performative activism
Local school district Pokémon-ifies Black History Month curriculum
February 23, 2026By: Heidi Kwok, Staff Writer Official Memo TO: School faculty and staff FROM: Board of Education of School District No. 145 DATE: Jan 26, 2026 SUBJECT: Emergency BHM teaching enhancement strategy Esteemed faculty and staff of School District No. 145: With February just around the corner, we’re thrilled to announce that the ban on the teaching and distribution of Black history will once again be lifted exclusively for Black History Month (BHM). This is extremely exciting given that educators have taken a sacred oath to constrain this teaching to a single month out of the entire year. Why did we…
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Opinions in Dialogue: Should we worry about performative activism?
July 23, 2024By: Yasmin Hassan, Staff Writer, and Olivia Visser, Opinions Editor Content warning: brief mentions of death and police brutality. Performative activism refers to actions taken by someone to project a persona of allyship without true dedication to the cause in…
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Student upset that his performative moustache for Movember won’t be seen under his mask
November 21, 2020By: Devana Petrovic, Staff Writer It’s that time of the year again. Fellas of all shapes and sizes, of all hair colours and textures, of all Call of Duty usernames, it’s time for us to rise up and prove just…
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White person shocked to learn about racism for the first time through Instagram infographic
November 2, 2020By: Serena Bains, Staff Writer I just learned that racism existed when I opened Instagram feed the other day. Expecting my feed of custom Starbucks drinks, country music artists, and nothing but Live, Laugh, Love, I instead came across my…
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I’m tired of SFU’s performative activism
October 9, 2020by Marco Ovies, Editor-in-Chief SFU has done it again: they have failed to consult Indigenous students on a building for Indigenous students. In a letter posted by the First Nations Student Association (FNSA), they stated they weren’t even invited to…
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