field. Some of them are wearing yellow shirts for the event.
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SFU Canadian Cancer Society hosts 12th annual Relay for Life

Noeka Nimmervoll March 24, 2026

On March 21, the SFU Canadian Cancer Society (SFUCCS) hosted their annual Relay for Life fundraising event for the Canadian Cancer Society. Relay for Life is a Canada-wide student-led initiative organized at schools across the country. Co-chairs of SFUCCS Rhea Chand, Sukhman Ghuman, and Teona Seabrook organized the event with help from the Simon Fraser Student Society, the Canadian Cancer Society, and several SFU clubs.  Before the event, participants could register online as individuals or teams and set a fundraising goal to meet, with a recommended goal of $100. Their fundraising progress is tracked on the Online Fundraising Leaderboard, with…

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a woman helping her grandfather use his phone. The grandfather is holding the phone in his hand, while she is explaining how to navigate the phone.
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The BC health-care system should eliminate barriers to access

Noeka Nimmervoll March 16, 2026

An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but so do barriers to accessing them. Health-care services and personal health information are increasingly going online, which makes it important that services, like booking vaccinations and doctor appointments, stay accessible…

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A collage of Black women musicians. From top left to right: Lu Kala, Foushee, and Fefe Dobson. From bottom left to right: Straight Line Stitch, Rachel Chinouriri.
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Black women musicians and the stubborn R&B label

Noeka Nimmervoll and Petra Chase March 16, 2026

Black women in music tend to get boxed into one repeated spot: rhythm and blues, more commonly known as R&B. Black artists in general tend to get pigeonholed in genres like rap, hip-hop, and R&B. However, Black women experience a…

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a photo of a mountainous landscape in BC. There’s a narrow waterway running through the ranges. Trees and greenery cover the land.
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Climate change solutions and Indigenous sovereignty are deeply connected

Noeka Nimmervoll March 10, 2026

For grassroots activists, it may feel like a brutal time to care about the planet, when our leaders do not. By 2035, it is predicted that we will hit a global temperature of 1.5℃ above pre-industrial levels — a significant…

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A man wearing a baseball cap trying to do pilates. The girls behind him are giggling because of how much pain he’s in.
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Pilates is for babies . . . is what I said before I tried it

Noeka Nimmervoll March 9, 2026

The Navy SEALs taught me that nothing is forever except discipline. Now that I’m retired, I pump five tonnes of steel in my garage every day for 15 minutes straight like the beast I am, to remind myself that this…

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a woman during a doctor’s visit at the hospital. She sits on top of a hospital bed, and the doctor is standing to her right, asking her questions.
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What does it mean when doctors ask “are you sexually active?”

Noeka Nimmervoll March 3, 2026

Content warning: References of sexual activities.  The wrinkling of paper underneath you as you sit atop the patient’s table. A cold stethoscope against your skin. The question, “are you sexually active?” These are all part of a regular doctor’s appointment,…

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Renaissance Coffee celebrates 30 years of great coffee

Noeka Nimmervoll March 2, 2026

This February marks the 30 year anniversary of Renaissance Coffee, SFU’s hub of coffee, food, and connection. Since its beginnings in 1996 as a small coffee stand, owner Parminder Singh Parhar has strived for one thing: to make a great…

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A photo of a promotional sticker from slowcry that says “Quite Honking, I’m Crying and probably listening to slowcry”
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An evening with slowcry brings company to fight the winter blues

Noeka Nimmervoll March 2, 2026

Wintertime always brings a heavy feeling in my life; the cold weather and shorter days cause me to question if I’m on the right path, and if my efforts will ever amass into the dreamed life of success and fulfillment.…

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A photo of a kid showing the pages of a kids book to another kid.
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Blackness is not a monolith

Noeka Nimmervoll February 24, 2026

In Canadian media, when Black individuals are celebrated, their cultural identity is simplified under this single social label, seemingly for the convenience and comfort of other Canadians. The author Esi Edugyan explained to The Tyee that “ideas of what it…

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A collage of images from the workshop is compiled: a PowerPoint slide reading “the fire that heals us” with a fire in someone’s palms and a desk with zine-making supplies (scissors, papers) are pictured on top of a bright pink page of someone’s zine.
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“The fire that heals us”: a collaborative zine-making workshop

Noeka Nimmervoll February 9, 2026

Content warning: conversations about sexualized violence and sexual assault. On January 28, SFU students and community members gathered in the SFPIRG Lounge for “the fire that heals us,” a zine-making workshop. The SFU Sexual Violence Support & Prevention Office (SVSPO),…

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